Newcastle United F.C. 0–1 Crystal Palace F.C. (1907)
Event | 1906–07 FA Cup | ||||||
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Date | 12 January 1907 | ||||||
Venue | St James' Park, Newcastle | ||||||
Referee | A.G. Hines | ||||||
Attendance | 28,000 (estimate) |
Newcastle United v Crystal Palace was a football match played on 12 January 1907 at St James' Park, Newcastle. The match was an FA Cup First Round match. The result, a 1–0 victory for Crystal Palace, is notable for being one of the greatest shocks of all time in the history of the FA Cup.[1][2]
The home team,
The build-up
As a
The two sides met at St James' Park on 12 January 1907 for the scheduled First Round match.
Match summary
Newcastle played in their traditional shirts of black and white, paired with blue shorts. Palace were still playing in the claret and blue kit handed down from
The stadium was filled with 28,000 Newcastle fans, while no more than a dozen Londoners had made the trip,[2] with Palace themselves believing only two or three of their own supporters were in the crowd.[6] It was a cold and wet January day, with a light breeze, and the Newcastle fans gave the Palace team a good reception, rather than the hostile one they might have been expecting. When the game got under way Newcastle started off somewhat complacently. Their passes were going astray and they allowed Palace to impose themselves. Before long the Southern league side were in control. Dickie Roberts, playing on the wing for Palace, was too much for Newcastle's Scottish international defender Andy McCombie, and whilst his crosses were mostly coming to nothing, they were starting to unsettle the crowd. The opening twenty minutes were largely chance free, but then Roberts turned McCombie once again and had the ball in the net, only for the goal to be disallowed controversially as off-side.[2][7]
Newcastle were shocked into action, and the Palace goalkeeper Hewitson failed to keep out a Howie strike which was likewise ruled out for off-side. The decision seemed to unnerve Newcastle, and they once again lost impetus. Palace then took the lead through Horace Astley not long before half-time. Reports differ as to whether Astley seized on a clearance[2] or received a pass from George Woodger,[8] but the old Millwall opportunist managed to evade the Newcastle defenders and crash a shot past an astonished Jimmy Lawrence.[7] The Magpies started the second half the stronger side, but although they had the better of the play and possession, they failed to make it count. Palace were quick on the counter-attack, and Lawrence twice had to deny Woodger the chance to double the lead in the fifteen minutes after the restart. Palace's attacking energy was lost after a crunching collision between Newcastle's forward Speedie and Palace's centre half Ryan. Both men were injured, and whilst Newcastle pushed Speedie out wide, Palace left Ryan in the middle but also pulled back Woodger, Astley and Harker in an attempt to close the game down. With Palace sitting back, Newcastle threw everything into attacking football. With six minutes to go Ryan was again injured, this time forced off the field, leaving Palace reduced to ten men.[2]
Hewiston came under terrible pressure for the remainder of the match, with Newcastle forcing a corner which led to a tremendous goal-mouth scramble, ended when the keeper calmly asserted his authority. It was one of his many clearances that brought the game to an end with the referee blowing for full-time. The Palace players received a standing ovation from the Newcastle fans,
Match details
Newcastle United | 0 – 1 | Crystal Palace |
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Astley 41' |
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MATCH RULES
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Legacy
Palace took home their share of a gate of £841,
Meanwhile, Newcastle were to remain unbeaten at home in the League for the rest of the season, eventually winning the First Division by three points. They went on to win the Division again in the
Of the Crystal Palace players involved in the match George Woodger would go on to play for
Thirteen years and a world war later Crystal Palace again were drawn against Newcastle in the first round of the FA Cup. The press had not forgotten the precedent with the Dundee Evening Telegraph reporting, "Now the moment for revenge has arrived – after 13 years – but even yet the name Crystal Palace is sufficient to cause trepidation in the minds of Newcastle supporters."[10] Newcastle won 2–0.[11]
References
- ^ ISBN 9781780573144.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Porter, Steve. "All time greatest F A cup giant killings Number 11 Newcastle United 0-1 Crystal Palace". The Giant Killers. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ ISBN 1-872204-55-4
- ^ a b c "THE WORLD OF PASTIME". The Penny Illustrated Paper and Illustrated Times (London, England), Saturday, January 19, 1907; Issue 2382
- ^ "Newcastle United". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ a b Lyonsman (January 26, 1907). "The "Glazier's" Notes". Crystal Palace Programme. Crystal Palace F.C. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
a lesson to the two or three of our followers who attended.
- ^ a b c The Daily Mirror. January 14, 1907.
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- ^ "The Football Association Cup Victory of Newcastle United", The Times, 29 April 1910
- ^ "Newcastle Meeting With Crystal Palace In First Round Of English Cup Competition. Recalls Many Bitter Cup Tie Memories". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 8 January 1920. p. 11. Retrieved 6 February 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "English Cup – First round". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 12 January 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 6 February 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.