1950 FA Cup final

1950 FA Cup final
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Event	1949–50 FA Cup
Date	29 April 1950
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Harry Pearce (Luton)
Attendance	100,000
	← 1949 1951 →

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

29 April 1950
15:00 BST

Arsenal	2–0	Liverpool
Lewis File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'	(Report)

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 100,000 ^[2]

Referee: Harry Pearce^[3]

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Arsenal

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Liverpool



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



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

References

General

FA Cup Final kits, 1950–59

Specific

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