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Aston Villa

(Barber)

Hardy; Lyons, Weston; Barber. Harrop, Leach; Wallace, Halse, Hampton, Stephenson (C.),  Bache

Sunderland

Butler; Gladwin, Ness; Cuggy, Thompson, Low; Mordue, Buchan, Richardson, Holley, Martin

Referee: A. Adams

For the first time the current top two clubs in the League contested the Cup Final. Sunderland, with a great tradition of fine performances in the League, had reached their first Final. Villa, the most popular side in the country, were back in the Final after an interval of eight years.

This veritable 'battle of the giants' attracted a record crowd for a Final (120,081), so large that many hardly caught a glimpse of the ball during the whole match.

Villa won, but only after a tremendous fight. First Wallace failed with a penalty-kick that would have given them an early advantage, then Sam Hardy, their great international goalkeeper, had to leave the field for ten minutes in the second half with a leg injury. Harrop took over in goal in his absence.

Richardson and Buchan both missed 'gifts' for Sunderland, and the great chance had gone. Barber, Villa's right-half, headed home a perfect Wallace corner-kick in the closing minutes, and Villa were victors for the fifth time, equalling the record of the Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers.

The play in the first ten minutes was such a delight to watch, that the massive crowd had cheered almost non-stop. Then the football lost its crispness, and there were frequent free-kicks for fouls and offside.

Aston Villa -  Cup Winners 1913   Players in playing Kit Back Row: Lyons, Weston, Hardy Seated: Bache, Halse, Hampton, Stephenson Front: Wallace, Barber, Harrop, Leach	Cup Presentation from the Earl of Plymouth to the Villa Captain

First Round

Derby Co v ASTON VILLA 1 -3; WBA v W. Ham 1 -1. 2-2, 0-3; Crystal Palace v Glossop 2-0; Southampton v Bury 1-1,1-2; B radford PA v Barrow 1-1,1-0; Wolves v London Caledonian 3-1; Sheff Wed v Grimsby T 5-1; Chelsea v Southend Utd 5-2; Oldham Ath v Bolton Wand 2-0; Chesterfield v Nott'm Forest 1 -4; Man Utd v Coventry C 1 -1, 2-1; Plymouth Arg v PNE 2-0; Everton v Stockport Co 5-1; Portsmouth v Brighton & H Alb 1 -2; Bristol R v Notts Co 2-0; Leicester Fosse v Norwich C 1 -4; SUNDERLAND v Clapton Orient 6-0; Man C v Birmingham 4-0; Rochdale v SwindonT 0-2; Huddersfield t v Sheff Utd 3-1; Newcastle Utd v Bradford C 1-0; Fulham v Hull C 0-2; Liverpool v Bristol C 3-0; Croydon Common v Woolwich Arsenal 0-0, 1 -2; Leeds C v Burnley 2-3; South Shields v Gainsboro Tr 0-1; Millwall Ath v Middlesbro 0-0, 1 -4; Halifax T v QPR 2-4; Blackburn R v Northampton T 7-2; Gillingham v Barnsley 0-0, 1 -3; Stoke C v Reading 2-2, 0-3; Spurs v Blackpool 1-1,6-1

Second Round

ASTON VILLA v W. Ham 5-0; Crystal Palace v Bury 2-0; Bradford PA v Wolves 3-0; Chelsea v Sheff Wed 1 -1, 0-6; Oldham Ath v Nott'm Forest 5-1; Plymouth Arg v Man Utd 0-2; Brighton & H Alb v Everton 0-0.0-1; Bristol R v Norwich C 1 -1,2-2,1 -0; SUNDERLAND v Man C 2-0; Huddersfield T v Swindon T 1 -2; Hull C v Newcastle Utd 0-0, 0-3; Woolwich Arsenal v Liverpool 1 -4; Burnley v Gainsboro Tr 4—1; Middlesbro v QPR 3-2; Barnsley v Blackburn R 2-3; Reading v Spurs 1-0

Third Round

ASTON VILLA v Crystal Palace 5-0; Bradford PA v Sheff Wed 2-1; Oldham Ath v Man Utd 0-0, 2-1; Bristol R v Everton 0-4; SUNDERLAND v Swindon T 4-2; Liverpool v Newcastle Utd 1-1, 0-1; Burnley v Middlesbro 3-1; Reading v Blackburn R 1-2

Fourth Round

Bradford PA v ASTON VILLA 0-5; Everton v Oldham Ath 0-1; SUNDERLAND v Newcastle Utd 0-0. 2-2, 3-0; Blackburn R v Burnley 0-1

Semi-Final

ASTON VILLA v Oldham Ath 1 -0; SUNDERLAND v Burnley 0-0.3-2