1975 FA Cup final explained

1975 FA Cup final
Event:1974–75 FA Cup
Team1:West Ham United
Team1score:2
Team2:Fulham
Team2score:0
Date:3 May 1975
Stadium:Wembley Stadium
City:London
Referee:Pat Partridge (Bishop Auckland)
Attendance:100,000
Previous:1974
Next:1976

The 1975 FA Cup final was the 94th final of the FA Cup. It took place on 3 May 1975 at Wembley Stadium and was contested by London clubs West Ham United and Fulham. The Fulham team contained two former England captains in former West Ham captain Bobby Moore, making his last appearance at Wembley,[1] and Alan Mullery.

West Ham won 2–0, with both goals scored by Alan Taylor. The first came in the 60th minute when Fulham goalkeeper Peter Mellor parried Billy Jennings' shot into Taylor's path; the second came four minutes later when Taylor capitalised after Mellor failed to hold on to Graham Paddon's shot.[2]

The 1975 West Ham team remains the last all-English team to win the FA Cup.[3] The match remains the only occasion that Fulham have appeared in an FA Cup final; it was the club's last major final for 35 years, until the 2010 UEFA Europa League Final.

Match details

GK 1 Mervyn Day
DF 2 John McDowell
DF 3 Frank Lampard Sr.
MF 4 Billy Bonds (c)
DF 5 Tommy Taylor
DF 6 Kevin Lock
FW 7 Billy Jennings
MF 8 Graham Paddon
FW 9 Alan Taylor
MF 10 Trevor Brooking
MF 11 Pat Holland
Substitute:
FW 12 Bobby Gould
Manager:
John Lyall
GK 1 Peter Mellor
DF 2 John Cutbush
DF 3 John Fraser
MF 4 Alan Mullery (c)
DF 5 John Lacy
DF 6 Bobby Moore
FW 7 John Mitchell
MF 8 Jim Conway
FW 9 Viv Busby
MF 10 Alan Slough
MF 11 Les Barrett
Substitute:
MF 12 Barry Lloyd
Manager:
Alec Stock

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Notes and References

  1. Book: The Claret & Blue Book of West Ham United . Pitch Publishing (Brighton) Ltd . Hove . 2007 . 47 . 978-1-905411-02-3.
  2. Web site: Hammers Nail Fulham . TheFA.com . . https://web.archive.org/web/20100329083013/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACup/History/HistoryOfTheFACup/1975WestHamFulham . 29 March 2010 . 14 May 2010.
  3. Web site: Hammerabilia Wembley Special . West Ham United . 17 May 2012 . 20 June 2018.