Matthews Cup special: Watch our Sir Stanley interview

Friday 03 Jan 2014
Sir Stanley Matthews during his time with Blackpool.

The FA Cup Third Round draw pulled out one of the competition's classic ties this season, with Bolton Wanderers hosting Blackpool at the Reebok Stadium on Saturday.

It's a repeat of The Cup Final of 1953, when the two Lancashire clubs met at Wembley in what became known as the Matthews Final due to the part played for Blackpool by the legendary wing wizard.

 

Bolton Wanderers v Blackpool

The FA Cup with Budweiser
Third Round Proper
3pm, Saturday 4 January 2014
The Reebok Stadium 
Winners receive £67,500

 

 

At the age of 38, Matthews was the star of the show as he inspired Blackpool to come back from being 3-1 down to win the game by 4-3.

Whilst it was team-mate Stan Mortensen who scored a hat-trick, it was Matthews who proved the catalyst with some fantastic wing-play which left even Bolton's Nat Lofthouse applauding his work.

And you can now watch our special interview with Sir Stanley Matthews in the video player above, as he looks back on his career and that Cup Final.

By FA Staff