1930 FA Cup Final

1930 FA Cup Final
Event 1929–30 FA Cup
Date 26 April 1930
Venue Wembley Stadium, Middlesex
Referee T. Crew (Leicester)
Attendance 92,499

The 1930 FA Cup Final was contested by Arsenal and Huddersfield Town at Wembley Stadium. Arsenal won 2–0, with goals from Alex James and Jack Lambert. As a result, Arsenal won their first FA Cup after a defeat in their FA Cup final debut in 1927.

Background

The 1930 Final was the first Cup Final in which both teams entered the pitch side-by-side, in honour of Arsenal manager Herbert Chapman, who had also managed Huddersfield in the 1920s.[1]

Arsenal came into the game following a 6–6 draw at Leicester City, the highest-scoring draw in English top-flight history, five days prior. Dave Halliday, who scored four of Arsenal's goals that game, was omitted from the Cup Final squad in favour of Jack Lambert.[2]

The 1930 FA Cup Final is remembered for the Graf Zeppelin passing over the stadium at the start of the second half. The Zeppelin was, at the time, the largest airship ever and was around 776 ft in length.[3][1]

After first being broadcast on BBC Radio in 1928, the 1930 final was the first for which a fee was paid for the rights.[4]

Arsenal's Bill Seddon, who died in January 1993 at the age of 91, was the last surviving player to appear in the game.

Match details

26 April 1930
15:00 BST
Arsenal 2–0 Huddersfield Town
James  16'
Lambert  88'
(Report)
Wembley Stadium, Middlesex
Attendance: 92,499
Referee: T. Crew (Leicester)
Arsenal
Huddersfield Town
GK 1 England Charlie Preedy
RB 2 England Tom Parker (c)
LB 3 England Eddie Hapgood
RH 4 England Alf Baker
CB 5 England Bill Seddon
LH 6 Wales Bob John
OR 7 England Joe Hulme
IR 8 England David Jack
CF 9 England Jack Lambert
IL 10Scotland Alex James
OL 11England Cliff Bastin
Manager:
England Herbert Chapman
GK 1 England Hugh Turner
RB 2 England Roy Goodall
LB 3 England Bon Spence
RH 4 England Jimmy Naylor
CH 5 England Tom Wilson (c)
LH 6 England Austen Campbell
OR 7 Scotland Alex Jackson
IR 8 England Bob Kelly
CF 9 England Harry Davies
IL 10England Harry Raw
OL 11England Billy Smith
Manager:
England Clem Stephenson

Match rules

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

Road to Wembley

Arsenal

11 Jan 1930
3rd Round
Arsenal 2 - 0 Chelsea
Highbury, London

25 Jan 1930
4th Round
Arsenal 2 - 2 Birmingham City
Highbury, London

29 Jan 1930
4th Round Replay
Birmingham City 0 - 1 Arsenal
St Andrew's, Birmingham

15 Feb 1930
5th Round
Middlesbrough 0 - 2 Arsenal
Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough

1 Mar 1930
6th Round
West Ham United 0 - 3 Arsenal

22 Mar 1930
Semi-final
Arsenal 2 - 2 Hull City

26 Mar 1930
Semi-final Replay
Hull City 1 - 0 Arsenal
Villa Park, Birmingham

Huddersfield Town

11 Jan 1930
3rd Round
Bury 0 - 1 Huddersfield Town
Gigg Lane, Bury

25 Jan 1930
4th Round
Huddersfield Town 2 - 1 Sheffield United
Leeds Road, Huddersfield

15 Feb 1930
5th Round
Huddersfield Town 2 - 1 Bradford City
Leeds Road, Huddersfield

1 Mar 1930
6th Round
Aston Villa 1 - 2 Huddersfield Town
Villa Park, Birmingham

22 Mar 1930
Semi-final
Huddersfield Town 2 - 1 Sheffield Wednesday
Old Trafford, Manchester

References

  1. 1 2 Scott Murray & Rowan Walker (2008). Day of the Match: A History of Football in 365 Days. Pan Macmillan. p. 121. ISBN 0-752-22678-9.
  2. Tony Matthews (2005). Football Oddities. The History Press. ISBN 0-752-49376-0.
  3. Steve Tongue (2016). Turf Wars: A History of London Football. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 1-785-31248-0.
  4. Stefan Szymanski, Andrew S. Zimbalist (2006). National Pastime: How Americans Play Baseball and the Rest of the World Plays Soccer. Brookings Institution Press. p. 154. ISBN 0-815-78259-4.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.