jesse lingard scored the winning goal in last seasons fa cup final.
jesse lingard scored the winning goal in last seasons fa cup final.
who scored the winning goal in last seasons fa cup final?
jesse lingard
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brook played in consecutive fa cup finals in the mid-1930s, collecting a winners medal on the second occasion. in the 1933 fa cup final he was part of the manchester city team that was defeated three goals to nil by everton, who were captained by his england teammate dixie dean. the everton team also included former city player tommy johnson. brook was in fine form in that year's competition, scoring two against walsall in the fourth round and a hat-trick against bolton wanderers in the fifth round. in the semi-final against derby county he set up two goals in a 3–2 victory. for the first goal, he 'beat international full-back cooper and centred for right winger toseland to score from close range'. he then 'lobbed beautifully for tilson to run between two defenders and head the second brook was the first player to wear the number 12 shirt in an fa cup final as everton wore 1–11 and city wore 12–22. in the 1934 fa cup final brook set up the winning goal, which was scored by his friend fred tilson, to earn city a 2–1 victory over portsmouth. brook had scored a 'wonder goal' in front of a record crowd of 84,569 against stoke city in the sixth round of that year's competition. according to gary james, 'many fans from the 1930s claimed it was the greatest city goal ever scored at maine road'. the fa cup winning city team included goalkeeper frank swift and left half jackie bray, who would both emulate brook by going on to appear for england.
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