The 1901 FA Cup Final was played at Crystal Palace between Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield United.

[edit] Match details

20 April 1901 15:00 GMT	Tottenham Hotspur	2 – 2	Sheffield United	Crystal Palace, London Attendance: 110,820[1] Referee: Arthur Kingscott
	Brown  23'  51'	[2]	Priest  10' Bennett  52'

Tottenham Hotspur

Sheffield United [3]

[edit] Replay

27 April 1901 15:00 GMT	Tottenham Hotspur	3 – 1	Sheffield United	Burnden Park, Bolton Attendance: 20,470[1] Referee: Arthur Kingscott
	Cameron  52' Smith  76' Brown  87'	[2]	Priest  40'

The Sheffield United team.

[edit] Match Rules

• 90 minutes.
• 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
• Replay if scores still level.
• No substitutes

[edit] Match summary

114,815 ^[4] supporters attended the match to see the two sides clash. Fred Priest opened the scoring for Sheffield United after about 20 minutes. Sandy Brown headed an equalising goal shortly afterwards and half time arrived with the score 1–1. Brown put Spurs ahead early in the second half, but, not to be denied, Sheffield United pressed strongly, and Walter Bennett headed an equaliser for the draw.

[edit] Replay

In the replay, Spurs became the only non-league side to win the FA Cup when they beat Sheffield United 3–1 before an attendance of 20,470 at Burnden Park, Bolton. John Cameron opened the scoring before centre forward Sandy Brown became the first player to score in every round. He netted both goals in the final as well as one in the replay for a total of 15 in the season's competition.

Crystal Palace	Crowd at Crystal Palace	Replay at Burnden Park	Tottenham score in the replay
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.	Sheffield United F.C.

• Player's Cigarette Cards Association Cup Winners No 22.23

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Soccerbase summary - Final
• Soccerbase summary - Replay
• Line-ups
• Match report at www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk
• Match reports
• Cup final video
• Photo of the Spurs side

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