Burnley 1 - 0 Liverpool
- Burnley
- Freeman 58'
- Liverpool
Crystal Palace - Saturday 25th April
Attendance: 72,778
Match Referee: H. S. Bamlett
Team Line-ups:
Burnley
- 1Sewell
- 2Bamford
- 3Taylor
- 4Halley
- 5Boyle. Watson
- 6Nesbit
- 7Lindley. Freeman
- 8Hodgson
- 9Mosscrop
Liverpool
- 1Campbell
- 2Longworth
- 3Pursell
- 4Fairfoul
- 5Ferguson
- 6McKinlay
- 7Sheldon. Metcalf
- 8Miller. Lacey. Nicholl
Road to Wembley:
- 3-0 vs Bolton Wanderers (H)
- 0-0 vs Sunderland (A)
- -
- -
- 0-0 vs Sheffield United (Wembley)
- 3rd Round
- 4th Round
- 5th Round
- Q/Finals
- S/Finals
- 1-1 vs West Ham United (A)
- 2-1 vs Queens Park Rangers (H)
- -
- -
- 2-0 vs Aston Villa (Wembley)
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By 1914 the Qualifying Competition had been enlarged from ten to twenty-four divisions, and, that season, from a record entry of 476 clubs, Burnley and Liverpool emerged as the two protagonists in a second all-Lancashire Final. For the first time the Final was honoured by the presence of a ruling monarch. King George V - regal recognition of the place football had assumed in the life of the nation.
A fierce shot just after half-time by centre-forward Freeman gave Burnley a narrow victory in an otherwise undistinguished match in which two teams with ; w positions in the League slogged it out in midfield. neither set of forwards being capable of mounting a sustained attack.
After Freeman had shot past Campbell and put Burnley in the lead, the standard of play improved considerably. The last half-hour certainly had the crowd on its toes as Liverpool battled hard for an equaliser.
The Burnley defence remained resolute to the end, and their captain and centre-half Boyle, became the first man ever to receive the Cup from royal hands. It was the last Final to be played at the old Crystal Palace.