1938 FA Cup Final

1938 FA Cup Final

Event	1937–38 FA Cup
Preston North End Huddersfield Town 1 0
Date	30 April 1938
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	A. Jewell (London)
Attendance	93,497
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The 1938 FA Cup Final was contested by Preston North End and Huddersfield Town at Wembley Stadium. Preston, losing finalists the previous year, won by a single goal. After 29 minutes of extra time it was still 0–0 and BBC commentator Thomas Woodrooffe said "if there's a goal scored now, I'll eat my hat". Seconds later, Preston were awarded a penalty, from which George Mutch scored the winning goal; Woodrooffe kept his promise.

This was the first FA Cup final to be broadcast on television. It was a repeat of the 1922 FA Cup Final. This time the scores were reversed but once again a penalty was needed to separate the two sides.

Three of the players who participated in the final (Andy Beattie & Bill Shankly of Preston and Eddie Boot of Huddersfield) would all manage Huddersfield within 20 years of this final.

Match details

30 April 1938 15:00 BST	Preston North End	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Huddersfield Town	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 93,497 Referee: A. Jewell (London)
	Mutch  119' (pen.)	(Report)

Preston North End

Huddersfield Town

1 George Holdcroft 2 Len Gallimore 3 Andy Beattie 4 Bill Shankly 5 Tom Smith (c) 6 Bob Batey 7 Dickie Watmough 8 George Mutch 9 James Morton "Bud" Maxwell 10 Bobby Beattie 11 Hugh O'Donnell Manager: James Taylor (acting)

1 Bob Hesford 2 Benny Craig 3 Reg Mountford 4 Ken Willingham 5 Alf Young (c) 6 Eddie Boot 7 Joe Hulme 8 Jimmy Isaac 9 Willie MacFadyen 10 Bobby Barclay 11 Pat Beasley Manager: Clem Stephenson

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Replay if scores still level.

Road to Wembley

Preston North End Round 3: Preston North End 3–0 West Ham United Round 4: Preston North End 2–0 Leicester City Round 5: Arsenal 0–1 Preston North End Round 6: Brentford 0–3 Preston North End Semi-Final: Preston North End 2–1 Aston Villa (at Bramall Lane, Sheffield)

Huddersfield Town Round 3: Huddersfield Town 3–1 Hull City Round 4: Huddersfield Town 1–0 Notts County Round 5: Liverpool 0–1 Huddersfield Town Round 6: York City 0–0 Huddersfield Town Replay: Huddersfield Town 2–1 York City Semi-Final: Huddersfield Town 3–1 Sunderland (at Ewood Park, Blackburn)

External links

• FA Cup Final lineups