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The 1956 FA Cup final was the final match of the 1955-56 staging of English football 's primary cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, better known as the FA Cup. The showpiece event was contested between Manchester City and Birmingham City at Wembley Stadium in London on Saturday 5 May 1956.


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The 1956 FA Cup Final is simply put- The Trautmann Final. Manchester City edged to a 3:1 win over Birmingham City at Wembley Stadium in front of 100,000 spectators. This was actually Manchester City's 6th appearance in the FA Cup Final, a fact which is often overlooked. City had been beaten in 1926, 1933 and the year before in1955.


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The 1956 FA Cup final was the final match of the 1955-56 staging of English football's primary cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, better known as the FA Cup. The showpiece event was contested between Manchester City and Birmingham City at Wembley Stadium in London on Saturday 5 May 1956. Two-time winners Manchester City were appearing in their sixth final, whereas.


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The FA Cup 1955-56 is the 75th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down the English football league system meant that the competition started with a number of preliminary and qualifying rounds.


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In the 1956 FA Cup final, Bert Trautmann broke his neck Trautmann spent his entire playing career in England Trautmann was awarded the OBE in 2004 Jayanta Oinam He fought on both Western and.


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The 1956-57 FA Cup was the 76th staging of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Aston Villa won the competition, beating Manchester United 2-1 in the final at Wembley, London .


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Manchester City goalkeeper, Bert Trautmann, dives at the feet of The Birmingham City's Peter Murphy during the 1956 FA Cup Final at Wembley. Trautmann, who was a German soldier and prisoner of war during World War 2, broke his neck during a dive against Murphy - but continued to play for the last 17 minutes of the game, helping Manchester.


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Archive footage of the 1956 FA Cup final at Wembley, when German goalkeeper Bert Trautmann breaks his neck -- and plays on. Manchester City eventually beat B.


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City 3 Birmingham City 1, 5 May 1956. Les McDowall led City to their third FA Cup trophy after beating Birmingham in front of 100,000 spectators at Wembley. Similar to 1934, the Blues had lost the final the previous season and bounced back in excellent style at the national stadium. City took an early lead through Joe Hayes, but the advantage.


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The first edition of Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup) was held in the 1871-1872 season and was contested by twelve British teams (several teams would refrain by the cause of travelling costs). The first FA Cup matches ever, four on the same day, were played on 11 November 1871.


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Beaten FA Cup semi-finalists the season before, top-flight Sunderland set off down the road to Wembley once more in 1956. Third Division South club Norwich City were the visitors to Roker Park for.

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