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1913 FA Cup final

Field	Value
title	1913 FA Cup Final
image	1913 fa cup final programme.jpg
image_size	200
caption	Programme cover
event	[1912–13 FA Cup](1912-13-fa-cup)
team1	Aston Villa
team1score	1
team2	Sunderland
team2score	0
date	19 April 1913
stadium	Crystal Palace
city	London
referee	A. Adams
attendance	121,919
previous	[1912](1912-fa-cup-final)
next	[1914](1914-fa-cup-final)

The 1913 FA Cup final was contested by Aston Villa and Sunderland on 19 April 1913 at London's Crystal Palace. Aston Villa won 1–0 with a goal by Tommy Barber from a cross by Charlie Wallace. Wallace had earlier missed a penalty, something that would not occur again in an FA Cup final until the 1988 final between Wimbledon and Liverpool.

It was Sunderland's first appearance in the FA Cup Final and the first time the Football League's top two finishers had vied for the trophy, even though the League would not be decided for another week. On their way to the match Sunderland had to replay their quarter-final twice and then their semi-final once after draws in those contests. Aston Villa were appearing in the final after an eight-year absence and their victory was their fifth, equalling the record at that time of the Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers.

During the match Sunderland's Charlie Thomson and Villa's Harry Hampton almost immediately resumed a long-running feud that led to both players being suspended for a month at the start of the following season. The contest was noted for its rough play and led to the withdrawal of Sunderland's invitation to take part in the 1913 Charity Shield match. The referee, Mr. A. Adams, from Nottingham was also suspended, to the dismay of the Referees' Union, having allowed 17 minutes for stoppage time.

Background

Prior to the match, suffragettes of the Women's Social and Political Union plotted to bomb the grandstand of Crystal Palace, however their plans were foiled before they could execute their terrorist attack.

Route to the final

1913 Aston Villa team after pre-cup game with Chelsea. The three players far right are Littlewood (who did not appear in the cup final), Stephenson, and Barber. Tommy Weston, who did appear in the cup rounds, is not shown

	(at Ewood Park)

	(at St Andrew's)

Match details

15:00 BST

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SCO George Ramsay

NIR Bob Kyle

References

(5 July 1913). "Cup Final sequel". Sports Argus.
(1 August 1913). "Cricket gossip and sporting notes". Bucks Free Press.
Kay, Joyce. (2008-09-01). "It Wasn't Just Emily Davison! Sport, Suffrage and Society in Edwardian Britain". The International Journal of the History of Sport.

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