{"id":64469,"date":"2022-03-15T12:05:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T12:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=64469"},"modified":"2022-03-15T12:55:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T12:55:26","slug":"memories-of-cardiffs-triumph-on-150th-anniversary-of-fa-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/03\/15\/memories-of-cardiffs-triumph-on-150th-anniversary-of-fa-cup-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Memories of Cardiff&#8217;s triumph on 150th anniversary of FA Cup Final"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cardiff last reached the final in 2008 and won the cup in 1927<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>IT has been 95 years since Cardiff City won their only FA Cup final, but the game itself is 150 years old tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/Shutterstock_946402a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64474\" width=\"388\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/Shutterstock_946402a.jpg 550w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/Shutterstock_946402a-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/Shutterstock_946402a-293x241.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/Shutterstock_946402a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64474\" width=\"388\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/Shutterstock_946402a.jpg 550w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/Shutterstock_946402a-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/Shutterstock_946402a-293x241.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption><strong>The final was played in front of a sold out Wembley crowd.<\/strong> Image: Daily Mail\/Shutterstock <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In what is recognised as one of the most iconic events in Welsh sporting history, Cardiff beat Arsenal in the 1927 FA Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Newspapers of the time reported how London was woken by a chorus of Welsh songs as special trains carried thousands of Bluebirds from Cardiff to Paddington station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those without tickets were forced to head to Cathays Park, where 15,000 fans listened to the radio broadcast of the game.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game was settled by Scottish forward Hughie Ferguson\u2019s 74<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;minute goal in front of 90,000 spectators at the old Wembley.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cardiff\u2019s 1-0 win was the first time the Cup had left the trophy cabinet of England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/110589939_fa.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64497\" width=\"366\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/110589939_fa.jpg 976w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/110589939_fa-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/110589939_fa-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/110589939_fa-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/110589939_fa.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64497\" width=\"366\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/110589939_fa.jpg 976w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/110589939_fa-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/110589939_fa-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/110589939_fa-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption><strong>Programme and tickets from the 1927 FA Cup final<\/strong>. Image: BBC<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To this day Cardiff is the only team from outside England to have won the FA Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to the final, the Cup had always been referred to as \u2018the English Cup\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/keenor-1927.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64472\" width=\"372\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/keenor-1927.jpg 615w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/keenor-1927-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/keenor-1927-293x230.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/keenor-1927.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64472\" width=\"372\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/keenor-1927.jpg 615w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/keenor-1927-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/keenor-1927-293x230.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption><strong>Fred Keenor (middle) and the Cardiff City team celebrating with the FA Cup trophy<\/strong>. Image: WalesOnline<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Captain Fred Keenor\u00a0received the FA Cup trophy at the end of the match from King\u00a0George V only seven years after Cardiff City had entered the Football League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the team returned to Cardiff the next day, a reported crowd of 150,000 people lined the streets to welcome them home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 1927 final marked a swift return to Wembley for the Bluebirds, who returned to London for the second time in two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cardiff lost the 1925 final 1-0 to Sheffield United following a goal from England international Fred Tunstall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>2008<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/1872173-1024x693.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64514\" width=\"395\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/1872173-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/1872173-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/1872173-770x521.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/1872173-1536x1039.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/1872173-2048x1385.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/1872173-293x198.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/1872173-1400x947.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/1872173-1024x693.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64514\" width=\"395\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/1872173-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/1872173-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/1872173-770x521.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/1872173-1536x1039.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/1872173-2048x1385.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/1872173-293x198.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/1872173-1400x947.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Portsmouth&#8217;s Nwankwo Kanu (L) scores against Cardiff City. REUTERS\/Eddie Keogh (BRITAIN). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In more recent times, the Bluebirds reached the 2008 final, their first FA cup final since the 1927 triumph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Victories over Chasetown, Hereford, Wolves, Middlesbrough, and Barnsley set up a final with Harry Redknapp\u2019s Portsmouth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dave Jones\u2019 Cardiff side included the likes of Peter Whittingham, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Joe Ledley and was captained by Stephen McPhail.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A win at Wembley would have seen City become the first side from outside the top flight to lift the FA Cup since 1980.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it was Portsmouth who tasted victory when Cardiff goalkeeper Peter Enckelman parried a tame shot, allowing&nbsp;former Arsenal striker Nwankwo Kanu to poke home the only goal of the game in the 37th minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Claire Richards, from Roath, was part of the 89,874 supporters in attendance that day, the largest football attendance in the new 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\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/272985212_1652928801704840_1740874482198372143_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64550\" width=\"-363\" height=\"-272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/272985212_1652928801704840_1740874482198372143_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/272985212_1652928801704840_1740874482198372143_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/272985212_1652928801704840_1740874482198372143_n-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/272985212_1652928801704840_1740874482198372143_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/272985212_1652928801704840_1740874482198372143_n-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/272985212_1652928801704840_1740874482198372143_n-1400x1050.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/272985212_1652928801704840_1740874482198372143_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption><strong>Cardiff were knocked out of this year&#8217;s FA Cup by Liverpool. <\/strong>Image: Ben Jones<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2008, Cardiff have had&nbsp;little to cheer in the Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They reached the fourth round back in the 2019\/20 season when Neil Harris\u2019 side needed a replay to beat League 2 Carlisle United.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve Morison\u2019s side reached the same round this year when a&nbsp;3-1 defeat away to <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/02\/04\/can-cardiff-klopp-an-anfield-win\/\">Liverpool<\/a> was their latest adventure in world&#8217;s oldest football competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ben Jones, 35, who lives on Corvette Court travelled to Anfield in February for the fourth round tie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: &#8220;The result never mattered to me. It was a great day out and felt good to be back in a Premier League stadium again.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>The 1872 final<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aside from Cardiff\u2019s success&#8217; and failures in the FA Cup, tomorrow is the 150<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;anniversary of its inaugural Final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rewind the clock back to 1872 when on 16 March Wanderers FC faced Royal Engineers at Kennington Oval in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day marked the first Football Association Challenge Cup, known now as the FA Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final was decided by a single goal, scored after fifteen minutes by Morton Betts of Wanderers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 13 March 1872 the Maidenhead Advertiser&nbsp;published this short announcement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/Final-Tie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64470\" width=\"483\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/Final-Tie.jpg 699w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/Final-Tie-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/Final-Tie-500x212.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/Final-Tie-293x124.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/Final-Tie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64470\" width=\"483\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/Final-Tie.jpg 699w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/Final-Tie-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/Final-Tie-500x212.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/Final-Tie-293x124.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Image: Maindenhead Advertiser, 13 March 1872.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been 95 years since Cardiff City won their only FA Cup final. 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