Royal Family Sees Arsenal Gunners Win Soccer Title, Daily Racing Form, 1950-05-01

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Royal Family Sees Arsenal Gunners Win Soccer Title LONDON, England, April 29. UP.— The Arsenal Gunners won the Football Association Cup, Britains most coveted soccer trophy, by beating Liverpool 2 to 0 today before a crowd of 100,000, including the Royal Family, at Wembley Stadium. Lewis, Arsenals inside left, scored both goals, one in the first half and one in the second, to give the London team its third victory in six appearances in the cup final. Liverpool had beaten Arsenal twice in regular British soccer league games during the 1949-50 season but the Northern Eng. land booters were no match for the Gunners in todays drizzling rain.


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