On this day (18 April) in 1903 Bury Football Club won the FA Cup by defeating Derby County by a record 6-0 scoreline (this was equalled by Manchester City’s FAC final victory over Watford in 2019). It may surprise some to know that Bury was the first team in the wider Manchester region to find major trophy success and that this was their second FA Cup. They had first won the competition in 1900, defeating Southampton 4-0 in the final. This means they’d won the FA Cup twice before either Manchester City or Manchester United (and many other modern day giants) had got to a final.
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