FA Cup 1954-55

The FA Cup 1954–55 was the 74th staging of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Newcastle United won the competition for the sixth and, as of 2008, final time, beating Manchester City 3–1 in the final at Wembley.

Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. Some matches, however, might be rescheduled for the Sunday or other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played.

Calendar

Third Round Proper

The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage. The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 8 January 1955. Ten matches were drawn and went to replays, with three of these requiring a second replay. Notable is tie no. 3, between Bury and Stoke City, which went to "four" replays before Stoke won in the final game, with an aggregated score of 9–10.

ixth Round Proper

The four quarter-final ties were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 12 March 1955. The Newcastle United–Huddersfield Town game went to a replay before United went through.

emi finals

The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 26 March 1955, with the Newcastle United–York City match replaying on the 30th. Newcastle and Manchester City won their ties to meet in the final at Wembley.

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time= 15:00
team1=Newcastle United
score=1–1
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team2=York City
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stadium=Hillsborough, Sheffield
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;Replay

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date=30 March 1955
time= 19:45
team1=York City
score=0–2
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date=26 March 1955
time= 15:00
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stadium=Villa Park, Birmingham
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Final

The 1955 FA Cup Final was contested by Newcastle United and Manchester City at Wembley. Newcastle won 3–1, with goals from Jackie Milburn in the first minute (after 45 seconds, setting a new record in a final at Wembley, which was held until 1997), Bobby Mitchell and George Hannah. Bobby Johnstone scored City's goal.

Match Details

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date=1956-05-07 15:00 BST
team1=Newcastle United
score=3 – 1
team2=Manchester City
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goals1=Milburn goal|1
Mitchell Hannah
goals2=Johnstone
stadium=Wembley, London
attendance=100,000
referee=Reg Leafe

References

;General
* [http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/Archive/ The FA Cup Archive] at TheFA.com
* [http://footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/LeagueTables/Season1954-55/F.A.Cup1954-55.html F.A. Cup results 1954/55] at Footballsite;Specific