1924 FA Cup final

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	NUFC supporters embarking from the Newcastle Quayside on the SS Bernicia on route to London for the 1924 FA Cup Final

1924 FA Cup final
	Illustrated programme
Event	1923–24 FA Cup
Date	26 April 1924
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	W. E. Russell (Swindon)
Attendance	91,695
Weather	Rain
	← 1923 1925 →

The 1924 FA Cup final was contested by Newcastle United and Aston Villa at Wembley. Newcastle won 2–0, with the goals scored by Neil Harris and Stan Seymour. The match has become commonly known as the "Rainy Day Final" due to the weather that day, a consequence of which has led to there being very few good condition programmes left for the game (many fans used their match programmes as makeshift umbrellas). The value of the programme is the highest for any Wembley final with recent sales attaining over £6,000 at auction.

Route to the Final

Newcastle United

Round	Opposition	Score	Venue
1st	Portsmouth	4–2	Fratton Park (a)
2nd	Derby County	2–2	Baseball Ground (a)
2nd (replay)	Derby County	2–2 aet	St James' Park (h)
2nd (2nd replay)	Derby County	2–2 aet	Burnden Park (n)
2nd (3rd replay)	Derby County	5–3	St James' Park (h)
3rd	Watford	1–0	Vicarage Road (a)
Quarter-final	Liverpool	1–0	St James' Park (h)
Semi-final	Manchester City	2–0	St Andrew's (n)

Newcastle's FA Cup run began with a 4–2 win away to Portsmouth of the Third Division South. They then required four matches to beat Second Division Derby County, with Neil Harris scoring a hat-trick in an eventual 5–3 win after the first three matches between the teams had all been drawn 2–2. After beating another Third Division South team, Watford, and the reigning First Division champions Liverpool, Newcastle faced Manchester City in the semi-finals at St Andrew's. City's team included the 49-year-old forward Billy Meredith. Newcastle won 2–0 with two further goals from Harris to reach the final.^[1]

Aston Villa

Round	Opposition	Score	Venue
1st	Ashington	5–1	Portland Park (a)
2nd	Swansea Town	2–0	Vetch Field (a)
3rd	Leeds United	3–0	Villa Park (h)
Quarter-final	West Bromwich Albion	2–0	The Hawthorns (a)
Semi-final	Burnley	3–0	Bramall Lane (n)

Aston Villa's route to the final was rather more straightforward than that of their Wembley opponents, as they scored 15 goals and conceded just one in five consecutive wins. After beating lower league teams Ashington, Swansea Town and Leeds United in the early rounds, they then defeated two previous Cup winners from the lower half of the First Division, West Bromwich Albion and Burnley. Len Capewell scored six goals in their cup run, including at least one in each of the first four rounds.^[1]

Pre-match

At the time of the 1923–24 season, Aston Villa had already won the FA Cup six times, most recently in 1920. By contrast, Newcastle had only one previous success in the competition, in 1910, although they had been runners-up four times between 1905 and 1911. Their first Cup final, in 1905, had ended in a 2–0 defeat to Aston Villa, with Harry Hampton scoring both goals.^[1]

Match

The match was played on a pitch made heavy by rain.^[2] Newcastle's team included Billy Hampson, who at 41 years 257 days is the oldest known player to have appeared in the final.^[1]

Match details

26 April 1924

15:00 BST

Newcastle United	2–0	Aston Villa
Harris 83' Seymour 85'	(Report)

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 91,695

Referee: W. E. Russell (Swindon)

Newcastle United

Aston Villa


GK		Bill Bradley
DF		Billy Hampson
DF		Frank Hudspeth (c)
MF		Peter Mooney
MF		Charlie Spencer
MF		Willie Gibson
FW		James Low
FW		Billy Cowan
FW		Neil Harris
FW		Tommy McDonald
FW		Stan Seymour
Manager:
Selection Committee


GK		Tommy Jackson
DF		Tommy Smart
DF		Tommy Mort
MF		Frank Moss
MF		Vic Milne
MF		George Blackburn
FW		Richard York
FW		Billy Kirton
FW		Len Capewell
FW		Billy Walker (c)
FW		Arthur Dorrell
Secretary-Manager:
George Ramsay

Post-match

Stan Seymour went on to become Newcastle's manager and in 1951 became the first man to win the Cup as both a player and manager of the same club.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Collett, Mike (1993). The Guinness Record of the FA Cup. Enfield: Guinness. ISBN 0851125387.
^ ^a ^b Butler, Bryon (1996). The Official Illustrated History of the FA Cup. London: Headline. ISBN 0747217815.

External links

[collett-1] Collett, Mike (1993). The Guinness Record of the FA Cup. Enfield: Guinness. ISBN 0851125387.

[butler-2] Butler, Bryon (1996). The Official Illustrated History of the FA Cup. London: Headline. ISBN 0747217815.

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