1951 FA Cup Final
Encyclopedia
The 1951 FA Cup Final was contested by Newcastle United
and Blackpool
at Wembley on 28 April 1951. Newcastle won 2–0, with both goals scored by Jackie Milburn
.
Bill Slater
, who played at inside left for losers Blackpool, is now the only surviving player to have appeared in the final following the death of Newcastle's Charlie Crowe
in February 2010 at the age of 85. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/8541863.stm
style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center>
BLACKPOOL:
|
GK
1
Farm
RB
2
Shimwell
LB
3
Garrett
RH
4
Johnston
(c)
CH
5
Hayward
LH
6
Kelly
OR
7
Matthews
IR
8
Mudie
CF
9
Mortensen
IL
10
Slater
OL
11
Perry
Manager:
Joe Smith
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...
and Blackpool
Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...
at Wembley on 28 April 1951. Newcastle won 2–0, with both goals scored by Jackie Milburn
Jackie Milburn
John Edward Thompson 'Jackie' Milburn, , also known to fans as Wor Jackie and 'the first World Wor' in reference to his global fame, was a football player for Newcastle United and England...
.
Bill Slater
Bill Slater
William John "Bill" Slater , OBE is an English former professional footballer....
, who played at inside left for losers Blackpool, is now the only surviving player to have appeared in the final following the death of Newcastle's Charlie Crowe
Charlie Crowe
Charles "Charlie" Crowe was an English footballer who played as a defender. He spent the majority of his career at his hometown club Newcastle United. He also spent a season at Mansfield at the end of his career.-Career:...
in February 2010 at the age of 85. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/8541863.stm
Match details
| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> | NEWCASTLE UNITED: | ||
| GK | 1 | Fairbrother Jack Fairbrother John 'Jack' Fairbrother was an English professional football goalkeeper, best known for his time at Newcastle United shortly after the Second World War. His uncle George Harrison played for Everton and England.-Footballer:... |
|
| RB | 2 | Cowell |
|
| LB | 3 | Corbett Bobby Corbett Robert "Bobby" Corbett was an English football defender from Throckley, Newcastle Upon Tyne in England. He began his career at Newcastle United and made his professional debut in 1946 after the conclusion of the Second World War. He transferred to neighbouring club Middlesbrough in 1951, where he... |
|
| RH | 4 | Harvey Joe Harvey Joe Harvey was an English football player and later manager. He spent much of his career at Newcastle United; he was the club's longest serving captain, manager, and, as of the 2009 – 10 season the last to win a major trophy.... (c) |
|
| CH | 5 | Brennan Frank Brennan (footballer) Frank Brennan was a Scottish football player.Brennan was a tough centre half who moved to Newcastle United from Airdrieonians for £7,500 in 1946... |
|
| LH | 6 | Crowe Charlie Crowe Charles "Charlie" Crowe was an English footballer who played as a defender. He spent the majority of his career at his hometown club Newcastle United. He also spent a season at Mansfield at the end of his career.-Career:... |
|
| OR | 7 | Walker Tommy Walker (footballer born 1923) Thomas Jackson "Tommy" Walker was an English football defender and winger. He spent the first twelve years of his career playing for Newcastle United before moving to Oldham Athletic and Chesterfield. Despite his success at club level he was not selected to play for the English national team... |
|
| IR | 8 | Taylor |
|
| CF | 9 | Milburn Jackie Milburn John Edward Thompson 'Jackie' Milburn, , also known to fans as Wor Jackie and 'the first World Wor' in reference to his global fame, was a football player for Newcastle United and England... |
|
| IL | 10 |  G. Robledo |
|
| OL | 11 | Mitchell Bobby Mitchell (footballer) Robert "Bobby" Carmichael Mitchell was a Scottish football player. His position was forward.Mitchell started his career with Third Lanark in 1942, spending seven years with the Hi-Hi before joining Newcastle United for £16,000 in February 1949... |
|
| Manager: | |||
| Stan Seymour Stan Seymour Stan Seymour was a footballer who played, managed, chairmanned, and directed Newcastle United. Born in Kelloe, Seymour is one of the all-time Newcastle United greats, and was known as 'Mr. Newcastle United' after the various years and roles he delivered for the club... |
|||
FarmGeorge Farm
George Neil Farm was a Scottish professional football goalkeeper and manager.Born in Slateford, a suburb of Edinburgh, Farm represented his country on ten occasions, the last three of which occurred after a gap of five years....
ShimwellEddie Shimwell
Edmund "Eddie" Shimwell was an English professional footballer.-Playing career:Born in Birchover, Derbyshire, Shimwell was a trainee with Sheffield United in 1939, but failed to break into the first team before the outbreak of World War II...
GarrettTommy Garrett
Thomas "Tommy" Garrett was an English professional footballer. He represented his country on three occasions....
JohnstonHarry Johnston (footballer)
Henry "Harry" Johnston was an English footballer. He was the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year in 1951. He spent his entire professional playing career with Blackpool, with whom he appeared in three FA Cup Finals...
(c)
Hayward KellyHugh Kelly (footballer)
Hugh Thomas "Hughie" Kelly was a Scottish professional football player and manager. He played as a defender and spent his entire 14-year professional career with Blackpool.-Club career:...
MatthewsStanley Matthews
Sir Stanley Matthews, CBE was an English footballer. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of the English game, he is the only player to have been knighted while still playing, as well as being the first winner of both the European Footballer of the Year and the Football Writers'...
MudieJackie Mudie
John "Jackie" Knight Mudie was a Scottish international footballer who played as a forward. He won seventeen caps for his country, helping the Scots to qualify for the 1958 FIFA World Cup....
MortensenStan Mortensen
Stanley Harding "Stan" Mortensen was an English professional footballer, most famous for his part in the 1953 FA Cup Final , in which he became the only player ever to score a hat-trick in a Wembley FA Cup Final...
SlaterBill Slater
William John "Bill" Slater , OBE is an English former professional footballer....
PerryBill Perry (footballer)
William "Bill" Perry was a South African-born English professional footballer. He spent thirteen seasons at Blackpool during the 1950s and 1960s.-Club career:...
Joe Smith