FA Cup Details

DATE: 29/04/1933

Line ups:

EVERTON: Sagar; Cook, Cresswell; Britton, White, Thompson; Geldard, Dunn, Dean, Johnson, Stein.

MANCHESTER CITY: Langford; Cann, Dale; Busby, Cowan, Bray; Toseland, Marshal, Herd, McMullan, Brook 

GOALS: EVERTON - Stein (40 mins), Dean (52 mins), Dunn (80 mins)

ATTENDANCE - 92,900

A reported 40 special trains were chartered to transport Everton's fans south to witness the club's first visit to Wembley,
with 700 being reported on board each train. It was one of the first football matches to be broadcast live on radio and 
newspapers carried a grid of the pitch, which was divided into numbered squares so that the commentator could 
describe where the ball was for the listening public. As Everton and Manchster City played in blue shirts, although different
shades, it was decided that both would change their kits, with City choosing red and Everton wearing white. It was also 
the first FA Cup final that had numbered shirts, with Everton being allocated 1-11 and City 12-22, Dixie Dean became the
first player to wear the famous number nine shirt in the Cup final. Going into the final Everton were not in the greatest of
form, having only won one of the last five league games of the season and Manchester City were established as 7/4 on
favourites.

Brief Match Report.

A lively opening saw Everton survive a scare when veteran Jimmy McMullan and Toseland both saw crosses well fielded
by Ted Sagar, while at the other end Langford nearly punched a long ball from Britton into his own goal. McMullan took
minutes to recover having taken a bang to the head while at one point City goalkeeper Langford took the ball to the referee
as the lace was protruding from it.
Dean fired over from distance and Herd and Brook almost combined to head City in front. With Everton stepping up the
pressure, City began to feel the heat. A Geldard corner caused confusion, with Johnson adopting the successful ploy of
standing near the keeper, and when the ball was played, making a run in front of him to blot out his view. The result of this
was Dunn shooting just wide before Stein, with the first shot on target on the half hour mark, saw his effort blocked by
Langford.
Dean began to exert more influence and despite missing a golden opportunity from close range having been set-up by
White. Everton went in front only a minute later, five minutes before the break. Winger Jimmy Stein was teh man to break
after Langford had dropped a Cliff Britton cross under a challenge from Dean. Brook nearly hit back straight away, forcing
Sagar to make a 'clean catch worthy of any cricketer,' but that was as near as City were to come.
Another Langford error after 52 minutes from a Britton centre saw Dean bundle the ball over the line, both keeper and
striker ending up in the net before Jimmy Dunn made certain ten minutes from the end, heading home Geldard's corner.
The 3-0 scoreline was the biggest-ever margin of victory in a Wembley final at the time - and was a throughly deserved win.
          

Dixie Dean receives the FA Cup from the Duchess of York and then leads the players on a lap of honour

The FA Cup winning Team:

Back Row: H. Cooke (trainer), Britton, Cresswell, Sagar, Cook, White, Thomson.
Front Row:  Geldard, Dunn, Dean, Johnson, Stein, Critchley. 

Homecoming

The squad returned to Liverpool on Monday, 1st May to an ecstatic welcome. In a link to the previous FA Cup triumph
an exact replica of the coach and four horses, bedecked in blue and white, was used to transport the team on their
city tour. The driver of the coach 27 years previous was the same for this occasion, a Mr. Jack Pagendam.
The team were due to arrive home at 7.45pm with the trophy, having left London at 4pm. On the platform Euston the
Everton party was met by Sir Fredrick Wall (secretary of the FA) and Lady Wall, Mr. K McKenna (Chairman of the Football
League), Alec James of Arsenal FC, Dom Valente (famous Liverpool boxer) and a very proud W.C. Cuff.
On ariving at Lime Street station the team began the first part of their city tour by taking in Lime Street, Wellington Monument,
Ranelagh Street, Church Street, Lord Street, Castle Street, before reaching the Town Hall at approximately 8pm for a brief
Civic reception by the Lord Mayor (Councillor A. Gates). Once teh team had appeared on the Town Hall balcony and had
received the congratulations of the gathered dignitaries they continued with their tour. They left the Town Hall and proceded
along Dale Street, Byrom Street and Scotland Road to Goodison Park.

The doors of Goodison Park were thrown open to the gathering crowds at 8.50pm and entrance to the ground was via the
1s stand. The public were requested to keep of the pitch and with the trophy on display in the directors' area of the Goodison
Road stand speeches by both the club directors and players were relayed to the crown via loud speakers.
It was estimated that there were 50,000 people inside the ground; along with a crowd of 50,000 at St. George's Hall
Plateau and another 900,000 along the routes from Lime Street to the Town Hall and then City centre to Goodison Park, it 
was a glorious homecoming.