00:05Is it really going to be the final of the century?
00:08That is the question on the lips of the 100,000 enthusiasts packing Wembley Stadium.
00:30Is it really going to be the final of the century?
01:07Is it really going to be the final of the century?
01:30A cherry red ensemble very much taking the eye.
01:38Now these two great teams come onto the field in a calm, almost formal way, which is part
01:43of cup final tradition.
01:45Spurs confident of retaining the cup, Burnley all out to foil them.
01:52The referee R.J.
01:53Finney calls the captains together.
01:55Danny Blanchflower on the left and Footballer of the Year Jimmy Adamson.
01:59And Jimmy performs a captain's duty by winning the toss.
02:02Though at Wembley on a calm day, that's not much advantage.
02:05The game is on.
02:06The match with 22 players, all of a higher standard.
02:19What a dramatic start.
02:21The game is only three minutes old when, from the head of Bobby Smith, the ball is at the
02:24magic feet of Jimmy Greaves.
02:26He half loses control, regains it and flashes it into the net.
02:54Spurs are stimulated by their early goal, trying not to let the Burnley defenders get over
02:58the shot, already the final is fulfilling its promise.
03:01It's quality football the teams are producing on this historic turf.
03:20As the first half progresses, both goals have narrow escapes.
03:24The brilliant forwards of each team make dangerous attacks.
03:26But get the ball into the net, they cannot.
03:5345 minutes of some of the best play Wembley's ever seen pass all too quickly.
03:57And still, there's no further score when it's half-time.
04:00Spurs lead 1-0.
04:22Again, the teams come onto the field.
04:24Spurs on the right.
04:25Only one goal down, Burnley have no reason to be despondent.
04:30This time, the Lancastrians kick off.
04:32Straight away, getting into their stride with the cultivated football they were playing in
04:36the closing minutes of the first half.
04:38And dramatically, as the game opened, so the second half begins.
04:46Slow motion lays bare action which was almost too quick for the normal eye to follow.
04:51Burnley left winger Gorton Harris passes to Jimmy Robson.
04:53Between Browns' feet, it's in the net.
04:58Burnley have drawn level.
05:00Now it's anybody's net.
05:13But the cheers of Burnley fans hardly die down when drama piles on drama.
05:18That superb player, John White, crosses the ball to the feet of Bobby Smith.
05:21Spurs have the lead again.
05:41Burnley show their class and fighting spirit by refusing to be downhearted by that Spurs goal.
05:45There are still 40 minutes of play left.
05:48More than time for them to equalise and then go on to win, if fate is kind.
05:52But there's no flagging on the side of Spurs.
05:54The lightning feet of Cliff Jones spell danger for Burnley.
05:57But this time, fortune favours the stars of Lancashire.
06:00And so it goes on.
06:01Brilliant play from which more goals could easily emerge at any moment.
06:25Only nine minutes of play remain now.
06:28Medwin's shot is handled by centre-half Cummings.
06:30Penalty against Burnley.
06:33Blanche Flower himself takes the kick.
06:41It seems that Spurs really have the game in the bag now.
06:443-1 in the lead and only a few minutes to go.
06:55It's all over.
06:56Spurs have won 3-1.
07:00For the second year running, Danny Blanche Flower has the honour to lead his cup-winning team up to the
07:04Royal Box.
07:05Her Majesty congratulates him, returning to the keeping of Tottenham Hotspur, the most coveted of all sporting trophies.
07:13So Spurs equal the record of Newcastle United, the only other club to win the cup twice running this century.
07:30There's royal sympathy for Jimmy Adamson and his men, perhaps the best team ever to lose the final.
07:35But it's Blanche Flower's moment, Spurs, as they display the cup to their wildly excited fans.
08:02In the dressing room, it's champagne all round.
08:05What a team these Spurs are.
08:07Fabulous last season as winners of the double, and now the cup is theirs again.
08:11A day to remember.
08:13Not even Cliff Jones ever thought he'd have a champagne shampoo.
08:17You can do it now.
08:18Come do it now.
08:18Yeah.
08:22A little Pis.
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