The Cup Final - Manchester City 3 V. Birmingham 1 (1956)

Wembley Stadium, London. GV. Massed crowds (title super over). Start of the FA (Football Association) Cup final match between Manchester City and Birmingham City. LV. Teams coming onto field walking side by side with the captains leading them. SV Towards and past, the two teams being led by their captains Len Boyd and Roy Paul. Manchester City players wear dark shirts with stripes and white shorts. Birmingham players wear white shirts and black shorts. GV. Massed crowds. SV. Queen Elizabeth II arriving in royal box. She arrives and turns round and faces crowd. SV. Len Boyd of Birmingham flicking the coin in the middle of the pitch with referee standing between him and Paul. Birmingham wins the toss. GV. Massed crowd waving. LV. Manchester City kicks off in the dark shirts and white shorts. General tussle in midfield. Ball goes to Peter Murphy who starts attack down the left wing. LV. Birmingham man with the ball, shoots straight into Bert Trautmann’s arms. Trautmann runs with the ball and kicks up field. C
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