:1962–63 FA Cup
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| country = England
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| defending_champions = Tottenham Hotspur
| winners = Manchester United
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| second = Leicester City
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| prev_season = 1961–62
| next_season = 1963–64
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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
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! 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 |
Qualifying rounds
Most participating clubs that were not members of the Football League competed in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 30 places available in the first round.
The winners from the fourth qualifying round were Blyth Spartans, North Shields, Gateshead, South Shields, Wigan Athletic, Rhyl, Morecambe, Hereford United, Wellington Town, Hinckley Athletic, Buxton, Scarborough, Boston United, Chelmsford City, King's Lynn, Bedford Town, Cambridge United, Sittingbourne, Margate, Gravesend & Northfleet, Dartford, Wimbledon, Enfield, Wycombe Wanderers, Maidenhead United, Andover, Poole Town, Cheltenham Town, Yeovil Town and Falmouth Town.
Those appearing in the competition proper for the first time were Andover and Falmouth Town. Of the others, North Shields and Wimbledon had last featured at this stage in 1952–53, Gravesend & Northfleet in 1949-50, Poole Town in 1946-47 and Sittingbourne in 1930-31. Falmouth Town was notably the first club from Cornwall ever to qualify for the first round of the FA Cup, while Gravesend & Northfleet was embarking on an unexpected eight-round run through the tournament. They defeated Chatham Town, Sutton United, Erith & Belvedere, Lewes, Exeter City, Wycombe Wanderers and Carlisle United (at Brunton Park) before finally going out to Sunderland in a fourth-round replay at Roker Park.
{{for|all qualifying round results|1962–63 FA Cup qualifying rounds}}
Results
=First round proper=
At this stage the 48 clubs from the Football League Third and Fourth Divisions joined the 30 non-league clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. The final two non-league sides in the main draw, Crook Town and Hounslow Town were given byes to this round as the champions and runners-up from the previous season's FA Amateur Cup. Matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 3 November 1962. Nine were drawn and went to replays.
= Second round =
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 24 November 1962. Two matches were drawn, with replays taking place later the same week.
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Tie no
!Home team !Score !Away team !Date | ||||
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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.{{cite news |url=http://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/viewArticle.arc?toDate=1963-01-08&fromDate=1963-01-07¤tPageNumber=1&resultsPerPage=10&sortBy=default&offset=0&viewName=&addFilters=&removeFilters=&addCat=&queryKeywords=Preston§ionId=1040&currPgSmartSet=1&pageId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1963-01-07-03&articleId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1963-01-07-03-003&xmlpath=&pubId=17&totalResults=2&addRefineFilters=&removeRefineFilters=&addRefineCat=&next_Page=false&prev_Page=false&date_dd_From=7&date_mm_From=01&date_yyyy_From=1963&date_dd_to_range=8&date_mm_to_range=01&date_yyyy_to_range=1963&date_dd_from_precise=7&date_mm_from_precise=01&date_yyyy_from_precise=1963&isDateSearch=false&dateSearchType=range&refineQuerykeywordText= |title=The Times Archive |access-date=2008-09-09 |publisher=Times Newspapers Ltd. |date=1963-01-07 | location=London}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite news|title=Replay The Big Freeze 1962-63|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20030119/ai_n9682040|access-date=2008-09-14|publisher=CNET Networks, Inc (Article originally published by The Independent on Sunday)|date=2003-01-19|work=Findarticles.com website}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}} The bulk of matches were not completed until February and March, with the final non-replay tie being played on 7 March. There were nine replays in total, of which the earliest possible playing date was 30 January, and the latest the 11 March.
=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 replays, with the Portsmouth – Coventry City match requiring a second replay, which was the last match of the round. Gravesend & Northfleet was the last non-league club left in the competition.
=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.{{cite news |url=http://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/viewArticle.arc?toDate=1963-03-20&fromDate=1963-01-28¤tPageNumber=1&resultsPerPage=10&sortBy=default&offset=0&viewName=&addFilters=&removeFilters=&addCat=&queryKeywords=Fifth+Round§ionId=1040&currPgSmartSet=1&pageId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1963-01-29-03&articleId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1963-01-29-03-001&xmlpath=&pubId=17&totalResults=70&addRefineFilters=&removeRefineFilters=&addRefineCat=&next_Page=false&prev_Page=false&date_dd_From=28&date_mm_From=01&date_yyyy_From=1963&date_dd_to_range=20&date_mm_to_range=03&date_yyyy_to_range=1963&date_dd_from_precise=28&date_mm_from_precise=01&date_yyyy_from_precise=1963&isDateSearch=false&dateSearchType=range&refineQuerykeywordText= |title=The Times Archive |access-date=2008-09-09 |publisher=Times Newspapers Ltd. |date=1963-01-29 | location=London}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} 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{{cite news |url=http://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/viewArticle.arc?toDate=1963-02-20&fromDate=1963-01-28¤tPageNumber=1&resultsPerPage=10&sortBy=default&offset=0&viewName=&addFilters=&removeFilters=&addCat=&queryKeywords=Fifth+Round§ionId=1040&currPgSmartSet=1&pageId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1963-02-05-03&articleId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1963-02-05-03-002&xmlpath=&pubId=17&totalResults=26&addRefineFilters=&removeRefineFilters=&addRefineCat=&next_Page=false&prev_Page=false&date_dd_From=28&date_mm_From=01&date_yyyy_From=1963&date_dd_to_range=20&date_mm_to_range=02&date_yyyy_to_range=1963&date_dd_from_precise=28&date_mm_from_precise=01&date_yyyy_from_precise=1963&isDateSearch=false&dateSearchType=range&refineQuerykeywordText= |title=The Times Archive |access-date=2008-09-09 |publisher=Times Newspapers Ltd. |date=1963-02-05 | location=London}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} 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{{cite news |url=http://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/viewArticle.arc?toDate=1963-03-20&fromDate=1963-01-28¤tPageNumber=1&resultsPerPage=10&sortBy=default&offset=0&viewName=&addFilters=&removeFilters=&addCat=&queryKeywords=Fifth+Round§ionId=1040&currPgSmartSet=1&pageId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1963-02-13-04&articleId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1963-02-13-04-001&xmlpath=&pubId=17&totalResults=70&addRefineFilters=&removeRefineFilters=&addRefineCat=&next_Page=false&prev_Page=false&date_dd_From=28&date_mm_From=01&date_yyyy_From=1963&date_dd_to_range=20&date_mm_to_range=03&date_yyyy_to_range=1963&date_dd_from_precise=28&date_mm_from_precise=01&date_yyyy_from_precise=1963&isDateSearch=false&dateSearchType=range&refineQuerykeywordText= |title=The Times Archive |access-date=2008-09-09 |publisher=Times Newspapers Ltd. |date=1963-02-13 | location=London}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} 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.
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Tie no
!Home team !Score !Away team !Date | ||||
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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.
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Tie no
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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.{{cite news |url=http://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/viewArticle.arc?toDate=1963-02-20&fromDate=1963-02-19¤tPageNumber=1&resultsPerPage=10&sortBy=default&offset=0&viewName=&addFilters=&removeFilters=&addCat=&queryKeywords=FA+Cup§ionId=1040&currPgSmartSet=1&pageId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1963-02-19-04&articleId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1963-02-19-04-016&xmlpath=&pubId=17&totalResults=1&addRefineFilters=&removeRefineFilters=&addRefineCat=&next_Page=false&prev_Page=false&date_dd_From=19&date_mm_From=02&date_yyyy_From=1963&date_dd_to_range=20&date_mm_to_range=02&date_yyyy_to_range=1963&date_dd_from_precise=19&date_mm_from_precise=02&date_yyyy_from_precise=1963&isDateSearch=false&dateSearchType=range&refineQuerykeywordText= |title=The Times Archive |access-date=2008-09-09 |publisher=Times Newspapers Ltd. |date=1963-02-19 | location=London}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Leicester City and Manchester United came through the semi-final round to meet at Wembley.
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|time= 15:00
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|attendance=65,000
|referee= George McCabe, Sheffield }}
=Final=
{{main article|1963 FA Cup Final}}
The final was played on 25 May 1963 at Wembley Stadium. Manchester United defeated Leicester City 3–1, with goals by Denis Law and David Herd (2). Ken Keyworth scored the Foxes' goal.
==Match details==
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Herd {{goal|57}} {{goal|85}}
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References
;General
- [http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/Archive/ The FA Cup Archive] at TheFA.com
- [https://www.soccerbase.com/tournaments/tournament.sd?tourn_id=660 English FA Cup 1962/63] at Soccerbase
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150402161438/http://footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/LeagueTables/Season1962-63/F.A.Cup1962-63.html F.A. Cup results 1962/63] at Footballsite
;Specific
{{Reflist|2}}
{{FA Cup Seasons}}
{{1962–63 in English football}}
{{1962–63 in European football (UEFA)}}
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