1950 FA Cup final

1950 FA Cup final

Event	1949–50 FA Cup
Arsenal Liverpool 2 0
Date	29 April 1950
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Harry Pearce (Luton)
Attendance	100,000

The 1950 FA Cup final was the 69th final of the FA Cup. It took place on 29 April 1950 at Wembley Stadium and was contested between Arsenal and Liverpool.

Arsenal won the match 2–0 to win the FA Cup for the third time, with both goals scored by Reg Lewis. The Arsenal team also featured cricketer Denis Compton, who played alongside his brother Leslie. Liverpool dropped future manager Bob Paisley for the match, even though he had scored against Merseyside rivals Everton in the semi-final.^[1]

Match details

29 April 1950
15:00 BST

Arsenal	2–0	Liverpool
Lewis 18' 63'	(Report)

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 100,000^[2]

Referee: Harry Pearce^[3]

Arsenal

Liverpool

GK 1 George Swindin RB 2 Laurie Scott LB 3 Walley Barnes RH 4 Alex Forbes CH 5 Leslie Compton LH 6 Joe Mercer (c) OR 7 Freddie Cox IR 8 Jimmy Logie CF 9 Peter Goring IL 10 Reg Lewis OL 11 Denis Compton Manager: Tom Whittaker

GK 1 Cyril Sidlow RB 2 Ray Lambert LB 3 Eddie Spicer RH 4 Phil Taylor (c) CH 5 Laurie Hughes LH 6 Bill Jones OR 7 Jimmy Payne IR 8 Kevin Baron CF 9 Albert Stubbins IL 10 Willie Fagan OL 11 Billy Liddell Manager: George Kay

References

General

• FA Cup Final kits, 1950–59

Specific

1. "Liverpoolfc.tv: LFC STORY 1950". liverpoolfc.tv. Archived from the original on 5 May 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2007.
2. "sportingchronicle.com/FACUP/1950.html". Archived from the original on 13 May 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
3. "Cup final ref's watch to go under hammer". The Post, Bristol. Local World. 13 October 2009. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013.

• LFC History Match Report Archived 22 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine