1958 FA Cup final

1958 FA Cup Final
Event	1957–58 FA Cup
Date	3 May 1958
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	J. Sherlock
Attendance	99,756
	← 1957 1959 →

The 1958 FA Cup Final was contested on 3 May 1958 by Bolton Wanderers and Manchester United at Wembley Stadium, London, in front of a crowd of almost 100,000. The referee was J. Sherlock. Bolton won 2–0, with a double by Nat Lofthouse, who scored the goals in the 3rd and 55th minutes.^[1] United, who had lost the previous final to Aston Villa, had been decimated three months earlier in the Munich air disaster, and fielded only four crash survivors, along with several newcomers. Just two players featured in the United side from the previous year's final; six of them were among the dead (along with two others who had not played), two were injured to such an extent that they never played again, while another had not yet fully recovered from his injuries.

The second Bolton goal was a source of considerable controversy as it resulted from the Manchester United goalkeeper Harry Gregg being bundled over the goal line by Lofthouse. Goalkeepers were, at that time, much less protected from physical contact with opponents. The resulting debate was one of the high profile incidents that led eventually to the situation that prevails nowadays where no contact with the opposing goalkeeper is permitted.

Not one of Bolton's 11 players in the cup-winning team cost the club a transfer fee. Five of them were full internationals. Only Nat Lofthouse and Doug Holden played in The Matthews Final five years earlier, which Bolton had dramatically lost to Blackpool.^[2]

Road to Wembley

Bolton Wanderers
Opposition	Goalscorer(s)		Opposition	Goalscorer(s)
4 January 1958 Preston North End [D1] A 3–0	Stevens Parry (2)	Round Three	4 January 1958 Workington [D3N] A 3–1	Viollet (3)
25 January 1958 York City [D3N] A 0–0		Round Four	25 January 1958 Ipswich Town [D2] H 2–0	Charlton (2)
29 January 1958 York City [D3N] H 3–0	Birch Allcock (2)	Replay	25 January 1958 Ipswich Town [D2] H 2–0	Charlton (2)
15 February 1958 Stoke City [D2] H 3–1	Lofthouse Stevens Parry	Round Five	19 February 1958 Sheffield Wednesday [D1] H 3–0	Brennan (2) Dawson
1 March 1958 Wolverhampton Wanderers [D1] H 2–1	Stevens Parry	Quarter finals	22 March 1958 West Bromwich Albion [D1] A 2–2	Dawson Taylor
1 March 1958 Wolverhampton Wanderers [D1] H 2–1	Stevens Parry	Replay	5 March 1958 West Bromwich Albion [D1] H 1–0	Webster
22 March 1958 Blackburn Rovers [D2] Maine Road, Manchester 2–1	Gubbins (2)	Semi finals	22 March 1958 Fulham [D2] Villa Park, Birmingham 2–2	Charlton (2)
	Gubbins (2)	Replay	26 March 1958 Fulham [D2] Highbury, North London 5–3	Dawson (3) Brennan Charlton

Both clubs received a bye to round three.
Square brackets [ ] represent the opposition's division

Match details

3 May 1958

Bolton Wanderers	2–0	Manchester United
Lofthouse 3' 50'	(Report)

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 99,756

Referee: J. Sherlock

Bolton Wanderers

Manchester United



GK	1	Eddie Hopkinson
RB	2	Roy Hartle
LB	3	Tommy Banks
RH	4	Derek Hennin
CH	5	John Higgins
LH	6	Bryan Edwards
OR	7	Brian Birch
IR	8	Dennis Stevens
CF	9	Nat Lofthouse (c)
IL	10	Ray Parry
OL	11	Doug Holden
Manager:
Bill Ridding



GK	1	Harry Gregg
RB	2	Bill Foulkes (c)
LB	3	Ian Greaves
RH	4	Freddie Goodwin
CH	5	Ron Cope
LH	6	Stan Crowther
OR	7	Alex Dawson
IR	8	Ernie Taylor
CF	9	Bobby Charlton
IL	10	Dennis Viollet
OL	11	Colin Webster
Manager:
Jimmy Murphy

References

^ "1958 – Man Utd's Brave Dream". FA Cup. BBC Sport. 10 May 2001. Retrieved 25 August 2007.
^ "1953 - The Matthews final". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2014.

[1] "1958 – Man Utd's Brave Dream". FA Cup. BBC Sport. 10 May 2001. Retrieved 25 August 2007.

[2] "1953 - The Matthews final". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2014.

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