1911 FA Cup Final
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| 1911 FA Cup Final |
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| Winner |
| Bradford City Bradford City A.F.C. Bradford City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, playing in League Two.... |
| Runner-up |
| Newcastle United Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger... |
| Score |
| 0–0 |
| 1–0 (replay) |
| Date |
| 22 and 26 April 1911 |
| Venue |
| Crystal Palace Crystal Palace National Sports Centre The National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace in south London, England is a large sports centre and athletics stadium. It was opened in 1964 in Crystal Palace Park, close to the site of the former Crystal Palace, in the former parkland and also usurping part of the former grand prix circuit.It was... |
| Old Trafford Old Trafford Old Trafford commonly refers to two sporting arenas:* Old Trafford, home of Manchester United F.C.* Old Trafford Cricket Ground, home of Lancashire County Cricket ClubOld Trafford can also refer to:... |
The 1911 FA Cup Final was the 40th FA Cup final. It was contested by Bradford City
Bradford City A.F.C.
Bradford City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, playing in League Two....
and Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
. The first game resulted in a goalless draw at Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
The National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace in south London, England is a large sports centre and athletics stadium. It was opened in 1964 in Crystal Palace Park, close to the site of the former Crystal Palace, in the former parkland and also usurping part of the former grand prix circuit.It was...
. A single goal scored by Jimmy Speirs for Bradford won the replay at Old Trafford.
Bradford City
Home teams listed first.Round 1: New Brompton
Gillingham F.C.
Gillingham Football Club is an English professional football club based in the town of Gillingham, Kent. The only Kent-based club in the Football League, they play their home matches at the Priestfield Stadium...
0–1 Bradford City
Round 2: Bradford City 2–1 Norwich City
Norwich City F.C.
Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...
Round 3: Bradford City 1–0 Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town F.C.
Grimsby Town Football Club is an English football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, in North East Lincolnshire, England, who compete in the Conference National. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town...
Round 4: Bradford City 1–0 Burnley
Burnley F.C.
Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...
Semi-final: Bradford City 3–0 Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
(at Bramall Lane
Bramall Lane
-Cricket at the Lane:Bramall Lane opened as a cricket ground in 1855, having been leased by Michael Ellison from the Duke of Norfolk at an annual rent of £70. The site was then away from the town's industrial area, and relatively free from smoke. It was built to host the matches of local cricket...
, Sheffield
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
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Newcastle United
Home teams listed first.Round 1: Newcastle United 6–1 Bury
Bury F.C.
Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the...
Round 2: Newcastle United 1–1 Northampton Town
Northampton Town F.C.
Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season...
Round 2 replay: Northampton Town 0–1 Newcastle United
Round 3: Newcastle United 3–2 Hull City
Hull City A.F.C.
Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...
Round 4: Newcastle United 4–0 Derby County
Derby County F.C.
Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...
Semi-final: Newcastle United 3–0 Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
(at St Andrews
St Andrews (stadium)
St Andrew's is an association football stadium in the Bordesley district of Birmingham, England. It has been the home ground of Birmingham City Football Club for more than a century....
, Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
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Match summary
Barnsley F.C.
Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...
2–0. They faced a Bradford City side who had earned their highest position in the league. Newcastle's preparations were upset by long-term injuries to England
England national football team
The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
international centre-forward Albert Shepherd
Albert Shepherd
Albert Shepherd was an English footballer. He played centre forward for Newcastle United between 1908 to 1914....
and Peter McWilliam
Peter McWilliam
Peter McWilliam was a Scottish footballer who played at left-half for Inverness Thistle, Newcastle United and Scotland. He went on to manage both Tottenham Hotspur and Middlesbrough....
. Bradford's team showed just one surprise with Scottish centre-half Willie Gildea drafted in for just his 10th game for the club.
The first match at Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
The National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace in south London, England is a large sports centre and athletics stadium. It was opened in 1964 in Crystal Palace Park, close to the site of the former Crystal Palace, in the former parkland and also usurping part of the former grand prix circuit.It was...
ended goalless after extra time meaning for the second successive year the final went to a replay. City made one change to their team for the replay with Bob Torrance coming in for Gildea, who never played for City again. Newcastle's team remained unchanged. The replay, which took place at Old Trafford
Old Trafford
Old Trafford commonly refers to two sporting arenas:* Old Trafford, home of Manchester United F.C.* Old Trafford Cricket Ground, home of Lancashire County Cricket ClubOld Trafford can also refer to:...
, was settled by a single goal for Bradford, a header scored by captain Jimmy Speirs.
It was a new trophy that Speirs lifted, appropriately made by Bradford jewellers Fattorini's
Messers Fattorini and Sons
Fattorini & Sons was a jewellery business established by a family of Italian immigrants who arrived in the British city of Leeds, in Yorkshire, England in the early 19th century. Antonio Fattorini opened a shop in Harrogate to take advantage of seasonal trade in Harrogate in 1831, this business is...
. The cup triumph remains Bradford's only major honour.
Match details
| style=cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> | BRADFORD CITY: | ||
| GK | Mark Mellors Mark Mellors Mark Mellors was an English footballer who played for Notts County, Brighton, Sheffield United and Bradford City, with whom he played in the 1911 FA Cup Final. After retiring in 1918 he became a successful businessman in the wool trade, and died in 1961 at the age of 81.-External links:*... |
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| Robert Campbell Robert Campbell (footballer born 1882) Robert Campbell was a Scottish footballer who played for Partick Thistle, Rangers, Millwall Athletic and Bradford City. He was a full back who won the 1911 FA Cup with Bradford.-Career:... |
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| David Taylor | |||
| George Robinson George Robinson (footballer born 1878) George Robinson was an English footballer who played for Nottingham Forest and Bradford City.Robinson played an important part in the early rise of City, scoring in a 5–0 victory over First Division Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Cup in 1906... |
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| CH | Willie Gildea Willie Gildea William "Willie" Gildea was a Scottish footballer who played in defence. He was born in Falkirk.Gildea's clubs included Falkirk, Bradford City and Birmingham City. He played just ten games for Bradford City – seven in the league and three in the FA Cup – including Bradford's FA Cup final... |
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| Jimmy McDonald | |||
| OR | Peter Logan Peter Logan (footballer) Peter Logan was a Scottish professional footballer who won the 1911 FA Cup Final with Bradford City.-External links:*... |
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| Jimmy Speirs (c) | |||
| Frank O'Rourke Frank O'Rourke (footballer) Frank O'Rourke was a Scottish international footballer who played in Scotland and England, for Bradford City.-Career:... |
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| Archie Devine Archie Devine Archie Devine was a Scottish footballer.He started his career playing junior football with Lochgelly United, moving on to Hearts in 1904 and then moving on to play for Raith Rovers... |
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| Frank Thompson Frank Thompson (footballer) Francis William "Frank" Thompson was an Irish international football player and manager who played professionally in Ireland, England and Scotland.-Career:... |
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| Peter O'Rourke Peter O'Rourke Peter O'Rourke was a Scottish footballer and manager.-Career:O'Rourke was a centre half who played for Celtic, Burnley, Lincoln City, Third Lanark and Chesterfield before his final playing days at Bradford City. He became player-manager in 1905 following the departure of Robert Campbell while he... |
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Jimmy Lawrence
James "Jimmy" Lawrence was a Scottish football player and later manager. A goalkeeper he played for Newcastle United between 1904 and 1921....
Billy McCracken
Billy McCracken was a Northern Irish association football player. His position was defender....
Tony Whitson
Thomas Thompson "Tony" Whitson was a South African professional footballer who played as a left back for Newcastle United between 1905 and 1919...
Colin Veitch
Colin Campbell McKechnie Veitch was an English football player in the early 20th century for Newcastle United and manager of Bradford City.-Newcastle United:Veitch was born in the Heaton area of Newcastle upon Tyne...
(c)
Wilf Low
Wilfrid "Wilf" Lawson Low was a footballer who played as a centre-half for Aberdeen and Newcastle United....
David Willis (footballer)
David Willis was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half.-Career:Born in Byker, Willis played in the Football League for Sunderland, Newcastle United and Reading....
Jock Rutherford
John "Jock" Rutherford , also known as Jackie Rutherford, was an English footballer.-Football career:Born in Percy Main, Northumberland, Rutherford was known for his longevity; he played nearly six hundred Football League and FA Cup matches, despite four seasons of football being cancelled due to...
George Jobey
George Jobey was an English football player and manager. He won the league championship as a player with his hometown club Newcastle United.-Career:...
Sandy Higgins
Alex "Sandy" Higgins was a footballer with Newcastle United between 1905 to 1919, playing 150 games and scoring 41 goals. Sandy played in the forward position....
George Wilson (Scottish footballer)
George W. Wilson was a Scottish professional international footballer, who spent the greatest part of his career with Newcastle United.-Playing career:...
MATCH RULES
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Replay
| style=cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> | BRADFORD CITY: | ||
| GK | Mark Mellors Mark Mellors Mark Mellors was an English footballer who played for Notts County, Brighton, Sheffield United and Bradford City, with whom he played in the 1911 FA Cup Final. After retiring in 1918 he became a successful businessman in the wool trade, and died in 1961 at the age of 81.-External links:*... |
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| Robert Campbell Robert Campbell (footballer born 1882) Robert Campbell was a Scottish footballer who played for Partick Thistle, Rangers, Millwall Athletic and Bradford City. He was a full back who won the 1911 FA Cup with Bradford.-Career:... |
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| David Taylor | |||
| George Robinson George Robinson (footballer born 1878) George Robinson was an English footballer who played for Nottingham Forest and Bradford City.Robinson played an important part in the early rise of City, scoring in a 5–0 victory over First Division Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Cup in 1906... |
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| CH | Bob Torrance Bob Torrance Robert "Bob" Torrance was a Scottish footballer who played in defence for hometown team Kirkintilloch Rob Roy and Bradford City.... |
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| Jimmy McDonald | |||
| OR | Peter Logan Peter Logan (footballer) Peter Logan was a Scottish professional footballer who won the 1911 FA Cup Final with Bradford City.-External links:*... |
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| Jimmy Speirs (c) | |||
| Frank O'Rourke Frank O'Rourke (footballer) Frank O'Rourke was a Scottish international footballer who played in Scotland and England, for Bradford City.-Career:... |
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| Archie Devine Archie Devine Archie Devine was a Scottish footballer.He started his career playing junior football with Lochgelly United, moving on to Hearts in 1904 and then moving on to play for Raith Rovers... |
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| Frank Thompson Frank Thompson (footballer) Francis William "Frank" Thompson was an Irish international football player and manager who played professionally in Ireland, England and Scotland.-Career:... |
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| Peter O'Rourke Peter O'Rourke Peter O'Rourke was a Scottish footballer and manager.-Career:O'Rourke was a centre half who played for Celtic, Burnley, Lincoln City, Third Lanark and Chesterfield before his final playing days at Bradford City. He became player-manager in 1905 following the departure of Robert Campbell while he... |
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Jimmy Lawrence
James "Jimmy" Lawrence was a Scottish football player and later manager. A goalkeeper he played for Newcastle United between 1904 and 1921....
Billy McCracken
Billy McCracken was a Northern Irish association football player. His position was defender....
Tony Whitson
Thomas Thompson "Tony" Whitson was a South African professional footballer who played as a left back for Newcastle United between 1905 and 1919...
Colin Veitch
Colin Campbell McKechnie Veitch was an English football player in the early 20th century for Newcastle United and manager of Bradford City.-Newcastle United:Veitch was born in the Heaton area of Newcastle upon Tyne...
(c)
Wilf Low
Wilfrid "Wilf" Lawson Low was a footballer who played as a centre-half for Aberdeen and Newcastle United....
David Willis (footballer)
David Willis was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half.-Career:Born in Byker, Willis played in the Football League for Sunderland, Newcastle United and Reading....
Jock Rutherford
John "Jock" Rutherford , also known as Jackie Rutherford, was an English footballer.-Football career:Born in Percy Main, Northumberland, Rutherford was known for his longevity; he played nearly six hundred Football League and FA Cup matches, despite four seasons of football being cancelled due to...
George Jobey
George Jobey was an English football player and manager. He won the league championship as a player with his hometown club Newcastle United.-Career:...
Sandy Higgins
Alex "Sandy" Higgins was a footballer with Newcastle United between 1905 to 1919, playing 150 games and scoring 41 goals. Sandy played in the forward position....
George Wilson (Scottish footballer)
George W. Wilson was a Scottish professional international footballer, who spent the greatest part of his career with Newcastle United.-Playing career:...
MATCH RULES
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