Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley: 1962 FA Cup Final: ‘The Chessboard Final’ | British Pathé

The FA Cup (The Football Association Challenge Cup) Final in 1962 took place in Wembley Stadium with an epic battle between Tottenham Hotspur and Burnley. The match was dubbed as ‘The Chessboard Final’ because both teams keenly focused on strategy. In the end, Hotspur defeated Burnley 3 to 1.

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(FILM ID: 1703.19)

This is a colour item.

Title reads: "The Cup Final".

Wembley, London.

Football Association FA Cup final between Tottenham Hotspur and Burnley. Various L/Ss of crowded stadium, natural sound of crowd singing "Pack Up Your Troubles" and "Glory, Glory Hallelujah". Man in white suit conducts. Crowd then cheers. M/S arrival of Queen Elizabeth II in Royal Box.

L/S teams walking onto pitch. C/U section of team. M/S referee shaking hands with captains (Danny Blanchflower for Spurs, Jimmy Adamson for Burnley) before tossing coin. L/S kick off. Various shots of match. Jimmy Greaves scores for Spurs in first three minutes. More shots match. Burnley almost scores but goalie catches it. More shots match, intercut with shots of crowd and great shots goalkeepers making saves.

Half time - various shots guardsmen's marching band (natural sound). M/S teams coming back onto field. More shots of match. Gordon Harris scores for Burnley - equalising. Bobby Smith scores second goal for Spurs that with a penalty scored by Blanchflower, makes final score 3-1 to Spurs.

Spurs skipper Blanchflower collects trophy cup from Queen. Skipper Adamson leads Burnley team to collect runner-up medals. Various shots Spurs plays holding cup up to crowd and doing lap of honour. Various shots Spurs players in dressing rooms, drinking champagne from trophy cup.

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