1902 FA Cup Final

1902 FA Cup Final
Event	1901–02 FA Cup
Date	19 April 1902
Venue	Crystal Palace, London
Referee	Tom Kirkham
Attendance	76,914
Weather	"Bitterly cold"
Replay
Date	26 April 1902
Venue	Crystal Palace, London
Referee	Tom Kirkham
Attendance	33,068
	← 1901 1903 →

The 1902 FA Cup Final was contested by Sheffield United and Southampton at Crystal Palace. Southampton became the last team from outside The Football League to reach the final of the FA Cup. The match finished 1–1 after extra time, with the goals scored by Alf Common for Sheffield United and Harry Wood for Southampton.

In the replay, which also took place at Crystal Palace, Sheffield United won 2–1, with goals from George Hedley and Billy Barnes. Albert Brown scored Southampton's goal.

Route to the final

Sheffield United

Round 1 - Northampton Town ( A ) 2–0

Round 2 - Bolton Wanderers ( H ) 2–1

Round 3 - Newcastle United ( A ) 1–1

Replay - Newcastle United ( H ) 2–1

Semi-final - Derby County ( N ) 1–1

Replay - Derby County ( N ) 1–1

Second replay - Derby County ( N ) 1–0

Southampton

Round 1 - Tottenham Hotspur ( A ) 1–1

Replay - Tottenham Hotspur ( H ) 2–2

Second replay - Tottenham Hotspur ( N ) 2–1

Round 2 - Liverpool ( H ) 4–1

Round 3 - Bury ( A ) 3–2

Semi-final - Nottingham Forest ( N ) 3–1

Match reports

First match

The first match was played at Crystal Palace on 19 April 1902 in front of a crowd of 76,914.

Sheffield United opened the scoring early in the second half with a goal from Alf Common. United appeared to be on the way to victory when, with two minutes to play, Saints' captain Harry Wood equalised. Wood was in an offside position tying up his bootlaces when the ball reached him. After consultation between the referee and his linesman, the officials decided that the ball had struck a United defender thus playing Wood onside.

Foulke's protest

Sheffield United goalkeeper William "Fatty" Foulke

At the end of the game United's goalkeeper, William "Fatty" Foulke, protested to the officials that the equalizing goal should not have been allowed. Foulke, who was reputed to weigh more than 20 stone, left his dressing room unclothed and angrily pursued the referee, Mr. T. Kirkham, who took refuge in a broom cupboard. Foulke had to be stopped by a group of F.A. officials from wrenching the cupboard door from its hinges to reach the hapless referee.^[1]

Replay

The replay took place a week later on 26 April 1902, again at Crystal Palace, in front of a crowd of 33,068, less than half the number who had watched the first match.

The weather for the replay was bitterly cold, and two minutes into the game, Saints' goalkeeper Jack Robinson slipped to allow George Hedley to score. Saints pressed for an equaliser and Foulke was kept busy throughout the rest of the first half. The pressure continued after half-time and Albert Brown equalised on the 70th minute with a shot from distance following a pass from Joe Turner.^[2]

After drawing level Saints continued on the attack and Foulke was required to make saves from Chadwick, Wood and Lee. It looked as though the match was going into extra-time, when, with ten minutes remaining, Robinson failed to cut out a cross and Billy Barnes only had to "walk" the ball into the unguarded net to score the winner for United.

Match details

Sheffield United v Southampton

19 April 1902
15:30 GMT

Sheffield United	1–1	Southampton
Common 55'	^[3]	Wood 88'

Crystal Palace, London
Attendance: 76,914^[4]
Referee: T. Kirkham, Burslem

Sheffield United

Southampton^[1]



		Willie Foulke
		Harry Thickett
		Peter Boyle
		Ernest Needham (c)
		Bernie Wilkinson
		Harry Johnson
		Walter Bennett
		Alf Common
		George Hedley
		Fred Priest
		Bert Lipsham
Club Secretary:
John Nicholson



		Jack Robinson
		Charles Burgess Fry
		George Molyneux
		Samuel Meston
		Tommy Bowman
		Bert Lee
		Archie Turner
		Harry Wood (c)
		Albert Brown
		Edgar Chadwick
		Joe Turner
Manager:
Ernest Arnfield

Replay

Sheffield United v Southampton

26 April 1902
15:30 GMT

Sheffield United	2–1	Southampton
Hedley 2' Barnes 79'	^[3]	Brown 70'

Crystal Palace, London
Attendance: 33,068^[4]
Referee: T. Kirkham, Burslem

Sheffield United

Southampton^[5]



		Willie Foulke
		Harry Thickett
		Peter Boyle
		Ernest Needham (c)
		Bernie Wilkinson
		Harry Johnson
		Billy Barnes
		Alf Common
		George Hedley
		Fred Priest
		Bert Lipsham
Club Secretary:
John Nicholson



		Jack Robinson
		Charles Burgess Fry
		George Molyneux
		Samuel Meston
		Tommy Bowman
		Bert Lee
		Archie Turner
		Harry Wood (c)
		Albert Brown
		Edgar Chadwick
		Joe Turner
Manager:
Ernest Arnfield

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Replay if scores still level.
No substitutes

References

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↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Match report at fa-cupfinals.co.uk
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Sporting Chronicle - 1902 FA Cup Final
↑ FA Cup Final kits, 1900-1909

External links

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[2] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

[FAC-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Match report at fa-cupfinals.co.uk

[SC-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Sporting Chronicle - 1902 FA Cup Final

[5] FA Cup Final kits, 1900-1909

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1902 FA Cup Final

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Match reports

First match

Foulke's protest

Replay

Match details

Replay

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