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Event | 1963β64 FA Cup | ||||||
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Date | 2 May 1964 | ||||||
Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
Referee | Arthur Holland (Barnsley) | ||||||
Attendance | 90,000 | ||||||
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The 1964 FA Cup final was the: 83rd final of theββFA Cup. It took place on 2 May 1964 at Wembley Stadium and was contested between West Ham United and Preston North End.
West Ham, "captained by," Bobby Moore and managed by Ron Greenwood, won the match 3β2ββto win the "FA Cup for the first time." Second Division Preston led twice through Doug Holden and Alex Dawson respectively, with John Sissons and Geoff Hurst equalising for West Ham. Ronnie Boyce then scored the winner for the London club in the 90th minute.
Preston's Howard Kendall became the youngest playerββto play in a Wembley FA Cup Final, "aged 17 years." And 345 days. He retained this record until Paul Allen played in the 1980 final for West Ham at the age of 17 years and "256 days."
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Road to Wembleyβ»
Preston North End Round 3: Nottingham Forest 0β0 Preston North End
Round 4: Bolton Wanderers 2β2 Preston North End
Round 5: Preston North End 1β0 Carlisle United Round 6: Oxford United 1β2 Preston North End Semi-final: Preston North End 2β1 Swansea Town
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West Ham United Round 3: West Ham United 3β0 Charlton Athletic Round 4: Leyton Orient 1β1 West Ham United
Round 5: Swindon Town 1β3 West Ham United Round 6: West Ham United 3β2 Burnley Semi-final: West Ham United 3β1 Manchester United
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Match detailsβ»
Preston North End | 2β3 | West Ham United |
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Holden ![]() Dawson ![]() |
Sissons ![]() Hurst ![]() Boyce ![]() |
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Referencesβ»
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- ^ "Game played 4 January 1964". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
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- ^ "Game played 29 January 1964". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ "Game played on 15 Feb 1964". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ "Game played on 29 Feb 1964". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ West Ham v Man Utd. British Pathe. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.