1956 FA Cup Final
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The 1956 FA Cup Final took place at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 5 May 1956. It was contested between Manchester City and Birmingham City. Manchester City won 3-1 to secure their third FA Cup win. The match is best remembered nowadays for the heroics of Manchester City's goalkeeper, Bert Trautmann, who continued playing despite breaking a bone in his neck.
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[edit] Players and Officials
Manchester City Light blue shirts/White shorts/Blue socks |
3 — 1 (final score after 90 minutes) |
Birmingham City Blue shirts/White shorts/White socks |
Manager: Les McDowall
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Half-time: Competition: Date: Venue: Attendance: Referee: Match rules: |
Manager: Arthur Turner
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[edit] Match review
Birmingham were unable to produce the kind of football against Don Revie-inspired Manchester City that had carried them to Wembley, and could only hold their rivals by employing methods which resulted in their tiring visibly in the last half‑hour. Manchester scored twice during this period to win the match.
Revie, a late inclusion for the injured Spurdle, was the key player as Manchester controlled the game with their ‘Hungarian style' play, which involved keeping the ball on the ground and building up attacks in a slow and deliberate way.
Within three minutes of the start Revie began the move near his own penalty‑area which led to the unmarked Hayes sweeping the ball past Gil Merrick to put Manchester ahead. Birmingham's confidence was shaken, but they fought back to equalize in the fifteenth minute through Welsh international inside‑forward Noel Kinsey.
Merrick saved at the feet of Hayes.
Both teams seemed to lose their touch immediately after half‑time, but then, after an hour's play, Manchester regained their stride and suddenly went two goals ahead. Following a bout of interpassing on the right wing, Dyson was put clean through to score. Three minutes later Bobby Johnstone grabbed a third from Jack Dyson's pass.
An unexpected chance for Birmingham occurred when Manchester's German goalkeeper Trautmann was badly injured making a typically heroic save at Peter Murphy's feet. He played out the last fifteen minutes in great pain, and examination later revealed a broken neck.
[edit] Road to the final
[edit] Manchester CityRound 3 Manchester City 2 - 1 Blackpool Round 4 Southend United 0 - 1 Manchester City Round 5 Manchester City 0 - 0 Liverpool
Quarter final Manchester City 2 - 1 Everton Semi final Manchester City 1 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur (at Villa Park, Birmingham) |
[edit] Birmingham CityRound 3 Torquay United 1 - 7 Birmingham City Round 4 Leyton Orient 0 - 4 Birmingham City Round 5 West Bromwich Albion 0 - 1 Birmingham City Quarter final Arsenal 1 - 3 Birmingham City Semi final Birmingham City 3 - 0 Sunderland (at Hillsborough, Sheffield) |
[edit] External links
- Game statistics at soccerbase.com
- Lineups at Football Focus