'The Burnley players were on the pitch but their opponents, Blackburn Rovers, were refereed by Sheffield's notorious J.C. Clegg, who was also a posturing senior FA official.

'Obviously, he didn't want to be cold in the cold, so he warned Blackburn that he was going to blow the game in two minutes, in fact he waited four minutes, but even so, the number of Blackburn Rovers players who returned to the pitch was not full, and soon the players' tempers came up again.

'The two players who had trouble in the first half were sent off for a big fight, but then something even more outrageous happened.

"Except for goalkeeper Herbie? With the exception of Arthur, all the Blackburn players left the pitch and the referee decided that his previous decision to play with more than six men on the pitch was correct, so the game should continue even though there was only one player left on the pitch for Blackburn. ”

"The game then turned into a battle between Burnley's entire team and the opposing goalkeeper Herbie. Arthur was at the end of an extraordinary career with Blackburn, joining Blackburn Rovers as a right midfielder in 1880, and when the goalkeeper position became vacant and there was no clear replacement, Herbie, who was still a reserve player, offered to go to goal. ”

"In the mid-1980s, he was instrumental in Blackburn's three successive FA Cup triumphs (1884-1886) and became an international player in England."

"But unlike most Rangers professionals, Herbie has always been an amateur, and in the winter of 1891 came Herbie's biggest test."

Burnley restarted the game and everyone came to siege the gate guarded by Herbie, who shouted: "Offside, offside!" "The referee ruled that the Burnley players were indeed offside, and the rest of the game was a waste of time, because of the fear of being offside, none of the Burnley players could come up and grab the ball, Herbie? Arthur began to slow his way with the ball and stalled for time, and finally the referee couldn't take it anymore and called the game off. ”

'The Lakeburn Rovers apologised after the game, explaining that the players were so frozen by the cold that they could not continue to play, and two weeks later, Herbie was awarded an additional bonus against Sunderland.

The game had already begun, the two sides were testing each other, the scene was very flat, Cahill looked at this and turned his head and continued: "There is another thing, in March 1892 London as Aston? When Villa reached the 1892 FA Cup final, the best player in the team was 27-year-old Jimmy? Warner. ”

'He's a skilled, trusted goalkeeper and he's one of the oldest players in the squad.

'A lot of people think it was his excellent defence that led Villa to win the FA Cup five years ago.

"On this occasion in 1892, Villa were considered by bookmakers to be the most likely team to win the FA Cup again at 7 to 4...... However, to the surprise of those who bet, Jimmy? Werner staged the most outrageous scene of his career in this match. ”

'Villa's advantage in the FA Cup final is evident from their league record.

"At the time, the Villa team was in the midst of a sprint to the league title, and their opponents, Siboo? Romwich Albion, however, are struggling in the relegation zone. ”

"A week before the semi-finals, the Villa team showed their quality against Accrington. In that match, they won 12-2. ”

"The whole team then went to Holt Fleet for a special training session, which included running sessions, bathing in the sea at Droitvic and some football practice every afternoon."

"Even when it snowed on Tuesday, they didn't rest, and the coaches had the idea to continue preparing for the game with their players under a fence about 70 yards long."

"However, during the week of preparation, some people noticed that Jimmy? Something was wrong with Werner, and it wasn't his team-mates, the fans, or even the media who noticed his unusual behaviour, but the management of the Villa club who had been monitoring the goalkeeper. ”

"It was said that Werner could not complete the same amount of training as his team-mates in the allotted time; In addition, he seems to prefer to spend time with someone the club dislikes rather than with his team-mates, and Werner's meeting with this person at Holt Fleet has in fact been grossly against the club's wishes. ”

"On the day of the FA Cup final, around 30,000 fans flocked to the Kennington Oval, with some even climbing onto large gas tanks to watch the game, despite the danger."

'Most people thought that in theory, Aston Villa would win big and that wasn't the case. Jasper of Romwich Island? Geddes scored a spinning ball in the team's first attack. ”

'Werner had already saved the ball, but it seemed to slip out of his hand and they seized the opportunity to shoot the ball into the net with Albion's first goal just three minutes from the break.

'Werner's save mistake was hailed as a terrible mistake by the media after the game, but later on, when people saw Villa frantically attacking the opposition goal, everyone thought that the mistake would not be a big deal for Villa to win the final victory.

"Soon, Jimmy? Cowan then fired a free-kick straight into the net, but according to the rules of the game, the goal was invalidated because the free-kick had not been touched by anyone before it went into the net. ”

"For the next 20 minutes, the Villa team took advantage of the wind to control the situation on the field."

"At this point, Jimmy? Werner was once again the centre of attention, and after he got off the ball, Nichols quickly followed up and slotted the ball into the back of the net again. ”

"The half-time whistle blew, Sibb? Romwich Albion blocked the wind to help their opponents and withstood the huge difference in strength to end the first half with a 2-0 lead. ”

"In the 55th minute of the game, Siboo? Romwich Albion's "bald-headed" Reynolds scored another goal with a powerful shot from 40 yards, and Werner, who was already on the attack, could only watch the football go into the net. ”

"Sibu? Romwich Albion led 3-0 and although Aston Villa controlled the game for the remainder of the game, they did not score a point until the end. ”

"After the game, the reporters described Jimmy with a poor performance? Werner's performance, meanwhile, Villa fans also analysed the reasons for the defeat and drew their own conclusions. ”

The finger was pointed at the old college pub in Spring Hill, where Werner was the owner, and that night, fans smashed all the glass in the tavern to vent their anger at Jimmy? Werner's dissatisfaction with poor performance. ”

'Over the next few days, rumours swirled and rumours spread across the streets that Werner had lost a fortune in a gamble on a big sporting event and that the goalkeeper had to lose the FA Cup final to make up for it.

Werner vehemently denied the claim, saying he had made an 18-2 bet on Villa to win against Siboo? Romwich Albion even bet £100 that their opponents couldn't score, so how could he deliberately lose the game at the risk of a major setback to his career, his wife being abused by hooligans on the street, and his tavern being smashed? ”

"If someone says I lost on purpose, then please show the evidence, otherwise if necessary, I will fight back against those who blame and insult me."

'On the second Wednesday after this game, a few days before a big game between Villa and Sunderland, Werner disappeared from the training ground.

"At this time, another rumor spread, rumor that Werner had eloped with a waitress at the tavern with a week's income."

'With the use of a substitute goalkeeper, Villa lost at Sunderland and finished fourth at the end of the season, before they lost 2-0 to Sib in the Birmingham Cup semi-finals? Team Romwich Albion. ”

"This losing FA Cup final became Jimmy? Werner's final game for Aston Villa. The following season, he played for a time for Newton Sith (later Manchester United). No doubt he was relieved that not every newspaper had been holding on to his poor performance in that final. ”

'Of course, he did make a big mistake when dealing with the opposition's shots.

One journalist said: "However, I would prefer the other point of view, which is that the players at the back of the Villa team were unable to stop the attack of the Romwich Albion forwards, so Werner did not have the strong support of his team-mates as he used to, so he was out of shape. ”