1948 FA Cup final

March 2015 March 2015 1948 FA Cup Final 1947–48 FA Cup Manchester United 4 Blackpool 2 24 April 1948 Wembley Stadium London Jack Barrick (Little Billing) 99,842 1947 1949 The 1948 FA Cup final was contested by Manchester United and Blackpool at Wembley Stadium on 24 April 1948. United, who had not appeared in an FA Cup Final for 39 years, won 4–2, with two goals from Jack Rowley and one apiece from Stan Pearson and John Anderson. Eddie Shimwell and Stan Mortensen scored Blackpool's goals. With his goal, Shimwell became the first full-back to score in a Wembley cup final.Matlock Town F.C. pen pics https://web.archive.org/web/20071001015357/http://web.ukonline.co.uk/pstopford/facuppenpics.html 1 October 2007 Blackpool manager Joe Smith decided not to select Jimmy McIntosh for the final despite McIntosh having scored five goals in the five ties leading up to the final. The two sides met in a rearranged league fixture the Monday after the Wembley final. McIntosh was selected to play for Blackpool, who won 1–0 with McIntosh scoring the winner. The previous month it was announced that Blackpool would not be wearing their traditional tangerine-and-white strip due to its clashing with United's red. Instead, they wore white shirts with black shorts, but would be allowed to wear their normal socks, even though they too came under the auspices of the colour-clash ban. The FA also instructed United to wear blue shirts and white shorts, meaning both teams played in change strip.Gillatt Peter Blackpool FC on This Day: History, Facts and Figures from Every Day of the Year Pitch Publishing Ltd 30 November 2009 978-1-905411-50-4 Hugh Kelly was the last surviving Blackpool player from the game when he died in March 2009 at the age of 85. The last surviving player from the game was Manchester United goalkeeper Jack Crompton who died in July 2013 at the age of 91. Match details 24 April 1948 Manchester United 4–2 Blackpool Report Rowley 28 70Pearson 80Anderson 82 Shimwell 12 pen.Mortensen 35 Wembley Stadium, London 99,842 C. J. Barrick (Northamptonshire) _white_collar _whitetop 0000C0 0000C0 0000C0 FFFFFF 0000C0 Manchester United _collarwhite _whitetop FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 000000 Blackpool GK 1 ENG Jack CromptonRB 2 IRL Johnny Carey (c)LB 3 ENG John AstonRH 4 ENG John AndersonCH 5 ENG Allenby ChiltonLH 6 ENG Henry CockburnOR 7 SCO Jimmy DelaneyIR 8 ENG Johnny MorrisCF 9 ENG Jack RowleyIL 10ENG Stan PearsonOL 11ENG Charlie MittenManager:SCO Matt Busby GK 1 ENG Joe RobinsonRB 2 ENG Eddie ShimwellLB 3 ENG John CroslandRH 4 ENG Harry Johnston (c)CH 5 ENG Eric HaywardLH 6 SCO Hugh KellyOR 7 ENG Stanley MatthewsIR 8 SCO Alex MunroCF 9 ENG Stan MortensenIL 10SCO George DickOL 11ENG Walter RickettManager:ENG Joe Smith References Specific General Roy Calley Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992 Breedon Books Sport 1992 1-873626-07-X Report and programme 1948 Fa Cup Final Fa Cup Final 1948 Fa Cup Final 1948 FA Cup Final FA Cup Final