1950 FA Cup final

Event	1949?50 FA Cup
Arsenal Liverpool 2 0
Date	29 April 1950
Venue	Wembley Stadium , London
Referee	Harry Pearce ( Luton )
Attendance	100,000
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The 1950 FA Cup final was the 69th final of the FA Cup . It took place on 29 April 1950 at Wembley Stadium and was contested between Arsenal and Liverpool .

Arsenal won the match 2?0 to win the FA Cup for the third time, with both goals scored by Reg Lewis . The Arsenal team also featured cricketer Denis Compton , who played alongside his brother Leslie . Liverpool dropped future manager Bob Paisley for the match, even though he had scored against Merseyside rivals Everton in the semi-final. ^[1]

Match details [ edit ]

29 April 1950
15:00 BST

Arsenal	2?0	Liverpool
Lewis 18' 63'	(Report)

Wembley Stadium , London

Attendance: 100,000 ^[2]

Referee: Harry Pearce ^[3]

Arsenal

Liverpool

GK 1 George Swindin RB 2 Laurie Scott LB 3 Walley Barnes RH 4 Alex Forbes CH 5 Leslie Compton LH 6 Joe Mercer ( c ) OR 7 Freddie Cox IR 8 Jimmy Logie CF 9 Peter Goring IL 10 Reg Lewis OL 11 Denis Compton Manager: Tom Whittaker

GK 1 Cyril Sidlow RB 2 Ray Lambert LB 3 Eddie Spicer RH 4 Phil Taylor ( c ) CH 5 Laurie Hughes LH 6 Bill Jones OR 7 Jimmy Payne IR 8 Kevin Baron CF 9 Albert Stubbins IL 10 Willie Fagan OL 11 Billy Liddell Manager: George Kay

References [ edit ]

General

• FA Cup Final kits, 1950?59

Specific

• LFC History Match Report Archived 22 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine