 Following the match Wake was chastised in the Welsh media with headlines such as "Wake Not Awake" on newspapers across the country and it took several years for him to live down his mistake.He went on to reach a second final for Cardiff two years later in 1927 when they went on to win the match 1–0 against Arsenal.Wake scored one of Cardiff's goals in a 3–0 semi-final win over Reading however he went on to miss the final as he suffered damage to his kidneys in a 3–2 win against Sheffield Wednesday in a league match.