The 1960 FA Cup Final


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The 1960 FA Cup Final

	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3 McGrath(41og) Deeley(68,88)	0	Blackburn Rovers
Team				Team
Malcolm Finlayson				Harry Leyland
George Showell				Dave Whelan
Gerry Harris				Bray
Edwin Clamp				Ronnie Clayton (Cap)
Bill Slater (Cap)				Matt Woods
Ron Flowers				Mick McGrath
Barry Stobart				Brian Douglas
Des Horne				Peter Dobing
Jimmy Murray				Derek Dougan
Peter Broadbent				Louis Bimpson
Norman Deeley				Alistair McLeod
Reserves:				*Reserves:*
??				Roy Isherwood
		Attendance: 98,954
		Referee: Mr. Kevin Howley

Norman Deeley celebrates one of his goals in the 1960 FA Cup Final

How Wolves Reached Wembley

3rd Round	Newcastle Utd 2-2 Wolves	Flowers, Clamp
3rd Round Replay	Wolves 4-2 Newcastle Utd	Murray, Deeley, Flowers, Horne
4th Round	Wolves 2-1 Charlton Ath	Horne, Broadbent
5th Round	Luton Town 1-4 Wolves	Murray, Mason 2, Clamp
6th Round	Leicester City 1- Wolves	Broadbent, Chalmers (og)
Semi-Final (at The Hawthornes)	Wolves 1-0 Aston Villa	Deeley

Stan Cullis leading Wolves out at Wembley

Match Report

With 460 teams having fallen by the wayside an audience of 98,954 paid receipts of Ł49,816 to see the Wembley survivors. Suprise choice Stobart sold a dummy to a Rovers defender and centered, McGrath hooking the ball past his own goalkeeper as Deeley challenged. The event was ruined as a spectacle when Whelan broke his leg to add to the worries of underdogs Blackburn, who had finished 17th in Division One and offered little resistance with 10 men. In the 67th minute Deeley ran the ball in after some good work by Horne, and then Stobart did well again to further justify the omission of Mason when he was involved in a move that finished with Deeley slamming it into the roof of the net to make it 3-0. Flowers and Murray both had goals disallowed yet Wolves never received due credit for their achievement.