FA Cup 2nd Round – Gateshead v Margate, December 10th, 1932

GATESHEAD 5 (Robert Kennedy 4 & Jack Ranson)

MARGATE 2 (Bill Harris & Billy Mays)

Saturday 10th December 1932
FA Cup 2nd Round – Redheugh Park
Attendance: 11,491

After beating Ryde Sports from the Isle of Wight 5-0 in the 1st Round Proper, Margate made the long trek to Third Division (North) outfit Gateshead in the 2nd Round and a first-minute goal from former Gateshead player Bill Harris gave them the perfect start. The prolific Billy Mays put Margate 2-0 up six minutes later and there was no further scoring in the first half but, after losing captain George Evans to a thigh injury shortly after the restart, Margate eventually crumbled. After 70 minutes, Gateshead were level and they added three more goals before the end, two of them in the last three minutes, to give the scoreline a lopsided look.

GATESHEAD: Cyril Newton; William O’Donnell, Bob Turnbull; George Neilson, John Scott, Daniel Brannigan; Thomas Charlton, Billy Welsh, Jack Ranson, Robert Kennedy and Borland

MARGATE: Stewart Dobbin; Gerald Tyler, Jack Moran; George Evans, Alec Sheffield, Len Hughes; Don Thompson, Bill Harris, Billy Mays, Nick Collins and Tom Baxter

An advert for the proposed train to the match.

An Isle of Thanet Gazette article ahead of the match.

Conformation that the train was going to run.

The Gazette’s match preview.

The match report

A look back at the day