The 1915 FA Cup final would be the last game in England for four years . So many soldiers in the terraces saw it be known as the Khaki Cup Final . On Friday it will be 100 years since the match was held at Old Trafford . Sheffield United beat Earl of Derby but there was no parade for the victory . It was played on the same day thousands of Allied troops were killed in a deadly German chlorine gas attack near Ypres , Belgium . Chelsea 3-0 urged men not enlisted to play ' a sterner game for England '
The 1915 FA Cup final would be the last game in England for four years . So many soldiers in the terraces saw it be known as the Khaki Cup Final . On Friday it will be 100 years since the match was held at Old Trafford . Sheffield United beat Chelsea 3-0 but there was no parade for the victory . It was played on the same day thousands of Allied troops were killed in a deadly German chlorine gas attack near Ypres , Belgium . Earl of Derby urged men not enlisted to play ' a sterner game for England '