The 1959 FA Cup final was contested by Nottingham Forest and Luton Town at Wembley. Forest were playing in their second FA Cup final, while Luton were making their first final appearance in their history. Forest won 2–1 to win their second title, with goals from Roy Dwight and Tommy Wilson just four minutes apart. Dave Pacey scored Luton's consolation goal. As of 2023, this is Forest's most recent FA Cup title.
The game was notable for an unusually large number of stoppages due to injury, particularly to Nottingham Forest players, which was put down to the lush nature of the Wembley turf. The most notable of these stoppages occurred when goalscorer Roy Dwight was carried off the pitch after breaking his leg in a tackle with Brendan McNally after 33 minutes.
This also proved a turning point in the game as Forest had been the more dominant team to that point, leading by two goals at the time. Luton gradually took control of the match from this point on, scoring midway through the second half.
Forest were reduced to nine fit men with ten minutes remaining when Bill Whare was crippled with cramp, being forced to play wide on the wing where he was little more than a spectator.
The high volume of injuries during the second half led to four minutes of additional time being added on by the referee, during which time Luton twice came close to forcing extra time as Allan Brown headed narrowly wide of goal before Billy Bingham hit the side netting. Given the condition of the Forest team at that time it would have been a remarkable feat for them to have won the game or even forced a replay in extra time had Luton equalised.
At the final whistle the Forest manager Billy Walker entered the field to congratulate his team and was chased by a steward who tried to marshall him back off. The steward mistook Walker to be a pitch invader.
The game was televised live on the BBC Grandstand programme, which introduced score captions into their broadcast for the first time in an FA Cup final. This however caused much annoyance in Nottingham where their team's name was displayed on the screen at regular intervals as Notts Forest. Commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme apologised live on air for the mistake, stating that the caption should read Nott'm Forest.[2]
During the game the Forest fans were heard to sing the theme tune to the then-popular television programme The Adventures of Robin Hood (the legendary outlaw who was allegedly from Nottingham). This was the first time ever that popular television culture had made its way into a terrace song during a cup final.[citation needed]
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1959 FA Cup final news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message The 1959 FA Cup final was contested by Nottingham Forest and Luton Town at Wembley Forest were playing in their second FA Cup final while Luton were making their first final appearance in their history Forest won 2 1 to win their second title with goals from Roy Dwight and Tommy Wilson just four minutes apart Dave Pacey scored Luton s consolation goal As of 2023 this is Forest s most recent FA Cup title 1959 FA Cup finalEvent1958 59 FA CupNottingham Forest Luton Town2 1Date2 May 1959VenueWembley Stadium LondonRefereeJack Clough Bolton Attendance100 000 19581960 Contents 1 Road to Wembley 1 1 Nottingham Forest 1 2 Luton Town 2 Match summary 3 Match details 4 Coverage 5 References 6 External linksRoad to Wembley editNottingham Forest edit Round 1 Home team Score Away team Date AttendanceRound 3 Tooting amp Mitcham United 2 2 Nottingham Forest 10 January 1959 14300Round 3 Replay Nottingham Forest 3 0 Tooting amp Mitcham United 24 January 1959 42320Round 4 Nottingham Forest 4 1 Grimsby Town 28 January 1959 34289Round 5 Birmingham City 1 1 Nottingham Forest 14 February 1959 55300Round 5 1st Replay Nottingham Forest 1 1 Birmingham City 18 February 1959 39431Round 5 2nd Replay Birmingham City 0 5 Nottingham Forest 23 February 1959 34458Round 6 Nottingham Forest 2 1 Bolton Wanderers 28 February 1959 44414Semi Final Nottingham Forest 1 0 Aston Villa 14 March 1959 65707 at Hillsborough Sheffield Luton Town edit Round Home team Score Away team Date AttendanceRound 3 Luton Town 5 1 Leeds United 10 January 1959 18534Round 4 Leicester City 1 1 Luton Town 24 January 1959 36984Round 4 Replay Luton Town 4 1 Leicester City 28 January 1959 27277Round 5 Ipswich Town 2 5 Luton Town 14 February 1959 26700Round 6 Blackpool 1 1 Luton Town 28 February 1959 30634Round 6 Replay Luton Town 1 0 Blackpool 4 March 1959 30069Semi final Luton 1 1 Norwich City 14 March 1959 65000 at White Hart Lane London Semi final Replay Norwich City 0 1 Luton 18 March 1959 49500 at St Andrew s Birmingham Match summary editThe game was notable for an unusually large number of stoppages due to injury particularly to Nottingham Forest players which was put down to the lush nature of the Wembley turf The most notable of these stoppages occurred when goalscorer Roy Dwight was carried off the pitch after breaking his leg in a tackle with Brendan McNally after 33 minutes This also proved a turning point in the game as Forest had been the more dominant team to that point leading by two goals at the time Luton gradually took control of the match from this point on scoring midway through the second half Forest were reduced to nine fit men with ten minutes remaining when Bill Whare was crippled with cramp being forced to play wide on the wing where he was little more than a spectator The high volume of injuries during the second half led to four minutes of additional time being added on by the referee during which time Luton twice came close to forcing extra time as Allan Brown headed narrowly wide of goal before Billy Bingham hit the side netting Given the condition of the Forest team at that time it would have been a remarkable feat for them to have won the game or even forced a replay in extra time had Luton equalised At the final whistle the Forest manager Billy Walker entered the field to congratulate his team and was chased by a steward who tried to marshall him back off The steward mistook Walker to be a pitch invader Match details edit2 May 195915 00 BSTNottingham Forest2 1Luton TownDwight nbsp 10 Wilson nbsp 14 Report Pacey nbsp 66 Wembley LondonAttendance 100 000Referee Jack Clough nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Nottingham Forest nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Luton Town1 nbsp Chic Thomson2 nbsp Bill Whare3 nbsp Joe McDonald4 nbsp Jeff Whitefoot5 nbsp Bobby McKinlay6 nbsp Jack Burkitt c 7 nbsp Roy Dwight8 nbsp Johnny Quigley9 nbsp Tommy Wilson10 nbsp Billy Gray11 nbsp Stewart ImlachManager nbsp Billy Walker 1 nbsp Ronald Baynham2 nbsp Brendan McNally3 nbsp Ken Hawkes4 nbsp John Groves5 nbsp Syd Owen c 6 nbsp Dave Pacey7 nbsp Billy Bingham8 nbsp Allan Brown9 nbsp Bob Morton10 nbsp George Cummins11 nbsp Tony GregoryPlayer Manager nbsp Syd OwenCoverage editThe game was televised live on the BBC Grandstand programme which introduced score captions into their broadcast for the first time in an FA Cup final This however caused much annoyance in Nottingham where their team s name was displayed on the screen at regular intervals as Notts Forest Commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme apologised live on air for the mistake stating that the caption should read Nott m Forest 2 During the game the Forest fans were heard to sing the theme tune to the then popular television programme The Adventures of Robin Hood the legendary outlaw who was allegedly from Nottingham This was the first time ever that popular television culture had made its way into a terrace song during a cup final citation needed References edit Smales Ken 2006 Nottingham Forest The Official Statistical History Pineapple Books ISBN 978 0954 357627 1959 FA Cup Final Nottingham Forest vs Luton Town therollingball Retrieved 1 April 2015 External links editLine ups Cup report Archived 25 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine Team kits Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1959 FA Cup final amp oldid 1181629339, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
