1922 FA Cup final

1922 FA Cup final
	Official programme
Event	1921–22 FA Cup
Date	29 April 1922
Venue	Stamford Bridge, London
Referee	J.W.P. Fowler (Sunderland)
Attendance	53,000
	← 1921 1923 →

The 1922 FA Cup final was contested by Huddersfield Town and Preston North End at Stamford Bridge. Huddersfield won by a single goal, a penalty scored by Billy Smith.

Overview

Huddersfield Town, winners

This was the last final before the opening of Wembley Stadium, and was also Huddersfield's first and only FA Cup triumph.^[1] Preston goalkeeper James Mitchell was the first (and only) player ever to wear spectacles in an FA Cup Final.^[2]^[3]

This was the first final to be decided by a penalty kick and the award of it was controversial, confirmed by newsreel footage, that the foul had occurred outside the penalty area.^[4]

Match details

29 April 1922

15:00 BST

Huddersfield Town	1–0	Preston North End
Smith 67' (pen.)	(Report)

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 53,000

Referee: J W.P. Fowler (Sunderland)

Huddersfield Town

Preston North End



GK		Sandy Mutch
DF		James Wood
DF		Sam Wadsworth
MF		Charlie Slade
MF		Tom Wilson (c)
MF		Billy Watson
FW		George Richardson
FW		Frank Mann
FW		Ernie Islip
FW		Clem Stephenson
FW		Billy Smith
Manager:
Herbert Chapman



GK		James Mitchell
DF		Tom Hamilton
DF		Alex Doolan
MF		Tom Duxbury
MF		Joe McCall (c)
MF		Johnny Williamson
FW		Archibald Rawlings
FW		Frank Jefferis
FW		Billy Roberts
FW		Roland Woodhouse
FW		Peter Quinn
Manager:
None

Road to Stamford Bridge

Huddersfield Town

The Stamford Bridge in the 1920s–30s

Round 1	Burnley	2–2	Huddersfield Town
Round 1 replay	Huddersfield Town	3–2	Burnley
Round 2	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–0	Huddersfield Town
Round 2 replay	Huddersfield Town	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion
Round 3	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Huddersfield Town
Round 3 replay	Huddersfield Town	5–0	Blackburn Rovers
Quarter-final	Huddersfield Town	3–1	Millwall
Semi-final	Huddersfield Town	2–0	Notts County
	(at Turf Moor)

Preston North End

Round 1	Preston North End	3–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Round 2	Preston North End	3–1	Newcastle United
Round 3	Barnsley	1–1	Preston North End
Round 3 replay	Preston North End	3–0	Barnsley
Quarter-final	Arsenal	1–1	Preston North End
Quarter-final replay	Preston North End	2–1	Arsenal
Semi-final	Preston North End	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur
	(at Hillsborough)

References

^ "Treasured memories of Huddersfield Town soccer hero Willie Watson up for auction". The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
^ Wilson, Jonathan; Winner, David; Auclair, Philippe; Sandbrook, Dominic; Montague, James; Clavane, Anthony; Lowe, Sid; Lyttleton, Ben; Kuper, Simon; Smyth, Rob (2011). The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly: Issue One. Blizzard Media Ltd.
^ John Motson (2005). Motson's FA Cup Odyssey: The World's Greatest Knockout Competition. Robson. p. 87. ISBN 1-861-05903-5.
^ Doug Thmoson (18 October 2016). "Cup-final controversy: Previous meetings between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End". The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 27 December 2016.

External links

FA Cup Final lineups

[1] "Treasured memories of Huddersfield Town soccer hero Willie Watson up for auction". The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2016.

[2] Wilson, Jonathan; Winner, David; Auclair, Philippe; Sandbrook, Dominic; Montague, James; Clavane, Anthony; Lowe, Sid; Lyttleton, Ben; Kuper, Simon; Smyth, Rob (2011). The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly: Issue One. Blizzard Media Ltd.

[3] John Motson (2005). Motson's FA Cup Odyssey: The World's Greatest Knockout Competition. Robson. p. 87. ISBN 1-861-05903-5.

[4] Doug Thmoson (18 October 2016). "Cup-final controversy: Previous meetings between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End". The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 27 December 2016.

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