1954 FA Cup Final: West Brom vs Preston North End

West Brom 3 - 2 Preston North End

• West Brom
  • Allen 21'
  • Allen 63'
  • Griffin 87'
• Preston North End
  • Morrison 22'
  • Wayman 51'

Wembley - Saturday 1st May

Attendance: 100,000

Match Referee: A Luty

Team Line-ups:

The 1954 Final produced five goals and a grandstand finish, and yet the emphasis had been on defence and the teamwork had rarely been inspired.

The first two goals were in keeping with the match's fluctuating character. There seemed to be no danger in the twenty‑first minute as Preston full‑back Cunningham attempted to clear to Finney out on the wing, but then Lee intercepted the pass and set up an easy scoring chance for Allen. Preston equalized almost at once, with Morrison heading in from close range following a right‑wing centre from Docherty.

Wayman had looked suspiciously offside as he received the ball thirty yards from the Albion goal early in the second half, but, in the absence of a signal from the referee, he ran on to dribble round Sanders and plant the ball in the net.

Albion's equalizer was another goal out of the ordinary. Barlow collided with Docherty in the penalty‑area and Alien just squeezed his spot‑kick past Thompson: 2‑2. From that moment Albion seemed to take on extra stature. They mounted tremendous pressure in order to try to win the match in normal time, and, the referee's eye on his watch, Griffin slipped past Walton and drove the ball from a difficult angle just inside the far post.

WBA v Spurs 3‑0, Leyton Orient v Port Vale 0‑1 , Leicester C v PNE 1‑1, 2‑2, 1‑3; Sheff Wed v Bolton Wand 1‑ 1, 2‑0

WBA v Newcastle Utd 3‑2, Hull C v Spurs 1‑1, 0‑2, Port Vale v Blackpool 2‑0; Leyton Orient v Doncaster R 3‑1; PNE v Ipswich T 6‑1, Norwich C v Leicester C 1‑2, Sheff Wed v Everton 3‑1; Bolton Wand v Portsmouth 0‑0, 2‑1

WBA v Rotherham Utd 4‑0; Burnley v Newcastle Utd 1‑1, 0‑1; Man C v Spurs 0‑1 , Blackburn R v Hull C 2‑2, 1‑2, Cardiff C v Port Vale 0‑2; W. Ham v Blackpool 1‑1, 1‑3; Leyton Orient v Fulham 2‑1; Plymouth Arg v Doncaster R 0‑2, Lincoln C v PNE 0‑2, Ipswich T v Birmingham C 1-0; Stoke C v Leicester C 0‑0, 1‑3, Arsenal v Norwich C 1‑2, Sheff Wed v Chesterfield 0‑0, 4‑2; Everton v Swansea T 3‑0, Headington Utd v Bolton Wand 2‑4; Scunthorpe Utd v Portsmouth 1‑1, 2‑2, 0‑4

WBA v Chelsea 1 ‑0, Bristol C v Rotherham Utd 1‑3; Newcastle Utd v Wigan Ath 2‑2, 3‑2 Burnley v Man Utd 5‑3, Leeds Utd v Spurs 3‑3, 0‑1, Bradford PAv Man C 2‑5; Brentford v Man C 0‑0, 2‑2, 2‑5, Bristol R v Blackburn R 0~1; OPR v Port Vale 0‑1; Cardiff C v Peterborough Utd 3‑1 Blackpool v Luton T 1‑1, 0‑0, 1‑1, 2‑0; W. Ham v Huddersfield T 4‑0; Tranmere R v Leyton Orient 2‑2, 1‑4; Grimsby T v Fulham 5‑5. 1‑2; Sunderland v Doncaster R 0‑2;Plymouth Arg v Nott'm Forest 2‑0; Derby Co v PNE 0‑2, Lincoln C v Walsall 1‑1, 1‑1, 2‑1; Ipswich T v Oldham Ath 3‑3, 1 ‑0; Wolves v Birmingham C 1‑2; Middlesbro v Leicester C 0‑0, 2‑3; Stoke C v Hartlepools Utd 6‑2 Hastings Utd v Norwich C 3‑3,0‑3; Arsenal v Aston Villa 5‑1; Sheff Wed v Sheff Utd 1‑1, 3‑1, Chesterfield v Bury 2‑0, Everton v Notts Co2‑1; Barrow v Swansea T 2‑2, 2‑4; Bolton Wand v Liverpool 1 ‑0; Stockport Co v Headington Lltd 0‑0, 0‑1 Portsmouth v Chariton Ath 3‑3, 3‑2; Wrexham v Scunthorpe Utd 3‑3, 0‑3