1962–63 FA Cup

1962–63 FA Cup
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales
Defending champions	Tottenham Hotspur
Final positions
Champions	Manchester United; (3rd title)
Runner-up	Leicester City
	← 1961–62 1963–64 →

The 1962–63 FA Cup was the 82nd staging of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Manchester United won the competition for only the third time, beating Leicester City 3–1 in the final at Wembley.

Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. Some matches, however, might be rescheduled for other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played.

Calendar

Round	Date	Postponed date
First qualifying round	Saturday 8 September 1962
Second qualifying round	Saturday 22 September 1962
Third qualifying round	Saturday 6 October 1962
Fourth qualifying round	Saturday 20 October 1962
First round proper	Saturday 3 November 1962
Second round	Saturday 24 November 1962
Third round	Saturday 5 January 1963
Fourth round	Saturday 26 January 1963
Fifth round	Saturday 16 February 1963	16 March
Sixth round	Saturday 9 March 1963	30 March
Semi-finals	Saturday 30 March 1963	27 April
Final	Saturday 4 May 1963	25 May

Results

First round proper

At this stage clubs from the Football League Third and Fourth Divisions joined those non-league clubs having come through the qualifying rounds with the exception of Crook Town and Hounslow Town, who given byes to this round. Matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 3 November 1962. Nine were drawn and went to replays.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Andover	0–1	Gillingham	3 November 1962
2	Chester	0–2	Tranmere Rovers	3 November 1962
3	Chesterfield	4–1	Stockport County	3 November 1962
4	Bristol City	4–2	Wellington Town	3 November 1962
5	Watford	2–2	Poole Town	3 November 1962
Replay	Poole Town	1–2	Watford	6 November 1962
6	Yeovil Town	3–2	Dartford	3 November 1962
7	Notts County	0–3	Peterborough United	3 November 1962
8	Crewe Alexandra	1–1	Scarborough	3 November 1962
Replay	Scarborough	2–3	Crewe Alexandra	7 November 1962
9	Lincoln City	1–1	Darlington	3 November 1962
Replay	Darlington	1–2	Lincoln City	7 November 1962
10	Swindon Town	4–2	Reading	3 November 1962
11	Buxton	2–2	Barrow	3 November 1962
Replay	Barrow	3–1	Buxton	5 November 1962
12	Queens Park Rangers	3–2	Newport County	3 November 1962
13	Barnsley	4–0	Rhyl	3 November 1962
14	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Port Vale	3 November 1962
15	Northampton Town	1–2	Torquay United	3 November 1962
16	Coventry City	1–0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3 November 1962
17	Millwall	3–1	Margate	3 November 1962
18	Hull City	5–4	Crook Town	3 November 1962
19	Carlisle United	2–1	Hartlepools United	3 November 1962
20	Oldham Athletic	2–5	Bradford City	3 November 1962
21	Crystal Palace	2–0	Hereford United	3 November 1962
22	Wimbledon	2–1	Colchester United	3 November 1962
23	Southend United	2–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	3 November 1962
24	Blyth Spartans	2–1	Morecambe	3 November 1962
25	Bedford Town	2–1	Cambridge United	3 November 1962
26	Halifax Town	1–0	Bradford Park Avenue	3 November 1962
27	Cheltenham Town	3–6	Enfield	3 November 1962
28	Southport	1–1	Wrexham	3 November 1962
Replay	Wrexham	3–2	Southport	7 November 1962
29	Maidenhead United	0–3	Wycombe Wanderers	3 November 1962
30	York City	0–0	Rochdale	3 November 1962
Replay	Rochdale	1–2	York City	6 November 1962
31	Aldershot	1–0	Brentford	3 November 1962
32	Gateshead	2–1	Wigan Athletic	3 November 1962
33	North Shields	2–2	Workington	3 November 1962
Replay	Workington	7–2	North Shields	8 November 1962
34	Hounslow Town	3–3	Mansfield Town	3 November 1962
Replay	Mansfield Town	9–2	Hounslow Town	5 November 1962
35	Boston United	1–2	King's Lynn	3 November 1962
36	South Shields	0–0	Doncaster Rovers	3 November 1962
Replay	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	South Shields	8 November 1962
37	Chelmsford City	2–6	Shrewsbury Town	3 November 1962
38	Gravesend & Northfleet	3–2	Exeter City	3 November 1962
39	Hinckley Athletic	3–0	Sittingbourne	3 November 1962
40	Falmouth Town	1–2	Oxford United	3 November 1962

Second round

The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 24 November 1962. Two matches were drawn, with replays taking place later the same week.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Bristol City	2–1	Wimbledon	24 November 1962
2	Yeovil Town	0–2	Swindon Town	24 November 1962
3	Gillingham	3–0	Bedford Town	24 November 1962
4	Lincoln City	1–0	Halifax Town	24 November 1962
5	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Torquay United	24 November 1962
6	Doncaster Rovers	1–4	Tranmere Rovers	24 November 1962
7	Wrexham	5–2	Barrow	24 November 1962
8	Queens Park Rangers	7–2	Hinckley Athletic	24 November 1962
9	Barnsley	2–1	Chesterfield	24 November 1962
10	King's Lynn	1–2	Oxford United	24 November 1962
11	Bradford City	3–2	Gateshead	24 November 1962
12	Millwall	0–0	Coventry City	24 November 1962
Replay	Coventry City	2–1	Millwall	27 November 1962
13	Hull City	2–0	Workington	24 November 1962
14	Crystal Palace	2–2	Mansfield Town	24 November 1962
Replay	Mansfield Town	7–2	Crystal Palace	26 November 1962
15	Southend United	0–2	Watford	24 November 1962
16	Blyth Spartans	0–2	Carlisle United	24 November 1962
17	Port Vale	2–0	Aldershot	24 November 1962
18	York City	2–1	Crewe Alexandra	24 November 1962
19	Peterborough United	1–0	Enfield	24 November 1962
20	Gravesend & Northfleet	3–1	Wycombe Wanderers	24 November 1962

Third round

The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage. The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 5 January 1963, but due to the Big Freeze of 1963, only three games were completed at this date.^[1]^[2] The bulk of matches were not completable until February and March, with the final non-replay tie being played on the 7 March. There were nine replays in total, of which the earliest possible playing date was 30 January, and the latest the 11 March.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Bristol City	1–1	Aston Villa	16 January 1963
Replay	Aston Villa	3–2	Bristol City	7 March 1963
2	Preston North End	1–4	Sunderland	5 January 1963
3	Southampton	5–0	York City	13 February 1963
4	Watford	2–0	Rotherham United	20 February 1963
5	Walsall	0–1	Manchester City	6 March 1963
6	Gillingham	2–4	Port Vale	27 February 1963
7	Nottingham Forest	4–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29 January 1963
8	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Middlesbrough	5 March 1963
Replay	Middlesbrough	3–1	Blackburn Rovers	11 March 1963
9	Grimsby Town	1–3	Leicester City	8 January 1963
10	Derby County	2–0	Peterborough United	4 February 1963
11	Lincoln City	1–5	Coventry City	6 March 1963
12	Luton Town	0–2	Swindon Town	26 January 1963
13	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Sheffield Wednesday	21 February 1963
Replay	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	7 March 1963
14	Wrexham	0–3	Liverpool	9 January 1963
15	Sheffield United	3–1	Bolton Wanderers	6 March 1963
16	Tranmere Rovers	2–2	Chelsea	5 January 1963
Replay	Chelsea	3–1	Tranmere Rovers	30 January 1963
17	Tottenham Hotspur	0–3	Burnley	16 January 1963
18	Barnsley	0–3	Everton	15 January 1963
19	Portsmouth	1–1	Scunthorpe United	26 January 1963
Replay	Scunthorpe United	1–2	Portsmouth	7 March 1963
20	West Ham United	0–0	Fulham	4 February 1963
Replay	Fulham	1–2	West Ham United	20 February 1963
21	Manchester United	5–0	Huddersfield Town	4 March 1963
22	Norwich City	1–1	Blackpool	4 March 1963
Replay	Blackpool	1–3	Norwich City	6 March 1963
23	Plymouth Argyle	1–5	West Bromwich Albion	5 January 1963
24	Bradford City	1–6	Newcastle United	7 March 1963
25	Carlisle United	0–1	Gravesend & Northfleet	29 January 1963
26	Mansfield Town	2–3	Ipswich Town	9 January 1963
27	Swansea Town	2–0	Queens Park Rangers	26 January 1963
28	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Cardiff City	18 February 1963
29	Arsenal	5–1	Oxford United	30 January 1963
30	Leeds United	3–1	Stoke City	6 March 1963
31	Birmingham City	3–3	Bury	5 March 1963
Replay	Bury	2–0	Birmingham City	7 March 1963
32	Leyton Orient	1–1	Hull City	11 February 1963
Replay	Hull City	0–2	Leyton Orient	19 February 1963

Fourth round

The matches were originally scheduled for Saturday, 26 January 1963, but due to the earlier, ongoing problems with the winter of 1963, most of the third-round games had still not been played and only one tie, the Burnley – Liverpool match, was able to be played on that day. This and three other games went to a replay, with the Portsmouth – Coventry City match requiring a second replay, which was the last match of the round.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Burnley	1–1	Liverpool	26 January 1963
Replay	Liverpool	2–1	Burnley	20 February 1963
2	Southampton	3–1	Watford	27 February 1963
3	Leicester City	3–1	Ipswich Town	30 January 1963
4	Middlesbrough	0–2	Leeds United	16 March 1963
5	West Bromwich Albion	0–0	Nottingham Forest	6 March 1963
Replay	Nottingham Forest	2–1	West Bromwich Albion	11 March 1963
6	Swindon Town	1–5	Everton	29 January 1963
7	Manchester City	1–0	Bury	13 March 1963
8	Portsmouth	1–1	Coventry City	13 March 1963
Replay	Coventry City	2–2	Portsmouth	16 March 1963
Replay	Portsmouth	1–2	Coventry City	19 March 1963
9	West Ham United	1–0	Swansea Town	4 March 1963
10	Manchester United	1–0	Aston Villa	11 March 1963
11	Norwich City	5–0	Newcastle United	13 March 1963
12	Port Vale	1–2	Sheffield United	13 March 1963
13	Charlton Athletic	0–3	Chelsea	6 March 1963
14	Arsenal	2–0	Sheffield Wednesday	12 March 1963
15	Leyton Orient	3–0	Derby County	4 March 1963
16	Gravesend & Northfleet	1–1	Sunderland	12 February 1963
Replay	Sunderland	5–2	Gravesend & Northfleet	18 February 1963

Fifth round

The matches were originally scheduled for Saturday, 16 February 1963, but the delays of the matches in the third and fourth rounds prevented the fifth round ties from being played until much later. On 28 January, the FA announced that the draw for the fifth round would be put back a week, and that the league season would be extended until 19 May.^[3] Faced with the problem of wishing all the ties to take place on the same date, the FA decided on 4 February 1963 that the fifth and sixth rounds would each be postponed by a week to 23 February and 16 March respectively^[4] The following week, on 12 February, the FA again decided, due to the lack of completion of many games, that the fifth and sixth rounds should be postponed^[5] The agreed dates, Saturday 16 March and Saturday 30 March respectively, were the final postponements of these two rounds. There were no replays, but the Nottingham Forest and Leeds United match did not take place until the following Tuesday, while the Coventry City – Sunderland game was played on the 25th.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Southampton	1–0	Sheffield United	16 March 1963
2	Nottingham Forest	3–0	Leeds United	19 March 1963
3	Manchester City	1–2	Norwich City	16 March 1963
4	Coventry City	2–1	Sunderland	25 March 1963
5	West Ham United	1–0	Everton	16 March 1963
6	Manchester United	2–1	Chelsea	16 March 1963
7	Arsenal	1–2	Liverpool	16 March 1963
8	Leyton Orient	0–1	Leicester City	16 March 1963

Sixth round

The four quarter-final ties were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 9 March 1963, but as explained above, were postponed until the 30 March. The Nottingham Forest–Southampton match went to two replays before the tie was settled, in Southampton's favour.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Liverpool	1–0	West Ham United	30 March 1963
2	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Southampton	30 March 1963
Replay	Southampton	3–3	Nottingham Forest	3 April 1963
Replay	Nottingham Forest	0–5	Southampton	8 April 1963
3	Coventry City	1–3	Manchester United	30 March 1963
4	Norwich City	0–2	Leicester City	30 March 1963

Semi-finals

The semi-final matches were originally scheduled to be played on Saturday, 30 March 1963. However, due to the problems of completing the earlier rounds due to the particularly inclement weather, on 18 February 1963 the FA Challenge Cup committee announced that the semi-finals would be put back by four weeks to 27 April, and that the final would not be played until three weeks after its original date, on 25 May.^[6] Leicester City and Manchester United came through the semi-final round to meet at Wembley.

27 April 1963

15:00

Leicester City	1–0	Liverpool
Stringfellow 20'	Report^{[dead link‍]}

Hillsborough, Sheffield

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: A. Holland, Barnsley

27 April 1963

15:00

Manchester United	1–0	Southampton
Law 56'	Report^{[dead link‍]}

Villa Park, Birmingham

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: George McCabe, Sheffield

Final

The 1963 FA Cup final was a football match played on 25 May 1963 at Wembley. The final was contested by Manchester United and Leicester City. United won 3–1, with goals by Denis Law and David Herd (2). Ken Keyworth scored the Foxes' goal.

Match details

25 May 1963

Manchester United	3 – 1	Leicester City
Law 30' Herd 57' 85'		Keyworth 80'

Wembley, London

Attendance: 99,604

Referee: Ken Aston, London

Manchester United

Leicester City

References

General

The FA Cup Archive at TheFA.com
English FA Cup 1962/63 at Soccerbase
F.A. Cup results 1962/63 at Footballsite

Specific

^ "The Times Archive". London: Times Newspapers Ltd. 1963-01-07. Retrieved 2008-09-09.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Replay The Big Freeze 1962-63". Findarticles.com website. CNET Networks, Inc (Article originally published by The Independent on Sunday). 2003-01-19. Retrieved 2008-09-14. ^{[dead link‍]}
^ "The Times Archive". London: Times Newspapers Ltd. 1963-01-29. Retrieved 2008-09-09.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "The Times Archive". London: Times Newspapers Ltd. 1963-02-05. Retrieved 2008-09-09.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "The Times Archive". London: Times Newspapers Ltd. 1963-02-13. Retrieved 2008-09-09.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "The Times Archive". London: Times Newspapers Ltd. 1963-02-19. Retrieved 2008-09-09.^{[dead link‍]}

[1] "The Times Archive". London: Times Newspapers Ltd. 1963-01-07. Retrieved 2008-09-09.^{[dead link‍]}

[2] "Replay The Big Freeze 1962-63". Findarticles.com website. CNET Networks, Inc (Article originally published by The Independent on Sunday). 2003-01-19. Retrieved 2008-09-14. ^{[dead link‍]}

[3] "The Times Archive". London: Times Newspapers Ltd. 1963-01-29. Retrieved 2008-09-09.^{[dead link‍]}

[4] "The Times Archive". London: Times Newspapers Ltd. 1963-02-05. Retrieved 2008-09-09.^{[dead link‍]}

[5] "The Times Archive". London: Times Newspapers Ltd. 1963-02-13. Retrieved 2008-09-09.^{[dead link‍]}

[6] "The Times Archive". London: Times Newspapers Ltd. 1963-02-19. Retrieved 2008-09-09.^{[dead link‍]}

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