1927 FA Cup Final

The 1927 FA Cup Final was an association football match between

Cardiff City and Arsenal on 23 April 1927 at the Empire Stadium 1927 FA Cup Final
(the original Wembley Stadium). The final was the showpiece match
of English football's primary cup competition, the Football
Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup), organised by the Football
Association. Cardiff, one of the few Welsh teams taking part, won
the match 1–0. Their victory remains the only occasion the trophy,
which was previously known as the "English Cup", has been won by
a team based outside England.

The teams entered the competition in the third round as members of

the Football League First Division and progressed through five
rounds to reach the final. In the fifth round, Cardiff knocked out the
reigning champions, Bolton Wanderers. By the quarter-final stage,
Arsenal and Cardiff were the only teams from the First Division
remaining.

On the day of the final, additional trains were provided to transport

Cardiff's fans to Wembley, and police reinforcements were deployed
to keep at bay fans who had been sold fake tickets. A concert held
before the game included a rendition of "Abide with Me"; singing Event 1926–27 FA Cup
this song before the match has since become a cup final tradition. Cardiff City Arsenal
For the first time, the final was broadcast on the radio by the BBC;
some sources suggest this broadcast was the origin of the phrase
"back to square one", although the expression predates the match.
There were more than 300,000 applications for tickets, and 91,206
were in attendance. A further 15,000 fans listened in Cardiff's
1 0
Cathays Park to the radio broadcast. Date 23 April 1927
Venue Wembley Stadium,
The only goal of the game was credited to Cardiff's Hughie Ferguson London
after his shot slipped out of the hands of Arsenal goalkeeper Dan
Lewis, who knocked the ball into the net with his elbow. Lewis later Referee William F. Bunnell
blamed his new woollen jersey, saying that it was greasy. This (Lancashire)
inspired the Arsenal tradition of washing goalkeeper jerseys before Attendance 91,206
every match. The press called the game the "Singing Final" and
highlighted that the FA Cup had gone to Wales for the first time. In the ensuing years, Cardiff suffered a
decline in their fortunes and did not reach the FA Cup final again until 2008.

Contents
Route to the final
Cardiff City
Arsenal
Pre-match
Match
Summary
Details
Post match and aftermath
Notes
References
External links

Route to the final

Cardiff City

Round Opposition Score Venue Ref

3rd Aston Villa 2–1 Ninian Park (H) [1]

4th Darlington 2–0 Feethams (A) [2]

5th Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Burnden Park (A) [3]

Quarter-final Chelsea 0–0 Stamford Bridge (A) [4]

Quarter-final (replay) Chelsea 3–2 Ninian Park (H) [5]

Semi-final Reading 3–0 Molineux Stadium (N) [6]

Cardiff City began its campaign for the 1926–27 FA Cup with a home game at Ninian Park in front of
around 30,000 fans against fellow Football League First Division side Aston Villa in January 1927. After a
goalless first half, Cardiff scored twice via a header by Len Davies and a shot by Ernie Curtis. Aston Villa
managed to reply just once, when Cardiff goalkeeper Tom Farquharson scored an own goal after turning in a
shot by Villa forward Arthur Dorrell.[1] In the fourth round, Cardiff were drawn against Football League
Second Division side Darlington. Newspaper reports indicated that Cardiff were the better team,[2][7] and
had it not been for the success of Darlington's defence they would have won by a greater margin.[2] The
goals were scored by George McLachlan and Hughie Ferguson.[8]

In the fifth round, Cardiff were drawn away against Bolton Wanderers, the reigning FA Cup champions.[9]
In front of a crowd of 49,465 at Bolton's ground Burnden Park, Cardiff won by two goals to nil, the scorers
being Ferguson and Davies. Following this round, Cardiff and Aresnal were the only remaining teams from
the Football League First Division.[3] After an initial goalless draw in the following round against Second
Division Chelsea on 5 March, the two sides met again at Ninian Park in a replay five days later. Sam Irving
put the Welsh team ahead after nine minutes, before Davies added a second after 21 minutes. Chelsea were
awarded a penalty, but the shot by Andrew Wilson was saved by Farquharson. The goalkeeper had
developed a reputation for saving penalty kicks by charging from his goalline as the shot was taken; this
save from Wilson ultimately led to a rule change, prohibiting goalkeepers from rushing forward during a
penalty.[10] Chelsea scored twice in quick succession, Albert Thain with the first a minute before half-time
but Bob Turnbull equalised, four minutes into the second half.[4] Cardiff won through a penalty of their
own; Harry Wilding handled the ball and Ferguson converted the penalty.[5]

In the semi-finals Cardiff were drawn against Reading, who had reached the semi-final for the first time. As
FA Cup semi-finals are held at neutral venues,[11] the match was played at Molineux Stadium in
Wolverhampton. Additional trains were put on to bring Cardiff fans to Wolverhampton for the match, and
there was an expectation that the game would set a new attendance record for the ground. Heavy rain had
fallen before the match, resulting in a soft pitch. Reading appeared stronger at the start, but in the 25th
minute Bert Eggo failed to clear the ball from the Reading penalty area, allowing Ferguson to score for
Cardiff. The remainder of the match was dominated by the Welsh. A further goal followed in the 35th
minute from Harry Wake, sending Cardiff into half-time two goals ahead. Reading pressed on initially
during the second half, but Cardiff gradually regained domination of play, and Ferguson scored his second
of the game in the 70th minute. Cardiff's fans began to celebrate early, correctly believing that Reading
could not come back from three goals down.[6]

Arsenal

Round Opposition Score Venue Ref

3rd Sheffield United 3–2 Bramall Lane (A) [12]

Old Recreation Ground [13]

4th Port Vale 2–2
(A)

4th (replay) Port Vale 1–0 Arsenal Stadium (H) [14]

5th Liverpool 2–0 Arsenal Stadium (H) [15]

Wolverhampton [16]
Quarter-final 2–1 Arsenal Stadium (H)
Wanderers

Semi-final Southampton 2–1 Stamford Bridge (N) [17]

Arsenal were drawn against a First Division opponent in the third round, meeting Sheffield United at
Bramall Lane.[18] Both teams scored early in the match, and three goals came in the space of six minutes.
The first was the result of a scramble which ended when Jimmy Brain headed the ball into the net for
Arsenal. United equalised through a header by Harry Johnson, but Arsenal went ahead once more after a
goal by Charlie Buchan. David Mercer equalised again for Sheffield after 40 minutes, to keep the scores
level going into half-time. Joe Hulme scored the winning goal for Arsenal in the 60th minute.[12]

Arsenal were nearly eliminated from the competition in the following round when they played Second
Division side Port Vale. After eight minutes, Tom Parker scored an own goal, putting Port Vale ahead.
Buchan equalised for Arsenal early in the second half, but Port Vale went ahead once more with a goal by
Wilf Kirkham via a rebounded shot after Dan Lewis saved the initial penalty. Arsenal chased a further
equaliser, which came four minutes from time by Brain.[13]

There were far fewer goals scored in the replay at Arsenal Stadium. A snow flurry left the ground muddy
and the play was mostly limited to long balls. Brain hit the post in the first half, and the only goal of the
game came shortly afterwards following a run by Buchan into the Port Vale box.[14] Arsenal's remaining
games were played in London. In the following round, they defeated Liverpool at home by two goals to nil,
the same scoreline in team's league encounter earlier in the season; Liverpool had been unbeaten since New
Year's Day. Both goals came as a result of indirect free kicks in rapid succession, the first a header by Brain,
then another by Buchan which the goalkeeper could only clear after it had crossed the line.[15]

In the quarter final against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Arsenal initially went down by a goal but an
equaliser came from Billy Blyth after a further 15 minutes. Both teams had good attacks on goal throughout
the rest of the game, but the only further goal came from a header by Hulme for Arsenal after a run and a
cross from Jack Butler.[16] The draw for the semi-final saw Arsenal play Southampton at Stamford Bridge.
The muddy state of the pitch hampered the pace of the play shown by Arsenal,[19] but both Buchan and
Hulme scored for The Gunners to Southampton's single response by Bill Rawlings.[17] Southampton were
denied two penalty appeals.[20]
Pre-match
Cardiff City had previously reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup
twice, and two years earlier in 1925, they were defeated in the
final.[21] Arsenal had never reached a final previously so whoever
won would take the trophy for the first time.[17] Arsenal manager
Herbert Chapman held a press conference on 21 April where he
announced that Horace Cope was injured and would be unable to
play at left back. He doubted whether Syd Hoar or Alf Baker would
be available as both were still recovering from injury, and so he was
leaving the selections for both the right half and outside left
positions open should they become fit before the game. He saw Bill The former Kings Head Hotel in
Seddon and Sam Haden as the alternatives should his first choice Harrow on the Hill in 2007, where the
players not recover. When asked about who would win the game, he Cardiff City team spent their evening
before the final.
promised the press an answer after the match.[22] Both Baker and
Hoar were eventually named in the Arsenal team.[23] The side
trained at the Arsenal Stadium on their own pitch before the
final.[24] The players met at Hendon Hall Hotel on the morning of the match but their travel plans were
disrupted when they became stuck in heavy traffic. Manager Herbert Chapman was forced to leave the
coach to telephone local police for an escort; two motorcycle officers arrived to escort the team to the
ground.[25][26]

Cardiff City prepared for the final at Southport, Lancashire, at the Palace Hotel where the squad had stayed
ahead of previous rounds.[27] The players kept relaxed with massages, games of bowls and salt baths. On the
day before the match, they travelled to Harrow on the Hill where they stayed at the Kings Head Hotel.[24]
They were open with the press about their tactics, saying they hoped to subdue Arsenal's attack by having
Billy Hardy keep Buchan at bay.[22] Hardy and Cardiff's defence were seen as a key part of the team's
chances; ahead of the match, Buchan described them as "an impassable barrier".[28] Cardiff were almost free
to choose their first choice team. The only omission was Harry Wake who had suffered damage to his
kidneys in a league match against Sheffield Wednesday a week before the final.[28] Other than Wake, their
team was the same as that which played Reading in the semi-final.[22] Ernie Curtis was selected as his
replacement, becoming at the age of 19 the youngest player at the time to feature in an FA Cup final.[28]
Tom Farquharson, Jimmy Nelson, Fred Keenor and Billy Hardy had played in the 1925 final defeat.[29]

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Lloyd George, and future Prime Minister Winston
Churchill were in attendance for the match.[30] The press billed the match as England versus Wales, and
noted that among the Welsh fans were many women, including mothers with babies. Special trains were laid
on for the Cardiff fans, arriving at Paddington train station from 4 am onwards.[23] The Metropolitan
Railway put on additional trains to commute fans from Baker Street station to Wembley Park; one every two
minutes. Between 11 am to kick off, 30,000 fans per hour travelled this route;[22] some 100,000 fans were
expected to arrive at the ground.[31] The Welsh fans made special excursions across London; some travelled
to St. Paul's Cathedral, where they sang Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau. Other fans went to The Cenotaph, Whitehall,
where they dressed it in Welsh colours to honour the veterans of the First World War.[22]

As the Cardiff team bus arrived at the stadium, the fans threw leeks at the vehicle. The team had adopted a
black cat for the occasion, named Trixie, which had been found wandering astray by some of the players
during a round of golf at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club before their earlier match with Bolton.[32] They
decided it was a good omen and Ferguson was sent to find the owners of the animal; they agreed to let the
club keep the cat in return for two final tickets if they progressed that far.[30][33] Police reinforcements were
required at Empire Stadium, as at 1 pm a crowd of people had gathered outside the ticket office in a
threatening manner. Many fake tickets had been sold to members of the crowd, and the stewards were
refusing to allow them entry.[23]

A community concert began inside stadium at 1:50 pm,[23] led by the bands of the Grenadier and Irish
Guards.[34] Songs included "Abide with Me". This was the first time it had been performed at an FA Cup
final, but it became a tradition to sing it before every final.[35] Loud cheers were heard forty minutes later
during the concert to celebrate the arrival of King George V. As the players entered the field, the King shook
hands with each of them, as well as the officials: the referee William F. Bunnell from Preston, and the
linesmen G.E. Watson from Kent and M. Brewitt from Lincoln.[23][36] The match was the first cup final to
be broadcast on the radio by the BBC. Commentary was provided by Derek McCulloch and George
Allison.[36] The broadcast has been credited with creating the phrase "back to square one" to allow
commentators to describe the area of the pitch where play was taking place; square one in this context is an
area nearest to one of the goals.[30] Uses of the phrase have also been documented before the match.[37][38]
Nearly 92,000 fans attended the match; more than 300,000 originally applied for tickets.[39]

Match

Summary

Cardiff City captain Fred Keenor won the coin toss for his side, and so Ferguson kicked off the match.
Shortly afterwards Arsenal won a free kick and the ball went into Cardiff's penalty area for the first time but
was cleared by Tom Watson. Irving went on a run on the right side of the pitch, but Arsenal defender Andy
Kennedy stopped the play. Arsenal attacked again, and Sloan dodged several tackles before a pass to Hoar
caused the chance to break down as he had moved offside. A direct free kick was given to Arsenal shortly
afterwards, but the shot by Parker from 25 yards (23 m) was saved by Farquharson for Cardiff.[23]
Combined play by Hulme and Buchan led to a corner, which then forced another three corners in a rapid
succession. Arsenal could not capitalise on the opportunities and after the final corner the ball was shot a
distance over the bar. The first half ended, Arsenal having dominated but the Cardiff City defence had
stopped them each time.[40] There was an incident in the crowd during the first half, at the 25th minute
around 400 spectators outside the stadium rushed a gate being manned by four policemen. Reinforcements
arrived and managed to push the crowd back when they reached the turnstiles.[41]

Arsenal again went on the attack as the second half began, winning another corner following a header by
Buchan. Hulme drifted in a well placed cross, but nothing was made of it. Cardiff's then attacked: Curtis
sent in a low shot which was saved by Lewis in the Arsenal goal. Shortly afterwards, Butler, the Arsenal
midfielder, was struck hard in the face by the ball causing a brief delay to play. The game resumed, and
McLachlan attacked down the wing for Cardiff; he passed to Davies whose shot went just wide of the post.
Buchan attempted to return the advantage to Arsenal with a long pass to the left wing for Hoar, but Cardiff
City's Jimmy Nelson covered the move. City's attacking continued, and a shot from Hardy appeared to shake
Lewis in goal as he did not gather the ball cleanly.[40]

The only goal of the game followed shortly thereafter. Curtis went on a run for Cardiff before passing it
forward near the box to Ferguson. He shot the ball towards the goal, but it had little power and was easily
picked up by Lewis. As he did so, the ball squirmed out of Lewis' hands and slipped in between the crook of
his left elbow and body. With Cardiff forwards closing in, Lewis tried to reclaim the ball but only succeeded
in knocking it into the net with his elbow. Arsenal sought to attack immediately after the kick off, but the
move faltered when Brain was caught offside. Cardiff countered, and possibly could have had a second goal,
but Curtis chose to shoot himself rather than pass to Davies, who would have been presented with an open
goal as Lewis was out of position. The match ended with a victory for Cardiff City by one goal to nil.[40]
The King presented the trophy to Cardiff's captain Keenor, and medals to each of the players from both
teams.[34]

Details
23 April 1927
15:00 BST
Cardiff City 1–0 Arsenal
Ferguson 74'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 91,206[42]
Referee: William F. Bunnell (Lancashire)

Cardiff City Arsenal

GK Tom Farquharson GK Dan Lewis
DF Jimmy Nelson DF Tom Parker
DF Tom Watson DF Andy Kennedy
DF Fred Keenor (c) MF Alf Baker
MF Tom Sloan MF Jack Butler
MF Billy Hardy MF Bob John
MF Ernie Curtis FW Joe Hulme
FW Sam Irving FW Charles Buchan (c)
FW Hughie Ferguson FW Jimmy Brain
FR Len Davies FR Billy Blyth
FL George McLachlan FL Syd Hoar
Manager: Manager:
Fred Stewart Herbert Chapman

Source:[40]

Post match and aftermath

The Cardiff City victory in the 1927 FA Cup Final remains the only time that the trophy has been won by a
team outside England.[30] At the time it had been referred to as the "English Cup".[43][44] This was a
highlight of the coverage in the press afterwards, the Daily Mirror using the headline "How England's
Football Cup Went to Wales",[32] as was the volume of singing that took place during the proceedings. An
article in the Hull Daily Mail even went as far as to suggest that the match would be remembered for the
singing specifically, calling it the "Singing Final".[45] There was an open air radio broadcast of the match in
Cathays Park attended by 15,000 fans, and after the victory the team's colours were strung throughout the
city, and local shopkeepers made replicas of the trophy out of butter to display in shop windows.[46] Cardiff
goalkeeper Tom Farquharson, who became the first Irish goalkeeper to win the FA Cup,[47] acquired the
match ball after the game and donated it to the Church. The ball is now stored at the Welsh Sports Hall of
Fame at St Fagans National Museum of History.[48]
After the match, the Cardiff team headed to a hotel in Bloomsbury before
heading to Windsor and Eton College on the following day. They toured the
College, and some of the players visited Windsor Castle and Kempton Park
Racecourse.[49][50] They headed back to Cardiff later that day from
Paddington station,[49] finding themselves delayed at several stations en
route as fans flooded platforms at Reading, Swindon and Newport to see the
team.[50] They eventually arrived in Cardiff at 6:35 pm. The team were
mobbed at the station with some of the crowd breaking through a police
cordon at the entrance before crossing railway lines to greet the players on
the platform.[51] When the team disembarked, they were met by motor
coaches and a band, and driven to the City Hall.[46] Some 150,000 fans lined
the streets of Cardiff to welcome the team back home.[52] After leading
some communal singing outside the City Hall, the team and their wives
attended a dinner and dance in the building. While some press reports
claimed that Keenor had said that the team were lucky to have won, he
refuted the claim, saying that Cardiff's defence had led them to victory.[51] A statue of Cardiff City
In 2012, a statue of Keenor lifting the FA Cup trophy was erected outside captain Fred Keenor with
the club's Cardiff City Stadium in commemoration of his side's victory.[53] the FA Cup located at the
Cardiff City Stadium
The Arsenal goalkeeper Lewis blamed a new jersey for the mistake that
resulted in the goal, saying that the wool was greasy and allowed the ball to
slip from his grip. As tradition ever since, Arsenal goalkeepers have always washed their jerseys before each
game.[30] The Cardiff captain Keenor later commented on his view of the goal: "He (Ferguson) put such a
spin on it that it would have been difficult for the 'keeper to have saved cleanly. The ball twisted in his
hands, bounced onto his chest and curled back into the net. Len Davies was challenging and I think Lewis
took his eye off the ball for a fatal second as he went down for it".[54] When presented with his runner-up
medal after the game, Lewis was reported to have thrown the award away before it was recovered by his
teammates.[55] Lewis was even accused by some supporters of deliberately throwing the game to allow a
side from his home nation to win the competition.[55][56]

The Arsenal captain, Buchan, praised the Cardiff team saying "My congratulations to Cardiff City on being
the first club in history to take the Cup out of England. We did our very utmost to prevent them from doing
so, but we did not succeed. As, however, the trophy is gone to Cardiff, there is no one who more heartily
congratualtes them than the captain of the losers. Cardiff played an honest, clean game, each member of the
team obviously striving to do his utmost and my final words are good luck to the City and good luck to
Wales and its association football now that they have the Cup."[57]

Less than a fortnight later, Cardiff beat Rhyl 2–0 in the final of the Welsh Cup to claim an unprecedented
transnational cup double.[58] Cardiff also qualified for 1927 FA Charity Shield, defeating amateur team
Corinthian by two goals to one with the winning goal once again by Ferguson.[30] They also adopted
triangular corner flags to commemorate the win.[59] Ferguson returned to his native Scotland two years later,
joining Dundee. He sank into depression after struggling to find form and committed suicide less than three
years after his winning goal in the 1927 final.[56] Cardiff's fortunes subsequently declined quickly
afterwards. Within four years of the final, they had been relegated to the Football League Third Division
South. Keenor remained captain during this period, and left the club after 19 years to transfer to Crewe
Alexandra during the 1930–31 season.[21] In 1934, Cardiff slipped further and were required to petition the
Football Association to allow them to remain in the league after they finished last and were eligible to be
removed from the competition.[30] Cardiff's Ernie Curtis, who died in November 1992 at the age of 85, was
the last surviving player from the final. He had been the youngest player in the match, aged 19 years and
317 days. Cardiff reached the FA Cup Final once more in 2008,[60] where they lost by one goal to nil against
Portsmouth.[61]
Arsenal returned to the FA Cup Final in 1930, when they played Huddersfield Town, the former team of
Arsenal's manager Herbert Chapman. They won the match by two goals to nil, marking the first major
trophy to be won by the team.[62] This began a period of success for the club, with two back-to-back league
titles, first under Chapman and then under George Allison after Chapman's death. A further victory in the
FA Cup followed in 1936 against Sheffield United.[63]

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External links
Match report at www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk (https://web.archive.org/web/20070311074205/http://w
ww.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1927.htm) at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 March 2007)
FA Cup Final lineups (https://web.archive.org/web/20070827164142/http://www.sportingchroni
cle.com/FACUP/1927.html)
BBC Wales on Air – 1927 FA Cup Final (http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/walesonair/database/facu
p.shtml) links to video footage of the goal.

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