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The 1929 FA Cup Final was contested by Bolton Wanderers

Bolton Wanderers F.C.

Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....

and Portsmouth

Portsmouth F.C.

Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from...

at Wembley. Bolton won 2–0, with goals by Billy Butler and Harry Blackmore.

Match details


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	BOLTON WANDERERS:
	1	Dick Pym Dick Pym Richard Henry Pym was a football player best known for being the Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper at the first ever FA Cup final to be played at Wembley Stadium in 1923.The game, known as the White Horse Final because of the presence of a mounted white police horse at the helm of the...
	2	Bob Haworth Bob Haworth Robert "Bob" Haworth was an English football player best known for playing for Bolton Wanderers, for whom he made over 300 appearances in The Football League. He played for the team in the 1923, 1926 and 1929 FA Cup Finals.-References:...
	3	Alex Finney Alex Finney Alexander "Alex" Finney was an English football player best known for playing for Bolton Wanderers, for whom he made nearly 500 appearances in The Football League. He played for the team in the 1923 and 1929 FA Cup Finals.-References:...
	4	Fred Kean Fred Kean Frederick William Kean was an English international footballer who played professionally as a right half for Sheffield Wednesday, Bolton Wanderers and Luton Town. Born in Sheffield, Kean earned a total of nine caps for the English national team between 1923 and 1929, captaining the team on one...
	5	Jimmy Seddon Jimmy Seddon Jimmy Seddon , is a footballer who played most famously in the centre of defence for Bolton Wanderers during the 1920s.... (c)
	6	Harry Nuttall Harry Nuttall (footballer) Harry Nuttall , was a football player best known for being in the winning Bolton Wanderers team which won the FA Cup in 1923....
	7	Billy Butler
	8	Jim McClelland
	9	Harold Blackmore
	10	George Gibson
	11	Willie Cook Willie Cook (footballer) William Lawrence "Willie" Cook was a Scottish professional footballer. An outside left, he spent the majority of his career with Football League club Bolton Wanderers, making 234 League appearances and scoring 35 goals for the Trotters. He also played for Blackpool and Reading. He also won three...
Manager:
Charles Foweraker Charles Foweraker Charles Foweraker was an English football manager, serving in the capacity at Bolton Wanderers from 1919 to 1944, making him the club's longest serving manager...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> PORTSMOUTH: | 1

Jock Gilfillan

John "Jock" Gilfillan was a Scottish-born footballer who played as a Goalkeeper in the 1920s and 1930s, notably with Portsmouth....

Alec Mackie

John Alexander "Alec" Mackie was an Irish footballer who played as a defender for various clubs, including Arsenal and Portsmouth in the English Football League.-Football career:...

Thomas Bell 4

Jimmy Nichol

James Baillie "Jimmy" Nichol was a Scottish association football player. He played professionally for Gillingham and Portsmouth between 1925 and 1938. In total he made over 400 appearances in the Football League.-References:...

Johnny McIlwaine

John "Johnny" McIlwaine was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre half for Portsmouth, where he captained the team in the 1929 FA Cup Final, before moving to south coast rivals Southampton...

David Thackeray 7

Fred Forward

Fredrick John Forward was a footballer who played in The Football League for Crystal Palace, Newport County, Portsmouth, Hull City. He also played for Bath City and Margate.-References:...

Jack Smith

Jack Smith (footballer born 1898)

John William Smith, known as Jack Smith was an English international footballer, who played as an inside left.-Career:...

Jack Weddle

John Robson "Jack" Weddle in Whitburn, South Tyneside was a former Portsmouth centre forward who played during the interwar and post war period. He is best remembered for Portsmouth's Cup run in the 1933/34 season, scoring a hat-trick against Birmingham in front of a 66,000-strong crowd to take...

David Watson 11

Fred Cook Manager:

Jack Tinn

Jack Tinn was the manager of the English football club Portsmouth F.C. from 1927-1947. Under Tinn's stewardship Portsmouth won the FA Cup for the first time in their history when they beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-1 at Wembley in 1939. The FA Cup was kept safe under his bed throughout the war...

MATCH RULES

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Replay if scores still level.

Bolton Wanderers

Round 3: Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Oldham Athletic

Oldham Athletic A.F.C.

Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is an English association football club based at Boundary Park, on Sheepfoot Lane in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The club currently competes in the Football League One, the third tier of the English league...

Round 4: Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

0–0 Bolton Wanderers

Replay: Bolton Wanderers 5–2 Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

Round 5: Leicester City

Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

1–2 Bolton Wanderers

Round 6: 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....

1–1 Bolton Wanderers

Replay: Bolton Wanderers 2–1 Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers F.C.

Semi-Final: Bolton Wanderers 3–1 Huddersfield Town

Huddersfield Town F.C.

Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...

(at Anfield

Anfield

Anfield is an association football stadium in the district of Anfield, Liverpool, England, with a seating capacity of 45,522. It has been the home of Liverpool F.C. since their formation in 1892 and was originally the home of Everton F.C. from 1884 to 1892, before they moved to Goodison Park...

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Portsmouth

Round 3: Portsmouth 2–1 Charlton Athletic

Charlton Athletic F.C.

Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...

Round 4: Portsmouth 2–1 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....

Round 5: 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...

1–1 Portsmouth

Replay: Portsmouth 1–0 Chelsea

Chelsea F.C.

Round 6: Portsmouth 3–2 West Ham United

West Ham United F.C.

West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

Semi-Final: Portsmouth 1–0 Aston Villa

Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...

(at Highbury

Arsenal Stadium

Arsenal Stadium was a football stadium in Highbury, North London, which was the home ground of Arsenal Football Club between 6 September 1913 and 7 May 2006...

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