FOOTBALL: 1949 FA Cup Final: Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leicester City (1949)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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Wolves beat Leicester City 3-1 in the 1949 FA Cup Final.
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SLATE INFORMATION: Wembley 1949: The FA Cup Final
ENGLAND: London: Wembley Stadium:
Man conducting crowd in singalong before match
Wolves and Leiceseter teams out onto pitch
Princess Elizabeth (future Queen Elizabeth II) sitting in Royal box, chatting to undientified man
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh shaking hands with both teams on pitch before 1949 Wembley Cup Final
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester chatting to footballers
Matchplay, with cutaways of fans waving rattles
Williams in Wolves goal, Pye heads perfect goal, Leicester's goalkeeper Bradley, Mullen shooting over bar
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin MP smoking cigar while watching match
SLOW MOTION Wolves scoring goal
Princess Elizabeth presenting Wolverhampton Wanderers captain Billy Wright with FA Cup
Association Football; Soccer
Background: Wolves beat Leicester City 3-1 in the 1949 FA Cup Final.
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[@parmesan6429]

Beautiful footage. Thank you from a millennial Leicester fan!!

[@davecarter4015]

True Old Gold shirts. Potential shirt manufacturers take note!!!

[@mawhis]

Princess Elizabeth - that hits hard

[@jcsquadgaming7184]

Thank you

[@niltondasilva1645]

Parabéns wolveshampton wanderers 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@jaxthewolvesfan2013]

Come on Wanderers

[@motormouthalmighty]

HER MAJESTY AND PRINCE PHILLIP! IN ANOTHER TIME AND SPACE! BEFORE WE WERE EVEN BORN.NINETY FOUR PERCENT OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION WERE BORN AFTER PRINCESS ELIZABETH BECAME QUEEN! THAT IS EXTRAORDINARY!

[@kava3957]

The way they kicked off.. it’s amazing how much has changed because now it’s all about possession. The way they started attacking right when the whistle blew off, you would never see that happen today.

[@dibyajyotilahiri2667]

You literally see it happening every other week. Just last week Bournemouth attacked and scored straight from the kick off.

[@phat_dike]

​@@dibyajyotilahiri2667Were Bournemouth playing in a cup final?

[@growlerthe2nd712]

Kick and rush was the phrase ⚽️😜

[@motormouthalmighty]

WASN'T THAT LEICESTER CITY TEAM THE LOWEST EVER PLACED FINALISTS IN AN FA CUP MATCH? ALMOST RELEGATED FROM THE SECOND DIVISION? AGAINST THE MIGHTY WOLVES,BIG TEAM OF THE 1950S AND ENDED THE DECADE BY WINNING THE 1960 FA CUP FINAL? 3-0 V BLACKBURN ROVERS? BROKEN LEG? KEN CHALMERS? OUCH!

[@Krzyszczynski]

It was Dave Whelan (Blackburn) who broke his leg in the 1960 final. Len (not Ken) Chalmers (Leicester) suffered a leg injury - but not a fracture - in the following year's final, playing on as a left-wing "passenger" till shortly before the end.

[@motormouthalmighty]

@@Krzyszczynski that is absolutely superb knowledge!mister or missus unpronounceable and unknowable.that's right!wasn't he the guy who opened a sportswear store in Wigan and became a multi millionaire?had a financial dispute over police attendance costs?man almighty chasm,I haven't seen him on TV for years!ken Chalmers,what a ridiculous answer.i think that he played in the 1961 double winning season,in the 0-2 Leicester city defeat to Tottenham,in the fa cup final.good man,good fellow,good compadre.absolutely superb knowledge!I bow my head in shame and ask emperor Hirohito for forgiveness and clemency.stupidity and inaccuracy gets people killed!I doff my cap sir even though I've no idea what I'm even doing here!