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Preston North End

(Mutch (Pen) )

Holdcroft, Gallimore, Beattie, Shankly, Smith, Batey, Watmough, Mutch, Maxwell, Beattie R, O'Donnell H

Huddersfield Town

Hesford, Craig, Mountford, Willingham, Young, Boot, Hulme, Isaac, McFadyen, Barclay, Beasley

Referee: A.J. Jewell

 Preston were back at Wembley in 1938 to make amends. This time they faced Huddersfield, just as they had done at Stamford Bridge in 1922. Once again it was a match best forgotten ‑ dull and without pattern.

In fact, the 1938 Final produced another coincidence. Huddersfield won the first time with a penalty; now Preston won with a penalty, scored by Mutch sixty seconds from the end of extra time.

Had the Huddersfield inside‑forwards taken advantage of two or three clear openings made by Hulme, the former Arsenal player now appearing in his fifth Final, Preston would have met with a surprise defeat.

Mutch, the Preston inside‑right, set off on a long dribble. Thousands were already on their way towards the exits, as a little more than a minute of extra time remained of a drab Final. On and on he went until Young, the Huddersfield centre‑half and captain, moved in to the tackle. Mutch went down, and the referee pointed to the penalty‑spot.

The aggrieved player took the spot kick himself, and, with the crowd hushed, struck the ball firmly against the underside of the bar and over the line. Preston had won and an old debt had been settled.

Semi‑Final

PNE v Aston Villa 2‑1; Sunderland v HUDDERSFIELD T 1‑3

Sixth Round

Brentford v PNE 0‑2; Aston Villa v Man C 3‑2, Spurs v Sunderland 0‑1; York C v HUDDERSFIELD T 0‑0, 1‑2

Fifth Round

Arsenal v PNE 0‑1 , Brentford v Man Utd 2‑0; Luton T v Man C 1‑3; Charlton Ath v Aston Villa 1‑ 1, 2‑2, 1‑4, Sunderland v Bradford PA 1 ‑0; Chesterfield v Spurs 2‑2, 1‑2, York C v Middlesbro 1 ‑0, Liverpool v HUDDERSFIELD T 0‑1

Fourth Round

PNE v Leicester C 2‑0; Wolves v Arsenal 1‑2; Barnsley v Man Utd 2‑2, 0‑1; Brentford v Portsmouth 2‑1; Man C v Bury 3‑1; Luton T v Swindon T 2‑1; CharIton Ath v Leeds Utd 2‑1; Aston Villa v Blackpool 4‑0; Everton v Sunderland 0‑1 , Bradford PA v Stoke C 1‑1, 2‑11 Chesterfield v Burnley 3‑2, New Brighton v Spurs 0‑0, 2‑5; York C v WBA 3‑2; Nott'm Forest v Middlesbro 1‑3, Sheff Utd v Liverpool 1 ‑1, 0‑1 , HUDDERSFIELD T v Notts Co 1 ‑0

Third Round

PNE v W. Ham 3‑0, Mansfield T v Leicester C 1‑2; Swansea T v Wolves 0‑4; Arsenal v Bolton Wand 3‑1, Man Utd v Yeovil & Petters Utd 3‑0, Southend Utd v Barnsley 2‑2, 1‑2; Tranmere R v Portsmouth 1‑2; Brentford v Fulham 3‑1; Millwall v Man C 2‑2,1‑3; Bury v Brighton & H Alb 2‑0 Grimsby T v Swindon T 1‑1, 1‑2 Scarborough v Luton T 1‑1, 1‑5; Charlton Ath v Cardiff h 5‑0 Leeds Utd v Chester 3‑ 1; Birmingham v Blackpool 0‑ 1; Norwich C v Aston Villa 2‑3 Sunderland v Watford 1 ‑0, Chelsea v Everton 0‑1 , Derby Co v Stoke C 1‑2; Bradford PA v Newport Co 7‑4; Bradford C v Chesterfield 1‑1, 1‑1, 0‑2, Sheff Wed v Burnley 1‑1, 1‑3; New Brighton v Plymouth Arg 1 ‑0; Spurs v Blackburn R 3‑2; York C v Coventry C 3‑2 WBA v Newcastle Utd 1 ‑0, Nott'm Forest v Southampton 3‑1; Middlesbro v Stockport Co 2‑0; Crystal Palace v Liverpool 0‑0, 1 ‑3; Doncaster R v Sheff Utd 0‑2; Aldershot v Notts Co 1‑3; HUDDERSFIELD T v Hull C 3‑1