Five of the best FA Cup finals ever: Comebacks, shocks and the Five-minute Final
Ahead the FA Cup final between Manchester City and Manchester United at Wembley this Saturday, let’s take a look back at some of the most memorable deciders in the competition’s history.
Blackpool 4-3 Bolton – 1953
Imagine scoring a hat-trick in a cup final and not getting the plaudits. Worse still, the match in question is subsequently named after one of your teammates.
We can’t imagine Stan Mortensen was too upset though, as he still picked up a winners’ medal and played a prominent role in one of the all-time classic FA Cup finals. It’s just that Stanley Matthews was simply so good that day his performance could not be ignored.
Twice a runner-up earlier in his career, Matthews was 38-years-old going into the final. It was looking like third time unlucky for the veteran, as the Tangerines were 3-1 down after 55 minutes. It was time for Matthews to turn it on, and he did, making some galloping runs down the right which the Trotters couldn’t handle.
Two more goals from Mortensen and a Bill Perry injury-time clincher later and Blackpool had completed one of the most sensational comebacks ever. Naturally it was Matthews who set up the winning goal, and the match became forever known as the ‘Matthews Final’.
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