Wembley - Saturday 3rd May
West Ham United 2 Fulham 0
West Ham United
(Taylor 2)
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Day, McDowell, Taylor T, Lock, Lampard, Bonds,
Paddon, Brooking, Jennings, Taylor A, Holland
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Fulham |
McFaul, Clark, Kennedy,
McDermott, Howard, Moncur, Smith(Gibb), Cassidy, Macdonald, Tudor, Hibbitt
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Referee: A
Holland
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Attendance: 100,000 |
MATCH REPORT
The Hammers won only thirteen of their
forty‑two League games during the 1974‑5 season, while Fulham averaged
exactly one point per match in the Second Division. Yet, such is the
fickleness of Cup fortune that, against all the odds, two moderate sides
fought their way to the Final.
It was a Final abounding in
personalities. Alec Stock and Ron Greenwood had already tasted Cup
success at Wembley as managers and Fulham could boast two ex‑England
captains in Mullery and Moore.
Fulham looked to be the better side in
a dull first half, with the ball rarely in either penalty‑area except
when defenders passed nervously back to their goalkeepers. Lacey went
close with powerful headers from Conway's corner kick and Mullery's
free‑kick. At the other end Brooking's cracking volley from thirty‑five
yards soared high over the bar.
West Ham slowly but surely increased
the pressure after the interval, and made the vital breakthrough on the
hour. Mellor parried Jennings' awkwardly swerving shot and the rebound
was gratefully slammed home from six yards by Alan Taylor.
West Ham scored an almost identical
goal four minutes later. Mellor failed to make a clean catch from
Paddon's hard shot and Taylor again put the ball in.
In a most sporting Final,
intelligently refereed by Pat Partridge, neither trainer set foot on the
pitch.
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Round By Round
Semi‑Final
W. HAM v Ipswich T 0‑0, 2‑1;
Birmingham C v FULHAM 1‑1, 0‑1
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Sixth Round
Arsenal v W. HAM 0‑2; Ipswich T v
Leeds Utd 0‑0, 1‑ 1, 0‑0, 3‑2; Birmingham C v Middlesbro 1‑0; Carlisle Utd
v FULHAM 0‑1
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Fifth Round
W. HAM v QPR 2‑1; Arsenal v
Leicester C 0‑0, 1 ‑1, 1 ‑0; Ipswich T v Aston Villa 3‑2; Derby Co v Leeds
Utd 0‑1; Birmingham C v Walsall 2‑1; Peterborough Utd v Middlesbro 1‑1,
0‑2; Mansfield T v Carlisle Utd 0‑1; Everton v FULHAM 1‑2
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Fourth Round
W. HAM v Swindon T 1 ‑1, 2‑1; QPR
v Notts Co 3‑0; Coventry C v Arsenal 1‑1, 0‑3; Leatherhead v Leicester C
2‑3; Ipswich T v Liverpool 1 ‑0; Aston Villa v Sheff Utd 4‑1; Derby Co v
Bristol R 2‑0; Leeds Utd v Wimbledon 0‑0, 1‑0; Chelsea v Birmingham C 0‑1;
Walsall v Newcastle Utd 1‑0; Stafford Rangers v Peterborough Utd 1‑2;
Middlesbro v Sunderland 3‑1; Bury v Mansfield T 1‑2 Carlisle Utd v WBA
3‑2; Plymouth Arg v Everton 1‑3; FULHAM v Nott'm Forest 0‑0, 1‑1.
1‑1, 2‑1
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Third Round
Southampton v W. HAM 1‑2; Swindon
T v Lincoln C 2‑0; Southend v OPR 2‑2, 0‑2; Notts Co v Portsmouth 3‑ 1;
Coventry C v Norwich C 2‑0; Arsenal v York C 1‑ 1, 3‑ 1; Leicester C v
Oxford Utd 3‑1; Brighton & H Alb v Leatherhead 0‑1; Wolves v Ipswich T
1‑2; Liverpool v Stoke C 2‑0;Oldham Ath v Aston Villa 0‑3; Sheff Utd v
Bristol C 2‑0; Orient v Derby Co 2‑2,1‑2, Blackburn R v Bristol R 1‑2;
Leeds Ltd v Cardiff C 4‑1; Burnley v Wimbledon 0‑1; Chelsea v Sheff Wed
3‑2;Luton T v Birmingham C 0‑1; Man Utd v Walsall 0‑0, 2‑3; Man C v
Newcastle Utd 0‑2; Stafford Rangers v Rotherham Utd 0‑0, 2‑0; Peterborough
Utd v Tranmere R 1‑0; Wycombe Wand v Middlesbro 0‑0, 0‑1; Sunderland v
Chesterfield 2‑0; Bury v Millwall 2‑2, 1‑1, 2‑0; Mansfield T v Cambridge
Utd 1‑0; PNE v Carlisle Utd 0‑1; Bolton Wand v WBA 0‑0, 0‑4; Plymouth Arg
v Blackpool 2‑0; Everton v Altrincham 1‑1, 2‑0; Nott'm Forest v Spurs 1
‑1, 1 ‑0; FULHAM v Hull C 1‑1, 2‑2, 1 ‑0 |
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FA Cup Winners |
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11 |
Manchester Utd |
10 |
Arsenal |
8 |
Tottenham Hotspur |
7 |
Aston
Villa |
7 |
Liverpool |
6 |
Blackburn Rovers |
6 |
Newcastle United |
5 |
Everton |
5 |
The
Wanderers |
5 |
W. B
.A |
4 |
Bolton Wanderers |
4 |
Manchester City |
4 |
Sheffield United |
4 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
4 |
Chelsea |
3 |
Sheffield Wednesday |
3 |
West
Ham United |
2 |
Bury |
2 |
Nottingham Forest |
2 |
Old
Etonians |
2 |
Preston North End |
2 |
Sunderland |
2 |
Portsmouth |
1 |
Barnsley |
1 |
Blackburn Olympic |
1 |
Blackpool |
1 |
Bradford City |
1 |
Burnley |
1 |
Cardiff City |
1 |
Charlton Athletic |
1 |
Clapham Rovers |
1 |
Coventry City |
1 |
Derby
County |
1 |
Huddersfield Town |
1 |
Ipswich Town |
1 |
Leeds
United |
1 |
Notts
County |
1 |
Old
Carthusians |
1 |
Oxford University |
1 |
Royal
Engineers |
1 |
Southampton |
1 |
Wimbledon |
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