The 1929 FA Cup final was an association football match between Bolton Wanderers and Portsmouth on 27 April 1929 at Wembley Stadium.
Match details Bolton won 2–0, with goals by Billy Butler and Harold Blackmore. It marked the 54th final of the Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup), the world's oldest football cup competition. It was Portsmouth's first FA Cup final and Bolton's fifth. En route to the final, Bolton defeated Oldham Athletic, Liverpool (after a replay), Leicester City, Blackburn Rovers (after a replay) and Huddersfield Town; Portsmouth beat Charlton Athletic, Bradford City, Chelsea (after a replay), West Ham United and Aston Villa.
The match was played in a front of 92,576 spectators and was refereed by Arnold Josephs. After a goalless first half, two late goals in the second half from Billy Butler and Harold Blackmore secured Bolton the FA Cup. For Bolton this meant that they had won their third FA Cup title.
No live radio commentary of the match was broadcast by the BBC, as permission to do so had been refused by the Football Association. Instead, the organisation sent various reporters to the ground, who each left the match at 15-to-20-minute intervals to go to a nearby house where a broadcasting set-up had been arranged. From there, they transmitted accounts of the game as they had seen it up to the point of their departure.
Road to the Final Bolton Wanderers Round Team #1 Score Team #2 3 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Oldham Athletic 4 Liverpool 0–0 Bolton Wanderers Replay Bolton Wanderers 5–2 Liverpool 5 Leicester City 1–2 Bolton Wanderers 6 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Replay Bolton Wanderers 2–1 Blackburn Rovers Semi-Final Bolton Wanderers 3–1 Huddersfield Town
Portsmouth Round Team #1 Score Team #2 3 Portsmouth 2–1 Charlton Athletic4 Portsmouth 2–1 Bradford City5 Chelsea 1–1 Portsmouth ReplayPortsmouth 1–0 Chelsea 6Portsmouth 3–2 West Ham UnitedSemi-FinalPortsmouth 1–0 Aston Villa
Match details
GK Dick Pym DF Bob Haworth DF Alex Finney MF Fred Kean MF Jimmy Seddon (c)MF Harry NuttallFW Billy ButlerFW Jim McClellandFW Harold BlackmoreFW George GibsonFW Willie CookManager: Charles Foweraker GK Jock GilfillanDF Alec MackieDF Thomas BellMF Jimmy NicholMF Johnny McIlwaine (c)MF David ThackerayFW Fred ForwardFW Jack SmithFW Jack WeddleFW David WatsonFW Fred CookManager: Jack Tinn Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Replay if scores still level.
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FA Cup Final lineups FA Cup Final kits F.A. Cup Final Match Cards