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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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The '''1909 FA Cup
▲The '''1909 FA Cup Final''' was the [[FA Cup Final|final match]] of the [[1908–09 FA Cup]], the 38th season of England's premier club [[association football|football]] cup competition. The match was played on 24 April 1909 at [[Crystal Palace National Sports Centre|Crystal Palace]], and was contested by [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] and [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]], both of the [[Football League First Division|First Division]]. Manchester United won by a single goal, scored by [[Sandy Turnbull]] midway through the first half. This was the first of United's twelve [[FA Cup]] titles to date.
==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 |
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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 midway through the first half, with Charlie Roberts' earlier comments to his manager proving prophetic. As a result of a Manchester United attack, a shot from [[Harold Halse]] hit the crossbar and the ball fell to Sandy Turnbull, who fired the ball past goalkeeper [[Harry Clay]] and into the back of the net.<ref name="murphy_23"/> Bristol City's closest opportunity came after a fine passing move left inside right [[Bob Hardy (footballer)|Bob Hardy]] unmarked in front of goal, only to have his shot turned round the post by a diving [[Harry Moger]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1909.html |title=F A Cup Final 1909 |
During the match, Manchester United [[
▲The only goal of the game came midway through the first half, with Charlie Roberts' earlier comments to his manager proving prophetic. As a result of a United attack, a shot from [[Harold Halse]] hit the crossbar and the ball fell to Sandy Turnbull, who fired the ball past goalkeeper [[Harry Clay]] and into the back of the net.<ref name="murphy_23"/> Bristol City's closest opportunity came after a fine passing move left inside right [[Bob Hardy (footballer)|Bob Hardy]] unmarked in front of goal, only to have his shot turned round the post by a diving [[Harry Moger]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1909.html |title=F A Cup Final 1909 |accessdate=7 November 2008 |publisher=fa-cupfinals.co.uk }}</ref>
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>
▲During the match, Manchester United [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|left back]] [[Vince Hayes]] was injured and had to be removed from the field. As substitutes were not used in those days, it meant that United were down to 10 men. Mangnall reshuffled his team to retain their numbers in defence, and, after treatment, Hayes returned to the field as a forward.<ref name="barnes_32"/> Despite his injury, Hayes lasted to the end of the game, and the match finished 1–0 to United. Charlie Roberts went up to receive the trophy, becoming the first Manchester United player to lift the FA Cup.<ref name="white_118"/>
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==References==
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* {{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 }}
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* {{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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