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1892 FA Cup Final
	West Bromwich Albion, winners
Event	1891–92 FA Cup
Date	19 March 1892
Venue	Kennington Oval, London
Referee	Charles Clegg
Attendance	32,710
Weather	Warm, Sunny and cloudless
	← 1891 1893 →

The 1892 FA Cup final was contested by West Bromwich Albion and Aston Villa at the Kennington Oval. This was the last FA Cup Final to be played at Kennington Oval due to the Surrey Cricket authorities becoming increasingly alarmed at the large crowds now being attracted to the main game in the footballing calendar.

Albions form throughout the league season had been erratic and Villa supporters felt that all they had to do was turn up and the cup was theirs for the taking.^[1] West Bromwich Albion won 3–0, with goals by Alfred Geddes, Sammy Nicholls and Jack Reynolds.

Villa began brightly on a warm, sunny day which helped swell the attendance to almost 33,000, but Albion had an early surprise in store and after just 4 minutes took the lead. Villa fought back hard but they found the Albion keeper Joe Reader in tremendous form. Albion then made it 2–0 on the 27 minute mark and 10 minutes into the 2nd half, Villa's last hopes disappeared when Albion went 3 up.

Albion defended resolutely to see out the game with a clean-sheet and return with the cup to their Stoney Lane home.^[2] This was the first FA Cup Final in which goal-nets were used.

Match details

19 March 1892	West Bromwich Albion	3–0	Aston Villa	The Oval, Kennington
	Reynolds Nicholls Geddes			Attendance: 32,710 Referee: Charles Clegg

W.B. Albion

Aston Villa



GK		Joe Reader
FB		Mark Nicholson
FB		Thomas McCulloch
HB		Jack Reynolds
HB		Charlie Perry
HB		Willie Groves
FW		Billy Bassett
FW		Roddy McLeod
FW		Sammy Nicholls
FW		Tom Pearson
FW		Alfred Geddes
Manager:
Louis Ford



GK		Jimmy Warner
FB		Gershom Cox
FB		Walter Evans
HB		Harry Devey
HB		James Cowan
HB		John Baird
FW		Charlie Athersmith
FW		Billy Dickson
FW		John Devey (c)
FW		Lewis Campbell
FW		Dennis Hodgetts
Manager:
George Ramsay

References

^ Taken from 'West Bromwich Albion: A Complete Record by Tony Matthews (1993)
^ West Bromwich Albion: A Complete Record by Tony Matthews (1993)

[1] Taken from 'West Bromwich Albion: A Complete Record by Tony Matthews (1993)

[2] West Bromwich Albion: A Complete Record by Tony Matthews (1993)

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FA Cup Finals	1886 1887 1888 1892 1895 1912 1931 1935 1954 1968
League Cup Finals	1966 1967 1970
FA Charity Shields	1920 1931 1954 1968
Football League play-off Finals	1993 Second Division 2007 Championship
Other matches	1888 World Championship 5–3 v Manchester United (1978) Len Cantello Testimonial Match (1979) Battle of Bramall Lane (2002)

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