1934 FA Cup final

March 2015 March 2015 1934 FA Cup final Old Wembley Stadium (external view).jpg 200 1933–34 FA Cup Manchester City 2 Portsmouth 1 28 April 1934 Wembley Stadium London Steamboats malouda Stanley Rous 93,258 1933 1935 The 1934 FA Cup final was won by Manchester City in a 2–1 win over Portsmouth. The match is most remembered for a young Frank Swift's heroics in goal and the predictions of City forward Fred Tilson.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYg9mAL3_uw The Cup Final (1934) 2014-04-13 British Pathé 2024-05-30 YouTube The match was also refereed by future FIFA president Stanley Rous, in his penultimate game as an official. Route to the final Both Manchester City and Portsmouth entered the competition in the third round, the entry point for First Division clubs. The third round draw saw an unusual number of contests between First Division clubs; twelve top-flight teams faced a fellow First Division club.The Cup That Calls: A Most Open Event The Observer 1934-01-07 28 Manchester City were among this number, with a home tie against six-time cup winners Blackburn Rovers.Lancashire Clubs and the FA Cup 1920–1933 The Manchester Guardian 1934-01-13 6 Manchester City won 3–1 in front of the largest crowd of the round. The Manchester Guardian described City's win as "notable... ...for the surprising ease with which it was gained".Manchester City Beat Blackburn The Manchester Guardian 1934-01-15 3 The wing play of Eric Brook and Ernie Toseland was central to the victory. JAH Catton Association: Great Cup Struggles The Observer 1934-01-14 24 Brook scored the first goal on a rebound after his shot from a free-kick was blocked. Blackburn then equalized, but Toseland scored either side of half-time to make the score 3–1. City were then drawn away against Second Division Hull City. Two quick goals shortly before half-time gave Manchester City a 2–0 lead,Other Cup-Ties The Times 1934-01-29 5 but Hull regrouped in the second half. First Jack Hill headed a goal from a corner, then, under pressure from Bill McNaughton, Bill Dale diverted a Hull cross into his own net for the equalizing goal.Manchester City Draw a Great Game The Manchester Guardian 1934-01-29 3 Following the 2–2 draw, the Blues resoundingly won the replay 4–1. Sheffield Wednesday were the opponents in the fifth round. Once again a score draw was fought out. However, Manchester City won the replay by two goals to none. The sixth round was a home tie with Stoke City, a match seen by 84,569 fans, which is still the record highest attendance at an English club ground. The Potters were beaten 1–0, setting up an intriguing semi-final against Aston Villa, who had knocked out the three-time champions Arsenal in the previous round. The game was played at Leeds Road in Huddersfield, and produced a big shock. The Blues won 6–1. Portsmouth started away to Manchester United, who at the time of the match were in the relegation zone of the Second Division.http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/division-two-old/1933-1934/table/1934-01-06 English Division Two (old) 1933–1934 : Table on 06.01.1934 Statto Organisation 2012-01-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302171042/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/division-two-old/1933-1934/table/1934-01-06 2 March 2012 live dmy-all Following a 1–1 draw, Portsmouth won the Fratton Park replay 4–1. Under the guidance of Jack Tinn, Portsmouth managed to only concede five goals in the whole competition, two of those in the first round. After defeating Grimsby Town and Swansea Town 2–0 and 1–0 respectively, they faced Bolton Wanderers in the quarter-finals. Bolton had scored 12 goals in three FA Cup games thus far, however they could not get a goal against Portsmouth, who won emphatically, 3–0. Leicester City were the opponents in the semi-final, held at St Andrew's, Birmingham, in front of a record crowd for the venue.Portsmouth Reach The Final The Times 1934-03-19 6 Portsmouth took an early lead, when a Jack Smith free kick was received by Rutherford, who set up the scoring chance for Jack Weddle. 15 minutes later Weddle scored again, from a Fred Worrall cross. After a flurry of chances Leicester got a goal back before half-time, but Portsmouth had the better of the second-half.Portsmouth's Win: Great Generalship of J. Smith The Manchester Guardian 1934-03-19 3 First Weddle completed his hat-trick, then Rutherford took advantage of poor positioning from the Leicester defense to score a fourth Portsmouth goal, to make the final score 4–1. Build-up In the days leading up to the match, Manchester City stayed in a hotel in Southport.Maddox, Saffer and Robinson, Manchester City Cup Kings 1956, p. 16. The team travelled south on the Friday, and stayed in Chingford the night before the game.Volant Manchester Evening Chronicle 1934-04-26 1 McLuckie and Bray are Sound Before travelling, Jackie Bray and Jimmy McLuckie had one-hour fitness tests, but both were passed fit. Portsmouth opted not to go to a training retreat, and remained in Portsmouth. Of the 93,000 tickets available for the final, 53,000 were standing places, and 40,000 were seats.Manchester Evening Chronicle 1934-04-25 9 Packing Cup Final Crowd Prices ranged from 21 shillings to 2s 6d. However, in the week of the final tickets changed hands for well in excess of their face value. Standing tickets were priced at 16s, more than six times their original value. Speculators priced 5 shilling tickets at 25s, 7s 6d tickets at 29s, 10s 6d at 34s, 15s at 39s, and 21s at 45s.Manchester Evening Chronicle 1934-04-26 5 Cup Ticket "Bulls" busy The issue was raised in Parliament by Westhoughton MP Rhys Davies, who voiced his concern that such resale was an evasion of Entertainments Duty.https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1934/apr/25/entertainments-duty-football-cup-final#S5CV0288P0_19340425_CWA_31 ENTERTAINMENTS DUTY (FOOTBALL CUP FINAL TICKETS) Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) 25 April 1934 2013-04-22 Catering arrangements took into account the teams involved. In the words of a Wembley official: "It is curious that when we get two Northern teams in the Final there is always an exceptional demand for meat pies. They are a Northern delicacy, but as there is a Southern team this year there should be a 50-50 demand for meat pies for Northern visitors and sandwiches from the South." 50,000 bottles of beer were also available. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway put on 65 special trains to London for the match, of which "14 or 15" were scheduled to run from Manchester. Final The Manchester City team contained eight players who had started the 1933 final.Creighton, Manchester City: Moments to Remember, p. 40. The superstitious Portsmouth manager Jack Tinn wore white spats over his shoes, as he had done throughout the cup run.Pawson, 100 Years of the FA Cup, p. 145. The 1934 final was played in wet conditions. On 26 minutes, Jack Weddle aimed a pass over the head of Cowan to Septimus Rutherford. The winger's shot was touched by Swift, but not strongly enough to prevent a goal for Portsmouth. The goalkeeper recounted his disappointment at conceding in his 1949 autobiography: "Rutherford, the Pompey outside-right, came coasting in and fired a ball across the goal to my right hand. I dived and the ball slithered through into the net off my fingers. I was desolate, and as I picked the ball out of the net, thought "Just another Wembley goalkeeper.""Swift, Football From The Goalmouth, pp. 38–9. Swift blamed the goal on his decision not to wear gloves in the wet conditions; the teenage goalkeeper had opted to imitate the choice of his opposite number, the more experienced Jock Gilfillan. With seventeen minutes to go, Jimmy Allen, Portsmouth's tall defender, temporarily left the field injured. While Manchester City had the man advantage, Busby took a throw in and played the ball to Brook. Brook played the ball through to Tilson, who put the ball across Gilfillan and into the goal. There was more to come however, as, with three minutes to go, Tilson latched on to a cross from Herd, to rifle the ball home. At the other end of the pitch, Frank knew that all his team had to do was hold on for another two minutes and they would win. A photographer behind the goal was making him more nervous by counting down the seconds on his watch. When the game ended, Frank fainted in relief. The young goalkeeper went on to captain England in the future, his goalkeeping error forgotten. The gate receipts for the match were £24,950, a slight increase on the previous year.Ward, The Manchester City Story, p. 33. Aftermath Matt Busby, who later achieved great successes as manager of City's rivals Manchester United, was the last surviving player on the winning side by the time of his death in January 1994, at the age of 84. Jimmy Allen, on the losing side, died a year later at the age of 85 and was believed to be the last surviving player from the game. (The fate of David Thackeray, also from Portsmouth, who retired after 1936, is not known.) Frank Swift, who moved into football journalism after retiring from playing, was killed in the Munich air disaster in February 1958 along with 22 other people, including eight Manchester United players. Matt Busby was seriously injured in the crash but survived. Match details 28 April 1934 15:00 BST Manchester City 2–1 Portsmouth https://web.archive.org/web/20100404023524/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk:80/1934.htm Tilson 74 88 Rutherford 28 Wembley, London 93,258 Stanley Rous, Hertfordshire right _collarwhite _hoops_white 802131 802131 802131 FFFFFF 802131 Manchester City _whitetop FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 000000 Portsmouth GK ENG Frank SwiftRB ENG Laurie BarnettLB ENG Bill DaleRH SCO Matt BusbyCH ENG Sam Cowan (c)LH ENG Jackie BrayOR ENG Ernie ToselandIR ENG Bobby MarshallCF SCO Alec HerdIL ENG Eric BrookOL ENG Fred TilsonManager:ENG Wilf Wild GK SCO Jock GilfillanRB NIR Alec MackieLB ENG Billy SmithRH SCO Jimmy NicholCH ENG Jimmy Allen (c)LH SCO David ThackerayOR ENG Fred WorrallIR ENG Jack SmithCF ENG Jack WeddleIL SCO Jimmy EassonOL ENG Septimus RutherfordManager: ENG Jack Tinn Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Replay if scores still level. Road to Wembley Manchester City Round 3: Blackburn Rovers 1–3 Manchester City Round 4: Hull City 2–2 Manchester City Replay: Manchester City 4–1 Hull City Round 5: Sheffield Wednesday 2–2 Manchester City Replay: Manchester City 2–0 Sheffield Wednesday Round 6: Manchester City 1–0 Stoke City Semi-final: Manchester City 6–1 Aston Villa (at Leeds Road)Portsmouth Round 3: Manchester United 1–1 Portsmouth Replay: Portsmouth 4–1 Manchester United Round 4: Portsmouth 2–0 Grimsby Town Round 5: Swansea Town 0–1 Portsmouth Round 6: Bolton Wanderers 0–3 Portsmouth Semi-final: Portsmouth 4–1 Leicester City (at St Andrew's) References 2 Bibliography Creighton John Manchester City: Moments to Remember (2nd ed.) Sigma Wilmslow 1993 1-85058-397-8 Maddox John Saffer, David Robinson, Peter Manchester City Cup Kings 1956 Over the Moon Liverpool 1999 1-872568-66-1 Pawson Tony 100 Years of the FA Cup Heinemann London 1972 0-330-23274-6 Swift Frank Peskett, Roy Football From The Goalmouth Sporting Handbooks London 1949 Ward Andrew The Manchester City Story Breedon Derby 1984 0-907969-05-4 External links Match report at www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk FA Cup Final lineups Category:FA Cup finals FA Cup Final 1934 FA Cup Final 1934 Final FA Cup Final FA Cup Final