1957 FA Cup Final

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1957 FA Cup Final

Event	FA Cup 1956–57
Aston Villa Manchester United 2 1
Date	4 May 1957
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	F. Coultas
Attendance	99,225
← 1956 1958 →

The 1957 FA Cup Final was a football match played on 4 May 1957 at Wembley Stadium. The match was contested by Aston Villa and Manchester United. Villa won 2-1, with both of their goals scored by Peter McParland. Tommy Taylor got United's goal.

The final was marred by a collision after only six minutes between Villa forward Peter McParland and United goalkeeper Ray Wood, which left Wood unconscious with a broken cheekbone. Wood left the pitch and Jackie Blanchflower took over in goal for United. Wood eventually rejoined the game in an outfield position as a virtual passenger before returning to goal for the last seven minutes of the game.

Villa's victory gave them their seventh FA Cup title, a record number at the time. Villa have not been able to add to that total since, which has been passed by several clubs – including Manchester United themselves, who now hold the record with eleven wins.

In December 2007, BBC Four screened a documentary, A Game of Two Eras, which compared the 1957 final with its 2007 counterpart.^[1]

[edit] Match details

1957-05-04	Aston Villa	2 – 1	Manchester United	Wembley, London Attendance: 99,225 Referee: F. Coultas
	McParland  68'  73'	(Report)	Taylor  83'

Aston Villa

Manchester United

ASTON VILLA: GK 1 Nigel Sims RB 2 Stan Lynn LB 3 Peter Aldis RH 4 Stan Crowther CH 5 Jimmy Dugdale LH 6 Pat Saward OR 7 Les Smith IR 8 Jackie Sewell CF 9 Bill Myerscough IL 10 Johnny Dixon (c) OL 11 Peter McParland Manager: Eric Houghton

MANCHESTER UNITED: GK 1 Ray Wood RB 2 Bill Foulkes LB 3 Roger Byrne (c) RH 4 Eddie Colman CH 5 Jackie Blanchflower LH 6 Duncan Edwards OR 7 Johnny Berry IR 8 Liam Whelan CF 9 Tommy Taylor IL 10 Bobby Charlton OL 11 David Pegg Manager: Matt Busby

[edit] Road to Wembley

[edit] Aston Villa

[edit] Manchester United