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The 1911 Football Association cup final saw Bradford City take on holders
Newcastle United at Crystal Palace on 22 April, and finished in a 0-0
draw. The replay followed four days later at Old Trafford on 26 April and
was won by Bradford 1-0, with the single goal scored by Jimmy Speirs. The crowd
was 58,000 strong, packed in to the newly built Manchester stadium.
The entrance of the two teams is filmed head on and highlights from rest of
the match are filmed at an angle from the edge of the pitch. The filming is
lively and a considerable improvement on the earliest football films such as
those of Mitchell and Kenyon, demonstrating the increasing professionalisation
of the newsreel business even in its earliest years.
Bryony Dixon
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Complete film (3:39)
