1901 FA Cup final

1901 FA Cup Final replay
Date	27 April 1901
Venue	Burnden Park, Bolton
Referee	Arthur Kingscott
Attendance	20,470

1901 FA Cup Final
Event	1900–01 FA Cup
Date	20 April 1901
Venue	Crystal Palace, London
Referee	Arthur Kingscott
Attendance	110,820
	← 1900 1902 →

The 1901 FA Cup Final was played at Crystal Palace between Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield United—and the first FA Cup Final to be filmed by Pathé News.^[1] The win was the first in a trend (which continued throughout the twentieth century) of Tottenham winning major trophies in years ending in "1".

Match details

20 April 1901
15:00 GMT

Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	Sheffield United
Brown 23', 51'	^[2]	Priest 10' Bennett 52'

Crystal Palace, London

Attendance: 110,820^[3]

Referee: Arthur Kingscott

Tottenham Hotspur

Sheffield United^[4]



		George Clawley
		Harry Erentz
		Sandy Tait
		Tom Morris
		Ted Hughes
		Jack L Jones (c)
		Tom Smith
		John Cameron
		Sandy Brown
		David Copeland
		Jack Kirwan
Manager:
John Cameron



		Willie Foulke
		Harry Thickett
		Peter Boyle
		Harry Johnson
		Tom Morren
		Ernest Needham (c)
		Walter Bennett
		Charles "Oakey" Field
		George Hedley
		Fred Priest
		Bert Lipsham
Club Secretary:
John Nicholson

Replay

27 April 1901
15:00 GMT

Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Sheffield United
Cameron 52' Smith 76' Brown 87'	^[2]	Priest 40'

Burnden Park, Bolton

Attendance: 20,470^[3]

Referee: Arthur Kingscott

Match Rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Replay if scores still level.
No substitutes

Match summary

110,820^[3] supporters attended the match to see the two sides clash. Fred Priest opened the scoring for Sheffield United after about 20 minutes. Sandy Brown headed an equalising goal shortly afterwards and half time arrived with the score 1–1. Brown put Spurs ahead early in the second half, but, not to be denied, Sheffield United pressed strongly, and Walter Bennett headed an equaliser for the draw.

Replay

In the replay, Spurs became the only non-league side to win the FA Cup when they beat Sheffield United 3–1 before an attendance of 20,470 at Burnden Park, Bolton. John Cameron opened the scoring before centre forward Sandy Brown became the first player to score in every round. He netted both goals in the final as well as one in the replay for a total of 15 in the season's competition.

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Crystal Palace
Crowd at Crystal Palace
Replay at Burnden Park
Tottenham score in the replay
Sheffield United F.C.

Player's Cigarette Cards Association Cup Winners No 22.23

References

^ 1901 FA Cup Final Retrieved 11 June 2010
^ ^a ^b Match report at fa-cupfinals.co.uk
^ ^a ^b ^c Sporting Chronicle - 1901 FA Cup Final
^ FA Cup Final kits, 1900-1909

External links

[1] 1901 FA Cup Final Retrieved 11 June 2010

[Match_report_at_fa-cupfinals.co.uk-2] Match report at fa-cupfinals.co.uk

[sportingchronicle.com-3] Sporting Chronicle - 1901 FA Cup Final

[4] FA Cup Final kits, 1900-1909

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