Fight for the F.A. Cup The best of the action from over 30 years of FA Cup finals at Wembley Stadium. Sport 1963 42 mins Minehead Town v Exeter City Minehead Town v Exeter City FA Cup Non-Fiction Sport 1977 3 mins Football Clement Freud explores the importance of football to the people of Liverpool - be they backing Liverpool or Everton in the FA Cup. Sport 1967 28 mins Cup Final: Aston Villa V Sunderland at the Crystal Palace 121,919 spectators filled Crystal Palace as the league's two top teams, Aston Villa and Sunderland, met in the 1913 FA Cup final. Non-Fiction Sport 1913 5 mins Cup Final Drawing Nearer FA Cup third round: Arsenal v Leicester City and Cardiff City v Nottingham Forest. Non-Fiction 1922 1 mins FA Cup winners Wolves play at Molineux A lovely colour film showing the 1949 FA Cup winners Wolves back in action at their Molineux ground soon after their championship win. Amateur film 1949 4 mins Gallant Fight Amateur football club Corinthian FC took Millwall to a second replay in the FA Cup third round, before finally losing here at Stamford Bridge 5-1. Non-Fiction Sport 1930 1 mins Caerdydd, Tachwedd 1949 - Cymru 5 Belgium 1 At Ninian Park, 23/11/1949, the Welsh football team is victorious but perhaps only because the Belgians, according to a report in the South Wales Echo, were “disappointing”. Amateur film 1949 7 mins George Best Boutique Browse through the oh-so-fashionable goods on offer at the George Best boutique. Silken scarves, corded belts, trendy jackets and what’s this? A football icon turned tailor! News 1968 3 mins Nigerian Footballers in England An enlightening account of the first Nigerian football team to tour outside West Africa. Documentary 1949 10 mins Exiles v Nomads in the Smallest League in the World Exiles v Nomads in the Smallest League in the World Non-Fiction Sport 1980 5 mins CWS Football Boot Advertisment The great Stanley Matthews reveals the new range of football boots he helped design exclusively for Co-operative stores in this 1950s advertisement. Advert 1955 1 mins Don of Elland Road Don Revie sits in bed talking to the Sunday papers, barks out instructions in a game at Liverpool, calls out the bingo numbers, and Terry Yorath collects his weekly pay packet. Documentary 1974 26 mins English Cup: Bournemouth V Liverpool January 1927, fans at Dean Court scale heights to view Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic at home to Liverpool in the FA Cup 3rd round. Non-Fiction 1927 1 mins Irish Cup Semi- Final Coleraine V Ballymena 1928-29 Irish Cup Semi-Final action between Ballymena and Coleraine, from Belfast's Windsor Park. Non-Fiction Sport 1929 2 mins Women's Football Dick Kerr's Ladies FC vs. Lister's Ladies Preston's famous Dick, Kerr Ladies FC - one of the earliest known women's football teams in England - play local side, Lister's Ladies, at Bradford's Valley Parade ground. Sport 1921 5 mins Battle of the Bakeries Baker tries to best baker, as the two distinguished firms compete in a Gaelic football game in West Belfast. Sponsored film Sport 1964 4 mins Leek in the Cup! The FA Cup exits England for the first time, arriving in Cardiff to a jubilant welcome. Non-Fiction 1927 2 mins Football. 86 in the Shade Arsenal v Leeds United from Highbury in the opening match of the 1929-30 season. Non-Fiction 1929 1 mins F.A. Cup Final 1949 Wembley welcomes Wolverhampton Wanderers and Leicester City for the 1949 FA Cup Final. Non-Fiction Sport 1949 4 mins Alvey: Ashbourne Shrovetide Football '66 World Cup year 1966 but this is a different kind of 'beautiful game' and in these conditions Geoff Hurst would've certainly struggled to get his famous hat-trick. Amateur film 1966 7 mins Shrovetide Football Match A football match with no teams or goals? Atherstone's traditional free-for-all has only one rule - killing is not allowed! News 1957 1 mins Enfield F.C. v. Ediswan Factory Difficult times for women's football, but it doesn't stop the battle of the lightbulb makers in North London. Non-Fiction Sport 1921 2 mins Gloucester Football Hypnotist Southern League football team Gloucester City call in famed hypnotist Henry Blythe to take them to a higher plane. News Non-Fiction 1959 2 mins Guinness - Plinths Pete and Dud prove to be stout football fans in this Guinness commercial recalling a great sporting moment - however fleeting. Advert 1976 1 mins Cup Final 1927 Cardiff City Football Club takes on Arsenal in the 1927 FA Cup Final at Wembley. King George V and 100,000 spectators see Cardiff win 1-0. Non-Fiction 1927 3 mins Everton v Liverpool (1902) The earliest surviving Merseyside derby on film catches two of Everton's goals in a 3-1 home win. Non-Fiction Sport 1902 5 mins Football Cup 5th Round: A Clashing of Blades It's the FA Cup fifth round and arch-rivals Sheffield United and The Wednesday cross swords for Steel City bragging rights. Non-Fiction 1928 1 mins Football Cup 5th Round. Manchester City V Stoke A crowd of over 73,000 at Maine Road watch the 5th round Cup tie between Division Two's Manchester City and Stoke City. Non-Fiction 1928 1 mins 'T'coop' Goes North' Sheffield United break Welsh hearts at Wembley, winning their fourth (and last) FA Cup in a 1-0 win over Cardiff. Non-Fiction 1925 3 mins Saturday Fever A snapshot of Saturday afternoon football watched by thousands of adoring fans, plus contrasting scenes of Southport and Spurs players in training. Cinemagazine 1961 9 mins Football League Cup Wolves, 1980's League Cup winners, celebrate with an open topped bus parade that brings back memories of the glory days of the 1950s when the team was unstoppable. News Non-Fiction 1980 3 mins Football Season: Fulham V. Bury After relegation from the Football League Division One the previous season, Bury FC turn up at Craven Cottage for their first ever meeting with Fulham. Non-Fiction Sport 1912 1 mins Burnley v Manchester United (1902) First-ever footage of Manchester United in a tense Edwardian football fixture. Non-Fiction Sport 1902 2 mins Fourth Round Cup Thrills Liverpool and Manchester United come down south to do battle with Fulham and Tottenham in football's FA Cup. Non-Fiction Sport 1926 2 mins Exeter City goalkeeper Ian Main studies at Exeter University Exeter City goalkeeper Ian Main at Exeter University Non-Fiction Sport 1980 6 mins George Best at 21 Flush on wages of £160 per week, George Best ponders money in the game, the pressures of fame and his footballing future. News 1968 7 mins Second Round Cup Spills and Thrills A quick-fire round up of the FA Cup second round: West Brom v Corinthians, Crystal Palace v Notts County and West Ham v Leeds. Non-Fiction 1924 2 mins Cup Final 1921 Greatest Event in Football History Stamford Bridge hosts the FA Cup Final between Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton Wanderers. Non-Fiction 1921 7 mins The Cup Action from the Third round of the F.A. Cup FA Cup round-up: Cardiff City v Bristol City, Southampton v Liverpool and Brighton and Hove Albion v Manchester City. Non-Fiction Sport 1924 2 mins Leicester City Football Training Leicester City players meet their new manager who has introduced a brutal new training regime. News Non-Fiction 1978 3 mins Huddersfield for the Final FA Cup Semi-Final: Huddersfield Town v Notts County at Turf Moor. Non-Fiction 1922 1 mins Fair Footballers Music hall star George Robey kicks off the action at this international ladies' footie match at Herne Hill, South London. Non-Fiction 1925 1 mins Glasgow Cup Final Close calls in the goalmouth as Celtic and Rangers meet at Parkhead for the 1929-30 Glasgow Cup final. Non-Fiction 1924 1 mins Huntley and Palmer Digestive Biscuits Liverpool and England footballer Emlyn Hughes gets nostalgic when he takes a team of aspiring youngsters through their paces Advert 1981 1 mins Quick Brew - Football Glorious Ladies All Stars get a 10-0 lead against the QB's: time for an uplift with Quick Brew's quicker teabags! Advert 1975 1 mins 4th Round of the Cup Goals from the 1923 FA Cup 4th round, featuring QPR v Sheffield Utd, Charlton Athletic v Bolton Wanderers & Tottenham Hotspur v Derby County. Non-Fiction Sport 1923 2 mins Fourth round English Cup Newcastle United V Derby County March 11 1911 On a glorious spring day, a packed St James' Park welcomes Derby County for an FA Cup quarter-final against home side, and favourites, Newcastle. Sport 1911 4 mins Cup Tie Final : Liverpool V. Burnley 1914 King George V attends the FA Cup Final, the last to be played at Crystal Palace. Non-Fiction Sport 1914 3 mins Harry the Footballer A daring rescue by a plucky lady fan saves the day for Bestham Vampires in this early footie short. Drama Sport 1911 8 mins Coaching in the Game Tom Finney, Tommy Lawton, Spurs and the Chinese team all help explain to young football enthusiasts how to play the beautiful game. Instructional film/TV programme Sport 1948 10 mins They Call It Football Tottenham Hotspur takes on an assortment of music hall performers (and their horses) in this comic charity match. Non-Fiction 1923 1 mins Report on Aston Villa Aston Villa, the must successful cup side in England, have fallen on hard times but the 1971 League Cup final might just be the game that takes them back to the big time. News Non-Fiction 1971 16 mins Eclair Journal 102-1 A Tottenham Hotspur v Middlesbrough football match interrupts the many news reports about World War I. Non-Fiction 1914 3 mins Norwich City v West Bromwich Albion Canaries defender Mel Machin attempts to dominate the pitch in this 1975 match for Norwich City at their home ground Carrow Road against West Bromwich Albion. Sport 1975 3 mins Lady Footballers Women munitions workers from the Kynoch and Vickers Maxim factories take to the pitch in Southend during WWI. Non-Fiction Sport 1918 0 mins Elland Road 1979 Everyone knows their place in this now familiar weekly football ritual of rowdy working class youth arriving at Leeds, separated from their counterparts by police and fences. Non-Fiction 1979 27 mins World's Cheeriest Charity Soccer silliness at West Ham courtesy of the 'Ancient Order of Froth Blowers' and pals - including music hall stars and the world's tallest woman. Non-Fiction 1927 2 mins Association Football Season Begins: Woolwich Arsenal V. Liverpool Woolwich Arsenal at home to Liverpool in front of a crowd of 12,000 in the opening match of the 1911-12 season. Non-Fiction Sport 1911 1 mins Cup Tie Final 1910 Newcastle United and Barnsley contest the 1910 FA Cup final at Crystal Palace. Sport 1910 4 mins Wembley Bound! The short-lived minnows Wigan Borough F.C. take on the mighty Sheffield Wednesday in the third round of the FA Cup. Non-Fiction 1929 1 mins First round of the 'Cup' Heavy fog hampers the first round football matches of the 1925 FA Cup. Non-Fiction 1925 2 mins Cricket Ball and Football Manufacture A load of balls - footballs and cricket balls, that is - are crafted by hand from leather and string. Interest film 1931 3 mins Elland Road Football Control Back to the bad old days of skinners, as worn by these Man. United troublemakers, being escorted by police dogs along that perilous walk from Elland Road to Leeds railway station. Non-Fiction 1976 23 mins Shippam's football team Baggy shorts abound in this footie film from the thirties - where the chaps from Shippams Ltd play various matches, in rain or shine, and win a championship trophy. Amateur film 1930 15 mins Cheers Echo Round the Land! Hats off to the huge crowds that turn out for the opening day of the football season at Arsenal and Chelsea. Non-Fiction 1925 2 mins Mining Review 2nd Year No. 5 Rotherham United talent scout Joe McGuire is on the look out for miners with footballing flair. Cinemagazine 1949 9 mins Cup Final 1923 The 1923 FA Cup Final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham was the first at Wembley Stadium. The headlines were not about the football but the crowd! Non-Fiction 1923 5 mins Supporters' Pitch Invasion and Violence Exeter v Torquay Supporters' Pitch Invasion and Violence Exeter v Torquay Non-Fiction Sport 1977 2 mins Boy Footballer Lionel Martin is just fifteen years old but with eight top football clubs wanting to sign him his future appears mapped out. News Non-Fiction 1962 8 mins Return of the Cup There’s a rapturous welcome from football fans to celebrate a fairy tale win as underdogs Sunderland return home with the FA Cup in 1973. Amateur film 1973 10 mins Football Feud Derby Day - Manchester City clash with Manchester United at Old Trafford for the bragging rights of the city. Non-Fiction 1929 1 mins Plymouth Argyle v Exeter City Plymouth Argyle v Exeter City Non-Fiction Sport 1976 2 mins Second Round of the FA Cup Eccentric goalkeeping, frantic tackling and one lost stadium feature in these brilliant highlights from two London derbies in the 1922 FA Cup Non-Fiction Sport 1922 1 mins Minehead Town's Bob Boyd Interview Minehead Town's player-manager Bob Boyd on FA Cup tie with Exeter City Non-Fiction Sport 1977 2 mins Target - Geoff Hurst England's 1966 hat-trick hero doesn't sweat the small stuff - or at all, according to this deodorant commercial. Advert 1968 1 mins Million Spectators Welcome Return of Football A whirlwind tour of the 1923-24 season opener: Manchester City's Maine Road debut, Blackburn v Chelsea and goals for Spurs against Preston North End. Non-Fiction 1923 2 mins Derby County and Brian Clough "The way we're playing I don't want to see an awful lot of them". Typically blunt words from Brian Clough as his team prepare for a visit by Leeds United. News Non-Fiction 1968 4 mins Footabller Geoff Hurst signs on the line Footballer Geoffrey Hurst signs on the line for fans Non-Fiction Sport 1970 1 mins Newsview Young World: Day in the Life of Sunderland AFC Manager George Hardwick A day in the life of stylish “Gentleman George” Hardwick, the new manager of Sunderland Football Club. News 1964 5 mins Newcastle United FC Return with FA Cup in 1951 and 1952 Relive a golden era for Newcastle United FC as the triumphant team, including legend Jackie Milburn, return home twice with the FA Cup in the early 1950s. Home movie 1951 7 mins Footballer's Battalion Professional footballers answer the call of duty and get in training; many would go on to fight in the Battle of the Somme. Non-Fiction War 1915 1 mins Mining Review 13th Year No. 7 Bobby Charlton and his brothers Gordon and Jack meet their father Bert, a miner, as he clocks off from work. Cinemagazine 1960 8 mins Cumbria Local Newsreel Compilation A fascinating compilation of local topical footage from Workington. Non-Fiction 1911 13 mins The Saturday Men A young Bobby Robson is one of the footballers profiled in this 1962 documentary following a week in the life of West Bromwich Albion FC. Sport 1963 27 mins Derby County v Leicester City Derby County take on Leicester City at the Baseball ground in April 1939 - the last full season of football before the outbreak of war. Amateur film Sport 1939 2 mins International Association Match. England v. Wales. Played at Wrexham, March 11th, 1912 Action shots of the great Billy Meredith, the ‘Prince of Wingers’, the legendary soccer star who played for Manchester City, Manchester United and Wales. Non-Fiction 1912 5 mins Plymouth Argyle v Cardiff City Argyle's Mariner scores in front of Bobby Robson Non-Fiction Sport 1976 5 mins Football - Ninian Park Ninian Park Stadium (1910-2009), home ground of Cardiff City Football Club and used by the national team, is shown here in its heyday. If you can identify the teams, please tell us. Amateur film 1949 16 mins Certain Day in April 1927 A never-to-be-forgotten day for Cardiff City fans, when their football team return home with the FA Cup after a 1-0 win against Arsenal at Wembley on 23/4/1927. Non-Fiction 1927 1 mins Leicester City Football Team On a muddy Belvoir Drive training ground Leicester City players demonstrate the drive and dedication required to reach the top. News Non-Fiction 1971 6 mins £6,000 Paid for a Centre Forward Scottish international Andy Wilson plays his first home game at a chilly Stamford Bridge after joining Chelsea from Middlesbrough. Non-Fiction 1923 1 mins England v Ireland at Manchester (1905) An Edwardian contest between teams representing the English and Irish Football Leagues, with plenty of goal-line action. Non-Fiction Sport 1905 2 mins Exeter City v Bristol Rovers St. James’ Park Derby : Exeter City v Bristol Rovers Non-Fiction Sport 1980 2 mins Donning Boots for the Soccer Season Heading, tumbling, skipping and tomfoolery at White Hart Lane as Tottenham’s first team prepare for the new season. Non-Fiction 1922 1 mins Barnstaple Town v Exeter City Barnstaple in pre-season friendly against Exeter City Non-Fiction Sport 1980 0 mins Shouts for City! From 'Red and White' Rosemary to 'Zigger Zagger' and veteran Fred Trimble, who has been watching the Potters since 1913: Stoke City's fans are a devoted bunch. Documentary Sport 1975 26 mins Derby v Grimsby In October 1934 a high-flying Grimsby Town team put four past Derby County at the Baseball Ground. Amateur film Sport 1934 3 mins Sheffield Wednesday v United At a packed Edgar Street ground non-league Hereford United take on Sheffield Wednesday in a foggy and chilly cup tie. Amateur film Sport 1958 14 mins Regimental Football Match and an Outdoor Stew The chaps of 6th Battalion, the Queen's Royal (West) Surrey Regiment, enjoy a game of football while a man cooks a rustic stew outdoors. Amateur film 1935 2 mins Day-Dream Believer 1968 A daydream at the back of the class takes young Glynn Curtis all the way to Filbert Street. Amateur film Drama 1968 5 mins Ball Control Listen to the wonderfully clipped tones of the commentator and the attempt at wit by his companion and you'd swear that Harry Enfield's 90s creation Mr Cholmondley-Warner really was alive and well in the 30s. Instructional film/TV programme Sport 1935 10 mins Quite Unfit for Females A light-hearted newsreel item on the Football Association's proposed ban on women's football in 1921. Non-Fiction 1921 1 mins World Cup Football Vox pops Did the Brummies of 1966 have a clue about the World Cup? News Non-Fiction 1966 3 mins Nearing the 'Goal' The wintry conditions at Elm Park made play a bit challenging as Reading hosted Aston Villa in the fifth round of the FA Cup. Non-Fiction 1929 1 mins Football Managers What does it take to manage a football team? Two former players talk of the tough role at the top in a world where players are demanding Ј200 a week in wages. News Non-Fiction 1977 5 mins In the Last Four Packed terraces watch Arsenal take on West Ham in this London derby in the Sixth Round of the FA Cup. Non-Fiction 1930 1 mins Exeter City v Aston Villa Exeter City take on giants Aston Villa at St. James’ Park Non-Fiction Sport 1977 1 mins Getting Ready for Cup Final A lovely shot of Wembley Stadium mid-construction, with an aerial camera panning round the ground to show its half-built state. Non-Fiction 1923 1 mins The Cup Shall Come South! Meet the West Ham team of 1923, about to contest the first FA Cup final to be held at Wembley Stadium. Non-Fiction 1923 2 mins Derby pits Argyle against Exeter Derby pits Argyle against Exeter Non-Fiction Sport 1980 0 mins Battle for Wembley Heaving terraces and goalmouth action at Highbury for this FA Cup fourth round encounter between Arsenal and Everton. Non-Fiction 1928 1 mins H.R.H. The Prince of Wales Great evocative shots from a boggy Upton Park, where West Ham play Tottenham in front of the Prince Of Wales. Non-Fiction 1930 1 mins 'Spurs' Captain Marries Watford hosts the lowkey wedding of Tottenham and England captain, Arthur Grimsdell. Non-Fiction 1922 0 mins Nottingham Forest European Cup Civic Reception Cloughie waves his magic wand and it's the greatest day thus far for the lads of Forest. Their first European Cup victory and the city grinds to a halt in scenes of jubilation. News Non-Fiction 1979 4 mins Who Will Win to Wembley? Top football footage from East London, where West Ham take on Leeds in an FA Cup fourth round encounter. Non-Fiction Sport 1930 1 mins Alive and Kicking Arsenal footballers including Ted Drake, Eddie Hapgood and Cliff Bastin show off their skills in training for this council film to promote healthy living. Documentary Sponsored film 1937 8 mins England 'swamped' England team struggle with deplorable weather conditions in Belfast. Non-Fiction 1927 1 mins
