The final was marred by a collision after only six minutes between Villa forward Peter McParland and United goalkeeper Ray Wood, which left Wood unconscious with a broken cheekbone. Wood left the pitch and Jackie Blanchflower took over in goal for United. Wood eventually rejoined the game in an outfield position as a virtual passenger before returning to goal for the last seven minutes of the game.
Villa's victory gave them their seventh FA Cup title, a record at the time, but since passed by three clubs including Manchester United, who have twelve wins. They reached the final in 2000, when they lost to Chelsea, and in 2015, when they lost to Arsenal.
Six of the 11 players who took to the field for United in this game died in the Munich air disaster nine months later; as did a further two players who did not appear in the game, while two others (who both appeared in the game) were injured in the crash to such an extent that they never played again. The only United players who appeared in the final a year later were full-back Bill Foulkes and forward Bobby Charlton. The death of Foulkes in November 2013 leaves Charlton as the last surviving player from the United team in the 1957 FA Cup Final, while the death of Nigel Sims in January 2018 left Peter McParland as the only remaining survivor from the winning team.
In December 2007, BBC Four's Timeshift series screened a documentary, A Game of Two Eras, which compared the 1957 final with its 2007 counterpart.[2]
^"Aston Villa Football Club | the official club website".
^BBC Four - Timeshift, Series 7, A Game of Two Eras: 1957 v 2007
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1957, final, football, match, played, 1957, wembley, stadium, between, aston, villa, manchester, united, villa, with, both, their, goals, scored, peter, mcparland, tommy, taylor, scored, united, goal, villa, first, major, trophy, years, event1956, cupaston, vi. The 1957 FA Cup final was a football match played on 4 May 1957 at Wembley Stadium between Aston Villa and Manchester United Villa won 2 1 with both of their goals scored by Peter McParland Tommy Taylor scored United s goal It was Villa s first major trophy for 37 years 1 1957 FA Cup finalEvent1956 57 FA CupAston Villa Manchester United2 1Date4 May 1957VenueWembley Stadium LondonRefereeFrank Coultas Hull Attendance99 225 19561958 The final was marred by a collision after only six minutes between Villa forward Peter McParland and United goalkeeper Ray Wood which left Wood unconscious with a broken cheekbone Wood left the pitch and Jackie Blanchflower took over in goal for United Wood eventually rejoined the game in an outfield position as a virtual passenger before returning to goal for the last seven minutes of the game Villa s victory gave them their seventh FA Cup title a record at the time but since passed by three clubs including Manchester United who have twelve wins They reached the final in 2000 when they lost to Chelsea and in 2015 when they lost to Arsenal Six of the 11 players who took to the field for United in this game died in the Munich air disaster nine months later as did a further two players who did not appear in the game while two others who both appeared in the game were injured in the crash to such an extent that they never played again The only United players who appeared in the final a year later were full back Bill Foulkes and forward Bobby Charlton The death of Foulkes in November 2013 leaves Charlton as the last surviving player from the United team in the 1957 FA Cup Final while the death of Nigel Sims in January 2018 left Peter McParland as the only remaining survivor from the winning team In December 2007 BBC Four s Timeshift series screened a documentary A Game of Two Eras which compared the 1957 final with its 2007 counterpart 2 Contents 1 Road to Wembley 1 1 Aston Villa 1 2 Manchester United 2 Match details 3 References and links 4 External linksRoad to Wembley EditAston Villa Edit Round 3 Luton Town 2 2 Aston VillaRound 3 replay Aston Villa 2 0 Luton TownRound 4 Middlesbrough 2 3 Aston VillaRound 5 Aston Villa 2 1 Bristol CityRound 6 Burnley 1 1 Aston VillaRound 6 replay Aston Villa 2 0 BurnleySemi final Aston Villa 2 2 West Bromwich Albion at Molineux Semi final Replay West Bromwich Albion 0 1 Aston Villa at St Andrew s Manchester United Edit Round 3 Hartlepools United 3 4 Manchester UnitedRound 4 Wrexham 0 5 Manchester UnitedRound 5 Manchester United 2 1 EvertonRound 6 Bournemouth amp Boscombe Athletic 1 2 Manchester UnitedSemi final Manchester United 2 0 Birmingham City at Hillsborough Match details Edit4 May 1957Aston Villa2 1Manchester UnitedMcParland 68 73 Report Taylor 83 Wembley Stadium LondonAttendance 99 225Referee F Coultas Aston Villa Manchester UnitedGK 1 Nigel SimsRB 2 Stan LynnLB 3 Peter AldisRH 4 Stan CrowtherCH 5 Jimmy DugdaleLH 6 Pat SawardOR 7 Les SmithIR 8 Jackie SewellCF 9 Bill MyerscoughIL 10 Johnny Dixon c OL 11 Peter McParlandManager Eric Houghton GK 1 Ray WoodRB 2 Bill FoulkesLB 3 Roger Byrne c RH 4 Eddie ColmanCH 5 Jackie BlanchflowerLH 6 Duncan EdwardsOR 7 Johnny BerryIR 8 Billy WhelanCF 9 Tommy TaylorIL 10 Bobby CharltonOL 11 David PeggManager Matt BusbyReferences and links Edit Aston Villa Football Club the official club website BBC Four Timeshift Series 7 A Game of Two Eras 1957 v 2007External links EditLine ups and scorers Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1957 FA Cup final amp oldid 1163008732, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
