1948 FA Cup final

The 1948 FA Cup final was contested by Manchester United and Blackpool at Wembley Stadium on 24 April 1948. United, who had not appeared in an FA Cup Final for 39 years, won 4–2, with two goals from Jack Rowley and one apiece from Stan Pearson and John Anderson. Eddie Shimwell and Stan Mortensen scored Blackpool's goals. With his goal, Shimwell became the first full-back to score in a Wembley cup final.[1] Blackpool manager Joe Smith decided not to select Jimmy McIntosh for the final despite McIntosh having scored five goals in the five ties leading up to the final. The two sides met in a rearranged league fixture the Monday after the Wembley final. McIntosh was selected to play for Blackpool, who won 1–0 with McIntosh scoring the winner.

1948 FA Cup Final
Event1947–48 FA Cup
Date24 April 1948
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereeJack Barrick (Little Billing)
Attendance99,842

The previous month it was announced that Blackpool would not be wearing their traditional tangerine-and-white strip due to its clashing with United's red. Instead, they wore white shirts with black shorts, but would be allowed to wear their normal socks, even though they too came under the auspices of the colour-clash ban. The FA also instructed United to wear blue shirts and white shorts, meaning both teams played in change strip.[2]

Hugh Kelly was the last surviving Blackpool player from the game when he died in March 2009 at the age of 85. The last surviving player from the game was Manchester United goalkeeper Jack Crompton who died in July 2013 at the age of 91.

Match details

Manchester United4–2Blackpool
Rowley 28', 70'
Pearson 80'
Anderson 82'
Report Shimwell 12' (pen.)
Mortensen 35'
Attendance: 99,842
Referee: C. J. Barrick (Northamptonshire)
Manchester United
Blackpool
GK1England Jack Crompton
RB2Republic of Ireland Johnny Carey (c)
LB3England John Aston
RH4England John Anderson
CH5England Allenby Chilton
LH6England Henry Cockburn
OR7Scotland Jimmy Delaney
IR8England Johnny Morris
CF9England Jack Rowley
IL10England Stan Pearson
OL11England Charlie Mitten
Manager:
Scotland Matt Busby
GK1England Joe Robinson
RB2England Eddie Shimwell
LB3England John Crosland
RH4England Harry Johnston (c)
CH5England Eric Hayward
LH6Scotland Hugh Kelly
OR7England Stanley Matthews
IR8Scotland Alex Munro
CF9England Stan Mortensen
IL10Scotland George Dick
OL11England Walter Rickett
Manager:
England Joe Smith

References

Specific
  1. Matlock Town F.C. pen pics Archived 1 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Gillatt, Peter (30 November 2009). Blackpool FC on This Day: History, Facts and Figures from Every Day of the Year. Pitch Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-905411-50-2.
General
  • Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 1-873626-07-X.
  • Report and programme
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