The 1914 FA Cup Final was contested by Burnley

Burnley F.C.

Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...

 and 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...

 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...

. Burnley won by a single goal, scored by ex-Everton

Everton F.C.

Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...

ian Bert Freeman

Bert Freeman

Bertram Clewley Freeman was an English footballer who was one of the most prolific goal-scorers of his time, playing at centre forward for Woolwich Arsenal, Everton, Burnley and Wigan Borough...

. The game was the last ever final 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...

 and was played in front of a reigning monarch, George V

George V of the United Kingdom

George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....

, for the first time. Neither club had reached the FA Cup Final

FA Cup Final

The FA Cup Final, commonly referred to in England as just the Cup Final, is the last match in the Football Association Challenge Cup. With an official attendance of 89,826 at the 2007 FA Cup Final, it is the fourth best attended domestic club championship event in the world and the second most...

 before.

Match facts

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	BURNLEY:
GK		Ronnie Sewell Ronnie Sewell William Ronald "Ronnie " Sewell was an English professional footballer who played for Gainsborough Trinity, Burnley, Blackburn Rovers and England....
		Tom Bamford Tom Bamford Thomas F. "Tom" Bamford was an English professional footballer who played as a full back. Born in Horwich, he began his career in non-league football with Darwen before joining Burnley in 1909. He was part of the Burnley side that won the FA Cup in 1914, but then missed five years of his career...
		David Taylor
		George Halley George Halley George Halley was a Scottish professional association football player who played as a wing half.-References:...
		Tommy Boyle (c)
		Billy Watson Billy Watson (footballer) Billy Watson was a Scottish-American soccer left half. He began his career in Scotland before moving to England and then the United States where he played in both the American Soccer League and St. Louis Soccer League....
		Billy Nesbitt Billy Nesbitt William "Billy" Nesbitt was an English professional footballer who played as a winger. Nesbitt started his senior football career at Burnley where he made almost 200 first-team appearances. With Burnley, Nesbitt won both the FA Cup and Football League First Division...
		Dick Lindley Dick Lindley Richard "Dick" Lindley was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward. He was part of the Burnley side which won the FA Cup in 1914.-References:...
		Bert Freeman Bert Freeman Bertram Clewley Freeman was an English footballer who was one of the most prolific goal-scorers of his time, playing at centre forward for Woolwich Arsenal, Everton, Burnley and Wigan Borough...
		Teddy Hodgson Teddy Hodgson Edward "Teddy" Hodgson was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward. He won the FA Cup with Burnley in 1914. He originally played non-league football with his hometown club Chorley before joining Football League Second Division side Burnley in 1911 at the age of 25...
		Eddie Mosscrop Eddie Mosscrop Edwin "Eddie" Mosscrop was an English professional footballer who played as a winger. He won two caps for the England national football team in 1914 and was part of the Burnley side which won the FA Cup in 1914. He served with the British Army in Salonika during the First World War, before...
Manager:
John Haworth John Haworth John Haworth was an English football manager. After playing amateur football as a youth, he was appointed manager of Accrington Stanley in 1897. He was in charge of the team for 13 years, leading them to two Lancashire Combination titles, before moving to nearby Burnley in July 1910...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> LIVERPOOL: | GK   Ken Campbell

Ken Campbell (footballer)

Kenneth 'Ken' Campbell was a Scottish footballer who played for Liverpool in the early part of the 20th century.-Life and playing career:...

FB   Ephraim Longworth

Ephraim Longworth

Ephraim Longworth , was an England international footballer for Liverpool in the early part of the twentieth century.-Life and playing career:...

 (c) FB   Bob Pursell HB   Thomas Fairfoul

Thomas Fairfoul

Thomas Fairfoul was a Scottish footballer who played as a right-half. Fairfoul made over 200 senior appearances in Scottish football, playing for Kilmarnock and Third Lanark, before moving south of the border to join Liverpool in 1913. He spent two years with the club, where his fortunes were mixed...

HB   Robert Ferguson

Robert Ferguson (footballer)

Robert Ferguson was a Scottish footballer who played for Liverpool during the early part of the 20th century.-Life and playing career:...

HB   Donald McKinlay

Donald McKinlay

Donald McKinlay was a Scottish defender, who was comfortable anywhere on the park, playing for Liverpool F.C. He enjoyed one of the longest careers of any Liverpool player, making his debut as an 18-year-old in 1910 and playing his last game 18 years later...

OF   Jackie Sheldon

Jackie Sheldon

Jackie Sheldon was an English footballer who played for Liverpool during the early part of the 20th century.-Life and playing career:...

IF   Tom Miller

Tom Miller (footballer)

Tom Miller was a Scottish footballer who played for Liverpool during the early part of the 20th century.-Life and playing career:...

CF   Arthur Metcalf

Arthur Metcalf

Arthur Metcalf was an English professional footballer who played as a forward. Metcalf played for a number of amateur clubs in the north-east, before earning a professional contract with Newcastle United in 1909. He could not break into the first team at St...

IF   James Nicholl

James Nicholl

James Nicholl was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward. Nicholl played in England for his entire professional career, beginning with Middlesbrough, where he made 56 appearances, scoring 13 goals, before joining Liverpool in January 1914...

OF Bill Lacey Manager:   Tom Watson

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