FA Cup Archives - Football and the First World War

The FA Cup Final 1914/15

THE FA CUP 1914/15 FINAL Sheffield United Simmons 36′ Fazackerley 84′ Kitchen 88 3-0 Chelsea GK 1 Harold Gough FB 2 Billy Cook FB 3 Jack English HB 4 Albert Sturgess CB 5 Bill Brelsford HB 6 George Utley (c) W 7 James Simmons IF 8 Stanley Fazackerley CF 9 Joseph Kitchen IF 10 Wally Masterman W 11 […]

The FA Cup 1914/15 Semi Final

THE FA CUP 1914/15 SEMI FINAL The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 27 March 1915. Sheffield United and Chelsea won and went on to meet in the final. Tie no Home team Score Away team Date Venue 1 Sheffield United 2–1 Bolton Wanderers 27 March 1915 Villa Park, Birmingham 2 Chelsea 2–0 Everton […]

The FA Cup 1914/15 Third Round

THE FA CUP 1914/15 THIRD ROUND The eight matches of the 1914/15 FA Cup Third Round were played on Saturday 20 February 1915. There were two draws, with replays being played the following weekend. Of these replays, one was again drawn, resulting in a second replay being played during the following midweek fixtures. Tie […]

The FA Cup 1914/15 Second Round

THE FA CUP 1914/15 SECOND ROUND The 16 matches of the 1914/15 FA Cup Second Round were played on Saturday 30 January 1915. Three of those matches were to end in draws, with replays being played during the following weekend fixtures. One of these replays was again drawn, and a second replay was played during […]

The FA Cup 1914/15 First Round

THE FA CUP 1914/15 FIRST ROUND In the First Round proper of the 1914/15 FA Cup, 36 of the 40 clubs from the First and Second divisions joined the 12 clubs who came through the previous qualifying rounds. Four clubs, Nottingham Forest, Leicester Fosse, Lincoln City and Glossop were entered instead at the Sixth Qualifying Round. […]

The Khaki Cup Final – The Story of the 1915 FA Cup

THE KHAKI CUP FINAL - THE 1915 FA CUP Twice previous winners and once runners-up, Sheffield United had made it through to their first Cup final since 1902. Either side of the turn of the century United were one of the most dominant forces in English football, taking the Football League Championship in 1897/98 and […]

The 1911 FA Cup Final

THE 1911 FA CUP FINAL