The 1975 FA Cup Final was contested by West Ham United

West Ham United F.C.

West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

 and Fulham

Fulham F.C.

Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...

 at Wembley. The Fulham team contained two former England

England national football team

The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...

 captains in former West Ham captain Bobby Moore

Bobby Moore

Robert Frederick Chelsea "Bobby" Moore, OBE was an English footballer. He captained West Ham United for more than ten years and was captain of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup...

, making his last appearance at Wembley, and Alan Mullery

Alan Mullery

Alan Patrick Mullery MBE is a former English football player and manager. After enjoying a successful career with Fulham and in the 1960s and 1970s, he became a manager working with several different clubs. He is now employed as a television pundit...

. West Ham won 2–0, with the two goals scored by Alan Taylor. The first after Fulham goalkeeper Peter Mellor

Peter Mellor

Peter Mellor is an English former professional footballer whose career spanned three decades. Born in Prestbury, Cheshire, Mellor won an England Youth cap whilst with his first club Witton Albion . Tall, fair haired and ever smiling Mellor was soon spotted by Burnley, and quickly became their...

 had parried Billy Jennings

Billy Jennings

Billy Jennings is an English former footballer who played as a striker.A former England Youth international, Jennings signed for West Ham United from Watford for £110,000 in 1974, shortly after becoming Watford Player of the Season...

 shot for Taylor to score; the second five minutes later when Mellor failed to hold Graham Paddon's

Graham Paddon

Graham Charles Paddon was an English footballer who played as a midfielder.-Career:Paddon made five League appearances for Coventry City, scoring one goal, before signing for Norwich City in October 1969 for £25,000...

 shot, Taylor following in to score.

The 1975 West Ham United team are the last all-English team to win the FA Cup.
It also remains the only occasion that Fulham have appeared in an FA Cup final and their last major final until the 2010 UEFA Europa League Final.

Match details

EWLINE| WEST HAM UNITED: GK 1   Mervyn Day Mervyn Day Mervyn Day is a former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a goalkeeper for West Ham United, Leyton Orient, Aston Villa, Leeds United, Luton Town, Sheffield United and Carlisle United. He later managed Carlisle United... DF 2   John McDowell John McDowell (footballer) John McDowell is an English former footballer.McDowell was a first-team regular for West Ham United for ten years, missing only the 1976–77 season due to injury. He played as a defender, replacing Billy Bonds as right-back after the latter had switched to midfield... DF 3   Frank Lampard MF 4   Billy Bonds Billy Bonds William Arthur "Billy" Bonds MBE is a former professional footballer and manager, who is most often associated with West Ham United with whom he spent 27 years as player and manager...  (c) DF 5   Tommy Taylor Tommy Taylor (footballer born 1951) Thomas Frederick Taylor is an English football manager and former footballer. As a footballer, he played as a defender. He is the former manager of Belper Town.-Career:... DF 6   Kevin Lock Kevin Lock Kevin Lock is an English former professional footballer who played as a central defender.Lock played for West Ham United, making his debut against Sheffield United on 29 February 1972... FW 7   Billy Jennings Billy Jennings Billy Jennings is an English former footballer who played as a striker.A former England Youth international, Jennings signed for West Ham United from Watford for £110,000 in 1974, shortly after becoming Watford Player of the Season... MF 8   Graham Paddon Graham Paddon Graham Charles Paddon was an English footballer who played as a midfielder.-Career:Paddon made five League appearances for Coventry City, scoring one goal, before signing for Norwich City in October 1969 for £25,000... FW 9   Alan Taylor MF 10   Trevor Brooking Trevor Brooking Sir Trevor David Brooking CBE is a football player turned manager, on-air analyst, and administrator.Brooking attended Ripple Infants School and left Ilford County High School with 11 O-levels and 2 A-levels.... MF 11   Pat Holland Pat Holland Pat Holland is an English former footballer who played for West Ham United.Holland, a midfielder, made 296 appearances for the east London club between 1969 and 1981, including the FA Cup Final in 1975 and the European Cup Winners Cup Final in 1976, where he scored one of West Ham's goals as they... Substitute: FW 12   Bobby Gould Bobby Gould Robert Anthony "Bobby" Gould is an English former footballer and manager.-Playing career:Born in Coventry, Gould started his career at Coventry City, making his debut for the club whilst still an apprentice at the age of 16. He did not sign professional until June 1964... Manager:   John Lyall John Lyall John Angus Lyall was an English footballer and manager of Scottish descent. His mother, Catherine, was from the Isle of Lewis, his father, James, was from Kirriemuir. He was born in Ilford, Essex.- Youth team career :...

EWLINE| FULHAM: GK 1   Peter Mellor Peter Mellor Peter Mellor is an English former professional footballer whose career spanned three decades. Born in Prestbury, Cheshire, Mellor won an England Youth cap whilst with his first club Witton Albion . Tall, fair haired and ever smiling Mellor was soon spotted by Burnley, and quickly became their... DF 2   John Cutbush John Cutbush (footballer) John Cutbush is an English retired professional footballer who played as a right back. Cutbush was active in both England and the United States, and made over 250 career league appearances.-Career:... DF 3   John Fraser MF 4   Alan Mullery Alan Mullery Alan Patrick Mullery MBE is a former English football player and manager. After enjoying a successful career with Fulham and in the 1960s and 1970s, he became a manager working with several different clubs. He is now employed as a television pundit...  (c) DF 5   John Lacy John Lacy John Lacy is a former professional footballer who played for Kingstonian, Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace.-Football career:... DF 6   Bobby Moore Bobby Moore Robert Frederick Chelsea "Bobby" Moore, OBE was an English footballer. He captained West Ham United for more than ten years and was captain of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup... MF 7   John Mitchell John Mitchell (footballer) John Mitchell , is an English footballer who played as a forward in the Football League.-External links:*... MF 8   Jim Conway Jimmy Conway (footballer) James Patrick "Jimmy" Conway was an international Irish football midfielder who played professionally in Ireland, England and the United States... FW 9   Viv Busby Viv Busby Vivian Dennis "Viv" Busby is an English former footballer and manager.-Playing career:Born in Slough, Berkshire, Busby started his playing career at Wycombe Wanderers in 1966, but was unable to hold down a regular place in their team, despite his emerging talent... FW 10   Alan Slough Alan Slough Alan Peter Slough is an English-born former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League from the 1960s to 1980s, notably with Luton Town.-Career:... MF 11   Les Barrett Les Barrett Les Barrett is an English former professional footballer, making the third-all-time record appearances for Fulham of 487 starts and 4 substitutions.... Substitute: MF 12   Barry Lloyd Barry Lloyd Barry David Lloyd is an English former football player and manager. He is best remembered for his time as Brighton manager between January 1987 and December 1993.... Manager:   Alec Stock Alec Stock Alec William Alfred Stock was an English footballer and manager.-Career:Alec Stock was born in Peasedown St John and played as an inside-forward for Tottenham Hotspur, Charlton Athletic and QPR before the Second World War and guested for several other clubs during the hostilities...

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