1924–25 FA Cup

October 2020 1924–25 FA Cup EnglandWales Sheffield United(4th title) Cardiff City 1923–24 1925–26 thumb | right | Sheffield United F.C. with FA Cup trophy; people are, fltr (back row): Secretary-manager John Nicholson, Harry Pantling, Seth King, Bill Cook, Charles Sutcliffe, Ernest Milton, George Green; (center): Thomas Boyle, Harry Johnson, Billy Gillespie; (front row): Dave Mercer, Fred Tunstall The 1924–25 FA Cup was the 50th season of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Sheffield United won the competition for the fourth time, beating Cardiff City 1–0 in the final at Wembley. Fans of Sheffield United sang the popular song of the era "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More" during the match. Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. Some matches, however, might be rescheduled for other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30 minutes of extra time would be played. Calendar The format of the FA Cup for this season had two preliminary rounds, six qualifying rounds, four proper rounds, and the semi-finals and final. This was the last season of the tournament in this format, as from the following season, the fifth and sixth qualifying rounds would be renumbered as the first and second rounds proper (with later rounds also consequentially renumbered). Round Date Extra preliminary round Saturday 6 September 1924 Preliminary round Saturday 20 September 1924 First round qualifying Saturday 4 October 1924 Second round qualifying Saturday 18 October 1924 Third round qualifying Saturday 1 November 1924 Fourth round qualifying Saturday 15 November 1924 Fifth round qualifying Saturday 29 November 1924 Sixth round qualifying Saturday 13 December 1924 First round proper Saturday 10 January 1925 Second round proper Saturday 31 January 1925 Third round proper Saturday 21 February 1925 Fourth round proper Saturday 7 March 1925 Semi-finals Saturday 28 March 1925 Final Saturday 25 April 1925 Qualifying rounds 37 Football League clubs joined the participating non-league teams entering this season's tournament in the qualifying rounds. Two Second Division sides, Port Vale and Coventry City, and 21 Third Division sides were entered in the fifth qualifying round, with the remaining Third Division teams having been entered in the fourth qualifying round. Both Second Division sides won their first matches (in contrast to previous seasons), while four clubs from the Third Division were eliminated from the tournament in the fourth qualifying round and a further 14 were knocked out in the fifth qualifying round. However, in a generally unproductive tournament for non-league football, only four League teams were defeated by non-league opponents. Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic lost to Yeovil & Petter's United in the fourth qualifying round, while Lincoln City lost to Alfreton Town, Brentford lost to St Albans City, and Merthyr Town lost to Weymouth in the fifth qualifying round. This season's Cup competition was ultimately the first (and only) edition of the tournament in which no non-league sides qualified for the first round proper. The twelve winners from the sixth qualifying round were Barrow, Darlington, Queens Park Rangers, Norwich City, Bristol Rovers, Accrington Stanley, Hartlepools United, Exeter City, Bradford Park Avenue, Doncaster Rovers, Coventry City and Port Vale. The final non-league side in the sixth qualifying round was Crook Town (as Yeovil had been knocked out by Bristol Rovers in the fifth qualifying round). Crook was the most successful of the 152 clubs entered in the extra preliminary round, defeating Chester-le-Street Town, Craghead United, Thornley Albion, White-le-Head Rangers, Sunderland West End, Stockton and Chilton Colliery Recreation before going out to Bradford Park Avenue. First round proper 42 of 44 clubs from the Football League First and Second Divisions joined the 12 Second and Third Division clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. Indeed, had the FA not exempted amateur side Corinthian until the first round proper, this stage would have been an all-League affair for the only time in the competition's history. This would also be the last time that First Division teams started at this stage, with significant format changes set to be introduced to the tournament in 1925. To bring the number of teams up to 64, nine Third Division South sides were given byes to this round. These were: Watford Brighton & Hove Albion Luton Town Swindon Town Northampton Town Bristol City Millwall Swansea Town Plymouth Argyle 32 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 10 January 1925. Six matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture, of which two went to another replay. The Tie 2 replay at Holker Street was Barrow's seventh Cup fixture in a month, as the club's sixth qualifying round match against Gillingham had gone to a fourth replay. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Birmingham2–0Chelsea10 January 19252Blackpool0–0Barrow10 January 1925ReplayBarrow0–2Blackpool14 January 19253Bury0–3Sunderland10 January 19254Liverpool3–0Leeds United10 January 19255Preston North End4–1Manchester City10 January 19256Southampton3–1Exeter City14 January 1925Originally played on 10 January 1925 and abandoned with 10 minutes remaining due to fog with Southampton leading 5-0.7Watford1–1Brighton & Hove Albion10 January 1925ReplayBrighton & Hove Albion4–3Watford14 January 19258Leicester City3–0Stoke10 January 19259Nottingham Forest1–0Clapton Orient10 January 192510Blackburn Rovers1–0Oldham Athletic10 January 192511Aston Villa7–2Port Vale10 January 192512The Wednesday2–0Manchester United10 January 192513Bolton Wanderers3–0Huddersfield Town10 January 192514West Bromwich Albion4–0Luton Town10 January 192515Derby County0–1Bradford City10 January 192516Everton2–1Burnley10 January 192517Swindon Town1–2Fulham10 January 192518Doncaster Rovers1–2Norwich City10 January 192519Sheffield United5–0Corinthian10 January 192520Newcastle United4–1Hartlepools United10 January 192521Tottenham Hotspur3–0Northampton Town10 January 192522Queens Park Rangers1–3Stockport County10 January 192523Accrington Stanley2–5Portsmouth10 January 192524Bristol Rovers0–1Bristol City10 January 192525Coventry City0–2Notts County10 January 192526West Ham United0–0Arsenal14 January 1925ReplayArsenal2–2West Ham United21 January 1925ReplayWest Ham United1–0Arsenal26 January 192527Millwall0–0Barnsley10 January 1925ReplayBarnsley2–1Millwall15 January 192528Hull City1–1Wolverhampton Wanderers10 January 1925ReplayWolverhampton Wanderers0–1Hull City15 January 192529Crystal Palace2–1South Shields10 January 192530Bradford Park Avenue1–0Middlesbrough10 January 192531Cardiff City0–0Darlington10 January 1925ReplayDarlington0–0Cardiff City14 January 1925ReplayCardiff City2–0Darlington19 January 192532Swansea Town3–0Plymouth Argyle10 January 1925 Second round proper The 16 Second Round matches were played on Saturday, 31 January 1925. Five matches were drawn, with replays taking place in the following midweek fixture. One of these then went to a second replay played the following week. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Birmingham1–0Stockport County31 January 19252Bristol City0–1Liverpool31 January 19253Southampton1–0Brighton & Hove Albion31 January 19254Notts County4–0Norwich City31 January 19255Nottingham Forest0–2West Ham United31 January 19256Blackburn Rovers0–0Portsmouth31 January 1925ReplayPortsmouth0–0Blackburn Rovers4 February 1925ReplayBlackburn Rovers1–0Portsmouth9 February 19257West Bromwich Albion2–0Preston North End31 January 19258Sunderland0–0Everton31 January 1925ReplayEverton2–1Sunderland4 February 19259Sheffield United3–2The Wednesday31 January 192510Newcastle United2–2Leicester City31 January 1925ReplayLeicester City1–0Newcastle United4 February 192511Tottenham Hotspur1–1Bolton Wanderers31 January 1925ReplayBolton Wanderers0–1Tottenham Hotspur4 February 192512Barnsley0–3Bradford City31 January 192513Hull City3–2Crystal Palace31 January 192514Bradford Park Avenue1–1Blackpool31 January 1925ReplayBlackpool2–1Bradford Park Avenue4 February 192515Cardiff City1–0Fulham31 January 192516Swansea Town1–3Aston Villa31 January 1925 Third round proper The eight Third Round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 21 February 1925. Four matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Liverpool2–1Birmingham21 February 19252Southampton2–0Bradford City21 February 19253Notts County0–2Cardiff City21 February 19254West Bromwich Albion1–1Aston Villa21 February 1925ReplayAston Villa1–2West Bromwich Albion25 February 19255Sheffield United1–0Everton21 February 19256Tottenham Hotspur2–2Blackburn Rovers21 February 1925ReplayBlackburn Rovers3–1Tottenham Hotspur25 February 19257West Ham United1–1Blackpool21 February 1925ReplayBlackpool3–0West Ham United25 February 19258Hull City1–1Leicester City21 February 1925ReplayLeicester City3–1Hull City25 February 1925 Fourth round proper The four Fourth round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 7 March 1925. There were no replays. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Southampton1–0Liverpool7 March 19252Blackburn Rovers1–0Blackpool7 March 19253Sheffield United2–0West Bromwich Albion7 March 19254Cardiff City2–1Leicester City7 March 1925 Semi-finals The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 28 March 1925. The matches ended in victories for Sheffield United and Cardiff City, who went on to meet in the final at Wembley. 28 March 1925 15:00 Sheffield United 2–0 Southampton Stamford Bridge, London 28 March 1925 15:00 Cardiff City 3–1 Blackburn Rovers Meadow Lane, Nottingham Final 1925 FA Cup Final The 1925 FA Cup Final was contested by Sheffield United and Cardiff City at Wembley. Sheffield United won by a single goal, scored by Fred Tunstall. This was the first time a team outside England had played in an F.A. Cup Final since Queens Park of Glasgow in 1885. Match details 25 April 1925 15:00 BST Sheffield United 1–0 Cardiff City Tunstall 30 Wembley, London 91.763 G. N. Watson _white_stripes _whitestripes _white_stripes _3_stripes_red FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 000000 000000 Sheffield Unitedright _whitestripe 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF 0000FF Cardiff City See also FA Cup Final Results 1872- References General Official site; fixtures and results service at TheFA.com 1924-25 FA Cup at rsssf.com 1924-25 FA Cup at soccerbase.com Specific Category:FA Cup seasons FA Cup