1953 FA Cup final

1953 FA Cup final
Event1952–53 FA Cup
Blackpool Bolton Wanderers
4 3
Date2 May 1953
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereeSandy Griffiths (Abertillery)
Attendance100,000
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The 1953 FA Cup final, also known as the Matthews Final,[1] was the eighth to be held at Wembley Stadium after the Second World War. The football match was contested between Blackpool and Bolton Wanderers, with Blackpool winning 4–3, equalling the record for the highest scoring FA Cup Final which had been set in the final of 1890.[2] The match became famous for the performance of Blackpool winger Stanley Matthews, after whom it was nicknamed. It was the third FA Cup Final (after those in 1890 and 1894) to feature a hat-trick, scored by Blackpool's Stan Mortensen.[3][4] Blackpool were making their third FA Cup final appearance in six years having been losing finalists twice, in 1948 and 1951.

In February 2010, the boots worn by Matthews in the match were auctioned at Bonhams in Chester for £38,400, to an undisclosed buyer[5] and in November 2014 Matthews' winning medal was sold for £220,000.[6] The match ball fetched £5,250 in 2018.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference bbc1321960 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Ross, James M. (6 August 2020). "England FA Challenge Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Man City Emirates FA Cup To Complete Historic Domestic Treble". The Football Association. 18 May 2019. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. ^ Jones, Rich (18 May 2019). "Raheem Sterling's response to question of whether he scored FA Cup final hat-trick". Mirror. Archived from the original on 20 May 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Stanley Matthews' boots sold for £38,400". BBC News. 24 February 2010. Archived from the original on 19 November 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Sir Stanley Matthews FA Cup medal sells for £220,000". BBC News. 11 November 2014. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  7. ^ "1953 FA Cup final hat-trick football sells for £5,250". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.