Wembley 1983 FA Cup Final vs Manchester United

In Their Own Story

The match kicked off at 15:00 in front of 84,814 fans. In the 30th minute, Alejandro Garnacho opened the scoring for United after a mistake at the back as Joško Gvardiol looked to head a deep pass from Diogo Dalot back to goalkeeper Stefan Ortega, who had come off his line too far, enabling Garnacho to pass into an empty net. In the 39th minute, Kobbie Mainoo burst into the penalty area and scored to double United's lead after a pass from Bruno Fernandes. In the 55th minute, substitute Jérémy Doku played a pass into the penalty area which fell to Erling Haaland, who struck the ball off the crossbar. With three minutes to play, Doku received the ball on the left-hand side and shot from just outside the penalty area into the bottom left-hand corner to pull one back. However, United held on after seven minutes of stoppage time and the match ended 2–1 in their favour.

Did You Know?

• This was the first FA Cup final to feature the same teams in consecutive seasons since 1885.
• Manchester United won their 13th FA Cup title with this victory.
• As winners, Manchester United qualified for the league phase of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League.
• Manchester United became the fifth club, and the first since City in 2019, to win both the men's and women's FA Cup in the same season.
• The match was a repeat of the previous final, which City won 2–1.