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1957 FA Cup Final Aston Villa v Manchester United (Ticket)

1957 FA Cup Final Aston Villa v Manchester United (Ticket)

Ref No: TICKET565701

Details: Original Match Ticket

Type: Other


Price: £75.00

A very nice collectors item.  The original Match ticket from the 1957 FA Cup Final which was played on 4th May 1957 at the original Wembley Stadium. The match was contested by Aston Villa and Manchester United. Villa won 2–1, with both of their goals scored by Peter McParland, whilst Tommy Taylor got United's goal.

The final was marred by a collision after only six minutes between Villa forward Peter McParland and United goalkeeper Ray Wood, which left Wood unconscious with a broken cheekbone. Wood left the pitch and Jackie Blanchflower took over in goal for United. Wood eventually rejoined the game in an outfield position as a virtual passenger before returning to goal for the last seven minutes of the game.

It was Villa's first major trophy for 37 years.

Villa's victory gave them their seventh FA Cup title, a record number at the time. Villa have not been able to add to that total since, which has been passed by three clubs — including Manchester United, who now hold the record. They have only reached the final once since then, in 2000, when they lost to Chelsea.

Six of the 11 players who took to the field for Manchester United in this game lost their lives in the Munich Air Disaster nine months later; as did a further two players who did not appear in the game, while two others (who both appeared in the game) were injured to such an extent that they never played again. The only United players who appeared in the final a year later were full-back Bill Foulkes and forward Bobby Charlton


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