Manchester City v Birmingham City, 05 May 1956

Score3-1 to Manchester City
RefereeAlfred Bond
CompetitionFA Cup Final
VenueWembley Stadium
Attendance100,000
Kick Off: 15:00 BST

3 Manchester City

Manager: Les McDowell

1 Birmingham City

Manager: Arthur Turner

Goals:

Joe Hayes 3 G
Bobby Johnstone 62 G
Jack Dyson 64 G

Goals:

Noel Kinsey 15 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Bert Trautmann
Full back Bill Leivers
Full back Roy Little
Centre half Dave Ewing
Wing half Ken Barnes
Wing half Roy Paul
Outside Left Roy Clarke
Inside forward Jack Dyson
Inside forward Joe Hayes
Inside forward Bobby Johnstone
Inside forward Don Revie

Starting lineup:

Gil Merrick Goalkeeper
Trevor Smith Defender/Centre back
Ken Green Full back
Jeff Hall Full back
Gordon Astall Midfielder
Len Boyd Wing half
Johnny Newman Wing half
Alex Govan Outside Left
Eddy Brown Centre forward
Peter Murphy Forward
Noel Kinsey Inside forward

3 Manchester City

Manager: Les McDowell

Goals:

Joe Hayes 3 G
Bobby Johnstone 62 G
Jack Dyson 64 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Bert Trautmann
Full back Bill Leivers
Full back Roy Little
Centre half Dave Ewing
Wing half Ken Barnes
Wing half Roy Paul
Outside Left Roy Clarke
Inside forward Jack Dyson
Inside forward Joe Hayes
Inside forward Bobby Johnstone
Inside forward Don Revie

1 Birmingham City

Manager: Arthur Turner

Goals:

Noel Kinsey 15 G

Starting lineup:

Gil Merrick Goalkeeper
Trevor Smith Defender/Centre back
Ken Green Full back
Jeff Hall Full back
Gordon Astall Midfielder
Len Boyd Wing half
Johnny Newman Wing half
Alex Govan Outside Left
Eddy Brown Centre forward
Peter Murphy Forward
Noel Kinsey Inside forward