{"id":142539,"date":"2020-05-02T15:45:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T13:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2020\/05\/02\/blackpool-v-bolton-wanderers-1953-fa-cup-final-live\/"},"modified":"2020-05-02T15:45:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T13:45:08","slug":"blackpool-v-bolton-wanderers-1953-fa-cup-final-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=142539","title":{"rendered":"Blackpool v Bolton Wanderers: 1953 FA Cup final \u2013 live!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Retro MBM updates from a classic Wembley showpieceAs it happened: our as-live reboots of classic eventsAnd send your thoughts to Scott by email here 2.45pm BST Congratulations to Arsenal, incidentally. The Gunners won the Football League First Division last night in dramatic circumstances, coming from behind to beat Burnley 3-2, a result that meant they pipped Tom Finney\u2019s Preston North End on goal average &#8230; by 0.099 of a goal. A thin line between success and misery. After the celebrations, Arsenal\u2019s regal defender Joe Mercer stood on the steps of Highbury to announce his retirement. Out at the very top, with trademark exquisite timing. Don\u2019t change your mind, Joe, no good can come of it. But what an end to the title race! If we\u2019re served up anything half as exciting today, we\u2019ll be doing very well indeed. Like we said, lads, no pressure to deliver. 2.35pm BST Only the second half of the final will be broadcast live on the radio. The BBC had asked the FA for permission to cover the whole lot on the Light Programme, but were denied for some reason not totally clear. It\u2019s all on the World Service, though. The entire game will also be broadcast on the BBC Television Service. A record audience is expected, as sales and rentals of television sets have sky-rocketed ahead of the Queen\u2019s upcoming coronation in exactly one month\u2019s time. Here\u2019s hoping the lads put on a show. No pressure. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/live\/2020\/may\/02\/blackpool-v-bolton-wanderers-1953-fa-cup-final-live\" target=\"_blank\">Blackpool v Bolton Wanderers: 1953 FA Cup final \u2013 live!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retro MBM updates from a classic Wembley showpieceAs it happened: our as-live reboots of classic eventsAnd send your thoughts to Scott by email here 2.45pm BST Congratulations to Arsenal, incidentally. The Gunners won the Football League First Division last night in dramatic circumstances, coming from behind to beat Burnley 3-2, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142539\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}