The 1880 FA Cup Final was contested by Clapham Rovers and Oxford University at the Kennington Oval. Clapham Rovers won 1–0, the only goal being scored by Clopton Lloyd-Jones.
The Final
Teams
In Fiction
This match was subject of a spoof anecdote, written in 2006 by journalist John Walsh as a guest editor of a charity issue of The Independent in a list of five "least successful guest-star interventions in history", in which Oscar Wilde was a guest player on the Oxford team, but demurred from a chance to score at the last minute.[1] The anecdotes are purely comedy fiction. Wilde was known for a disdain of 'manly sports' (apart from occasional boxing at university).[2]
References
- ↑ [1] The Independent, Thursday 16 May 2006; Tales of the City, by John Walsh. The other anecdotes involved Bob Dylan, Groucho Marx, Philip Larkin and Margaret Thatcher.
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