FA Cup 1st Round – Margate v Swansea City, November 18th, 1972

MARGATE 1 (Ken Jones)
SWANSEA CITY 0

Saturday 18th November 1972
FA Cup 1st Round – Hartsdown Park, Margate
Attendance: 3,014

Having beaten Isthmian League amateur outfit Sutton United in the Fourth Qualifying Round, Margate took on Third Division Swansea City in the First Round Proper. The Swans were bottom of the Third Division at the time and had just appointed former Manchester United goalkeeper Harry Gregg as their manager. The Swansea team featured five full Welsh internationals. It was 0-0 at half-time and four minutes into the second half midfielder Ken Jones headed what turned out to be the only goal of the game. The Swansea side featured Alan Curtis who played for the club in the old First Division some ten years later following the Swans’ meteoric rise through the Football League.

MARGATE: Chic Brodie, Ray Summers, Alan Butterfield (Colin Clewlow), Ken Jones, David Paton, Davie Houston, John Baber, Eddie Clayton, Pat Ferry, Barry Brown, Norman Fusco

SWANSEA CITY: Tony Millington, Glen Davies, Tony Screen, Geoff Thomas, Wyn Evans, Keith Evans (Ronnie Rees), Peter Jones, Alan Curtis, Herbie Williams, Dave Gwyther, Brian Evans

Match Programme

A ticket for the game

The Daily Mirror’s match preview

Match Action photos

The Thanet Times’ match report

National press match reports

Ken Jones and Eddie Clayton celebrate