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{{Infobox football match
| title = 1909 FA Cup
| image =
| caption = Manchester United posing with the FA Cup and other trophies won
| event = [[1908–09 FA Cup]]
| team1 = [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]]
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| attendance = 71,401
| weather =
| previous = [[1908 FA Cup
| next = [[1910 FA Cup
}}
The '''1909 FA Cup
==Match summary==
It was the first time that either team had played in an FA Cup Final, but Manchester United went into the match as favourites, having been league champions the previous season. Despite having lost 1–0 to Bristol City at [[Bank Street (football ground)|Bank Street]] just two weeks earlier, Manchester United held a one-point advantage over their opposition with two matches still to play.<ref>
Both teams usually wore red shirts, so, prior to the final, the FA issued them with orders to change their kit for the match.<ref name="white_118">White; p.118</ref> Manchester United's players sported white shirts with a red V-stripe and a red rose of Lancashire on the left breast, while Bristol City chose to wear blue shirts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/English_Football_League/FA_Cup_Finals/1900-1909.html |title=English FA Cup Finalists 1900 – 1909 |
[[File:1909 fa cup final.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Scene of the match]]
Manchester United [[inside forward|inside left]] [[Sandy Turnbull]] had been struggling with a knee injury in recent times, but, on the morning of the match, he convinced his manager, [[Ernest Mangnall]], that he could play. Turnbull's claim was endorsed by club captain [[Charlie Roberts]], who told Mangnall "[Turnbull] might get a goal and if he does we can afford to carry him."<ref name="murphy_23">Murphy; p.23</ref>
The star of the Bristol City team was [[Billy Wedlock]], an [[England national football team|England]] international [[
The only goal of the game came
During the match, Manchester United [[
After the match, the Manchester United mascot, a goat named Billy, drank too much champagne and died of alcohol poisoning. His head was preserved and hangs on the wall of the Manchester United museum at Old Trafford.<ref>{{cite news |first=Guy |last=Hodgson |title=Football: Pele, Giggs and Billy the goat |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/football-pele-giggs-and-billy-the-goat-1155683.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/football-pele-giggs-and-billy-the-goat-1155683.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Independent |date=11 April 1998 |access-date=8 February 2020 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>
==Match details==
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==References==
;General
* {{cite book |
* {{cite book |last=Murphy |first=Alex |title=The Official Illustrated History of Manchester United |publisher=Orion Books |date=2006 |location=London |isbn=0-7528-7603-1 }}
* {{cite book |
* {{cite book |last=White |first=John D. T. |title=The Official Manchester United Almanac |year=2008 |publisher=Orion Books |location=London |isbn=978-0-7528-9192-7 }}
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141231142948/http://www.sportingchronicle.com/FACUP/1909.html Line-ups]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120419221359/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1909.html Report]
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[[Category:FA Cup
[[Category:1909 in association football]]
[[Category:1908–09 in English football|FA Cup]]
[[Category:Manchester United F.C. matches]]
[[Category:Bristol City F.C. matches]]
[[Category:April 1909 sports events]]
[[Category:1909 sports events in London]]
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