1914 FA Cup Final

1914 FA Cup Final
Event	1913–14 FA Cup
Date	25 April 1914
Venue	Crystal Palace, London
Referee	Herbert Bamlett (Gateshead)
Attendance	72,778
	← 1913 1915 →

The 1914 FA Cup Final was a football match between Burnley and Liverpool on 25 April 1914 at Crystal Palace, London. It was the final match of the 1913–14 FA Cup, the 43rd season of the country's primary cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, better known as the FA Cup. Both teams were appearing in their first final.^[1]

Both teams entered the competition in the first round. Burnley's matches ranged from comfortable victories to close affairs. They beat Bolton Wanderers 3–0 in the third round, but beat Sheffield United 1–0 in a replay of their semi-final which finished 0–0. Liverpool matches were generally close affairs, two of their five ties went to a replay. Apart from a 5–1 victory in their third round replay against West Ham United, their biggest margin of victory was by two goals.

Watched by a crowd of 72,778, including King George V, who became the first reigning monarch to attend a FA Cup Final and to present the trophy to the winners,^[2] the first half was goalless. Burnley opened the scoring the 57th minute, when ex-Evertonian Bert Freeman scored.^[3] Liverpool could not find an equaliser in the remaining minutes and Burnley won the match 1–0 to win their first and to date only FA Cup.

King George V presents the 1914 FA Cup trophy to Burnley captain Tommy Boyle.

The match was the last FA Cup Final to be played at Crystal Palace.^[4]

Match[]

Details[]

25 April 1914
15:00 BST

Burnley	1–0	Liverpool
Freeman 57'	Report

Crystal Palace, London

Attendance: 72,778 (Also reported as 74,093)

Referee: Herbert Bamlett (Gateshead)

Burnley

Liverpool



GK		Ronnie Sewell
FB		Tom Bamford
FB		David Taylor
WH		George Halley
CH		Tommy Boyle (c)
HB		Billy Watson
MF		Billy Nesbitt
IF		Dick Lindley
CF		Bert Freeman
IF		Teddy Hodgson
MF		Eddie Mosscrop
Manager:
John Haworth



GK		Ken Campbell
FB		Ephraim Longworth (c)
FB		Bob Pursell
HB		Thomas Fairfoul
HB		Robert Ferguson
HB		Donald McKinlay
OF		Jackie Sheldon
IF		Tom Miller
CF		Arthur Metcalf
IF		James Nicholl
OF		Bill Lacey
Manager:
Tom Watson

References[]

Specific

^ "Burnley defeat Liverpool in FA Cup Final | Century Ireland". www.rte.ie. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
^ Smith, Mike (2014). The Road to Glory - Burnley's FA Cup Triumph in 1914. Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781781482605.
^ "FA Cup Final 1914". Fa-cupfinals.co.uk. 24 October 2007. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
^ "When the FA Cup Final Was Played in the Shadow of the Crystal Palace". VICE Sports. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2018.

General

[1] "Burnley defeat Liverpool in FA Cup Final | Century Ireland". www.rte.ie. Retrieved 17 November 2018.

[2] Smith, Mike (2014). The Road to Glory - Burnley's FA Cup Triumph in 1914. Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781781482605.

[3] "FA Cup Final 1914". Fa-cupfinals.co.uk. 24 October 2007. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 17 November 2018.

[4] "When the FA Cup Final Was Played in the Shadow of the Crystal Palace". VICE Sports. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2018.

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