On St George's Day, 23 April 1927, Cardiff met Arsenal in the 1927 FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. Despite having appeared in a final two years earlier, Cardiff were regarded as underdogs ahead of the match. In the 74th minute of the match, after collecting a throw from the right, Ferguson hurried a tame shot toward the Arsenal goal. Dan Lewis, the Arsenal goalkeeper, appeared to collect the ball but, under pressure from the advancing Len Davies, clumsily allowed the ball to roll through his grasp. In a desperate attempt to retrieve the ball Lewis only succeeded in knocking the ball with his elbow into his own net. Ernie Curtis, the 19-year-old Cardiff player who became the youngest player to appear in an FA Cup final at the time, said of the goal: