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The 1947 FA Cup Final was contested by 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,...

and 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...

at Wembley, England on April 26, 1947. Charlton, losing finalists the previous year

1946 FA Cup Final

The 1946 FA Cup Final, the first since the start of the Second World War, was contested by Derby County and Charlton Athletic at Wembley. Derby won 4–1 after extra time, with goals from Bert Turner , Peter Doherty and a double from Jackie Stamps.-Match summary:The game was goalless until the...

, won by a single goal, scored in extra time by Chris Duffy

Chris Duffy (footballer)

Chris Duffy , is a Scottish footballer who played as a left winger in the Football League. He scored the only goal for Charlton Athletic in the 1947 FA Cup Final, against Burnley.-External links:*...

.
History repeated itself this year as the ball again burst during the game. Later, the reason for these problems in 1946 and 1947 was put down to the poor quality of leather available after World War II.

Charlton

Third round: 4-1 v Rochdale (home)
Fourth round: 2-1 v West Brom (away)
Fifth round: 1-0 v Blackburn (home)
Quarter-finals: 2-1 v Preston (home)
Semi-finals: 4-0 v Newcastle (home)

Burnley

Third round: 5-1 v Aston Villa (home)
Fourth round: 2-0 v Coventry (home)
Fifth round:3-0 v Luton (home)
Quarter-finals: 1-1 v Middlesbrough (away) - Replay 1-0 (home)
Semi-finals: 0-0 v Liverpool (home) - Replay 1-0 (away)

Match details


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	CHARLTON ATHLETIC:
GK	1	Sam Bartram Sam Bartram Samuel "Sam" Bartram was an English footballer and manager.-Career:After school, Sam Bartram became a miner and played as either centre forward or wing-half in north east non-league football. As a teenager he had an unsuccessful trial with Reading...
RB	2	Peter Croker Peter Croker Peter Croker is an English former footballer born in Kingston, Surrey, who played as a fullback in the Football League for Charlton Athletic and Watford and in non-league football for Bromley and Gravesend & Northfleet. He is the only survivor from Charlton's 1947 FA Cup Final-winning team.He...
LB	3	John Shreeve
RH	4	Herbert Johnson
CH	5	Harold Phipps Harold Phipps Harold Phipps was an English professional footballer who played as a centre half.-Career:Born in Dartford, Phipps started his professional career during the Second World War, with Charlton Athletic. During the war he also made guest appearances for Chelsea and Fulham...
LH	6	Bill Whittaker Bill Whittaker William Paul "Bill" Whittaker was a former professional footballer, who played for Charlton Athletic, Huddersfield Town, Crystal Palace and Cambridge United. He was born in Charlton.-References:...
OR	7	Gordon Hurst Gordon Hurst Gordon Hurst , is an English footballer who played as a winger in the Football League.He moved from Non League Ramsgate Athletic to Charlton Athletic in 1946 where he stayed until 1957 playing in nearly 400 matches. In 1958 he joined Tunbridge Wells United as player manager and stayed there until...
IR	8	Tommy Dawson Tommy Dawson (footballer born 1915) Tommy Dawson is an English footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League.-External links:*...
CF	9	William Robinson
IL	10	Don Welsh Don Welsh Donald "Don" Welsh was an English football player and manager. As a player he played at inside left for Charlton Athletic and for England, winning the FA Cup with Charlton in 1946–47.-Playing career:... (c)
OL	11	Chris Duffy Chris Duffy (footballer) Chris Duffy , is a Scottish footballer who played as a left winger in the Football League. He scored the only goal for Charlton Athletic in the 1947 FA Cup Final, against Burnley.-External links:*...
Manager:
Jimmy Seed Jimmy Seed James Marshall "Jimmy" Seed was an English footballer and football manager.Despite being born in Blackhill, Seed was brought up in the village of Whitburn on the coast just to the north of Sunderland...

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

George Strong

George Strong (footballer)

George James Strong , sometimes known as Jimmy Strong, was an English professional association footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played in the Football League for a number of clubs, making over 350 appearances in total.-References:...

RB 2

Arthur Woodruff

Arthur Woodruff was an English professional association football player who played as a centre-half.-External links:* at the Post War Players Database...

LB 3

Harry Mather

Harold "Harry" Mather was an English professional footballer who played as a full back.-References:* at the Post-War Players Database*...

RH 4

Reg Attwell

Frederick Reginald "Reg" Attwell was an English professional association football player who played as a right wing-half. He played in the Football League for West Ham United, Burnley and Bradford City, and also had spells in non-league football.-Personal life:Attwell was born in Shifnal,...

CH 5

Alan Brown

Alan Brown (footballer)

Alan Winston Brown was a professional footballer and manager, who played for Huddersfield Town, Burnley and Notts County. After a short spell at Sheffield Wednesday as coach he rejoined Burnley as manager before further managerial spells at Sunderland, back at Sheffield Wednesday and then...

George Bray

George Bray was an English professional association football player who played as a wing half.-External links:* at Post-War Players Database...

OR 7

Jackie Chew IR 8

Billy Morris

Billy Morris (footballer)

William "Billy" Morris was a Welsh international footballer who played as an inside forward. He was part of the Burnley side which lost 0–1 to Charlton Athletic in the 1947 FA Cup Final...

CF 9

Ray Harrison

Raymond William Harrison was an English professional association footballer who played as a centre forward.-References:-External links:* at the Post-War Players Database...

IL 10

Harry Potts

Harold "Harry" Potts was an English football player and manager.-Early life:Born in Hetton-le-Hole, County Durham, as was another well-known name in football, Bob Paisley. The duo spent much of their childhood playing various sports, but it was football that Potts loved most...

OL 11

Peter Kippax

Peter Kippax (footballer)

Frederick Peter Kippax was an English amateur footballer who played as a left winger.-Club career:Kippax played in the Football League for Burnley and Liverpool. He later played for Yorkshire Amateur....

Manager:

Cliff Britton

Clifford Samuel Britton was a footballer and football manager. He was born 29 August 1909 in Hanham in Bristol and died 1 December 1975.-Playing career:...

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