1935 FA Cup Final
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The 1935 FA Cup Final was contested by Sheffield Wednesday
and West Bromwich Albion
at Wembley. Sheffield Wednesday won 4–2, with goals scored by Jack Palethorpe
, Mark Hooper
and Ellis Rimmer
(2). Wally Boyes and Teddy Sandford
scored West Brom's goals.
and drawn 1-1 at The Hawthorns
. Wednesday went into the match with a full strength squad and fielded the same starting eleven that they had for every round except the third, Ellis Rimmer
was their ace in the pack having scored in every round up to the final. West Brom brought back Joe Carter
into the team having been absent with a knee injury since the semi-final. Harry Jones being the unlucky player to miss out. In hindsight the decision to play Carter was clearly a gamble and a mistake with no substitutes allowed. Carter was limping after only ten minutes of the match and missed two second half chances which he may have taken if he had been fully fit. Another controversial move by West Brom was the decision to leave out Arthur Gale who had played in all six FA Cup ties leading up to the final that season, scoring four goals from the right wing. Gale was replaced by Tommy Glidden who was effectively shackled by Wednesday's left back Ted Catlin.
The match had a thrilling start when Wednesday took the lead after just two minutes, a West Brom attack broke down leaving Ted Catlin
injured on the floor, however referee Bert Fogg played an advantage and a quick break saw Mark Hooper and Ronnie Starling
combine to feed Jack Palethorpe who hit a right foot shot into the corner of the goal. Albion however started to play some good football and got themselves back into the match after 21 minutes when the youngest player on the field, 22 year old Wally Boyes, a boyhood Wednesdayite from Sheffield
scored an equaliser. The diminutive left winger took a pass from Carter and hit a stinging, rising drive from the left side of the penalty area which gave Jack Brown
no chance. The score remained at 1-1 until half time.
The early stages of the second half saw Ronnie Starling miss a chance and then have another effort cleared off the line. Not to be deterred Starling was prominent in Wednesday re-taking the lead on 70 minutes when his pass released Mark Hooper who beat two men before hitting a shot past Harold Pearson that went in off a post. Within five minutes West Brom were level as a Teddy Sandford shot was deflected into the net off Walt Millership
. At this stage West Brom looked the likely winners with some of the Wednesday players arguing amongst themselves as they kicked off. It was during this stage of the game that the limping Joe Carter missed his two good chances, hitting the post with one of them. W. G. Richardson also missed a fine opportunity. With only five minutes remaining and extra time looking a distinct possibility Ellis Rimmer, who had had a quiet match up till that point made his mark on the match. He chased a long through ball from Wilf Sharp
and the tall winger got his head to the ball just before West Brom keeper Pearson could reach it and guided it into the net. In the final minute Rimmer scored his second goal when Pearson could only parry a Mark Hooper shot and Rimmer knocked the ball home from close range. Wednesday had won the cup and Ellis Rimmer had scored in every round.
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WEST BROMWICH ALBION:
1
Harold Pearson
2
George Shaw
3
Bert Trentham
4
Jimmy Murphy
5
Bill Richardson
6
Jimmy Edwards
7
Tommy Glidden
(c)
8
Joe Carter
9
W. G. Richardson
10
Teddy Sandford
11
Wally Boyes
Secretary-Manager:
Fred Everiss
MATCH RULES
Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...
and West Bromwich Albion
West Bromwich Albion F.C.
West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...
at Wembley. Sheffield Wednesday won 4–2, with goals scored by Jack Palethorpe
Jack Palethorpe
Jack Palethorpe was an English professional footballer who played for Reading, Stoke City, Preston North End, Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace...
, Mark Hooper
Mark Hooper
Mark Hooper was a professional footballer who played for Darlington F.C., Sheffield Wednesday F.C. and briefly with Rotherham United in a 16 year career which lasted from 1923 to 1939 although he appeared in 1945 in a few games after World War II . In total he played 500 League games in that time,...
and Ellis Rimmer
Ellis Rimmer
Ellis Rimmer was a former professional footballer who played for Tranmere Rovers, Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich Town. He was a left winger who was quite tall and scored his fair share of headed goals...
(2). Wally Boyes and Teddy Sandford
Teddy Sandford
Edward Albert "Teddy" Sandford was an English footballer who played as an inside forward. During his professional career he represented West Bromwich Albion and Sheffield United.- Career :...
scored West Brom's goals.
Match summary
West Brom went into the match as favourites even though they were below Wednesday in the table, pundits believing that they had the better forward players with Wally Boyes, W.G. Richardson and Teddy Sandford all having notched over 20 League goals for the season. The two teams had actually met in a League game five days earlier on Easter MondayEaster Monday
Easter Monday is the day after Easter Sunday and is celebrated as a holiday in some largely Christian cultures, especially Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox cultures...
and drawn 1-1 at The Hawthorns
The Hawthorns
The Hawthorns is an all-seater football stadium in West Bromwich, Sandwell, England, with a capacity of 26,484. It has been the home of West Bromwich Albion F.C. since 1900, when it became the sixth ground to be used by the club. The ground was the last Football League ground to be built in the...
. Wednesday went into the match with a full strength squad and fielded the same starting eleven that they had for every round except the third, Ellis Rimmer
Ellis Rimmer
Ellis Rimmer was a former professional footballer who played for Tranmere Rovers, Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich Town. He was a left winger who was quite tall and scored his fair share of headed goals...
was their ace in the pack having scored in every round up to the final. West Brom brought back Joe Carter
Joe Carter (English footballer)
Joseph Henry Carter was an English footballer who played at inside-forward. He won three England caps, scoring four goals. Carter won an FA Cup winner's medal with West Bromwich Albion in 1931, also helping the team win promotion to Division One in the same season. In September 1931 he became the...
into the team having been absent with a knee injury since the semi-final. Harry Jones being the unlucky player to miss out. In hindsight the decision to play Carter was clearly a gamble and a mistake with no substitutes allowed. Carter was limping after only ten minutes of the match and missed two second half chances which he may have taken if he had been fully fit. Another controversial move by West Brom was the decision to leave out Arthur Gale who had played in all six FA Cup ties leading up to the final that season, scoring four goals from the right wing. Gale was replaced by Tommy Glidden who was effectively shackled by Wednesday's left back Ted Catlin.
The match had a thrilling start when Wednesday took the lead after just two minutes, a West Brom attack broke down leaving Ted Catlin
Ted Catlin
Arthur Edward "Ted" Catlin was a footballer who played his entire professional career for Sheffield Wednesday. He was a strong tackling left back who made 230 appearances for Wednesday between 1931 and 1939. He also played for the England national football team on five occasions...
injured on the floor, however referee Bert Fogg played an advantage and a quick break saw Mark Hooper and Ronnie Starling
Ronnie Starling
Ronald William "Ronnie" Starling was an English footballer whose career lasted from 1926 to 1946. Starling was an inside forward who made 413 appearances in all competitions, never a high scoring inside forward he was a player who created chances for other players, notching a modest 65 goals...
combine to feed Jack Palethorpe who hit a right foot shot into the corner of the goal. Albion however started to play some good football and got themselves back into the match after 21 minutes when the youngest player on the field, 22 year old Wally Boyes, a boyhood Wednesdayite from Sheffield
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
scored an equaliser. The diminutive left winger took a pass from Carter and hit a stinging, rising drive from the left side of the penalty area which gave Jack Brown
Jack Brown (footballer)
John Henry "Jack" Brown was an English football goalkeeper who played almost all his professional career with Sheffield Wednesday before moving to play briefly for Hartlepool United. Brown’s career lasted from 1923 to 1937 during which time he made 466 League appearances...
no chance. The score remained at 1-1 until half time.
The early stages of the second half saw Ronnie Starling miss a chance and then have another effort cleared off the line. Not to be deterred Starling was prominent in Wednesday re-taking the lead on 70 minutes when his pass released Mark Hooper who beat two men before hitting a shot past Harold Pearson that went in off a post. Within five minutes West Brom were level as a Teddy Sandford shot was deflected into the net off Walt Millership
Walter Millership
Walter Millership was a professional footballer who played for Bradford Park Avenue and Sheffield Wednesday in a career that lasted from 1928 until 1939 during which time he played 240 League games , scoring 38 league goals...
. At this stage West Brom looked the likely winners with some of the Wednesday players arguing amongst themselves as they kicked off. It was during this stage of the game that the limping Joe Carter missed his two good chances, hitting the post with one of them. W. G. Richardson also missed a fine opportunity. With only five minutes remaining and extra time looking a distinct possibility Ellis Rimmer, who had had a quiet match up till that point made his mark on the match. He chased a long through ball from Wilf Sharp
Wilf Sharp
Wilf Sharp was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Clydebank, Airdrieonians, Sheffield Wednesday and Bradford Park Avenue. Sharp was a right half whose career lasted from 1925 to 1936, he only made 65 appearances in the English League but in that time he won a FA Cup winners medal...
and the tall winger got his head to the ball just before West Brom keeper Pearson could reach it and guided it into the net. In the final minute Rimmer scored his second goal when Pearson could only parry a Mark Hooper shot and Rimmer knocked the ball home from close range. Wednesday had won the cup and Ellis Rimmer had scored in every round.
Match details
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| 1 | Jack Brown Jack Brown (footballer) John Henry "Jack" Brown was an English football goalkeeper who played almost all his professional career with Sheffield Wednesday before moving to play briefly for Hartlepool United. Brown’s career lasted from 1923 to 1937 during which time he made 466 League appearances... |
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| 2 |  Joe NibloeJoe Nibloe Joe Nibloe was a professional footballer who played for Kilmarnock, Aston Villa and Sheffield Wednesday in a 15 year career between 1924 and 1939 during which time he made 459 club appearances including cup games. He also made 11 appearances for Scotland... |
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| 3 | Ted Catlin Ted Catlin Arthur Edward "Ted" Catlin was a footballer who played his entire professional career for Sheffield Wednesday. He was a strong tackling left back who made 230 appearances for Wednesday between 1931 and 1939. He also played for the England national football team on five occasions... |
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| 4 | Wilf Sharp Wilf Sharp Wilf Sharp was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Clydebank, Airdrieonians, Sheffield Wednesday and Bradford Park Avenue. Sharp was a right half whose career lasted from 1925 to 1936, he only made 65 appearances in the English League but in that time he won a FA Cup winners medal... |
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| 5 | Walter Millership Walter Millership Walter Millership was a professional footballer who played for Bradford Park Avenue and Sheffield Wednesday in a career that lasted from 1928 until 1939 during which time he played 240 League games , scoring 38 league goals... |
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| 6 | Horace Burrows Horace Burrows Horace Burrows was a professional footballer who played for Mansfield Town and Sheffield Wednesday. Burrows was a left half whose league career lasted from 1932 to 1939, his career was curtailed by the outbreak of World War II... |
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| 7 | Mark Hooper Mark Hooper Mark Hooper was a professional footballer who played for Darlington F.C., Sheffield Wednesday F.C. and briefly with Rotherham United in a 16 year career which lasted from 1923 to 1939 although he appeared in 1945 in a few games after World War II . In total he played 500 League games in that time,... |
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| 8 | Jack Surtees Jack Surtees John 'Jack' Surtees, , was an English professional footballer whose career lasted from 1931 until 1939. He played for Middlesbrough, Portsmouth, Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic, Sheffield Wednesday and Nottingham Forest. Surtees was an inside forward who made 156 League appearances plus 15 in the... |
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| 9 | Jack Palethorpe Jack Palethorpe Jack Palethorpe was an English professional footballer who played for Reading, Stoke City, Preston North End, Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace... |
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| 10 | Ronnie Starling Ronnie Starling Ronald William "Ronnie" Starling was an English footballer whose career lasted from 1926 to 1946. Starling was an inside forward who made 413 appearances in all competitions, never a high scoring inside forward he was a player who created chances for other players, notching a modest 65 goals... (c) |
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| 11 | Ellis Rimmer Ellis Rimmer Ellis Rimmer was a former professional footballer who played for Tranmere Rovers, Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich Town. He was a left winger who was quite tall and scored his fair share of headed goals... |
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Harold PearsonHarold Pearson
Harold Frederick Pearson was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper.- Biography :Pearson was born in Tamworth. As a youngster he played football for Glascote United, Glascote Methodists, Belgrave YMCA, Belgrave United, Two Gates F.C., Nuneaton Town and Tamworth Castle...
George ShawGeorge Shaw (footballer)
George Edward Shaw was an English professional footballer who played for Doncaster Rovers, Gillingham, Huddersfield Town, West Bromwich Albion, Stalybridge Celtic, Worcester City and Floriana.-Honours:...
Bert TrenthamBert Trentham
Herbert Francis "Bert" Trentham was an English footballer whoplayed as a full back. He was nicknamed "Corker".- Biography :...
Jimmy Murphy Bill RichardsonBill Richardson (footballer)
William "Bill" Richardson was an English footballer whoplayed as a centre half.- Biography :Richardson was born in Great Bridge, Tipton and as a youngster played football for Greets Green Boys, Greets Green Prims and Great Bridge Celtic...
Jimmy EdwardsJimmy Edwards (English footballer)
James "Jimmy" Edwards was an English footballer who played as a left half or inside left.-Career:Edwards was born in Tipton, Staffordshire. He joined West Bromwich Albion for a £350 fee in May 1926 and made his league debut for the club in March 1928 against Hull City. In May 1937 he moved to...
Tommy GliddenTommy Glidden
Thomas William Glidden was an English footballer who played at outside-right. He captained West Bromwich Albion to victory in the 1931 FA Cup Final, with the team also winning promotion to Division One in the same season....
(c)
Joe CarterJoe Carter (English footballer)
Joseph Henry Carter was an English footballer who played at inside-forward. He won three England caps, scoring four goals. Carter won an FA Cup winner's medal with West Bromwich Albion in 1931, also helping the team win promotion to Division One in the same season. In September 1931 he became the...
W. G. RichardsonW. G. Richardson
William "Ginger" Richardson often referred to as W.G. Richardson and by the nickname 'Ginger' to avoid confusion with team mate Bill Richardson, was an English professional football player, who played as a centre forward...
Teddy SandfordTeddy Sandford
Edward Albert "Teddy" Sandford was an English footballer who played as an inside forward. During his professional career he represented West Bromwich Albion and Sheffield United.- Career :...
Wally Boyes Fred EverissFred Everiss
Fred Everiss was secretary-manager of the English football club West Bromwich Albion and also served the club as assistant secretary and later as a director....
MATCH RULES
- 90 minutes.
- 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
- Replay if scores still level.
Road to Wembley
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