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1929 FA Cup final

1929 FA Cup final
FieldValue
title1929 FA Cup Final
image1929 fa cup final programme.jpg
image_size200
captionProgramme cover
event[1928–29 FA Cup](1928-29-fa-cup)
team1Bolton Wanderers
team1score2
team2Portsmouth
team2score0
date27 April 1929
stadiumWembley Stadium
cityLondon
refereeA. Josephs (South Shields)
attendance92,576
previous[1928](1928-fa-cup-final)
next[1930](1930-fa-cup-final)

The 1929 FA Cup final was an association football match between Bolton Wanderers and Portsmouth on 27 April 1929 at Wembley Stadium.

Match details

Bolton won 2–0, with goals by Billy Butler and Harold Blackmore. It marked the 54th final of the Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup), the world's oldest football cup competition. It was Portsmouth's first FA Cup final and Bolton's fifth. En route to the final, Bolton defeated Oldham Athletic, Liverpool (after a replay), Leicester City, Blackburn Rovers (after a replay) and Huddersfield Town; Portsmouth beat Charlton Athletic, Bradford City, Chelsea (after a replay), West Ham United and Aston Villa.

The match was played in a front of 92,576 spectators and was refereed by Arnold Josephs. After a goalless first half, two late goals in the second half from Billy Butler and Harold Blackmore secured Bolton the FA Cup. For Bolton this meant that they had won their third FA Cup title.

No live radio commentary of the match was broadcast by the BBC, as permission to do so had been refused by the Football Association. Instead, the organisation sent various reporters to the ground, who each left the match at 15-to-20-minute intervals to go to a nearby house where a broadcasting set-up had been arranged. From there, they transmitted accounts of the game as they had seen it up to the point of their departure.

Road to the Final

Bolton Wanderers

RoundTeam #1ScoreTeam #2
3Bolton Wanderers2–0Oldham Athletic
4Liverpool0–0Bolton Wanderers
ReplayBolton Wanderers5–2Liverpool
5Leicester City1–2Bolton Wanderers
6Blackburn Rovers1–1Bolton Wanderers
ReplayBolton Wanderers2–1Blackburn Rovers
Semi-FinalBolton Wanderers3–1Huddersfield Town

Portsmouth

RoundTeam #1ScoreTeam #2
3Portsmouth2–1Charlton Athletic
4Portsmouth2–1Bradford City
5Chelsea1–1Portsmouth
ReplayPortsmouth1–0Chelsea
6Portsmouth3–2West Ham United
Semi-FinalPortsmouth1–0Aston Villa

Match details

A moment of the match

Blackmore

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ENG Charles Foweraker
ENG Jack Tinn

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References

References

  1. (24 April 1929). "Cup Final Hustle". [[Evening Chronicle]].
  2. Anderson, Jess. (17 May 2025). "Oh how times have changed...". [[BBC]].
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