▁final . ▁It ▁was ▁cont ested ▁by ▁Bar ns ley ▁and ▁West ▁B rom wich ▁Alb ion . ▁It ▁took ▁two ▁matches ▁to ▁determine ▁a ▁winner . ▁The ▁first ▁took ▁place ▁at ▁Cry stal ▁Palace ▁on ▁ 2 0 ▁April ▁ 1 9 1 2 ▁and ▁the ▁second ▁on ▁ 2 4 ▁April ▁at ▁Br am all ▁Lane . ▁ ▁Road ▁to ▁the ▁Final ▁ ▁Match ▁programme ▁The ▁programme ▁showed ▁that ▁both ▁teams ▁played ▁a ▁ 2 – 3 – 5 ▁formation . ▁ ▁Match ▁summary ▁ ▁The ▁crowd ▁that ▁assemble d ▁to ▁watch ▁the ▁ 1 9 1 2 ▁FA ▁Cup ▁Final ▁was ▁some ▁ 1 5 – 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁smaller ▁than ▁previous ▁years ▁but ▁they ▁still ▁filled ▁the ▁ground ▁and ▁there ▁was ▁little ▁spare ▁space . ▁ ▁Some ▁spect ators ▁took ▁to ▁the ▁trees ▁around ▁the ▁ground ▁and ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁W BA ▁supp or ters ▁tried ▁to ▁launch ▁a ▁blue ▁and ▁white ▁strip ed ▁hot ▁air ▁ball on ▁but ▁it ▁burn ed ▁before ▁it ▁left ▁the ▁ground . ▁This ▁failed ▁st unt ▁became ▁a ▁met ap hor ▁for ▁a ▁game ▁that ▁also ▁failed ▁to ▁rise ▁to ▁meet ▁the ▁spect ators ▁expect ations . ▁ ▁Bar ns ley ▁did ▁not ▁play ▁an ▁exc iting ▁game ▁of ▁football ; ▁re lying ▁on ▁their ▁half ▁back s ▁to ▁run ▁alongside ▁the ▁W BA ▁for wards ▁making ▁the ▁W BA ▁game ▁of ▁pass ▁and ▁return ▁between ▁their ▁for wards ▁and ▁half ▁back s ▁too ▁dangerous . ▁Bar ns ley ▁then