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The 1902 FA Cup Final was contested by Sheffield United

Sheffield United F.C.

Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...

and Southampton

Southampton F.C.

Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...

at Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace National Sports Centre

The National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace in south London, England is a large sports centre and athletics stadium. It was opened in 1964 in Crystal Palace Park, close to the site of the former Crystal Palace, in the former parkland and also usurping part of the former grand prix circuit.It was...

. The match finished 1–1 after extra time, with the goals scored by Alf Common

Alf Common

Alf Common was an English footballer who played at inside forward or centre forward. He is most famous for being the first player to be transferred for a fee of £1,000 on his transfer to Middlesbrough from Sunderland in 1905.-Club career:Common played for South Hylton and Jarrow in North East...

for Sheffield United and Harry Wood

Harry Wood (footballer)

Harry Wood was a professional footballer who played most of his career as an inside-forward for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Southampton.-Wolverhampton Wanderers:...

for Southampton.

In the replay, which also took place at Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace National Sports Centre

, Sheffield United won 2–1, with goals from George Hedley

George Hedley

George Albert Hedley was a professional footballer who won the 1902 and 1908 FA Cup finals with Sheffield United and Wolverhampton Wanderers respectively, scoring in both.He was born in South Bank, Middlesbrough....

and Billy Barnes

Billy Barnes (footballer)

Billy Barnes was a professional footballer who scored the winning goal in the 1902 FA Cup final for Sheffield United, defeating Southampton 2-1 in a replay.-Honours:Sheffield United* FA Cup**Winner: 1902-External links:**...

. Albert Brown scored Southampton's goal.

Route to the final

Sheffield United

Round 1 - Northampton Town

Northampton Town F.C.

Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season...

( A ) 2–0

Round 2 - Bolton Wanderers

Bolton Wanderers F.C.

Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....

( H ) 2–1

Round 3 - Newcastle United

Newcastle United F.C.

Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

( A ) 1–1

Replay - Newcastle United

Newcastle United F.C.

( H ) 2–1

Semi-final - Derby County

Derby County F.C.

Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...

( N ) 1–1

Replay - Derby County

Derby County F.C.

( N ) 1–1

Second replay - Derby County

Derby County F.C.

( N ) 1–0

Southampton

Round 1 - Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

( A ) 1–1

Replay - Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

( H ) 2–2

Second replay - Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

( N ) 2–1

Round 2 - Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

( A ) 4–1

Round 3 - Bury

Bury F.C.

Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the...

( A ) 3–2

Semi-final - Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest F.C.

Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...

( N ) 3–1

First match

The first match was played at Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace National Sports Centre

on 19 April 1902 in front of a capacity crowd of 76,914.

Sheffield United opened the scoring early in the second half with a goal from Alf Common

Alf Common

. United appeared to be on the way to victory when, with two minutes to play, Saints' captain Harry Wood

Harry Wood (footballer)

Harry Wood was a professional footballer who played most of his career as an inside-forward for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Southampton.-Wolverhampton Wanderers:...

equalised. Wood was in an offside position tying up his bootlaces when the ball reached him. After consultation between the referee and his linesman, the officials decided that the ball had struck a United defender thus playing Wood onside.

Foulke's protest

At the end of the game United's goalkeeper, William "Fatty" Foulke

William Foulke (footballer)

William Henry "Fatty" Foulke was a professional cricketer and football player in England in the late 19th and early 20th centuries...

, protested to the officials that the equalizing goal should not have been allowed. Foulke, who was reputed to weigh more than 20 stone, left his dressing room unclothed and angrily pursued the referee, Mr. T. Kirkham

Tom Kirkham

Thomas "Tom" Kirkham was the referee of the 1902 FA Cup Final.At the end of the first match in the 1902 Cup Final between Sheffield United and Southampton, United's goalkeeper William Foulke protested to the officials that Southampton's equalizing goal should not have been allowed. Foulke left his...

, who took refuge in a broom cupboard. Foulke had to be stopped by a group of F.A. officials from wrenching the cupboard door from its hinges to reach the hapless referee.

Replay

The replay took place a week later on 26 April 1902, again at Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace National Sports Centre

, in front of a crowd of 33,068, less than half the number who had watched the first match.

The weather for the replay was bitterly cold, and two minutes into the game, Saints' goalkeeper Jack Robinson

Jack Robinson (footballer)

John William "Jack" Robinson , was a professional footballer who played for, among others Derby County, Southampton and England.-Football career:...

slipped to allow George Hedley

George Hedley

to score. Saints pressed for an equaliser and Foulke was kept busy throughout the rest of the first half. The pressure continued after half-time and Albert Brown] equalised on the 70th minute with a shot from distance following a pass from Joe Turner

Joe Turner (footballer)

Joseph Turner was a professional footballer who played in the 1902 FA Cup final for Southampton. Southampton were a Southern League club at the time, and their feat was all the more remarkable in that they had already been losing finalists two years earlier...

.

After drawing level Saints continued on the attack and Foulke was required to make saves from Chadwick

Edgar Chadwick

Edgar Wallace Chadwick was a left-sided footballer who had a long and distinguished career with Everton during the 1890s...

, Wood

Harry Wood (footballer)

Harry Wood was a professional footballer who played most of his career as an inside-forward for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Southampton.-Wolverhampton Wanderers:...

and Lee

Bert Lee (footballer)

Ernest Albert "Bert" Lee was an English professional footballer who played in the 1902 FA Cup final for Southampton, and also made one appearance for England in 1904...

. It looked as though the match was going in to extra-time, when, with ten minutes remaining, Robinson failed to cut out a cross and Billy Barnes

Billy Barnes (footballer)

only had to "walk" the ball in to the unguarded net to score the winner for United.

Match details


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		Willie Foulke William Foulke (footballer) William Henry "Fatty" Foulke was a professional cricketer and football player in England in the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
		Harry Thickett Harry Thickett Henry Thickett was a professional footballer who won the 1902 FA Cup final with Sheffield United and made two appearances for England in 1899. He was also in the United team which suffered arguably the biggest F A cup upset of the nineteenth century when losing to Burslem Port Vale in 1898...
		Peter Boyle
		Ernest Needham Ernest Needham Ernest 'Nudger' Needham was an English footballer and cricketer. He played football 14 times for England and captained the side in 1901.... (c)
		Bernie Wilkinson Bernie Wilkinson Bernie Wilkinson was a professional footballer who won the 1902 FA Cup final with Sheffield United.-Honours:Sheffield United* FA Cup**Winner: 1902-References:...
		Harry Johnson Harry Johnson (footballer born 1876) William Harrison Johnson was an English professional footballer. His son, of the same name, also became a renowned footballer for the Blades.-Club career:Johnson played for Ecclesfield Church before joining Sheffield United....
		Walter Bennett Walter Bennett Walter Bennett was a professional footballer who won the 1899 and 1902 FA Cup finals with Sheffield United. He also played on the losing side in the 1901 FA Cup final...
		Alf Common Alf Common Alf Common was an English footballer who played at inside forward or centre forward. He is most famous for being the first player to be transferred for a fee of £1,000 on his transfer to Middlesbrough from Sunderland in 1905.-Club career:Common played for South Hylton and Jarrow in North East...
		George Hedley George Hedley George Albert Hedley was a professional footballer who won the 1902 and 1908 FA Cup finals with Sheffield United and Wolverhampton Wanderers respectively, scoring in both.He was born in South Bank, Middlesbrough....
		Fred Priest Fred Priest Alfred Ernest Priest was a professional footballer from the North East of England who won the 1899 and 1902 FA Cup finals with Sheffield United.-Playing career:...
		Bert Lipsham Bert Lipsham Herbert Broughall Lipsham was a professional footballer who won the 1902 FA Cup Final with Sheffield United.-Club career:...
Club Secretary:
John Nicholson

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> | Jack Robinson

Jack Robinson (footballer)

John William "Jack" Robinson , was a professional footballer who played for, among others Derby County, Southampton and England.-Football career:...

Charles Burgess Fry George Molyneux

George Molyneux

George Molyneux was a professional footballer who played in the 1902 FA Cup final for Southampton.-Honours:Southampton* FA Cup finalist: 1902...

Samuel Meston

Samuel Meston was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a half-back for Stoke and Southampton. Whilst with Southampton, he appeared in two FA Cup Finals and won six Southern League championship medals and was the only player ever to do so.-Playing career:Meston was born in Arbroath and...

Tommy Bowman

Thomas "Tommy" Bowman was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a half back in the 1902 FA Cup final for Southampton.-Playing career:...

Bert Lee

Bert Lee (footballer)

Ernest Albert "Bert" Lee was an English professional footballer who played in the 1902 FA Cup final for Southampton, and also made one appearance for England in 1904...

Archie Turner Harry Wood

Harry Wood (footballer)

Harry Wood was a professional footballer who played most of his career as an inside-forward for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Southampton.-Wolverhampton Wanderers:...

Edgar Chadwick

Edgar Wallace Chadwick was a left-sided footballer who had a long and distinguished career with Everton during the 1890s...

Joe Turner

Joe Turner (footballer)

Manager: Ernest Arnfield

Ernest Arnfield

Ernest Arnfield was the secretary/manager of Southampton F.C. from 1897 to 1911, and again from 1912 to 1919.-Honours:Southampton*Southern League champions: 1897–98, 1898–99, 1900–01, 1902–03 and 1903–04*FA Cup finalists: 1900 and 1902-References:...

Replay


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		Willie Foulke William Foulke (footballer) William Henry "Fatty" Foulke was a professional cricketer and football player in England in the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
		Harry Thickett Harry Thickett Henry Thickett was a professional footballer who won the 1902 FA Cup final with Sheffield United and made two appearances for England in 1899. He was also in the United team which suffered arguably the biggest F A cup upset of the nineteenth century when losing to Burslem Port Vale in 1898...
		Peter Boyle
		Ernest Needham Ernest Needham Ernest 'Nudger' Needham was an English footballer and cricketer. He played football 14 times for England and captained the side in 1901.... (c)
		Bernie Wilkinson Bernie Wilkinson Bernie Wilkinson was a professional footballer who won the 1902 FA Cup final with Sheffield United.-Honours:Sheffield United* FA Cup**Winner: 1902-References:...
		Harry Johnson Harry Johnson (footballer born 1876) William Harrison Johnson was an English professional footballer. His son, of the same name, also became a renowned footballer for the Blades.-Club career:Johnson played for Ecclesfield Church before joining Sheffield United....
		Billy Barnes Billy Barnes (footballer) Billy Barnes was a professional footballer who scored the winning goal in the 1902 FA Cup final for Sheffield United, defeating Southampton 2-1 in a replay.-Honours:Sheffield United* FA CupWinner: 1902-External links:...
		Alf Common Alf Common Alf Common was an English footballer who played at inside forward or centre forward. He is most famous for being the first player to be transferred for a fee of £1,000 on his transfer to Middlesbrough from Sunderland in 1905.-Club career:Common played for South Hylton and Jarrow in North East...
		George Hedley George Hedley George Albert Hedley was a professional footballer who won the 1902 and 1908 FA Cup finals with Sheffield United and Wolverhampton Wanderers respectively, scoring in both.He was born in South Bank, Middlesbrough....
		Fred Priest Fred Priest Alfred Ernest Priest was a professional footballer from the North East of England who won the 1899 and 1902 FA Cup finals with Sheffield United.-Playing career:...
		Bert Lipsham Bert Lipsham Herbert Broughall Lipsham was a professional footballer who won the 1902 FA Cup Final with Sheffield United.-Club career:...
Club Secretary:
John Nicholson

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> | Jack Robinson

Jack Robinson (footballer)

John William "Jack" Robinson , was a professional footballer who played for, among others Derby County, Southampton and England.-Football career:...

Charles Burgess Fry George Molyneux

George Molyneux

George Molyneux was a professional footballer who played in the 1902 FA Cup final for Southampton.-Honours:Southampton* FA Cup finalist: 1902...

Samuel Meston

Tommy Bowman

Thomas "Tommy" Bowman was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a half back in the 1902 FA Cup final for Southampton.-Playing career:...

Bert Lee

Bert Lee (footballer)

Ernest Albert "Bert" Lee was an English professional footballer who played in the 1902 FA Cup final for Southampton, and also made one appearance for England in 1904...

Archie Turner Harry Wood

Harry Wood (footballer)

Harry Wood was a professional footballer who played most of his career as an inside-forward for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Southampton.-Wolverhampton Wanderers:...

Edgar Chadwick

Edgar Wallace Chadwick was a left-sided footballer who had a long and distinguished career with Everton during the 1890s...

Joe Turner

Joe Turner (footballer)

Manager: Ernest Arnfield

Ernest Arnfield

MATCH RULES

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Replay if scores still level.
No substitutes

External links

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