FA Cup 1955-56

The FA Cup 1955–56 was the 75th staging of the world's oldest cup competition, the FA Cup. Manchester City won the competition, beating Birmingham City 3–1 in the final at Wembley, London.

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. 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 at neutral venues 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

This round was the first in which the 44 Second Division and First Division (top-flight) teams entered the competition. The matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 7 January 1956, though four were postponed until later that week because of bad weather. Four matches were drawn, with replays taking place later that week.

Final rounds

ixth Round Proper

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stadium=White Hart Lane, London
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date=3 March 1956
time=
team1=Manchester City
score=2 – 1
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team2=Everton
goals1=Hayes goal
Johnstone goal
goals2=Harris goal
stadium=Maine Road, Manchester
attendance=
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date=3 March 1956
time=
team1=Arsenal
score=1 – 3
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team2=Birmingham City
goals1= Charlton goal
goals2= Astall goal
Murphy goal
Brown goal
stadium=Highbury, London
attendance=
referee=

Replay

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date=8 March 1956
time=
team1=West Ham United
score=1 – 2
report=
team2=Tottenham Hotspur
goals1=Dare goal
goals2=Harmer goal
Duquemin goal
stadium=Boleyn Ground, London
attendance=
referee=

emifinals

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date=17 March 1956
time=
team1=Manchester City
score=1 – 0
report=
team2=Tottenham Hotspur
goals1=Johnstone goal
goals2=
stadium=Villa Park, Birmingham
attendance=
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date=17 March 1956
time=
team1=Birmingham City
score=3 – 0
report=
team2=Sunderland
goals1=Astall goal
Brown goal
Kinsey goal
goals2=
stadium=Hillsborough, Sheffield
attendance=
referee=

Final

The final took place on Saturday, 5 May 1956 at Wembley and ended 3–1, with goals scored by Joe Hayes, Bobby Johnstone and Jack Dyson for Manchester City and Noel Kinsey for Birmingham City. The attendance was 100,000. The match is remembered for an incident where Manchester City goalkeeper Bert Trautmann sustained a neck injury diving at the feet of Birmingham attacker Peter Murphy; he completed the game in considerable pain, and later examination discovered he had broken a bone in his neck.

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date=5 May 1956 15:00 BST
team1=Manchester City
score=3 – 1
team2=Birmingham City
report=
goals1=Hayes goal|3
Johnstone goal|62 Dyson goal|64
goals2=Kinsey goal|15
stadium=Wembley, London
attendance=100,000
referee=Alf Bond

References

* [http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/Archive/ The FA Cup Archive] at TheFA.com
* [http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=58&seasonid=85 Results on Soccerbase]

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