1954–55 FA Cup

August 2020 1954–55 FA Cup EnglandWales Newcastle United 6 Manchester City 1953–54 1955–56 The 1954–55 FA Cup was the 74th season of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Newcastle United won the competition for the sixth time, beating Manchester City 3–1 in the final at Wembley. 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-minute period of extra time would be played. Calendar Round Date Preliminary round Saturday 11 September 1954 First round qualifying Saturday 25 September 1954 Second round qualifying Saturday 9 October 1954 Third round qualifying Saturday 23 October 1954 Fourth round qualifying Saturday 6 November 1954 First round proper Saturday 20 November 1954 Second round proper Saturday 11 December 1954 Third round proper Saturday 8 January 1955 Fourth round proper Saturday 29 January 1955 Fifth round proper Saturday 19 February 1955 Sixth round proper Saturday 12 March 1955 Semi-finals Saturday 26 March 1955 Final Saturday 7 May 1955 Qualifying rounds Most participating clubs that were not members of the Football League competed in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 30 places available in the first round. The winners from the fourth qualifying round were Scarborough, Horden Colliery Welfare, Blyth Spartans, Stanley United, Netherfield (Kendal), Hyde United, Rhyl, Wigan Athletic, Creswell Colliery, Selby Town, Corby Town, Nuneaton Borough, Hinckley Athletic, Boston United, Kettering Town, Wellington Town, Cambridge United, Bedford Town, Chelmsford City, Walthamstow Avenue, Hounslow Town, Barnet, Headington United, Tunbridge Wells United, Hastings United, Dorchester Town, Barnstaple Town, Newport (IOW), Merthyr Tydfil and Frome Town. Those appearing in the competition proper for the first time were Stanley United, Creswell Colliery, Corby Town, Hinckley Athletic, Hounslow Town, Dorchester Town and Frome Town. However, Tunbridge Wells United was featuring at this stage for the first time in their own right after predecessor outfit Tunbridge Wells Rangers had last qualified for the main draw in 1938–39 and Hyde United was appearing here for the first time since their record-setting 26-0 loss to Preston North End in 1887-88. all qualifying round results 1954–55 FA Cup qualifying rounds First round proper At this stage the 48 clubs from the Football League Third Division North and South joined the 30 non-league clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. The final two non-league sides in the draw, Crook Town and Bishop Auckland, were given byes to this round as the champions and runners-up from the previous season's FA Amateur Cup. Matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 20 November 1954. Seven were drawn and went to replays, with one of these going to a second replay. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Barnet1–4Southampton20 November 19542Barrow1–1Darlington20 November 1954ReplayDarlington2–1Barrow24 November 19543Bristol City1–2Southend United20 November 19544Dorchester Town2–0Bedford Town20 November 19545Reading3–3Colchester United20 November 1954ReplayColchester United1–2Reading25 November 19546Walsall5–2Shrewsbury Town20 November 19547Gillingham2–0Newport County20 November 19548Grimsby Town2–1Halifax Town20 November 19549Swindon Town0–2Crystal Palace20 November 195410Bishop Auckland5–1Kettering Town20 November 195411Tranmere Rovers3–3Rochdale20 November 1954ReplayRochdale1–0Tranmere Rovers23 November 195412Stockport County0–1Carlisle United20 November 195413Queens Park Rangers2–2Walthamstow Avenue20 November 1954ReplayWalthamstow Avenue2–2Queens Park Rangers25 November 1954ReplayQueens Park Rangers0–4Walthamstow Avenue29 November 195414Accrington Stanley7–1Creswell Colliery20 November 195415Barnsley3–2Wigan Athletic20 November 195416Brentford2–1Nuneaton Borough20 November 195417Crook Town5–3Stanley United20 November 195418Northampton Town0–1Coventry City20 November 195419Brighton & Hove Albion5–0Tunbridge Wells United20 November 195420Norwich City4–2Headington United20 November 195421Bradford City3–1Mansfield Town20 November 195422Millwall3–2Exeter City20 November 195423Oldham Athletic1–0Crewe Alexandra20 November 195424Frome Town0–3Leyton Orient20 November 195425Bradford Park Avenue2–0Southport20 November 195426Hartlepools United1–0Chesterfield20 November 195427Selby Town2–1Rhyl20 November 195428Torquay United4–0Cambridge United20 November 195429Workington5–1Hyde United20 November 195430York City3–2Scarborough20 November 195431Netherfield (Kendal)3–3Wrexham20 November 1954ReplayWrexham4–0Netherfield (Kendal)24 November 195432Aldershot3–1Chelmsford City20 November 195433Horden Colliery Welfare0–1Scunthorpe & Lindsey United20 November 195434Gateshead6–0Chester20 November 195435Hounslow Town2–4Hastings United20 November 195436Boston United1–1Blyth Spartans20 November 1954ReplayBlyth Spartans5–4Boston United24 November 195437Merthyr Tydfil1–1Wellington Town20 November 1954ReplayWellington Town1–6Merthyr Tydfil24 November 195438Hinckley Athletic4–3Newport (IOW)20 November 195439Barnstaple Town1–4Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic20 November 195440Corby Town0–2Watford20 November 1954 Second round proper The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 11 December 1954. Four matches were drawn, with replays taking place later the same week. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic1–0Oldham Athletic11 December 19542Dorchester Town2–5York City11 December 19543Rochdale2–1Hinckley Athletic11 December 19544Gillingham1–1Reading11 December 1954ReplayReading5–3Gillingham13 December 19545Grimsby Town4–1Southampton11 December 19546Wrexham1–2Walsall11 December 19547Brentford4–1Crook Town11 December 19548Coventry City4–0Scunthorpe & Lindsey United11 December 19549Norwich City0–0Brighton & Hove Albion11 December 1954ReplayBrighton & Hove Albion5–1Norwich City15 December 195410Bradford City7–1Merthyr Tydfil11 December 195411Millwall3–2Accrington Stanley11 December 195412Carlisle United2–2Watford11 December 1954ReplayWatford4–1Carlisle United15 December 195413Crystal Palace2–4Bishop Auckland11 December 195414Bradford Park Avenue2–3Southend United11 December 195415Hartlepools United4–0Aldershot11 December 195416Blyth Spartans1–3Torquay United11 December 195417Selby Town0–2Hastings United11 December 195418Walthamstow Avenue0–3Darlington11 December 195419Gateshead3–3Barnsley11 December 1954ReplayBarnsley0–1Gateshead16 December 195420Leyton Orient0–1Workington11 December 1954 Third round proper The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage. The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 8 January 1955. Ten matches were drawn and went to replays, with three of these requiring a second replay. Notable is tie no. 3, between Bury and Stoke City, which went to four replays before Stoke won in the final game, with an aggregated score of 9–10. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Blackpool0–2York City8 January 19552Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic0–1West Bromwich Albion8 January 19553Bury1–1Stoke City8 January 1955ReplayStoke City1–1Bury12 January 1955ReplayBury3–3Stoke City17 January 1955ReplayStoke City2–2Bury19 January 1955ReplayBury2–3Stoke City24 January 19554Rochdale1–3Charlton Athletic8 January 19555Watford1–2Doncaster Rovers8 January 19556Reading1–1Manchester United8 January 1955ReplayManchester United4–1Reading12 January 19557Blackburn Rovers0–2Swansea Town8 January 19558Sheffield Wednesday2–1Hastings United8 January 19559Bolton Wanderers3–1Millwall8 January 195510Grimsby Town2–5Wolverhampton Wanderers8 January 195511Middlesbrough1–4Notts County8 January 195512Sunderland1–0Burnley8 January 195513Derby County1–3Manchester City8 January 195514Lincoln City1–1Liverpool8 January 1955ReplayLiverpool1–0Lincoln City12 January 195515Luton Town5–0Workington8 January 195516Everton3–1Southend United8 January 195517Sheffield United1–3Nottingham Forest8 January 195518Ipswich Town2–2Bishop Auckland8 January 1955ReplayBishop Auckland3–0Ipswich Town12 January 195519Fulham2–3Preston North End8 January 195520Brentford1–1Bradford City8 January 1955ReplayBradford City2–2Brentford12 January 1955ReplayBrentford1–0Bradford City20 January 195521Bristol Rovers2–1Portsmouth8 January 195522West Ham United2–2Port Vale8 January 1955ReplayPort Vale3–1West Ham United10 January 195523Brighton & Hove Albion2–2Aston Villa8 January 1955ReplayAston Villa4–2Brighton & Hove Albion10 January 195524Plymouth Argyle0–1Newcastle United8 January 195525Hull City0–2Birmingham City8 January 195526Chelsea2–0Walsall8 January 195527Hartlepools United1–1Darlington8 January 1955ReplayDarlington2–2Hartlepools United12 January 1955ReplayHartlepools United2–0Darlington17 January 195528Huddersfield Town3–3Coventry City8 January 1955ReplayCoventry City1–2Huddersfield Town13 January 195529Arsenal1–0Cardiff City8 January 195530Leeds United2–2Torquay United8 January 1955ReplayTorquay United4–0Leeds United12 January 195531Rotherham United1–0Leicester City8 January 195532Gateshead0–2Tottenham Hotspur8 January 1955 Fourth round proper The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 29 January 1955. Four matches were drawn and went to replays, which were all played in the following midweek match. Once again there was a tie which went to four replays, this one being between Doncaster Rovers and Aston Villa. Rovers finally won the fixture in the fifth match with an aggregated score of 6–4. Bishop Auckland was the last non-league club left in the competition. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Preston North End3–3Sunderland29 January 1955ReplaySunderland2–0Preston North End2 February 19552Sheffield Wednesday1–1Notts County29 January 1955ReplayNotts County1–0Sheffield Wednesday3 February 19553Wolverhampton Wanderers1–0Arsenal29 January 19554West Bromwich Albion2–4Charlton Athletic29 January 19555Everton0–4Liverpool29 January 19556Doncaster Rovers0–0Aston Villa29 January 1955ReplayAston Villa2–2Doncaster Rovers2 February 1955ReplayDoncaster Rovers1–1Aston Villa7 February 1955ReplayAston Villa0–0Doncaster Rovers14 February 1955ReplayDoncaster Rovers3–1Aston Villa15 February 19557Bishop Auckland1–3York City29 January 19558Newcastle United3–2Brentford29 January 19559Tottenham Hotspur4–2Port Vale29 January 195510Manchester City2–0Manchester United29 January 195511Bristol Rovers1–3Chelsea29 January 195512Hartlepools United1–1Nottingham Forest29 January 1955ReplayNottingham Forest2–1Hartlepools United2 February 195513Swansea Town3–1Stoke City29 January 195514Torquay United0–1Huddersfield Town29 January 195515Rotherham United1–5Luton Town29 January 195516Birmingham City2–1Bolton Wanderers29 January 1955 Fifth round proper The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 19 February 1955. Two matches went to replays in the following mid-week fixture, with the Nottingham Forest–Newcastle United match requiring a second replay to settle it in favour of United. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Liverpool0–2Huddersfield Town19 February 19552Notts County1–0Chelsea19 February 19553Nottingham Forest1–1Newcastle United19 February 1955ReplayNewcastle United2–2Nottingham Forest28 February 1955ReplayNewcastle United2–1Nottingham Forest2 March 19554Wolverhampton Wanderers4–1Charlton Athletic19 February 19555Luton Town0–2Manchester City19 February 19556Swansea Town2–2Sunderland19 February 1955ReplaySunderland1–0Swansea Town23 February 19557York City3–1Tottenham Hotspur19 February 19558Birmingham City2–1Doncaster Rovers19 February 1955 Sixth round proper The four quarter-final ties were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 12 March 1955. The Newcastle United–Huddersfield Town game went to a replay before United went through. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Notts County0–1York City12 March 19552Sunderland2–0Wolverhampton Wanderers12 March 19553Huddersfield Town1–1Newcastle United12 March 1955ReplayNewcastle United2–0Huddersfield Town16 March 19554Birmingham City0–1Manchester City12 March 1955 Semi-finals The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 26 March 1955, with the Newcastle United–York City match replaying on the 30th. Newcastle and Manchester City won their ties to meet in the final at Wembley. 26 March 1955 15:00 Newcastle United 1–1 York City Keeble Bottom Hillsborough, Sheffield Replay 30 March 1955 19:45 York City 0–2 Newcastle United KeebleWhite Roker Park, Sunderland 26 March 1955 15:00 Manchester City 1–0 Sunderland Roy Clarke 57 Villa Park, Birmingham 58,489 Final 1955 FA Cup Final The 1955 FA Cup Final was contested by Newcastle United and Manchester City at Wembley. Newcastle won 3–1, with goals from Jackie Milburn in the first minute (after 45 seconds, setting a new record in a final at Wembley, which was held until 1997), Bobby Mitchell and George Hannah. Bobby Johnstone scored City's goal. Match details 7 May 195515:00 BST Newcastle United 3–1 Manchester City Milburn 1Mitchell 52 Hannah 59 Johnstone 45 Wembley, London 100,000 Reg Leafe _white_stripes _whitestripes _white_stripes _whitetop 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 Newcastle United _whiteborder _vneckwhite _whiteborder _hoops_white 0088ff 0088ff 0088ff ffffff 00aaff Manchester City References General The FA Cup Archive at TheFA.com F.A. Cup results 1954/55 at Footballsite Specific Category:FA Cup seasons FA Cup