1897 FA Cup Final
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The 1897 FA Cup Final was contested by Aston Villa
and Everton
at Crystal Palace
. Aston Villa won 3–2, with goals by John Campbell, Fred Wheldon and Jimmy Crabtree
. Everton's goals came from Jack Bell
and Dickie Boyle.
With results elsewhere going their way, Villa confirmed their status as League champions on this day. This makes them the only team to date to achieve the league and cup "double
" on the same day.
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Bob Menham
Peter Meehan
David Storrier
Dickie Boyle
Johnny Holt
Billy Stewart
Jack Taylor
Jack Bell
Abe Hartley
Edgar Chadwick
(c)
Alf Milward
Manager:
Dick Molyneux
Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
and Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
at Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
The National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace in south London, England is a large sports centre and athletics stadium. It was opened in 1964 in Crystal Palace Park, close to the site of the former Crystal Palace, in the former parkland and also usurping part of the former grand prix circuit.It was...
. Aston Villa won 3–2, with goals by John Campbell, Fred Wheldon and Jimmy Crabtree
Jimmy Crabtree
James William "Jimmy" Crabtree was a gifted English footballer of the end of the 19th century.He began his career at Burnley, but left in 1890 and played in non-league football for two years before returning to Burnley for the 1892–93 season. His performances attracted the attention of FA Cup...
. Everton's goals came from Jack Bell
Jack Bell
John Bell was an early Scottish football player and manager. He was instrumental in organising the Association Footballers' Union in February 1898....
and Dickie Boyle.
With results elsewhere going their way, Villa confirmed their status as League champions on this day. This makes them the only team to date to achieve the league and cup "double
The Double
The Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...
" on the same day.
Match details
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| Jimmy Whitehouse Jimmy Whitehouse James Lewington Whitehouse, born 9 April 1873 in Birmingham and died 7 February 1934, was a professional footballer.James Whitehouse played goalkeeper for Grimsby Town from June 1892 thru 1896.... |
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| Howard Spencer Howard Spencer Howard Spencer was one of Aston Villa's all-time greatest players.An incredibly gifted player, he was known as the 'Prince of Full-Backs' during his hugely successful time at the club and was renowned for his sportsmanship.While at Villa Spencer earned four League Championships in 1896, 1897, 1899... |
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| Jack Reynolds | |||
| Albert Evans (c) | |||
| James Cowan James Cowan (footballer) James Cowan was a Scottish footballer and manager.Born in Jamestown, Dunbartonshire, Cowan was a Scottish international half-back who played with local sides Renton and Vale of Leven before moving to England in 1888 to play for the Warwickshire County FC... |
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| Jimmy Crabtree Jimmy Crabtree James William "Jimmy" Crabtree was a gifted English footballer of the end of the 19th century.He began his career at Burnley, but left in 1890 and played in non-league football for two years before returning to Burnley for the 1892–93 season. His performances attracted the attention of FA Cup... |
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| Charlie Athersmith Charlie Athersmith William Charles "Charlie" Athersmith was an English professional footballer who played as a winger.Athersmith was born in Bloxwich, Staffordshire... |
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| John Devey John Devey John Henry George "Jack" Devey was a football player.-Football career:Devey was born in Birmingham and signed for Aston Villa in March 1891; he would go on to become one of Aston Villa's greatest captains... |
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| John Campbell | |||
| Fred Wheldon | |||
| John Cowan | |||
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| George Ramsay | |||
Peter Meehan
Peter Meehan was a Scottish professional footballer best known for making nineteen appearances in Sunderland's English Title winning team of 1895....
Johnny Holt
Johnny Holt was an English professional footballer who played in twenty-one of Everton's twenty-two game Football League title winning side of 1890–91....
Jack Taylor (Scottish footballer)
Jack Taylor was a Scottish professional footballer.Born in Dumbarton in 1872, Taylor started off his career at local club Dumbarton F.C. before moving to play for St Mirren. In 1896 Taylor was signed by English club Everton whee he played in a number of positions...
Jack Bell
John Bell was an early Scottish football player and manager. He was instrumental in organising the Association Footballers' Union in February 1898....
Abe Hartley
Abraham "Abe" Hartley was a Scottish footballer who played for Everton as a centre forward for five years in the 1890s. He also played for Merseyside rivals Liverpool and for his local club, Dumbarton. His career also included stints at Southampton, Woolwich Arsenal and Burnley at the end of his...
Edgar Chadwick
Edgar Wallace Chadwick was a left-sided footballer who had a long and distinguished career with Everton during the 1890s...
(c)
Alf Milward
Alfred Weatherell Milward was a professional footballer who played in the 1893 and 1897 FA Cup Finals for Everton and in the 1900 FA Cup Final for Southampton.-Playing career:...
Dick Molyneux
Dick Molyneux was an English footballer manager. He took controlof Everton F.C. from 1889 to 1901, and then managed Brentford F.C. from 1903 to 1906.- External links :*...