1980 FA Cup Final
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The 1980 FA Cup Final was contested by West Ham United
and Arsenal
at Wembley. West Ham won by a single goal, scored by Trevor Brooking
.
To date, it is the last time a team from outside the top flight has won the FA Cup. It is also the last time West Ham won a major trophy.
side, and two time F.A. Cup winners West Ham United, a Second Division
side that had only ever played at Wembley five times before and were huge underdogs on the day.
Present as the royal guests were the Duke and Duchess of Kent
. The Duke was introduced to the teams directly after the national anthem and just prior to kick off. West Ham won the coin toss and captain Billy Bonds
chose to stay at the end his team was already at.
The game started slowly with Arsenal playing their traditional defensive keep ball style of football. West Ham gained possession after Arsenal gave away a free kick due to Liam Brady
being caught offside. After this West Ham maintained possession, frustrating Arsenal before Alan Devonshire
broke down the left wing in the 12th minute, hitting a cross into the Arsenal box which fell to David Cross
, whose shot was blocked by Arsenal's Willie Young. Stuart Pearson
then shot at the Arsenal goal but his shot went across the goalmouth, where England international Trevor Brooking
was the fastest player to react; with the Arsenal defence stranded he flicked a header past Jennings for the only goal of the game after 13 minutes.
Arsenal and West Ham both had attacks during the rest of the first half, Arsenal having more of the game as had been anticipated, but Phil Parkes and the West Ham defence held firm and they were unable to unlock the West Ham defence. The second half was again mainly Arsenal in possession, but the underdogs held out and almost made it two with minutes remaining. Paul Allen
, the youngest player ever to play at a Wembley cup final at the time, was through on goal with only Pat Jennings to beat, Young tackled the 17 year old, taking him down just outside the penalty box. It was a despicable challenge from behind on the then youngest ever player to play in an F.A. Cup final, however Young only earned himself a yellow card (the professional foul
rule had not yet been instituted).
Despite their possession, Arsenal failed to break West Ham down in the second half, and West Ham ran out 1–0 winners. Bonds collected the trophy from the Duchess of Kent, and raised it above his head toward the jubilant West Ham fans to a chorus of cheers and "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles", the East End team's adopted anthem.
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ARSENAL:
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GK
1
Northern Ireland Pat Jennings
RB
2
Northern Ireland Pat Rice
(c)
LB
3
Republic of Ireland John Devine
CM
4
Kingdom of England Brian Talbot
CB
5
Republic of Ireland David O'Leary
CB
6
Kingdom of Scotland Willie Young
CM
7
Republic of Ireland Liam Brady
CF
8
Kingdom of England Alan Sunderland
CF
9
Republic of Ireland Frank Stapleton
RM
10
Kingdom of England David Price
LM
11
Kingdom of England Graham Rix
Substitute:
LB
12
Northern Ireland Sammy Nelson
Manager:
Northern Ireland Terry Neill
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 Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
at Wembley. West Ham won by a single goal, scored by 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....
.
To date, it is the last time a team from outside the top flight has won the FA Cup. It is also the last time West Ham won a major trophy.
Match details
The 1980 Cup Final was the 99th final to be played since 1872, and the 52nd to be played at Wembley since 1923. The tie involved Arsenal, who had played in the previous two FA Cup Finals and were a strong First DivisionFootball League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
side, and two time F.A. Cup winners West Ham United, a Second Division
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
side that had only ever played at Wembley five times before and were huge underdogs on the day.
Present as the royal guests were the Duke and Duchess of Kent
Duke of Kent
Duke of Kent is a title which has been created various times in the peerages of Great Britain and the United Kingdom, most recently as a royal dukedom for the fourth son of George V.-Pre-history:...
. The Duke was introduced to the teams directly after the national anthem and just prior to kick off. West Ham won the coin toss and captain 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...
chose to stay at the end his team was already at.
The game started slowly with Arsenal playing their traditional defensive keep ball style of football. West Ham gained possession after Arsenal gave away a free kick due to Liam Brady
Liam Brady
Liam Brady is a former Irish association football player, and former assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland national football team....
being caught offside. After this West Ham maintained possession, frustrating Arsenal before Alan Devonshire
Alan Devonshire
Alan Devonshire is a retired English footballer and manager of Conference National club Braintree Town. He was a wide midfielder who made his name in the late 1970s playing for West Ham United . He won eight caps for England between 1980 and 1983...
broke down the left wing in the 12th minute, hitting a cross into the Arsenal box which fell to David Cross
David Cross (footballer)
David Cross is an English former footballer who played as a striker. He scored 223 goals in 599 appearances in the Football League and the North American Soccer League. Cross was born in Heywood, Lancashire.-Football career:...
, whose shot was blocked by Arsenal's Willie Young. Stuart Pearson
Stuart Pearson
James Stuart Pearson is an English former football player. He was a skilful forward who played in three FA Cup finals.-Hull City:...
then shot at the Arsenal goal but his shot went across the goalmouth, where England international 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....
was the fastest player to react; with the Arsenal defence stranded he flicked a header past Jennings for the only goal of the game after 13 minutes.
Arsenal and West Ham both had attacks during the rest of the first half, Arsenal having more of the game as had been anticipated, but Phil Parkes and the West Ham defence held firm and they were unable to unlock the West Ham defence. The second half was again mainly Arsenal in possession, but the underdogs held out and almost made it two with minutes remaining. Paul Allen
Paul Allen (footballer)
Paul Kevin Allen is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, Southampton, Luton Town, Stoke City, Swindon Town, Bristol City and Millwall in the 1980s and 1990s...
, the youngest player ever to play at a Wembley cup final at the time, was through on goal with only Pat Jennings to beat, Young tackled the 17 year old, taking him down just outside the penalty box. It was a despicable challenge from behind on the then youngest ever player to play in an F.A. Cup final, however Young only earned himself a yellow card (the professional foul
Professional foul
In sports, a professional foul is a deliberate act of foul play, usually to prevent an opponent's scoring.-Association football:The concept gained notoriety in association football after an infamous incident in the 1980 FA Cup Final when Willie Young of Arsenal committed a deliberate foul on Paul...
rule had not yet been instituted).
Despite their possession, Arsenal failed to break West Ham down in the second half, and West Ham ran out 1–0 winners. Bonds collected the trophy from the Duchess of Kent, and raised it above his head toward the jubilant West Ham fans to a chorus of cheers and "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles", the East End team's adopted anthem.
Match line-ups
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| GK | 1 | Kingdom of England Phil Parkes |
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| RB | 2 | Kingdom of Scotland Ray Stewart Ray Stewart (footballer) Raymond "Ray" Strean McDonald Stewart is a former Scottish international footballer of the late 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. During his career he played for Dundee United, West Ham United, St... |
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| LB | 3 | Kingdom of England Frank Lampard |
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| CB | 4 | Kingdom of England 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) |
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| CB | 5 | Kingdom of England Alvin Martin Alvin Martin Alvin Edward Martin is a retired English footballer who played as a defender.Playing most of his footballing career for West Ham United he appeared in 598 games for scoring 34 goals... |
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| LM | 6 | Kingdom of England Alan Devonshire Alan Devonshire Alan Devonshire is a retired English footballer and manager of Conference National club Braintree Town. He was a wide midfielder who made his name in the late 1970s playing for West Ham United . He won eight caps for England between 1980 and 1983... |
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| RM | 7 | Kingdom of England Paul Allen Paul Allen (footballer) Paul Kevin Allen is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, Southampton, Luton Town, Stoke City, Swindon Town, Bristol City and Millwall in the 1980s and 1990s... |
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| CF | 8 | Kingdom of England Stuart Pearson Stuart Pearson James Stuart Pearson is an English former football player. He was a skilful forward who played in three FA Cup finals.-Hull City:... |
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| CF | 9 | Kingdom of England David Cross David Cross (footballer) David Cross is an English former footballer who played as a striker. He scored 223 goals in 599 appearances in the Football League and the North American Soccer League. Cross was born in Heywood, Lancashire.-Football career:... |
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| CM | 10 | Kingdom of England 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.... |
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| CM | 11 | Kingdom of England Geoff Pike Geoff Pike Geoff Pike is an English former footballer midfielder.Pike played his early football in Thurrock and later with Gidea Park Rangers. He joined West Ham United in 1975 and was a member of the side that reached the 1975 FA Youth Cup Final. He made his league debut on 6 March 1976 against Birmingham... |
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| LB | 12 | Kingdom of England Paul Brush Paul Brush Paul Brush is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for West Ham United, Crystal Palace and Southend United... |
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| Kingdom of England 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 :... |
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Northern Ireland Pat JenningsPat Jennings
Patrick Anthony "Pat" Jennings OBE is a Northern Ireland former football player. He played 119 games for Northern Ireland as a goalkeeper, a figure which at the time was a world record and is still a Northern Ireland record, in an international career which lasted for over 22 years...
Northern Ireland Pat RicePat Rice
Patrick James "Pat" Rice is a former Northern Irish football player and coach. As a player he made over 400 appearances for Arsenal, winning the Double, and later made a hundred more appearances for Watford. He also won 49 caps for Northern Ireland...
(c)
Republic of Ireland John Devine Kingdom of England Brian TalbotBrian Talbot
Brian Ernest Talbot is an English football manager and former player. His son is Daniel Talbot.-Playing career:...
Republic of Ireland David O'LearyDavid O'Leary
David Anthony O'Leary is an Irish football manager and former player. His managerial career began at Leeds United and later he managed Aston Villa. He most recently worked as the manager of Al-Ahli Dubai...
Kingdom of Scotland Willie Young Republic of Ireland Liam BradyLiam Brady
Liam Brady is a former Irish association football player, and former assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland national football team....
Kingdom of England Alan SunderlandAlan Sunderland
Alan Sunderland is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Arsenal and Ipswich Town. He was capped once for England.-Career:...
Republic of Ireland Frank StapletonFrank Stapleton
Francis Anthony "Frank" Stapleton is an Irish former football player and manager. He is best remembered for his time at Arsenal, Manchester United and as a pivotal player for the Republic of Ireland...
Kingdom of England David PriceDavid Price (footballer)
David James Price is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Arsenal, Peterborough United, Crystal Palace and Leyton Orient....
Kingdom of England Graham RixGraham Rix
Graham Cyril Rix is an English former football player and coach. He was fired by Heart of Midlothian in March 2006, which was his most recent role in professional football...
Northern Ireland Sammy NelsonSammy Nelson
Samuel "Sammy" Nelson is a Northern Ireland former football player, who joined London club Arsenal on his 17th birthday in 1966....
Northern Ireland Terry NeillTerry Neill
William John Terence "Terry" Neill is a Northern Ireland former football player and manager.-Playing career:Born in Belfast, Neill played as a youth for Bangor, before moving in December 1959 to Arsenal. He spent a year in Arsenal's youth side, before making his debut against Sheffield Wednesday...
MATCH RULES
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External links
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