1980 FA Cup final

English association football match November 2025 August 2022 the women's event 1980 WFA Cup final 1980 FA Cup final 1980 FA Cup Final programme.jpg 175px Match programme cover 1979–80 FA Cup Arsenal 0 West Ham United 1 10 May 1980 Wembley Stadium London George Courtney (County Durham) 100,000 1979 1981 The 1980 FA Cup final was contested by Arsenal and West Ham United at Wembley. West Ham won by a single goal, scored by Trevor Brooking. To date, it is the last time a team from outside the top flight has won the FA Cup. It was West Ham's third FA Cup triumph and the last time that they had won a major trophy until their UEFA Europa Conference League victory in 2023. Match details The 1980 Cup Final was the 99th final to be played since 1872, and the 52nd to be played at Wembley since 1923. The tie involved Arsenal, who had played in the previous two FA Cup Finals and were a strong First Division side, and two-time F.A. Cup winners West Ham United, a Second Division side that had only ever played at Wembley five times before and were huge underdogs on the day. Present as the royal guests were the Duke and Duchess of Kent. The Duke was introduced to the teams directly after the national anthem and just prior to kick off. West Ham won the coin toss and captain Billy Bonds chose to stay at the end his team was already at. The game started slowly with Arsenal playing their traditional defensive keep ball style of football. West Ham gained possession after Arsenal gave away a free kick due to Liam Brady being caught offside. After this West Ham maintained possession, frustrating Arsenal before Alan Devonshire broke down the left wing in the 12th minute, hitting a cross into the Arsenal box which fell to David Cross, whose shot was blocked by Arsenal's Willie Young. Stuart Pearson then shot at the Arsenal goal but his shot went across the goalmouth, where England international Trevor Brooking was the fastest player to react; with the Arsenal defence stranded he flicked a header past Jennings for the only goal of the game after 13 minutes.Bloor Steven Happy Hammers: revisiting West Ham's 1980 FA Cup triumph – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2020/may/23/happy-hammers-revisiting-west-ham-arsenal-1980-fa-cup-triumph-in-pictures The Guardian 11 March 2026 23 May 2020 Arsenal and West Ham both had attacks during the rest of the first half, Arsenal having more of the game as had been anticipated, but Phil Parkes and the West Ham defence held firm and they were unable to unlock the West Ham defence. The second half was again mainly Arsenal in possession, but the underdogs held out and almost made it two with minutes remaining. Paul Allen was through on goal with only Pat Jennings to beat, when Young tackled the 17-year-old, taking him down just outside the penalty box. It was a challenge from behind on the then youngest player to play in an FA Cup Final at Wembley,Paul Allen, Delegate Liaison Executive https://www.thepfa.com/thepfa/staff/profile?id=8a43a122-21d8-4145-86f0-e75f92505d80 PFA 16 November 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20200828114620/https://www.thepfa.com/thepfa/staff/profile?id=8a43a122-21d8-4145-86f0-e75f92505d80 28 August 2020 but Young only earned himself a yellow card (the professional foul rule had not yet been instituted).James Delaney https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9d666e12l5o Former Aberdeen and Arsenal footballer Willie Young dies aged 73 BBC News 1 November 2025 Despite their possession, Arsenal failed to break West Ham down in the second half, and West Ham ran out 1–0 winners. Bonds collected the trophy from the Duchess of Kent, and raised it above his head toward the jubilant West Ham fans to a chorus of cheers and "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles", the East End team's adopted anthem. Match line-ups 10 May 1980 Arsenal 0–1 (Report) West Ham United Brooking 13 Wembley, London 100,000 George Courtney (County Durham) _blueborder _collarblue _blueborder _1bluestripe ffff00 ffff00 ffff00 0000ff ffff00 Arsenal _westham _westham _westham _westham _westham FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF West Ham United GK 1 Northern Ireland Pat JenningsRB 2 Northern Ireland Pat Rice (c)LB 3 Republic of Ireland John Devine 61CM 4 England Brian TalbotCB 5 Republic of Ireland David O'LearyCB 6 Scotland Willie YoungCM 7 Republic of Ireland Liam BradyCF 8 England Alan SunderlandCF 9 Republic of Ireland Frank StapletonRM 10England David PriceLM 11England Graham RixSubstitute:LB 12 Northern Ireland Sammy Nelson 61Manager:Northern Ireland Terry Neill GK 1 England Phil ParkesRB 2 Scotland Ray StewartLB 3 England Frank Lampard Sr.CB 4 England Billy Bonds (c)CB 5 England Alvin MartinLM 6 England Alan DevonshireRM 7 England Paul AllenCF 8 England Stuart PearsonCF 9 England David CrossCM 10England Trevor BrookingCM 11England Geoff PikeSubstitute:LB 12England Paul BrushManager:England John Lyall Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Replay if scores still level. One substitute. References External links Detailed look back from BBC News Category:FA Cup finals Final FA Cup Final 1980 FA Cup Final 1980 FA Cup Final FA Cup Final