FA Cup 1954 1955 Newcastle Manchester City

 

Wembley

7 Mai 1955

City Trautmann, Meadows, Little, Barnes, Ewing, Paul, Spurdle, Hayes, Revie, Johnstone, Fagan

Newcastle Simpson, Cowell, Batty, Scoular, Stokoe, Casey, White, Milburn, Keeble, Hannah, Mitchell

 

 

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The players were used to their own large stadium at Maine Road, but the spacial elegance of Wembley was overwhelming. The huge concrete tunnel and the seemingly vast distance from the dressing room to the pitch was daunting. The dressing rooms themselves were enormous, hugely spacious with high and expansive windows. During the pre-match preperations, Wembley officials were constantly darting in and out with last minute reminders of the etiquette required when presented to the Duke of Edinburgh, how to address the Queen during the medal presentation, while all the time the team were trying to adjust their minds to the game. The finalist’s shirts were provided by Humphrey Brothers under the brand name Umbro, who were based in Wilmslow just outside Manchester. The superstitious among the players took it as a portent that they were a local firm, almost on Maine Road’s doorstep. Umbro had also provided them with track suits and McDowall, who was influenced by the continental style, decided that his players should wear them. When the Manchester city and Newcastle United players lined up in the cavernous tunnel, City would be the first team to wear track suits in a final as they took to the field. The pressure on City was further increased when the bookmakers had made them 7/4 favourites to win.