1907 FA Cup final

1907 FA Cup final

The Wednesday's winning squad
Event	1906–07 FA Cup
The Wednesday Everton 2 1
Date	20 April 1907
Venue	Crystal Palace, London
Referee	N. Whittaker
Attendance	84,584

The 1907 FA Cup final was contested by The Wednesday and Everton at Crystal Palace. Sheffield Wednesday won 2–1, with goals by Jimmy Stewart and George Simpson.

This was the second time that the previous winner had reached the final and failed to win it, the first time being in 1883 when Old Etonians lost to Blackburn Olympic.^[1]

Match details

20 April 1907

15:00 GMT

The Wednesday	2–1	Everton
Stewart 20' Simpson 86'		Sharp 45'

Crystal Palace, London

Attendance: 84,584

Referee: N. Whittaker

The Wednesday

Everton

Jack Lyall Billy Layton Harry Burton Tom Brittleton Tommy Crawshaw (c) Bill Bartlett Harry Chapman Frank Bradshaw Andrew Wilson James Stewart George Simpson Manager: Arthur Dickinson

Billy Scott Walter Balmer Bob Balmer Harry Makepeace Jack Taylor (c) Walter Abbott Jack Sharp Hugh Bolton Alex "Sandy" Young Jimmy Settle Harold Hardman Manager: William C. Cuff

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

Road to the Final

Sheffield Wednesday Home teams listed first. Round 1: The Wednesday 3–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Round 2: Southampton 1–1 The Wednesday Replay: The Wednesday 3–1 Southampton Round 3: The Wednesday 0–0 Sunderland Replay: Sunderland 0–1 The Wednesday Round 4: The Wednesday 1–0 Liverpool   Semi-final: Arsenal 1–3 The Wednesday

Everton Home teams listed first. Round 1: Everton 1–0 Sheffield United Round 2: West Ham United 1–2 Everton   Round 3: Everton 0–0 Bolton Wanderers Replay: Bolton 0–3 Everton Round 4: Crystal Palace 1–1 Everton Replay: Everton 4–0 Crystal Palace Semi-final: West Bromwich Albion 1–2 Everton

References

1. "Cup Final Statistics". The Football Association. Retrieved 19 September 2016.

External links

• Line-ups
• Match report at www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk