the players that played in the fa cup final for manchester city in 1904
2006-08-31 20:59:48 · 3 answers · asked by chrissy b 2 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ English Football
1904 English FA Cup final
Saturday, 23 April 1904
Selhurst Park, London, England
Manchester City 1-0 Bolton Wanderers
Goals:
1-0 Billy Meredith 23'
Players Line-Up:
Manchester City:
Hillman; McMahon, Burgess; Frost, Hynds. S. B. Ashworth; Meredith, Livingstone, Gillespie, Turnbull (A.), Booth
Bolton Wanderers:
D. Davies; Brown, Struthers; Clifford, Greenhaigh, Freebairn; Stokes, Marsh, Yenson, White, Taylor
Referee: A. J. Barker
Attendance: 61,374
MATCH REPORT
The first all-Lancashire final of 1904 drew a 62,000 crowd to the Crystal Palace. Bolton were admittedly the more experienced Cup fighters, having appeared in one final and two semi-finals, but it was City's consistency throughout the season that made them slight favourites.
The Final was expected to be a close affair, and so it proved. The single goal that decided the issue came after twenty minutes, when Billy Meredith, the finest right-winger of his generation, took a pass from Livingstone and dribbled in to score. In this first half City had much more of the play than Bolton, and deserved to be in front at half-time. Meredith, waiting behind Struthers, may have been fractionally offside when the ball was played through to him. The referee, however, was quite adamant that the goal should stand.
Bolton tried hard to save themselves in the second half, and the result was in doubt to the end. City, the more scientific side. held on to take the Cup to Manchester for the first time. It had not been a classic game. with poor shooting from both sides. Meredith, a football genius eventually capped fifty-one times by Wales, did little for a player of his reputation. other than score.
2006-09-01 04:02:38 · answer #1 · answered by foongwk140804 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
played at crystal palace.
hillman,mcmahon,burgess,
frost, hynde,S B ashworth
meredith, livingstone gillespie
turnbull A.booth
scorer meredith
versus bolton
2006-09-01 06:58:42 · answer #2 · answered by ziggy0909 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would have been my great great grandad
2006-09-01 06:12:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋