1958 FA Cup Final was contested on 3 May 1958 by Bolton Wanderers and Manchester United at Wembley Stadium , London , in front of a crowd of almost 100,000 . The referee was J. Sherlock . Bolton won 2 – 0 , with a double by Nat Lofthouse , who scored the goals in the 3rd and 55th minutes . United , who had lost the previous final to Aston Villa , had been decimated three months earlier in the Munich air disaster , and fielded only four crash survivors , along with several newcomers . Just two players featured in the United side from the previous year 's final ; six of them were among the dead ( along with two others who had not played ) , two were injured to such an extent that they never played again , while another had not yet fully recovered from his injuries
Munich air disaster
Munich air disaster
1958 FA Cup Final