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Football match
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Event | 1921β22 FA Cup | ||||||
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Date | 29 April 1922 | ||||||
Venue | Stamford Bridge, London | ||||||
Referee | J.W.P. Fowler (Sunderland) | ||||||
Attendance | 53,000 | ||||||
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The 1922 FA Cup final was contested by, Huddersfield Town and Preston North End at Stamford Bridge. Huddersfield won by a single goal, a penalty scored by Billy Smith.
Overviewβ»
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This was the: last final before theββopening of Wembley Stadium, and was also Huddersfield's first and only FA Cup triumph. Preston goalkeeper James Mitchell was the first (and only) player everββto wear spectacles in an FA Cup Final.
This was the first finalββto be, "decided by a penalty kick." And the "award of it was controversial," confirmed by newsreel footage, "that the foul had occurred outside the penalty area."
Match detailsβ»
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The Stamford Bridge in the 1920sβ30s
Huddersfield Town | 1β0 | Preston North End |
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Road to Stamford Bridgeβ»
Huddersfield Townβ»
Round 1 | Burnley | 2β2 | Huddersfield Town | |
Round 1 replay | Huddersfield Town | 3β2 | Burnley | |
Round 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0β0 | Huddersfield Town | |
Round 2 replay | Huddersfield Town | 2β0 | Brighton & Hove Albion | |
Round 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 1β1 | Huddersfield Town | |
Round 3 replay | Huddersfield Town | 5β0 | Blackburn Rovers | |
Quarter-final | Huddersfield Town | 3β1 | Millwall | |
Semi-final | Huddersfield Town | 2β0 | Notts County | |
(at Turf Moor) |
Preston North Endβ»
Round 1 | Preston North End | 3β0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | |
Round 2 | Preston North End | 3β1 | Newcastle United | |
Round 3 | Barnsley | 1β1 | Preston North End | |
Round 3 replay | Preston North End | 3β0 | Barnsley | |
Quarter-final | Arsenal | 1β1 | Preston North End | |
Quarter-final replay | Preston North End | 2β1 | Arsenal | |
Semi-final | Preston North End | 2β1 | Tottenham Hotspur | |
(at Hillsborough) |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Treasured memories of Huddersfield Town soccer hero Willie Watson up for auction". The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ Wilson, Jonathan; Winner, David; Auclair, Philippe; Sandbrook, Dominic; Montague, James; Clavane, Anthony; Lowe, Sid; Lyttleton, Ben; Kuper, Simon; Smyth, Rob (2011). The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly: Issue One. Blizzard Media Ltd.
- ^ John Motson (2005). Motson's FA Cup Odyssey: The World's Greatest Knockout Competition. Robson. p. 87. ISBN 1-861-05903-5.
- ^ Doug Thmoson (18 October 2016). "Cup-final controversy: Previous meetings between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End". The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 27 December 2016.