Wolves v Tottenham Hotspur, FA Cup Final, 23rd April 1921
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Topical Budget newsreel of the 1921 FA Cup Final between Wolves and Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge on 23rd April 1921.
Topical Budget used nine cameramen to film the final encompassing a variety of angles in an effort to produce a continuous story of a match they described, with considerable hyperbole, as the 'greatest event in football history.'
Wolves had exceeded all expectations by reaching their fifth FA Cup Final. Jack Addenbrooke's team had ended the 1920-21 season a lowly fifteenth in the Second Division. In reaching the final, Wolves upset the odds by defeating two First Division teams in Derby County and Everton and had gained a further measure of confidence with a 3-1 league victory at home to Blackpool a week before the final. In the build-up to the final, Wolves forward George Edmonds had described Wolves' style of play as 'plain and straightforward. It is fast and resolute, and it is marked by a boldness that commands respect.'
Under manager Peter McWilliam, Tottenham Hotspur had quickly established themselves as one of the top teams of the period. Spurs won the Second Division title in 1920-21 and had ended the following season in a creditable sixth position in the First Division. The size of the task faced by Wolves was further emphasised by the fact that the Spurs team possessed four England internationals in Tommy Clay, Bert Smith, Arthur Grimsdell and Bert Bliss while Jimmy Seed, who scored five goals in Tottenham's passage to the final, would win his first cap a month later.
Heavy rain had long preceded the match and also during the presentation of the teams to King George V. Predictably, the torrential rainfall had created a treacherous pitch for the first half of the final before the welcome appearance of sunshine in the second half. During half time, Wolves changed their sodden shirts and emerged for the second half in shirts that lacked the town coat of arms, a move that disheartened their more superstitious supporters. As a postscript, the actual shirt worn in the first half by Wolves' 'Tancy' Lea was recently brought by the club at auction for £6,700 and is now on display in the club museum (www.expressandstar.com/news/lo...)
Teams: Wolves (in order of appearance as they 'take to the field'): Val Gregory (c), Alf Riley, Sammy Brooks, George Edmonds, Maurice Woodward, Arthur Potts, Frank Burrill, Thomas 'Tancy' Lea, Noel George (gk), Joe Hodnett, George Marshall.
Tottenham Hotspur (in order of appearance): Arthur Grimsdell (c), Bert Bliss, Tommy Clay, Alex Hunter (gk), Bert Smith, Jimmy Cantrell, Jimmy Seed, Bob McDonald, Jimmy Dimmock, Jimmy Banks.
Missing from the Wolves team was influential right back Richard Baugh junior, whose father was part of the Wolves team that first won the FA Cup in 1893, while Spurs were without the popular winger 'Fanny' Walden. Maurice Woodward replaced Baugh and Spurs frequently exploited his absence down the Wolves right. Although the Wolves defence proved resolute throughout, in particular goalkeeper Noel George, a poor clearance by Woodward led to Jimmy Dimmock scoring the deciding goal.
The attendance at Stamford Bridge was 72,805 with record receipts of £13,414.
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This is now 100 years old. 23/4/2021 🏴⚽️
Amazing .. my great great uncle played in that final - Bert Bliss ..💪👏
Look at the state of that pitch!
Jimmy dimmock is a distant cousin of mine we have been doing our family tree. What an amazing footballer. Im so proud xxx
@Liam-yr4uf
2 жыл бұрын
Indeed, you should be very proud. One of Spurs' star players for a number of years.
This is historical. Priceless footage.
Priceless. Thanks for posting it. Arthur Grimsdell was my great uncle.
@pelvicthrustful
5 жыл бұрын
..mine too..Arthur Grimsdell
@samwalden4946
5 жыл бұрын
Whos was yours my great grandfather was fanny walden who played for spurs and leeds
@RayJazz1
4 ай бұрын
he had for years a tobacconists in Watford High st
Im watching this with the grandson of wolves player Arthur Potts his name Arthur Potts too he’s 75 this year
3.53 goalie just shanks it! Terrible pitch, shout out to all grounds men in modern era
I watch this just a few days away from this being 100 years ago.
At 3:50 a clear example of how the 3-men offside rule was deleterious to the game. One of the two full backs basically played in line with the half backs, leaving only one full-back as a sweeper and putting the opponent forwards offside, leaving the opponent player in possession of the ball with the choice to either dribble or shoot from outside the box, both soloist options. Same thing can be seen on other occasions in the video
@StephenTetlow-qm9of
3 ай бұрын
Not detrimental (or deleterious!), just different, in an era where individual endeavour was prized above the passing game.
@carlosimotti3933
3 ай бұрын
@@StephenTetlow-qm9of well the passing game was already the norm in 1921, the problem is that the old rule created 1-4-5 formations which would employ horizontal passing over vertical play. Something very positional and pretty boring much like today's play (but certainly more entertaining due to the attacking attitude of players back then). 4 years from this match the rule would change for the better. If anything, I'd limit it to the last third of the field (but apply it properly, not as the joke it is now)
Thanks for sharing this, I'd no idea it existed. Films about Spurs have only ever used the British Pathe footage which was filmed outside the stadium. Funny, I look at the Pathe footage now and you clearly see the Topical Budget camera operator at the back of the stand about 20 yards closer to the action. If I'd noticed earlier maybe I'd have done some detective work and found this sooner! Sorry it's not such a great moment in Wolves' history but Dimmock's goal is legend for Spurs, so wonderful to actually see it and in pretty good resolution for the time. So many goals from this era are "faked" by newsreels but here you clearly see the build up and strike. Having read contemporary reports of the match and believing there was only the poor Pathe footage I never thought I would see this famous goal. It must be said that even in official Spurs histories it is admitted, though, that it was a somewhat fortuitous goal, Dimmock losing the ball only for it to be returned into his path.
Love the way the keepers just hoof the ball as soon as they get it .oh and as a Fulham supporter have to say Chelsea play in Fulham .
Jimmy dimmock was my great great uncle (mothers maiden name) - my grandmother always kept the daily mail from the next day reporting the match.
that was amazing footage.didn't they seem just like we are today people are people!
That is amazing.The football was more emotinal and truer. Today is Just business.
Oh, I have so much more respect for football after watching this
After 100 years, KZread decided to put this on my recommendation
Great footage! 100 years ago this year.
Related to the Captain Arthur Grimsdell -apparently on Cup Final Day he refused to get on the Omnibus back to Tottenham- made his own way. Also he gave his boots Joe Kinnear who lived next door once hed retired....
Mercian, Thanks for this early footage of Wolves' Cup Final against Spurs. Great atmosphere at game-unusual to see such bad weather and bad pitch! Thanks for your great channel dedicated to Wolves!
Great footage and look at the state of that pitch..
I was waiting for Spurs to bottle it.
@Darren14
18 күн бұрын
That'll be the Woolwich wanderers
I believe Hercule Poirot and Artur Hasting also watching this in the stadium
A sporting game of the people...
Many of the crowd must have fought in the war.
There'd be a lot of tears and tantrums I think. "Don't you know who I am" kind of stuff lol.
Was that Steve Bull I saw running out for Wolves?
100 years on, no chance of an attendance like that anytime soon
I thought Alan Gilzean and Ralph Coates played well that day.
Nearly 102 years old wow
I have been a Spurs fan since the age of 11. Little did I realise until a lot later. My real mother was married to Jimmy Dimmock!
99 years ago 😮
The positioning of the goalkeepers was very different from the later years...
@MSalt69
3 ай бұрын
Very much the pre Lev Yashin days
5:27 The King's Cane lol
COYS
Val gregory is my great great great uncle (hence my last name 😉)
This is what women's football is like today.
@brianrenate-zd6ym
4 ай бұрын
yawn
Best thing about this as a Wolves fan? No Gary Lineker!
Im fanny walden's grandson believe it or not
Why didn't teams back then hold the cup aloft?
@eric934
Ай бұрын
They possibly thought it would be like rubbing the opponents nose in it. A bit like unseemly showing off maybe. It was after all more a game back then. Also, following the Great War so closely perhaps they had more perspective of the fact that bigger events of much greater importance and cost had recently taken place. These days, especially on social media, every victory in every game seems to be rammed down the opponents throat. So much these days is perceived to be at stake.
2nd Millennium / 20th century
101 year old filming wow
Weird seeing an fa cup final away from wembley
@2themoon863
Жыл бұрын
If I recall Wembley wasn’t even under construction at the time of the 1921 final-it was still two years from the opening and the White Horse Final.
I was there and I watched the game life
@davidcrick1123
6 жыл бұрын
Damn - good for you. At your age I wonder if you know what a computer is, let alone social media. Still it's very close to the end of the 2017 - 2018 season. I hope Tottenham will end up above Liverpool to end up 3rd.
@MrJokerlad19
6 жыл бұрын
bs
@rogerdecoursey8341
Жыл бұрын
I did a little trump
Ti ti ri ri ti ti ri ri
انا جاي من كأس العالم 2022 😂😂😂
Is anyone in the video still alive ?
@eric934
Ай бұрын
The tortoise eating a carrot behind the goal at 12.23.
Imagine today's overpaid prima donnas trying to play on that pitch. Wouldn't last five minutes
@suryoardi7109
6 күн бұрын
Most of this player also serve in the world war, they are actually real man, not like diva that we watch today