Faces In The Crowds: The 1948 FA Cup

Soccer – FA Cup Third Round – Bradford v Arsenal – Brighton
(Back row) Ronnie Rooke, Leslie Compton and George Male, (centre) Dennis Compton, (bottom left to right) Ian McPherson and George Swindin training in Brighton.
Date: 06/01/1948

Round – Charlton Athletic v Newcastle United – The Valley
Newcastle and Charlton supporters walk around the ground in front of the crowd.
Date: 10/01/1948

Colchester v Bradford
The Colchester supporter performs for the crowd
Date: 24/01/1948

Football Supporters – Blackpool v Fulham 1948 Blackpool supporters walk on the pitch at Fulham
Date: 23/02/1948

Derby County football supporters arrive at St. Pancras Station for their match with QPR
Date: 23/02/1948

Tottenham Hotspur fans board the train at Euston Station before traveling to the FA Cup Semi-Final match against Blackpool
Date: 13/03/1948

Tottenham Hotspur fans board the train at Euston Station before traveling to the FA Cup Semi-Final match against Blackpool
Date: 13/03/1948

occer – FA Cup Semi-Final – Blackpool v Tottenham Hotspur – Villa Park
Joan Moye, a Tottenham Hotspur supporter cheering her team outside Villa Park, Birmingham
Date: 13/03/1948

Soccer – FA Cup Semi-Final – Blackpool v Tottenham Hotspur – Villa Park
Part of the 70,000 crowd that attended with a large number of supporters parading around the ground before the start of the match.
Date: 13/03/1948

Soccer – FA Cup Semi-Final – Manchester United v Derby County – Hillsborough – 1948
Spectators watching the FA Cup semi final between Manchester United and Derby.
Date: 13/03/1948

The front cover of Soccer magazine, April 1948, featuring the Manchester United team
Date: 01/04/1948

Manchester United fans in Trafalgar Square on the morning of the match.
Date: 24/04/1948

Blackpool supporters outside Buckingham Palace before the FA Cup final against Manchester United.

Thousands of Blackpool and Manchester United supporters took the new Olympic Road On their way for Wembley Stadium, London, for the FA Cup Final.
Date: 24/04/1948

1948: Manchester United, in the Royal Blue shirts, and Blackpool, in the white shirts, come out onto the field at the start of the FA Cup Final at Wembley, London.
Date: 24/04/1948

BBC TV cameras film the FA Cup Final

Manchester United’s Jack Rowley (r) climbs high to power a header goalwards

ohnny Carey, Manchester United Captain receives the FA Cup from HM King George VI as the Queen looks on. Manchester United won 4-2 at Wembley.

anchester United captain Johnny Carey is carried on the shoulders of his teammates, after they win the FA Cup final of 1948 against Blackpool.
Date: 24/04/1948

Manchester United’s FA Cup winning team: (back row, l-r) John Anderson, Allenby Chilton, Jack Crompton, John Aston, Henry Cockburn, ? ; (front row, l-r) Jimmy Delaney, Johnny Morris, Johnny Carey, manager Matt Busby, Jack Rowley, Stan Pearson, Charlie Mitten
Date: 24/04/1948