1948–49 FA Cup

August 2020 1948–49 FA Cup EnglandWales Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 Leicester City 1947–48 1949–50 The 1948–49 FA Cup was the 68th staging of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Wolverhampton Wanderers won the competition for the third time, beating Leicester 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 DateExtra preliminary round Saturday 4 September 1948Preliminary round Saturday 18 September 1948 First qualifying round Saturday 2 October 1948 Second qualifying round Saturday 16 October 1948 Third qualifying round Saturday 30 October 1948 Fourth qualifying round Saturday 13 November 1948 First round proper Saturday 27 November 1948 Second round Saturday 11 December 1948 Third round Saturday 8 January 1949 Fourth round Saturday 29 January 1949 Fifth round Saturday 13 February 1949 Sixth round Saturday 26 February 1949 Semifinals Saturday 26 March 1949 Final Saturday 30 April 1949 Qualifying rounds Most participating clubs that were not members of the Football League competed in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 25 places available in the first round. The 25 winners from the fourth qualifying round were Billingham Synthonia, Scarborough, Horden Colliery Welfare, Workington, Netherfield, Rhyl, Witton Albion, Runcorn, Hereford United, Wellington Town, Scunthorpe & Lindsey United, Gainsborough Trinity, Peterborough United, Kidderminster Harriers, Cambridge Town, Walthamstow Avenue, Romford, Barnet, Tooting & Mitcham United, Dartford, Chelmsford City, Dulwich Hamlet, Weymouth, Gloucester City and Yeovil Town. Those appearing in the competition proper for the first time were Billingham Synthonia, Witton Albion, Tooting & Mitcham United and Gloucester City, while Hereford United had not reached this stage since 1932–33 and Weymouth had not done so since 1926-27. Weymouth was the most successful club from this season's extra preliminary round, progressing to the second round proper after defeating Bournemouth, Andover, Newport (IOW), Longfleet St Mary's, Poole Town, Trowbridge Town and Chelmsford City. Horden Colliery Welfare, Romford and Gloucester City also progressed from the extra preliminary round to the first round proper. all qualifying round results 1948–49 FA Cup qualifying rounds First round proper At this stage 41 clubs from the Football League Third Division North and South joined the 25 non-league clubs that came through the qualifying rounds. Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Rotherham United and Swindon Town were given byes to the third round. To make the number of matches up, non-league sides Leytonstone and Colchester United were given byes to this round, with Leytonstone being the champions from the previous season's FA Amateur Cup and Colchester being the best-performed non-league club from the previous season's FA Cup. 34 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 27 November 1948, with eight of these postponed until the following Saturday. Two were drawn and went to replays. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Dartford2–3Leyton Orient27 November 19482Barnet2–6Exeter City4 December 19483Rochdale1–1Barrow27 November 1948ReplayBarrow2–0Rochdale4 December 19484Weymouth2–1Chelmsford City27 November 19485Yeovil Town4–0Romford27 November 19486Walsall2–1Bristol Rovers27 November 19487Notts County2–1Port Vale27 November 19488Crewe Alexandra5–0Billingham Synthonia27 November 19489Gainsborough Trinity1–0Witton Albion27 November 194810Wrexham0–3Oldham Athletic27 November 194811Ipswich Town0–3Aldershot4 December 194812Tranmere Rovers1–3Darlington27 November 194813Kidderminster Harriers0–3Hereford United27 November 194814Leytonstone2–1Watford4 December 194815Northampton Town2–1Dulwich Hamlet27 November 194816Rhyl0–2Scarborough4 December 194817Norwich City1–0Wellington Town27 November 194818Bradford City4–3Doncaster Rovers4 December 194819Millwall1–0Tooting & Mitcham United27 November 194820Hull City3–1Accrington Stanley27 November 194821Crystal Palace0–1Bristol City27 November 194822Southend United1–2Swansea Town4 December 194823Hartlepools United1–3Chester27 November 194824Mansfield Town4–0Gloucester City27 November 194825Halifax Town0–0Scunthorpe United4 December 1948ReplayScunthorpe United1–0Halifax Town6 December 194826Newport County3–1Brighton & Hove Albion27 November 194827Southport2–1Horden CW27 November 194828New Brighton1–0Carlisle United27 November 194829Workington0–3Stockport County27 November 194830Walthamstow Avenue3–2Cambridge Town27 November 194831York City2–1Runcorn27 November 194832Gateshead3–0Netherfield (Kendal)27 November 194833Peterborough United0–1Torquay United27 November 194834Colchester United2–4Reading4 December 1948 Second round proper The matches were played on Saturday, 11 December 1948. Four matches were drawn, with replays taking place the following Saturday. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Darlington1–0Leyton Orient11 December 19482Bristol City3–1Swansea Town11 December 19483Weymouth0–4Yeovil Town11 December 19484Walsall4–3Gainsborough Trinity11 December 19485Notts County3–2Barrow11 December 19486Crewe Alexandra3–2Millwall11 December 19487Leytonstone3–4Newport County11 December 19488Bradford City0–0New Brighton11 December 1948ReplayNew Brighton1–0Bradford City18 December 19489Hull City0–0Reading11 December 1948ReplayReading1–2Hull City18 December 194810Exeter City2–1Hereford United11 December 194811Scunthorpe United0–1Stockport County11 December 194812Mansfield Town2–1Northampton Town11 December 194813Southport2–2York City11 December 1948ReplayYork City0–2Southport18 December 194814Torquay United3–1Norwich City11 December 194815Walthamstow Avenue2–2Oldham Athletic11 December 1948ReplayOldham Athletic3–1Walthamstow Avenue18 December 194816Aldershot1–0Chester11 December 194817Gateshead3–0Scarborough11 December 1948 Third round proper The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage along with Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Rotherham United and Swindon Town. The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 8 January 1949. Four matches were drawn and went to replays on the following Saturday, with two of these going to a second replay. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Bristol City1–3Chelsea8 January 19492Burnley2–1Charlton Athletic8 January 19493Preston North End2–1Mansfield Town8 January 19494Yeovil Town3–1Bury8 January 19495Nottingham Forest2–2Liverpool8 January 1949ReplayLiverpool4–0Nottingham Forest15 January 19496Blackburn Rovers1–2Hull City8 January 19497Aston Villa1–1Bolton Wanderers8 January 1949ReplayBolton Wanderers0–0Aston Villa15 January 1949ReplayAston Villa2–1Bolton Wanderers17 January 19498Sheffield Wednesday2–1Southampton8 January 19499Grimsby Town2–1Exeter City8 January 194910Wolverhampton Wanderers6–0Chesterfield8 January 194911Crewe Alexandra0–2Sunderland8 January 194912Derby County4–1Southport8 January 194913Lincoln City0–1West Bromwich Albion8 January 194914Luton Town3–1West Ham United8 January 194915Everton1–0Manchester City8 January 194916Swindon Town1–3Stoke City8 January 194917Sheffield United5–2New Brighton8 January 194918Newcastle United0–2Bradford Park Avenue8 January 194919Queens Park Rangers0–0Huddersfield Town8 January 1949ReplayHuddersfield Town5–0Queens Park Rangers15 January 194920Fulham0–1Walsall8 January 194921Barnsley0–1Blackpool8 January 194922Brentford3–2Middlesbrough8 January 194923Portsmouth7–0Stockport County8 January 194924Manchester United6–0Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic8 January 194925Plymouth Argyle0–1Notts County8 January 194926Oldham Athletic2–3Cardiff City8 January 194927Arsenal3–0Tottenham Hotspur8 January 194928Leeds United1–3Newport County8 January 194929Torquay United1–0Coventry City8 January 194930Rotherham United4–2Darlington8 January 194931Gateshead3–1Aldershot8 January 194932Birmingham City1–1Leicester City8 January 1949ReplayLeicester City1–1Birmingham City15 January 1949ReplayBirmingham City1–2Leicester City17 January 1949 Fourth round proper The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 29 January 1949. Three games were drawn and went to replays, which were all played on the following Saturday. Manchester United and Bradford Park Avenue went to a second replay on the following Monday, with Manchester United easily winning the tie to go through. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Liverpool1–0Notts County29 January 19492Yeovil Town2–1Sunderland29 January 19493Leicester City2–0Preston North End29 January 19494Aston Villa1–2Cardiff City29 January 19495Grimsby Town2–3Hull City29 January 19496Derby County1–0Arsenal29 January 19497Luton Town4–0Walsall29 January 19498Sheffield United0–3Wolverhampton Wanderers29 January 19499Brentford1–0Torquay United29 January 194910Portsmouth2–1Sheffield Wednesday29 January 194911Manchester United1–1Bradford Park Avenue29 January 1949ReplayBradford Park Avenue1–1Manchester United5 February 1949ReplayManchester United5–0Bradford Park Avenue7 February 194912Chelsea2–0Everton29 January 194913Newport County3–3Huddersfield Town29 January 1949ReplayHuddersfield Town1–3Newport County5 February 194914Stoke City1–1Blackpool29 January 1949ReplayBlackpool0–1Stoke City5 February 194915Rotherham United0–1Burnley29 January 194916Gateshead1–3West Bromwich Albion29 January 1949 Fifth round proper The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 12 February 1949. There was one replay, taking place the following Saturday. Yeovil Town was the last non-league club left in the competition, emulating the achievement of Colchester United from the previous season in reaching this stage. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Wolverhampton Wanderers3–1Liverpool12 February 19492West Bromwich Albion3–0Chelsea12 February 19493Derby County2–1Cardiff City12 February 19494Luton Town5–5Leicester City12 February 1949ReplayLeicester City5–3Luton Town19 February 19495Brentford4–2Burnley12 February 19496Portsmouth3–2Newport County12 February 19497Manchester United8–0Yeovil Town12 February 19498Stoke City0–2Hull City12 February 1949 Sixth round proper The draw for the sixth round was made on Monday, 14 February 1949. All matches were played on Saturday, 26 February 1949. 26 February 1949 15:00 GMT Brentford 0–2 Leicester City Lee Griffiths 75 Griffin Park, London 38,678 26 February 1949 15:00 GMT Portsmouth 2–1 Derby County Clarke 44 87 Stamps 41 Fratton Park, Portsmouth 51,385 26 February 1949 15:00 GMT Hull City 0–1 Manchester United Pearson 74 Boothferry Park, Hull 55,019 26 February 1949 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 West Bromwich Albion Mullen 63 Molineux, Wolverhampton 55,684 Semifinals The draw for the semi-finals was made on Monday, 28 February 1949. Both original matches were played on Saturday, 26 March 1949. 26 March 1949 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 y Manchester United Smyth 11 Mitten 23 Hillsborough, Sheffield 62,250 Replay 2 April 1949 15:00 GMT Manchester United 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Smyth 86 Goodison Park, Liverpool 72,631 26 March 1949 15:00 GMT Portsmouth 1–3 Leicester City Scott 28 o.g. Revie 8Chisholm 47 Highbury, London 62,000 Final 1949 FA Cup Final 30 April 194915:00 BST Leicester City 1–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Report Griffiths 47 Pye 13 42Smyth 64 Wembley, London 98,920 R. A. Mortimer (Huddersfield) See also FA Cup final results 1872- References General Official site; fixtures and results service at TheFA.com 1948-49 FA Cup at rssf.com 1948-49 FA Cup at soccerbase.com Specific 30em Category:FA Cup seasons FA Cup