Cardiff City FC FA Cup Final Winners Coin Gift Set 1927

FA Cup Final 1927: Cardiff City 1-0 Arsenal

Wembley Stadium: Saturday 23^rd April

Cardiff City 1-0 Arsenal

(Ferguson)                      

CC: Farquharson, Nelson, Watson, Keenor, Sloan, Hardy, Curtis, Irving, Ferguson, Davies, McLachlan.

AR: Lewis, Parker, Kennedy, Baker, Butler, John, Hulme, Buchan, Brain, Blyth, Hoar.

Referee: W F Bunnell              Attendance: 91,206

Arsenal, now under the magic touch of Herbert Chapman, were captained by the famous Charles Buchan, and had other star players in Hulme, Parker and John. Cardiff, with practically the same defence as in 1925 but now with a new forward?line, were at the peak of their fame.

For Arsenal, however, only Buchan lived up to his reputation, setting up at least three clear chances for his colleagues. The Welsh supporters massed on the Wembley banks had little to sing about, with both defences well in command and play for the most part incoherent. Then, out of the blue, the decisive goal came in the seventy third minute.

Following a Cardiff throw in, Ferguson tried a hurried shot at goal before he could be tackled. His drive was a hard one, low and diagonal, but Lewis, Arsenal's Welsh International goalkeeper, appeared to have it covered. However, with Davies and Irving challenging, the ball somehow twisted on his chest and trickled slowly over the line.

It was a classic example of the kind of luck that can win or lose a Final. Fred Keenor and his men went on to take the Cup, and the trophy went out of England for the first time.

Route to Final

Semi Final

CARDIFF C v Reading 3-0, ARSENAL v Southampton 2-1.

Sixth Round

Chelsea v CARDIFF C 0-0, 2-3, Swansea T v Reading 1-2, ARSENAL v Wolves 2-1, Millwall v Southampton 0-0, 0-2.

Fifth Round

Chelsea v Burnley 2-1, Bolton Wand v CARDIFF C 0-2, South Shields v Swansea T 2-2, 1-2, Reading v Brentford 1-0, ARSENAL v Liverpool 2-0, Wolves v Hull C 1-0, Millwall v Middlesbro 3-2, Southampton v Newcastle Utd 2-1.

Fourth Round

Chelsea v Accrington S 7-2, Fulham v Burnley 0-4, Leeds Utd v Bolton Wand 0-0, 0-3, Darlington v CARDIFF C 0-2, Sheff Wed v South Shields 1-1, 0-1, Barnsley v Swansea T 1-3, Reading v Portsmouth 3-1, W. Ham v Brentford 1-1, 0-2, Port Vale v ARSENAL 2-2, 0-1, Liverpool v Southport 3-1, Wolves v Nott'm Forest 2-0, Hull C v Everton 1-1, 2-2, 3-2, Derby Co, v Millwall 0-3, PNE v Middlesbro 0-2, Southampton v Birmingham 4-3, Corinthians v Newcastle Utd 1-3.

Third Round

Chelsea v Luton T 4-0, Exeter C v Accrington S 0-2, Fulham v Chesterfield 4-3, Burnley v Grimsby T 3-1, Leeds Utd v Sunderland 3-2, Blackpool v Bolton Wand 1-2, Darlington v Rhyl Ath 2-1, CARDIFF C v Aston Villa 2-1, Sheff Wed v Brighton & H Alb 2-0, South Shields v  Plymouth Arg 3-1, Barnsley v Crewe Alex 6-1, Swansea T v Bury 4-1, Reading v Man Utd 1-1, 2-2, 2-1, Bristol R v Portsmouth 3-3, 0-4, W. Ham v Spurs 3-2, Oldham v Brentford 2-2, 2-4, Clapton Orient v Port Vale 1-1, 1-5, Sheff Utd v ARSENAL 2-5, Bournemouth & Bos Ath v Liverpool 1-1, 1-4, Southport v Blackburn R 2-0, Carlisle Utd v Wolves 0-2, Ashington v Nott'm Forest 0-2, Hull C v WBA 2-1, Everton v Poole 3-1, Bradford C v Derby C 2-1, Millwall v Huddersfield T 3-1, Lincoln C v PNE 2-4, Middlesbro v Leicester C 5-1, Southampton v Norwich C 3-0, Birmingham v Man C 4-1, Walsall v Corinthians 0-4, Newcastle Utd v Notts Co 8-1.

Second Round

Ashington v Nelson 2-1, Bristol C v Bournemouth & Bos Ath 1-1, 0-2, Bristol R v Charlton Ath 4-1, Carlisle Utd v Bedlington Utd 4-0, Crewe Alex V Wigan Borough 4-1, Coventry C v Lincoln C 1-1, 1-2, Doncaster R v Chesterfield 0-1, Chilton Colliery v Accrington S 0-3, Exeter C v Northampton T 1-0, Gillingham v Brentford 1-1, 0-1, Grimsby T v York C 2-1, Luton T v Northfleet Utd 6-2, Norwich C v Chatham 5-0, Nunhead v Poole 1-2, Reading v Southend Utd 3-2, Rhyl Ath v Wrexham 3-1, Southport v Crook T 2-0, Walsall v Mansfield T 2-0, Watford v Brighton & H Alb 0-1.

First Round

Accrington S v Rochdale 4-3, Annfield Plain v Chilton Colliery 2-4, Barking T v Gillingham 0-0, 0-2, Bishop Auckland v Bedlington Utd 1-0, Boston T v Northampton T 1-1, 1-2, Bournemouth & Bos Ath v Swindon T 1-1, 4-3, Brighton & H Alb v Barnet 3-0, Carlisle Utd v Hartlepools Utd 6-2, Chatham v St Albans C 3-1, Chesterfield v Mexborough 0-0, 2-1, Clapton v Brentford 1-1, 3-7, Crewe Alex v Northern Nomads 0-0, 4-1, Crystal Palace v Norwich C 0-0, 0-1, Desborough v Doncaster R 0-3, Dulwich Hamlet v Southend Utd 1-4, Exeter C v Aberdare Ath 3-0, Grimsby v Halifax T 3-2, Kettering T v Coventry C 2-3, Lincoln C v Rotherham Utd 2-0, Luton T v London Caledonians 4-2, Merthyr T v Bristol C 0-2, Nelson v Stockport Co 4-1, Nunhead v Kingstonian 9-0, Poole v Newport Co 1-0, Reading v Weymouth 4-4, 5-0, Rhyl Ath v Stoke C 1-1, 1-1, 2-1, Sittingbourne v Northfleet Utd 1-3, Southport v Tranmere R 1-1, 2-1, Stockton v Ashington 1-2, Torquay Utd v Bristol R 1-1, 0-1, Watford v Lowestoft 10-1, Walsall v Bradford PA 1-0, Wellington T v Mansfield T 1-2, Wigan Borough v Barrow 0-0, 2-2, 1-0, Woking v Chariton Ath 1-3, Workington v Crook T 1-2, Wrexham v New Brighton 1-1, 2-2, 3-1, York C v Worksop T 1-1, 4-1.