 Match programme | |||||||
| Event | 1914–15 FA Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 24 April 1915 | ||||||
| Venue | Old Trafford, Manchester | ||||||
| Referee | H. H. Taylor | ||||||
| Attendance | 49,557 | ||||||
The 1915 FA Cup final took place on 24 April 1915 and was contested by Sheffield United and Chelsea. It was the last FA Cup final to be staged after the implementation of the Defence of the Realm Act 1914 which suspended competitive football in Britain for the duration of the First World War. The match was moved from its pre-war location of Crystal Palace in south London to Old Trafford in Manchester to avoid disruption to travel in and around London.
The match is one of the few FA Cup Finals that has acquired a name; the "Khaki Cup Final", owing to the large number of uniformed soldiers in attendance. However, the attendance of about 50,000 was lower than previous years as a result of wartime travel restriction and the mobilisation of large numbers of young men into the armed forces.