Tag Archives: FA Cup
WAS IT REALLY “THE MATTHEWS FINAL”?
DAVID TOSSELL looks back at the 1953 FA Cup final when Blackpool beat Bolton Wanderers 4-3 but...WAS IT REALLY “THE MATTHEWS FINAL”?
By CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
IT IS forever known as the Matthews Final – Blackpool 4, Bolton Wanderers 3, May 2, 1953. Stanley Matthews, the first ever Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year in 1948, was the most popular player of his generation, more Bobby Charlton than David Beckham in his appeal, but who had twice been on the losing side in FA Cup finals with the Seasiders, in 1948 and 1951. At 38, the clock was ticking ...
Tags: blackpool, Bolton Wanderers, FA Cup, fa cup final, matthews final, stanley matthews
Michael Calvin on Millwall and FA Cup Violence
What distresses me is that people had taken their children to Wembley for their first big game and the kids were so terrified they don’t want to go to football again – Michael CalvinBy CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
NOBODY saw it coming, not least Michael Calvin who spent a year virtually living with Millwall to write “Family – Life, Death and Football.” Families may argue, but fight?
Tags: FA Cup, fa cup semi final, michael calvin, millwall, Wembley, Wigan
‘Those who work for Millwall must pull their hair out at times at the way the club are depicted’
TOBY PORTER on the public perception of FA Cup semi-finalists MillwallBy CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
NO ONE may like Millwall, but Toby Porter certainly does care about how others view the club.
Porter is the sports editor of the South London Press and has covered Millwall for 11 years. Millwall have a stigma, mostly outdated and based on events from 30 or 40 years ago, but it is an image that the club will find difficult to shake off even though they have done everything to eliminate violence and racism with success.
Tags: FA Cup, Kenny Jackett, millwall, The Den, Toby Porter, Wembley, Wigan Athletic
My Week: Paul Camillin
Brighton & Hove Albion’s head of media, Paul Camillin, on putting Des Lynam straight...running out of bacon butties...and being hit for six...MONDAY FEBRUARY 13
For most of the supporters the focus is on this Sunday’s FA Cup fifth round tie at Liverpool, but for Gus Poyet and the Brighton & Hove Albion players the Tuesday night visit of Millwall to the Amex is the top priority (at least until 9.45pm on Tuesday). It’s an early start to the week at the Amex and after writing Gus’s notes with him for Tuesday’s match programme, it’s off to the regular pre-match ...
Tags: brighton and hove albion, FA Cup, football#, liverpool
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