1928 Welsh Cup Final

1928 Football Association of Wales Challenge Cup Final

Event

1927–28 Welsh Cup

Cardiff City	Bangor City

2	0

Date

2 May 1928

Venue

G Petrie (Holywell)

Attendance

12,000

The 1928 Welsh Cup Final, the 47th in the competition, was contested by Bangor and Cardiff City at Farrar Road Stadium, Bangor. Cardiff won 2–0.

Route to the final

Round	Opposition	Score	Venue
Fifth Round	Oswestry Town	1–7	Park Hall (a)
Sixth Round	Swansea Town	1–0	Ninian Park (h)
Semi-finals	Rhyl	2–2	Racecourse Ground (n)
Replay	Rhyl	2–0	Gay Meadow (n)

Round	Opposition	Score	Venue
Third Round	Flint Town	1–1	Cae-y-Castell (a)
Replay	Flint Town	4–1	Farrar Road Stadium (h)
Fourth Round	Buckley	3–0	Farrar Road Stadium (h)
Fifth Round	Connah's Quay	3–0	Farrar Road Stadium (h)
Sixth Round	Aberdare Athletic	1–1	Aberdare Athletic Ground (a)
Replay	Aberdare Athletic	7–3	Farrar Road Stadium (h)
Semi-final	Merthyr Town	2–2	Llanelian Road (n)
Replay	Merthyr Town	2–0	Park Hall (n)

Bangor City started their campaign away to Flint Town. After a 1–1 draw, Bangor replayed them at Farrar Road Stadium, where Bangor won 4–1.

In two more home games in the Fourth and Fifth rounds, Bangor saw off both Buckley and Connah's Quay by 3–0.

For the Sixth round, Bangor travelled south to former Football League and Southern League team Aberdare Athletic. After a 1–1 draw Aberdare lost 7–3 at Farrar Road.

In the Semi-final, Bangor faced Football League Division Three South members Merthyr Town at Colwyn Bay. A 2–2 meant a replay at Oswestry where Bangor progressed to the final after a 2–0 win.

2 May 1928
15:30

Cardiff City	2 – 0	Bangor
Hughie Ferguson ?', ?'	Report

Farrar Road Stadium, Bangor
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: G Petrie (Holywell)

Cardiff City^[1]

Bangor City^[2]

MATCH RULES

Garland, Ian (1991). The History of the Welsh Cup 1877-1993. Bridge Books. ISBN 1-872424-37-6.

↑ Cardiff City - Historical Football Kits
↑ The History of the Welsh Cup 1877-1993 by Ian Garland (1991) ISBN 1-872424-37-6

1927–28 in European football

« 1926–27 1928–29 »

Domestic leagues	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia '27 '28 Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '27 '28 Italy Latvia '27 '28 Lithuania '27 '28 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Poland '27 '28 Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia '27 '28

Domestic cups	Austria England France Hungary Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '27 '28 Palestine Portugal Republic of Ireland Scotland Spain '27 '28 Switzerland Wales

Cardiff City F.C. matches

FA Cup Finals	1925 1927 2008

League Cup Final	2012

FA Charity Shield	1927

Football League play-off Finals	2003 Second Division 2010 Championship

Welsh Cup Finals	1912 1920 1922 1923 1927 1928 1930 1956 1959 1964 1965 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1973 1974 1976 1988 1992 1993

FAW Premier Cup Final	2002

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/9/2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.