Sunday, May 28, 2023

FA Cup Third Place

Starting in the 1969-70 season, the FA decided to implement a 3rd place play-off match between the two losing FA Cup Semi-Finalists.

1969-70
Friday 10th April 1970
Highbury, Arsenal
Attendance 15,105

Manchester United (0) 2 (Kidd 2)
Watford (0) 0

Manchester United: Stepney, Stiles, Dunne, Crerand, Ure, Sadler, Morgan, Fitzpatrick, Charlton, Kidd, Best

Watford: Walker, Welbourne, Williams, Garvey, Lees, Eddy, Scullion, Franks, Garbett, Walley, Jennings


1970-71
Friday 7th May 1971
Selhurst Park, Crystal Palace
Attendance 5,031

Stoke City (1) 3 (Bernard, Ritchie 2)
Everton (2) 2 (Whittle, Ball)

Stoke City: Banks, Marsh, Pejic, Bernard, Skeels, Lees, Haselgrave, Greenhoff, Ritchie, Mahoney, Burrows

Everton: Rankin, Wright, Newton, Kendall, Labone, Harvey, Whittle, Ball, Johnson, Lyons, Morrissey

1971/72
Saturday 5th August 1972
St Andrews, Birmingham City
Attendance 23,841

Birmingham City (0) 0
Stoke City (0) 0

Birmingham City: Cooper, Carroll, Pendrey, Smith, Hynd, Harland, Campbell, Francis, Latchford, Hatton, Taylor

Stoke City: Farmer, Marsh, Pejic, Skeels, Smith, Bloor, Robertson, Greenhoff, Ritchie, Hurst, Dobing

Notes: This match was the first FA Cup match to be decided on penalties, Birmingham winning 4:3, and was Geoff Hurst's debut for Stoke.


1972/73
Saturday 18th August 1973
Highbury, Arsenal
Attendance 21,038

Arsenal (0) 1 (Hornsby)
Wolverhampton Wanderers (2) 3 (McCalliog, Dougan 2)

Arsenal: Wilson, Batson, McNab, Price, Blockley, Simpson, Chambers, Ball, Radford, Kennedy, Hornsby

Wolverhampton Wanderers: Parkes, Palmer, Parkin, Hegan, Jefferson, Taylor, McCalliog, Sunderland, Richards, Dougan (sub Hibbitt), Wagstaffe

1973/74
Thursday 9th May 1974
Filbert Street, Leicester City
Attendance 4,432

Leicester City (0) 0
Burnley (1) 1 (Hankin)

Leicester City: Wallington, Woollett, Rofe, Earle, Munro, Cross, Tomlin, Sammels, Stringfellow, Kilkelly, Glover (sub Lee)

Burnley: Finn, Newton, Brennan, Ingham, Thomson, Rodaway, Nulty, Hankin, Noble, Flavell, Flynn

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FA Cup Third Place

Starting in the 1969-70 season, the FA decided to implement a 3rd place play-off match between the two losing FA Cup Semi-Finalists. 1969-70...