| Event | 1934–35 FA Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 27 April 1935 | ||||||
| Venue | Wembley Stadium,London | ||||||
| Referee | Bert Fogg | ||||||
| Attendance | 93,204 | ||||||
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The1935 FA Cup final was contested bySheffield Wednesday andWest Bromwich Albion atWembley. Sheffield Wednesday won 4–2, with goals scored byJack Palethorpe,Mark Hooper andEllis Rimmer (2).Wally Boyes andTeddy Sandford scored West Brom's goals. It is the most recent time that the trophy has been won by Sheffield Wednesday, and would be their lastmajor trophy win for 56 years, until they won theFootball League Cup in 1991.
West Brom went into the match as favourites[citation needed] even though they were below Wednesday in the table, pundits[who?] believing that they had the better forward players withWally Boyes,W.G. Richardson andTeddy Sandford all having notched over 20 League goals for the season. The two teams had met in a League game five days earlier, onEaster Monday, and drawn 1–1 atThe Hawthorns. Wednesday went into the match with a full strength squad and fielded the same starting eleven that they had for every round except the third,Ellis Rimmer having scored in every round. West Brom brought backJoe Carter, who had been absent with a knee injury since the semi-final, to replaceHarry Jones. West Brom also left outArthur Gale who had played in all six FA Cup ties that season and scored four goals from the right wing. Gale was replaced byTommy Glidden, who was effectively shackled by Wednesday's left backTed Catlin.
Wednesday took the lead after just two minutes. A West Brom attack broke down leaving Catlin injured, but the refereeBert Fogg played an advantage and a quick break sawMark Hooper andRonnie Starling combine to feedJack Palethorpe, who hit a right foot shot into the corner of the goal. Albion however started to play some good football and equalised after 21 minutes through the youngest player on the field, 22-year-old Boyes. The diminutive left winger took a pass from Carter and hit a rising drive from the left side of the penalty area pastJack Brown. The score remained at 1–1 until half time.
The early stages of the second half saw Starling miss a chance and then have another effort cleared off the line. Starling was prominent in Wednesday re-taking the lead on 70 minutes when his pass released Hooper, who beat two men before hitting a shot pastHarold Pearson that went in off the post. Within five minutes West Brom were level, as a Sandford shot was deflected into the net byWalt Millership. The limping Carter missed two good chances, hitting the post with one of them, and W. G. Richardson also missed a fine opportunity. With five minutes remaining, Rimmer chased a long through ball fromWilf Sharp and the tall winger headed the ball past Pearson and into the net, to continue his record of scoring in every round. In the final minute, Pearson parried a Hooper shot and Rimmer knocked the ball home from close range for his second goal.[1][2]
Sheffield Wednesday have not won the FA Cup again since their 1935 triumph; their only major trophy during that time was theFootball League Cup in 1991. By this date, there were just two members of Wednesday's FA Cup winning team still alive; captain Ronnie Starling, who died later that year at the age of 82, andJack Surtees, who died in July 1992 at the age of 81. The last surviving player from the game, Albion's Teddy Sandford, died in May 1995 at the age of 84.
| Sheffield Wednesday | 4–2 | West Bromwich Albion |
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| Palethorpe Hooper Rimmer | Report | Boyes Sandford |
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Match rules
Sheffield Wednesday Round 4:Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday Round 5:Norwich City 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday Quarter-Final: Sheffield Wednesday 2–1Arsenal Semi-Final: Sheffield Wednesday 3–0Burnley
| West Bromwich Albion Round 4: West Bromwich Albion 7–1Sheffield United Round 5: West Bromwich Albion 5–0Stockport County Quarter-Final: West Bromwich Albion 1–0Preston North End Semi-Final: West Bromwich Albion 1–1Bolton Wanderers
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