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 contested by Burnley and Liverpool at Crystal Palace. Burnley won by a single goal, scored by ex-Evertonian Bert Freeman. The game was the last ever final at Crystal Palace and was played in front of a reigning monarch, George V, for the first time. Neither club had reached the FA Cup Final before.

Match details

25 April 1914
15:00 BST
Burnley 1 – 0 Liverpool Crystal Palace, London
Attendance: 72,778
Referee: Herbert Bamlett (Gateshead)
Freeman  57'
Burnley
Liverpool
BURNLEY:
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
LIVERPOOL:
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

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