1959 FA Cup final

May 2021 April 2022 March 2015 1959 FA Cup final Old Wembley Stadium (external view).jpg 200 1958–59 FA Cup Nottingham Forest 2 Luton Town 1 2 May 1959 Wembley Stadium London Jack Clough (Bolton) 100,000 1958 1960 The 1959 FA Cup final was contested by Nottingham Forest and Luton Town at Wembley. Forest were playing in their second FA Cup final, while Luton were making their first final appearance in their history. Forest won 2–1 to win their second title, with goals from Roy Dwight and Tommy Wilson just four minutes apart. Dave Pacey scored Luton's consolation goal. As of 2025, this is Forest's most recent FA Cup title. Road to Wembley Nottingham Forest RoundSmales Ken Ken Smales 2006 Nottingham Forest The Official Statistical History Pineapple Books 978-0954-357627Home teamScoreAway teamDateAttendanceRound 3Tooting & Mitcham United2–2Nottingham Forest10 January 195914300Round 3 ReplayNottingham Forest3–0Tooting & Mitcham United24 January 195942320Round 4Nottingham Forest4-1Grimsby Town28 January 195934289Round 5Birmingham City1–1Nottingham Forest14 February 195955300Round 5 1st ReplayNottingham Forest1–1Birmingham City18 February 195939431Round 5 2nd ReplayBirmingham City0-5Nottingham Forest23 February 195934458Round 6Nottingham Forest2–1Bolton Wanderers28 February 195944414Semi FinalNottingham Forest1-0Aston Villa14 March 195965707(at Hillsborough, Sheffield) Luton Town RoundHome teamScoreAway teamDateAttendanceRound 3Luton Town5-1Leeds United10 January 195918534Round 4Leicester City1-1Luton Town24 January 195936984Round 4 ReplayLuton Town4–1Leicester City28 January 195927277Round 5Ipswich Town2–5Luton Town14 February 195926700Round 6Blackpool1-1Luton Town28 February 195930634Round 6 ReplayLuton Town1–0Blackpool4 March 195930069Semi-finalLuton1-1Norwich City14 March 195965000(at White Hart Lane, London)Semi-final ReplayNorwich City0-1Luton18 March 195949500(at St Andrew's, Birmingham) Match summary The game was notable for an unusually large number of stoppages due to injury, particularly to Nottingham Forest players, which was put down to the lush nature of the Wembley turf. The most notable of these stoppages occurred when goalscorer Roy Dwight was carried off the pitch after breaking his leg in a tackle with Brendan McNally after 33 minutes. This also proved a turning point in the game as Forest had been the more dominant team to that point, leading by two goals at the time. Luton gradually took control of the match from this point on, scoring midway through the second half. Forest were reduced to nine fit men with ten minutes remaining when Bill Whare was crippled with cramp, being forced to play wide on the wing where he was little more than a spectator. The high volume of injuries during the second half led to four minutes of additional time being added on by the referee, during which time Luton twice came close to forcing extra time as Allan Brown headed narrowly wide of goal before Billy Bingham hit the side netting. Given the condition of the Forest team at that time it would have been a remarkable feat for them to have won the game or even forced a replay in extra time had Luton equalised. At the final whistle the Forest manager Billy Walker entered the field to congratulate his team and was chased by a steward who tried to marshall him back off. The steward mistook Walker to be a pitch invader. Match details 2 May 195915:00 BST Nottingham Forest 2–1 Luton Town Report Dwight 10Wilson 14 Pacey 66 Wembley, London 100,000 Jack Clough _whiteborder _vneckwhite _whiteborder _red_stripes _redtop ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF Nottingham Forest _vneckwhite _white_stripes _twostripes FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF Luton Town 1 SCO Chic Thomson 2 GGY Bill Whare 3 SCO Joe McDonald 4 ENG Jeff Whitefoot 5 SCO Bobby McKinlay 6 ENG Jack Burkitt (c) 7 ENG Roy Dwight 8 SCO Johnny Quigley 9 ENG Tommy Wilson 10ENG Billy Gray 11SCO Stewart ImlachManager:ENG Billy Walker 1 ENG Ronald Baynham 2 IRE Brendan McNally 3 ENG Ken Hawkes 4 ENG John Groves 5 ENG Syd Owen (c) 6 ENG Dave Pacey 7 NIR Billy Bingham 8 SCO Allan Brown 9 ENG Bob Morton 10IRE George Cummins 11ENG Tony GregoryPlayer-Manager:ENG Syd Owen Coverage The game was televised live on the BBC Grandstand programme, which introduced score captions into their broadcast for the first time in an FA Cup final. This however caused much annoyance in Nottingham where their team's name was displayed on the screen at regular intervals as Notts Forest. Commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme apologised live on air for the mistake, stating that the caption should read Nott'm Forest.1959 FA Cup Final: Nottingham Forest vs Luton Town 21 June 2011 https://therollingball.wordpress.com/match-reports-2/forest-v-luton-1959/ therollingball 1 April 2015 During the game the Forest fans were heard to sing the theme tune to the then-popular television programme The Adventures of Robin Hood (the legendary outlaw from Nottingham), an early example of popular television culture making its way onto the terraces.McVay, D. (2013). Steak Diana Ross. United Kingdom: Reid Publishing. References External links Line-ups Cup report https://web.archive.org/web/20080525093945/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1959.htm 25 May 2008 Team kits Category:FA Cup finals FA Cup Final FA Cup Final 1959 FA Cup Final 1959 FA Cup Final FA Cup Final Final