1962–63 FA Cup

1962–63 FA Cup EnglandWales Manchester United(3rd title) Leicester City Denis Law Terry Allcock (6) 1961–62 1963–64 The 1962–63 FA Cup was the 82nd staging of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Manchester United won the competition for only the third time, beating Leicester City 3–1 in the final at Wembley. 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. 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. The Big Freeze of 1962–1963, was one of the coldest winters on recordhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2008/09/04/bigfreeze63_feature.shtml BBC London summary Football matches suffered because of the severe effects of the winter weather. Some cup matches were rescheduled ten or more times.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52002473 War, weather and working weeks: the previous times football has been halted in England BBC Sport 29 March 2020 Matches in the fifth and sixth rounds, scheduled for 16 February and 9 March respectively, were played on 16 and 30 March. A board known as the Pools Panel was set up to adjudicate postponed matches to provide the football pool results. From 26 December to 9 February, Leicester completed no league matches. The delays occurred before under-soil heating became widespread at major venues. When the thaw arrived, a backlog of fixtures had to be hastily determined. The Football League season was extended by four weeks from its original finishing date of 27 April. The final league fixtures took place one day before the rescheduled FA Cup final. Calendar Round Date Postponed date First qualifying round Saturday 8 September 1962 Second qualifying round Saturday 22 September 1962 Third qualifying round Saturday 6 October 1962 Fourth qualifying round Saturday 20 October 1962 First round proper Saturday 3 November 1962 Second round Saturday 24 November 1962 Third round Saturday 5 January 1963 Fourth round Saturday 26 January 1963 Fifth round Saturday 16 February 1963 16 March Sixth round Saturday 9 March 1963 30 March Semi-finals Saturday 30 March 1963 27 April Final Saturday 4 May 1963 25 May 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 Blyth Spartans, North Shields, Gateshead, South Shields, Wigan Athletic, Rhyl, Morecambe, Hereford United, Wellington Town, Hinckley Athletic, Buxton, Scarborough, Boston United, Chelmsford City, King's Lynn, Bedford Town, Cambridge United, Sittingbourne, Margate, Gravesend & Northfleet, Dartford, Wimbledon, Enfield, Wycombe Wanderers, Maidenhead United, Andover, Poole Town, Cheltenham Town, Yeovil Town and Falmouth Town. Those appearing in the competition proper for the first time were Andover and Falmouth Town. Of the others, North Shields and Wimbledon had last featured at this stage in 1952–53, Gravesend & Northfleet in 1949–50, Poole Town in 1946–47 and Sittingbourne in 1930–31. Falmouth Town was notably the first club from Cornwall ever to qualify for the first round of the FA Cup, while Gravesend & Northfleet was embarking on an unexpected eight-round run through the tournament. They defeated Chatham Town, Sutton United, Erith & Belvedere, Lewes, Exeter City, Wycombe Wanderers and Carlisle United (at Brunton Park) before finally going out to Sunderland in a fourth-round replay at Roker Park. all qualifying round results 1962–63 FA Cup qualifying rounds Results First round proper At this stage the 48 clubs from the Football League Third and Fourth Divisions joined the 30 non-league clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. The final two non-league sides in the main draw, Crook Town and Hounslow Town 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, 3 November 1962. Nine were drawn and went to replays. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Andover0–1Gillingham3 November 19622Chester0–2Tranmere Rovers3 November 19623Chesterfield4–1Stockport County3 November 19624Bristol City4–2Wellington Town3 November 19625Watford2–2Poole Town3 November 1962ReplayPoole Town1–2Watford6 November 19626Yeovil Town3–2Dartford3 November 19627Notts County0–3Peterborough United3 November 19628Crewe Alexandra1–1Scarborough3 November 1962ReplayScarborough2–3Crewe Alexandra7 November 19629Lincoln City1–1Darlington3 November 1962ReplayDarlington1–2Lincoln City7 November 196210Swindon Town4–2Reading3 November 196211Buxton2–2Barrow3 November 1962ReplayBarrow3–1Buxton5 November 196212Queens Park Rangers3–2Newport County3 November 196213Barnsley4–0Rhyl3 November 196214Bristol Rovers0–2Port Vale3 November 196215Northampton Town1–2Torquay United3 November 196216Coventry City1–0Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic3 November 196217Millwall3–1Margate3 November 196218Hull City5–4Crook Town3 November 196219Carlisle United2–1Hartlepools United3 November 196220Oldham Athletic2–5Bradford City3 November 196221Crystal Palace2–0Hereford United3 November 196222Wimbledon2–1Colchester United3 November 196223Southend United2–1Brighton & Hove Albion3 November 196224Blyth Spartans2–1Morecambe3 November 196225Bedford Town2–1Cambridge United3 November 196226Halifax Town1–0Bradford Park Avenue3 November 196227Cheltenham Town3–6Enfield3 November 196228Southport1–1Wrexham3 November 1962ReplayWrexham3–2Southport7 November 196229Maidenhead United0–3Wycombe Wanderers3 November 196230York City0–0Rochdale3 November 1962ReplayRochdale1–2York City6 November 196231Aldershot1–0Brentford3 November 196232Gateshead2–1Wigan Athletic3 November 196233North Shields2–2Workington3 November 1962ReplayWorkington7–2North Shields8 November 196234Hounslow Town3–3Mansfield Town3 November 1962ReplayMansfield Town9–2Hounslow Town5 November 196235Boston United1–2King's Lynn3 November 196236South Shields0–0Doncaster Rovers3 November 1962ReplayDoncaster Rovers2–1South Shields8 November 196237Chelmsford City2–6Shrewsbury Town3 November 196238Gravesend & Northfleet3–2Exeter City3 November 196239Hinckley Athletic3–0Sittingbourne3 November 196240Falmouth Town1–2Oxford United3 November 1962 Second round The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 24 November 1962. Two matches were drawn, with replays taking place later the same week. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Bristol City2–1Wimbledon24 November 19622Yeovil Town0–2Swindon Town24 November 19623Gillingham3–0Bedford Town24 November 19624Lincoln City1–0Halifax Town24 November 19625Shrewsbury Town2–1Torquay United24 November 19626Doncaster Rovers1–4Tranmere Rovers24 November 19627Wrexham5–2Barrow24 November 19628Queens Park Rangers7–2Hinckley Athletic24 November 19629Barnsley2–1Chesterfield24 November 196210King's Lynn1–2Oxford United24 November 196211Bradford City3–2Gateshead24 November 196212Millwall0–0Coventry City24 November 1962ReplayCoventry City2–1Millwall27 November 196213Hull City2–0Workington24 November 196214Crystal Palace2–2Mansfield Town24 November 1962ReplayMansfield Town7–2Crystal Palace26 November 196215Southend United0–2Watford24 November 196216Blyth Spartans0–2Carlisle United24 November 196217Port Vale2–0Aldershot24 November 196218York City2–1Crewe Alexandra24 November 196219Peterborough United1–0Enfield24 November 196220Gravesend & Northfleet3–1Wycombe Wanderers24 November 1962 Third round The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage. The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 5 January 1963, but due to the Big Freeze of 1963, only three games were completed at this date.http://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/viewArticle.arc?toDate=1963-01-08&fromDate=1963-01-07&currentPageNumber=1&resultsPerPage=10&sortBy=default&offset=0&viewName=&addFilters=&removeFilters=&addCat=&queryKeywords=Preston&sectionId=1040&currPgSmartSet=1&pageId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1963-01-07-03&articleId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1963-01-07-03-003&xmlpath=&pubId=17&totalResults=2&addRefineFilters=&removeRefineFilters=&addRefineCat=&next_Page=false&prev_Page=false&date_dd_From=7&date_mm_From=01&date_yyyy_From=1963&date_dd_to_range=8&date_mm_to_range=01&date_yyyy_to_range=1963&date_dd_from_precise=7&date_mm_from_precise=01&date_yyyy_from_precise=1963&isDateSearch=false&dateSearchType=range&refineQuerykeywordText= The Times Archive 2008-09-09 Times Newspapers Ltd. 1963-01-07 LondonSeptember 2024 medicmedicReplay The Big Freeze 1962–63 CNET Networks, Inc (Article originally published by The Independent on Sunday) 2003-01-19 The bulk of matches were not completed until February and March, with the final non-replay tie being played on 7 March. There were nine replays in total, of which the earliest possible playing date was 30 January, and the latest the 11 March. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Bristol City1–1Aston Villa16 January 1963ReplayAston Villa3–2Bristol City7 March 19632Preston North End1–4Sunderland5 January 19633Southampton5–0York City13 February 19634Watford2–0Rotherham United20 February 19635Walsall0–1Manchester City6 March 19636Gillingham2–4Port Vale27 February 19637Nottingham Forest4–3Wolverhampton Wanderers29 January 19638Blackburn Rovers1–1Middlesbrough5 March 1963ReplayMiddlesbrough3–1Blackburn Rovers11 March 19639Grimsby Town1–3Leicester City8 January 196310Derby County2–0Peterborough United4 February 196311Lincoln City1–5Coventry City6 March 196312Luton Town0–2Swindon Town26 January 196313Shrewsbury Town1–1Sheffield Wednesday21 February 1963ReplaySheffield Wednesday2–1Shrewsbury Town7 March 196314Wrexham0–3Liverpool9 January 196315Sheffield United3–1Bolton Wanderers6 March 196316Tranmere Rovers2–2Chelsea5 January 1963ReplayChelsea3–1Tranmere Rovers30 January 196317Tottenham Hotspur0–3Burnley16 January 196318Barnsley0–3Everton15 January 196319Portsmouth1–1Scunthorpe United26 January 1963ReplayScunthorpe United1–2Portsmouth7 March 196320West Ham United0–0Fulham4 February 1963ReplayFulham1–2West Ham United20 February 196321Manchester United5–0Huddersfield Town4 March 196322Norwich City1–1Blackpool4 March 1963ReplayBlackpool1–3Norwich City6 March 196323Plymouth Argyle1–5West Bromwich Albion5 January 196324Bradford City1–6Newcastle United7 March 196325Carlisle United0–1Gravesend & Northfleet29 January 196326Mansfield Town2–3Ipswich Town9 January 196327Swansea Town2–0Queens Park Rangers26 January 196328Charlton Athletic1–0Cardiff City18 February 196329Arsenal5–1Oxford United30 January 196330Leeds United3–1Stoke City6 March 196331Birmingham City3–3Bury5 March 1963ReplayBury2–0Birmingham City7 March 196332Leyton Orient1–1Hull City11 February 1963ReplayHull City0–2Leyton Orient19 February 1963 Fourth round The matches were originally scheduled for Saturday, 26 January 1963, but due to the earlier, ongoing problems with the winter of 1963, most of the third-round games had still not been played and only one tie, the Burnley – Liverpool match, was able to be played on that day. This and three other games went to replays, with the Portsmouth – Coventry City match requiring a second replay, which was the last match of the round. Gravesend & Northfleet was the last non-league club left in the competition. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Burnley1–1Liverpool26 January 1963ReplayLiverpool2–1Burnley20 February 19632Southampton3–1Watford27 February 19633Leicester City3–1Ipswich Town30 January 19634Middlesbrough0–2Leeds United16 March 19635West Bromwich Albion0–0Nottingham Forest6 March 1963ReplayNottingham Forest2–1West Bromwich Albion11 March 19636Swindon Town1–5Everton29 January 19637Manchester City1–0Bury13 March 19638Portsmouth1–1Coventry City13 March 1963ReplayCoventry City2–2Portsmouth16 March 1963ReplayPortsmouth1–2Coventry City19 March 19639West Ham United1–0Swansea Town4 March 196310Manchester United1–0Aston Villa11 March 196311Norwich City5–0Newcastle United13 March 196312Port Vale1–2Sheffield United13 March 196313Charlton Athletic0–3Chelsea6 March 196314Arsenal2–0Sheffield Wednesday12 March 196315Leyton Orient3–0Derby County4 March 196316Gravesend & Northfleet1–1Sunderland12 February 1963ReplaySunderland5–2Gravesend & Northfleet18 February 1963 Fifth round The matches were originally scheduled for Saturday, 16 February 1963, but the delays of the matches in the third and fourth rounds prevented the fifth round ties from being played until much later. On 28 January, the FA announced that the draw for the fifth round would be put back a week, and that the league season would be extended until 19 May.http://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/viewArticle.arc?toDate=1963-03-20&fromDate=1963-01-28&currentPageNumber=1&resultsPerPage=10&sortBy=default&offset=0&viewName=&addFilters=&removeFilters=&addCat=&queryKeywords=Fifth+Round&sectionId=1040&currPgSmartSet=1&pageId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1963-01-29-03&articleId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1963-01-29-03-001&xmlpath=&pubId=17&totalResults=70&addRefineFilters=&removeRefineFilters=&addRefineCat=&next_Page=false&prev_Page=false&date_dd_From=28&date_mm_From=01&date_yyyy_From=1963&date_dd_to_range=20&date_mm_to_range=03&date_yyyy_to_range=1963&date_dd_from_precise=28&date_mm_from_precise=01&date_yyyy_from_precise=1963&isDateSearch=false&dateSearchType=range&refineQuerykeywordText= The Times Archive 2008-09-09 Times Newspapers Ltd. 1963-01-29 LondonSeptember 2024 medicmedic Faced with the problem of wishing all the ties to take place on the same date, the FA decided on 4 February 1963 that the fifth and sixth rounds would each be postponed by a week to 23 February and 16 March respectivelyhttp://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/viewArticle.arc?toDate=1963-02-20&fromDate=1963-01-28&currentPageNumber=1&resultsPerPage=10&sortBy=default&offset=0&viewName=&addFilters=&removeFilters=&addCat=&queryKeywords=Fifth+Round&sectionId=1040&currPgSmartSet=1&pageId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1963-02-05-03&articleId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1963-02-05-03-002&xmlpath=&pubId=17&totalResults=26&addRefineFilters=&removeRefineFilters=&addRefineCat=&next_Page=false&prev_Page=false&date_dd_From=28&date_mm_From=01&date_yyyy_From=1963&date_dd_to_range=20&date_mm_to_range=02&date_yyyy_to_range=1963&date_dd_from_precise=28&date_mm_from_precise=01&date_yyyy_from_precise=1963&isDateSearch=false&dateSearchType=range&refineQuerykeywordText= The Times Archive 2008-09-09 Times Newspapers Ltd. 1963-02-05 LondonSeptember 2024 medicmedic The following week, on 12 February, the FA again decided, due to the lack of completion of many games, that the fifth and sixth rounds should be postponedhttp://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/viewArticle.arc?toDate=1963-03-20&fromDate=1963-01-28&currentPageNumber=1&resultsPerPage=10&sortBy=default&offset=0&viewName=&addFilters=&removeFilters=&addCat=&queryKeywords=Fifth+Round&sectionId=1040&currPgSmartSet=1&pageId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1963-02-13-04&articleId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1963-02-13-04-001&xmlpath=&pubId=17&totalResults=70&addRefineFilters=&removeRefineFilters=&addRefineCat=&next_Page=false&prev_Page=false&date_dd_From=28&date_mm_From=01&date_yyyy_From=1963&date_dd_to_range=20&date_mm_to_range=03&date_yyyy_to_range=1963&date_dd_from_precise=28&date_mm_from_precise=01&date_yyyy_from_precise=1963&isDateSearch=false&dateSearchType=range&refineQuerykeywordText= The Times Archive 2008-09-09 Times Newspapers Ltd. 1963-02-13 LondonSeptember 2024 medicmedic The agreed dates, Saturday 16 March and Saturday 30 March respectively, were the final postponements of these two rounds. There were no replays, but the Nottingham Forest and Leeds United match did not take place until the following Tuesday, while the Coventry City – Sunderland game was played on the 25th. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Southampton1–0Sheffield United16 March 19632Nottingham Forest3–0Leeds United19 March 19633Manchester City1–2Norwich City16 March 19634Coventry City2–1Sunderland25 March 19635West Ham United1–0Everton16 March 19636Manchester United2–1Chelsea16 March 19637Arsenal1–2Liverpool16 March 19638Leyton Orient0–1Leicester City16 March 1963 Sixth round The four quarter-final ties were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 9 March 1963, but as explained above, were postponed until the 30 March. The Nottingham Forest–Southampton match went to two replays before the tie was settled, in Southampton's favour. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Liverpool1–0West Ham United30 March 19632Nottingham Forest1–1Southampton30 March 1963ReplaySouthampton3–3Nottingham Forest3 April 1963ReplayNottingham Forest0–5Southampton8 April 19633Coventry City1–3Manchester United30 March 19634Norwich City0–2Leicester City30 March 1963 Semi-finals The semi-final matches were originally scheduled to be played on Saturday, 30 March 1963. However, due to the problems of completing the earlier rounds due to the particularly inclement weather, on 18 February 1963 the FA Challenge Cup committee announced that the semi-finals would be put back by four weeks to 27 April, and that the final would not be played until three weeks after its original date, on 25 May.http://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/viewArticle.arc?toDate=1963-02-20&fromDate=1963-02-19&currentPageNumber=1&resultsPerPage=10&sortBy=default&offset=0&viewName=&addFilters=&removeFilters=&addCat=&queryKeywords=FA+Cup&sectionId=1040&currPgSmartSet=1&pageId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1963-02-19-04&articleId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1963-02-19-04-016&xmlpath=&pubId=17&totalResults=1&addRefineFilters=&removeRefineFilters=&addRefineCat=&next_Page=false&prev_Page=false&date_dd_From=19&date_mm_From=02&date_yyyy_From=1963&date_dd_to_range=20&date_mm_to_range=02&date_yyyy_to_range=1963&date_dd_from_precise=19&date_mm_from_precise=02&date_yyyy_from_precise=1963&isDateSearch=false&dateSearchType=range&refineQuerykeywordText= The Times Archive 2008-09-09 Times Newspapers Ltd. 1963-02-19 LondonSeptember 2024 medicmedic Leicester City and Manchester United came through the semi-final round to meet at Wembley. 27 April 1963 15:00 Leicester City 1–0 ReportJanuary 2025 medicmedic Liverpool Stringfellow 20 Hillsborough, Sheffield 65,000 A. Holland, Barnsley 27 April 1963 15:00 Manchester United 1–0 ReportJanuary 2025 medicmedic Southampton Law 56 Villa Park, Birmingham 65,000 George McCabe, Sheffield Final 1963 FA Cup Final The final was played on 25 May 1963 at Wembley Stadium. Manchester United defeated Leicester City 3–1, with goals by Denis Law and David Herd (2). Ken Keyworth scored the Foxes' goal. Match details 25 May 1963 Manchester United 3–1 Leicester City Law 30Herd 57 85 Keyworth 80 Wembley, London 99,604 Ken Aston, London _whiteborder _whitecollarsimple _whiteborder FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 Manchester United _blueborder _bluecollarsimple _blueborder _bluesides _2stripesblue FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Leicester City References General The FA Cup Archive at TheFA.com English FA Cup 1962/63 at Soccerbase F.A. Cup results 1962/63 at Footballsite Specific 2 Category:FA Cup seasons FA Cup