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title: "Aston Villa seal fifth FA Cup triumph with win over Sunderland on this day in 1913"
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# Aston Villa seal fifth FA Cup triumph with win over Sunderland on this day in 1913

On this day in 1913, [Aston Villa sealed their fifth FA Cup triumph with a 1-0 win over Sunderland](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pT3WmTJ5EQ). Charlie Wallace made amends for missing a penalty earlier in the game by whipping in a brilliant cross for Tommy Barber to head home at the Crystal Palace.

![](https://media.readastonvilla.com/readastonvilla/2021/04/20210419_213547-1024x745.jpg)

Brian Beard’s ‘Aston Villa On This Day – History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year’

Wallace reportedly locked himself in the toilet at half-time after missing the spot-kick, believed to be the first penalty awarded in a game, but he would go on to make a big impact in Villa’s favour after the break.

George Ramsey [started](https://www.11v11.com/matches/aston-villa-v-sunderland-19-april-1913-206523/) Sam Hardy, Tommy Lyons, Tommy Weston, Jim Harrop, Barber, Jimmy Leach, Harry Hampton, Joe Bache, Wallace, Harold Halse and Clem Stephenson against Villa’s greatest title rivals at the time – Sunderland won titles in 1891/92, 1892/93 1894/95 and 1901-02 while Villa won it in 1893/94, 1895/96, 1896/97, 1898-99, 1899/1900 and 1909/10.

The FA Cup final was [played in front of 121,000 people](https://rokerreport.sbnation.com/2018/3/6/17080320/sunderland-and-aston-villa-the-two-best-sides-in-england-do-battle-in-the-1913-fa-cup-final) and only once has that attendance record been broken. Villa came out on top for the fifth time in their history and would go on to win the trophy a further two times in the century that followed.