Fa Cup 6th Round - Arsenal V. Blackpool (1953)

Highbury, London. Arsenal V Blackpool in FA Cup - 6th Round. Blackpool win 2-1. SV. Arsenal in unfamiliar striped jerseys take football field. SV. Pan, packed crowd. SV. Blackpool kick-off. GV. General play into an Arsenal raid. SV. Jimmie Logie tricking with ball. He passes to Pete Goring, Goring passes it back for Don Roper to fire in a shot, Farm picks it out of the air neatly. SV. Crowd applauding. LV. Blackpool attacking. Ball out to Stanley Matthews. CU. Boys in crowd. SV. Matthews dribbles past two Arsenal defenders before centring. LV. Ball tossing in goalmouth. William Perry runs in, slices his shot with only goalie to beat and Arsenal clear. SV. Crowd applauding. LV. Blackpool attacking. SV. Ball to Brown, but Daniels intercepts, neatly dribbles round Alan Brown and clears upfield. LV. Arsenal attacking, D Lishman centres. SV. Cliff Holton bundles Farm off ball. Ball runs loose, but Harry Johnston is on the goal line to breast clear an Arsenal shot. STV. Crowd. (HALF TIME) LV. Arsenal at
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