Over 3 Hours of FA Cup History (1920 - 1970)

[@mnd1955]

It's a crying shame that the FA Cup has been relegated to a sideshow in England. When I was a kid, it was the biggest game of the year. I had to wait until 1976 to actually go to one but went again the following year to watch Martin Buchan lift the pot. Descriptions don't do it justice. You had to be at the old Wembley to experience the thrill. Still, this is a great compilation and brings back many memories. Thanks for posting it.

[@mickeyh1961]

Agree 100% with you , the magic of the FA Cup was incredible, starting in January the likes of Blyth Spartans or Yeovil and the magic they brought as the played the big clubs and caused upsets Wrexham also come to mind The unexpected factor is what made it special especially on giant killing days The agony or pleasure of the final day was something else , the colour of all the fans out to support their team was really what made this cup special Sadly its been relegated to a circus now just one of many sporting events forgotten after a hour or so

[@mnd1955]

@@mickeyh1961 Very true. I used to love listening to the 3rd round draw on the wireless. I remember the 1970 cup run when we drew Northampton away. George Best was just back from suspension and he scored six goals. I remember Colchester turning Leeds United over and Hereford taking down Newcastle, Supermac and all. Who can forget the 1973 final when Jim Montgomery kept Leeds at bay. It's all too corporate for me these days. It was the fans' competition. Now it belongs to big business and the TV moguls.

[@paulyflyer8154]

Yes totally agree. As a kid, the league title was boring and all that mattered was the FA Cup especially as a Man U fan who had no chance of winning the league! I've only been to 2 though. My first one at 10 years old was 1971 when Charlie George won it, then like you 1976 when Bobby Stokes spoilt the day. Every year, the Friday was like Christmas Eve and I used to get up early and watch the whole build up from the teams having breakfast, the coach journey to Wembley, watching them come out in their suits...great times. Like most things, especially in the UK, everything's crap now.

[@russhouldin5774]

Thank you so much for posting this! A lot of the Pathe News editing and commentary is comical. The narrator talks of a long range shot and we see a bit of the King then a ball entering the net and many other examples. The crowd shots are amazing.

[@standenberg]

2:48:41 Bobby Moore raised a trophy there at Wembley 3 years in succession. 1964 Cup Final, 1965 European Cup Winners Cup, & obviously 1966. 👏🏼

[@Dench999or911]

Fantastic documentary. Seeing the traditions develop through the years is class!

[@MARKETMAN6789]

The world used to stop revolving on cup final day as the world loved to watch the most prestigious cup final in the world,Its a crying shame that the f a cup is not held in high esteem as it once was .my first one that I went to was when I was 13 in 1963 when man utd beat Leicester City. I went with some older friends my ticket cost 7 shillings and sixpence (thirty seven and half pence) .Getting that ticket meant the world to me

[@seanspeed214]

Dixie Dean having a smoke and referring to Everton being a Lancashire club.

[@gazza1196]

I was there in 1968 as a 11 yr old. Travelled on a old ford transit van with my uncle and cousins from West Brom..I can remember the crates of Davenport’s in the back and the smell of cheese n onion sandwiches. I was on Vimto.kept stopping for a piss. We won too..great day..king Jeff Astle

[@stevenbrown8763]

The Transit couldn't have been that old. The model was only introduced in 1965.

[@anderoo9260]

I don't even like football but somehow I am very invested in this video lol

[@Robocop_1987]

You and me both.

[@pipthedog11]

This was when the game was played for fun and the crowd. Now it’s played as part of big business and to make and take as much money as possible. I know which was better

[@georgegreig8054]

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[@danielkarmy4893]

@@Robocop_1987 That's what I thought watching a similar documentary when I was 14 - little did I know, I'd be hooked from the moment it began...

[@Sergio-ig1xd]

@3:22:03 It states that the 1969 Final was 26th. May, Every CITY fan knows that it was 26th. April. This F.A.Cup Final was played before the conclusion of the 68/69 League season and that is why the team photo taken 2 days later had the League Trophy, F.A.Cup and The Charity Shield on show.

[@benhur1959]

What joy on the faces of those great players back then as they treasure their medals unlike today when all they want is money, money, money. Great days

[@nicholasromney6603]

What great archive football!

[@AnonNomad]

That footage of the testing of Wembley is amazing! I guess I had the idea that H&S just didn't exist, but there they are simulating crushes and crowds.

[@p0rq]

Timestamp?

[@AnonNomad]

@@p0rq 9:25

[@nopasaranexetercityfc4666]

I've visited Bury numerous times I hope I do it again. The Shakers on the edge of the Manchester won the FA Cup before United or City, imagine that.

[@70tezskin]

Eddie Kavanagh.. Everton Legend ran across the pitch chased by the police. Part of the History of the FA.Cup. Magical moments. 💙💙💙

[@iaingeddes4288]

Many thanks for the upload, I’m straight off to watch harry enfield’s old time v modern football sketch. Pure genius and still pant wettingly hilarious. If you haven’t seen it, do yourself a favour. Charles ‘ Charlie ‘ Charles. Class

[@BongoBill]

“ He seems to have the ball glued to his boot” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ChrisLonsdale67]

This seems to suggest that Preston North End included the word 'Invincibles' in their name in 1889. This isn't so. The club was Preston North End, as they still are; the nickname 'Invincibles' was later applied to them because of their unbeaten season. It wasn't part of the club's official name!

[@stevebloomer7027]

Ferguson didn't tap the ball in in 1927, he smashed it in from just inside the area 15:31. Hugh Ferguson is the great underrated goalscorer one of the 7 men to score 350 plus League goals in England and Scotland. Also footage but no mention of the 'over the line' goal in 1932 23:30.

[@linky8899]

The white horse final the1st at Wembley stadium was refereed by my great great great Uncle.

[@fearlessjoebanzai]

"Slow motion showing a conglomeration of players and a collection of legs..."! Nowadays we have Shearer and others with such gems as "he's just hit the ball and it's went in like"!

[@NorthernTomato]

Some great footage of Huddersfield! UTT 🔵⚪

[@tommitchell7262]

Earliest cup final footage, I think was 1901, and definitely 1913 (including the failed penalty kick - first in the cup final). Probably not Pathe News, though, I'm assuming.

[@danielkarmy4893]

Football as it should always be - not life or death and certainly not 'more important' than that, not a reason to riot, not a playground for multi-billionaire businessmen and multi-millionaire sportsmen, purely and simply a game played for its beauty, played from the heart and played with love - played, and watched, by those who hold it dear. A game for all, accessible to all; discriminating upon none, welcoming to all. It is, as they say so succinctly in that great footballing nation Brazil, o joga bonito. It is the essence of all that is beautiful in the human spirit.

[@manuelnogales1951]

Me encanta " Aprendo mucho del fútbol inglés 😉

[@caesarstopstep186]

Shut up

[@lewissmith3896]

I love this.

[@BryanDent-pq5hv]

Great. Video

[@mediafusion1128]

Beautiful timeline

[@minamitoshimi]

素晴らしい映像です❤

[@mervynhardy6161]

The 1932 Final doesn't even mention the over the line. incident.

[@TC-qd1zw]

Was the premier. Sadly no longer.

[@Natterlee]

An excellent film, just a shame that the British Paths narrator keeps referring to as 'soccer'. Was there a tendency to use this term rather than football? The narrator is speaking in RP tones, would that influence the terms he used I wonder. Maybe he regarded football as being of the Rugby variety. Some great footage and some of those collisions with goalies looking nasty at times. But as a rule they got up and carried on... Many thanks for sharing.

[@willevans429]

Dixie Dean smoking hahahahahhaah

[@chrisoswald8079]

Who are the two teams in the thumbnail picture for this video please? I can't place them.

[@rivaportocavalcante4851]

Magnfiique !!!

[@nooneyouknow5002]

That 1932 post match 'meet' between the Victor and loser was courteous and unnecessary

[@paulroper4823]

🎉 thumbs up man thumbs up🎉

[@worldspeed-t]

How far football has come😢

[@Rich6Brew]

I agree. Just look at the haircuts we've got these days.

[@aaropajari7058]

It might be better to say how far it has gone.

[@MrFactotum]

👍👍👍👍😉😉great

[@dkb2080]

no one has won 3 in a row since 1886 crazy

[@malaykoley28]

Can you please upload this match ; 1948 London Olympic Football , India vs France .

[@WOLF-ZONE23]

11:57 its actually Newcastle United vs Manchester City semi final

[@Lkjhhggyyjabel]

❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏👏👏👏Beutyfull ❤❤❤

[@Smoneey]

19:18 is that Teddy Rousevelt?

[@mmx4gaming12]

This time Aston Villa didn't put it in a shoe shop window they learnt

[@naldes_09]

6:55 2:12:18 2:22:34 3:10:53

[@DudeSussex]

Great stuff. Sadly the FA cup as a spectacle is now ruined by Wembley not being reserved only for the final.

[@johnp515]

There are more reasons than just that.

[@木村義雄-f9b]

これは非常に有益だ。

[@iainjohnson4105]

Tottenham won the 1961 cup in 1962. Strange

[@raijinenel3116]

We were a real country

[@Hartley_Hare]

What are we now?

[@RaveDave871]

​@@Hartley_Hareslave of Davos thanks to Starmer

[@peterwhitaker4038]

how stupid the commentator of the 1965 cup final calling Ian Saint John 'SINJEN' trying to be posh or something. even I as an Evertonian know it's St.John not what he calls him. sinjen

[@johnp515]

I don’t think he was trying, he was posh and thus probably didn’t have a clue about football or any of the players and when reading his script assumed his name was pronounced the way posh people say it.

[@cd1690]

In the 60's there was a news presenter called St John who used to pronounce his name "Sinjen" so no doubt the commentator thought that's how it was pronounced. Not knowing of course The Saint and every normal person pronounced it Saint John

[@Groovemannn]

💎

[@Azzeyman25]

guess i was not pronouncing Albion correct all this time. I thought it was Alb-e-on but nope.

[@ChaimkeProductions]

no alex scott, no women pundits leeching all over the mens game, and guess what, you could freely say that back then without being told you are misoganistic or a dinosaur

[@johnp515]

There there now, isn’t it time for your hot cocoa?

[@SwanRonsonDonnyJepp]

Shut Up Meg 🤫 ​@@johnp515

[@Sam88-l4k]

How old are you? 170 😂

[@mikemurray2027]

You are a misogynistic dinosaur.

[@JimmyS.25]

Yes sure it's the women's game that ruins football. Not the ruthless sponsors, the state-run clubs, the ticket prices, the wages, the corruption and so on. Sexism isn't a sign of freedom, it's a sign of weakness.

[@blueheart1946]

So, both Everton AND Man City won it 1906? Somryhing amiss here.

[@blueheart1946]

I noticed that. Definitely Everton 😅

[@willevans429]

fantastic footage, a conglomeration of players lololol

[@andrewc1895]

These two simpletons are beyond belief. One of them calls the guy who sent in the email "rasiict" and then goes on a bigoted rant against English people. The Turkish football thing is the dumbest attempt at a comparison I've never heard.

[@sihammer7942]

The commentary really makes it........... did people really speak like that??? 'He's as busy as a flea at a party!'.

[@norbertalbertz7259]

Scottish cup is the oldest cup competition in the world

[@JimmyS.25]

When Football was the people's game and England was its holy land. When there were no sponsors on shirts, let alone the bloody gambling rubbish of today. The gentleman's game for the working classes is long gone, it's now a theater for millionaires. I can't turn my back on it, shame on me. But I will never not regret my young age and missing out on this greatest of chapters in the history of the game.

[@johnp515]

It was never a gentlemen’s game. This is a direct quote of George Orwell from the 1940’s; “As soon as strong feelings of rivalry are aroused, the notion of playing the game according to the rules always vanishes. People want to see one side on top and the other side humiliated, and they forget that victory gained through cheating or through the intervention of the crowd is meaningless. Even when the spectators don’t intervene physically they try to influence the game by cheering their own side and ‘rattling’ opposing players with boos and insults. Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting” That was the 1940’s and as we know, by the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s the violence between supporters became out of control and something had to be done about it. It’s easy to romanticise the last but it’s not as idyllic as we make it seem.

[@jataricky]

Wonderful times; English Teams, English Players!!!!!!

[@JonMorter]

Some of them were yes?

[@bonakim8634]

2:20:29 COYS COYS COYS

[@mutilatedhatred4868]

What happened to Brittain my god

[@jonmortermusic]

Poor spelling. That’s what happened

[@RaveDave871]

We became loyal to Davos.....welll, one "elected" 🤓prat has.

[@TFB97]

England*

[@danallen3947]

then came SKY

[@BobsunDugnutt]

Where's Charles 'Charlie' Charles

[@Wahid910]

Forza la Juventus fc⚫️⚪️

[@chrisoswald8079]

It's OK I've sussed it, Newcastle and Man City.

[@vinceramone6080]

1927 🙂

[@kelloscully9632]

YASSSSSSSS Celtix 💚🤍💚🤍

[@kevinmyers6838]

This was a great Competition until Money and greed destroyed it.Since the so called big six take turns in winning it , except Spurs who are Crap .

[@blueheart1946]

Pathé were quite crap at catching the goal action. It wasnt till the 50s they got their act together.although they didn't even show the goal for Man City v Leicester in '69.😂😂

[@joxford1951]

Thats because no-one is interested in them - unless you live in Stockport.

[@moedoe188]

Was told Manchester city were formed in 2010😡

[@Bertiethe4th]

Makes you laugh the club has always been one of Englands best supported historic clubs.

[@JimmyS.25]

​@@Bertiethe4th There's nothing left of that Man city though, is there ?

[@joxford1951]

Correct - that's when they started fiddling the books as well. Except for the early 20th century when they were fixing matches of course.

[@ChrisMalins-ot6pb]

They spoke about PNE Spurs doing the double. But never showed Arsenal doing the double I wonder why they left that out.

[@vassabatielos4740]

1:42:35 where’s Wally

[@tonyhoward1986]

Who won the centenary cup final?. The most prestigious one.