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The cup has been won by a non-English team once: Cardiff City in 1927. The current holders are Manchester United, who defeated local rivals Manchester City in the 2024 final for their thirteenth win. It marked the first time since the 1880s that the same teams took part in two consecutive FA Cup finals.
Biggest gap between two teams in an FA Cup match: 161 difference in rank between 8th-tier Marine and Premier League Tottenham Hotspur, Third round proper, 10 January 2021. [ 115 ] best run by a non league team since 1926 : Lincoln City Quarter-finals final in the 2016–17 FA Cup .
Biggest Cup Win: Halliwell Olive Grove: 17 January 1891 (FA Cup Round 1) 12-0 [2] Heaviest Cup Defeat: Blackburn Rovers: Kennington Oval: 29 March 1890 (FA Cup Final) 1–6 [2] Highest Home Attendance (all-time): Manchester City: Hillsborough Stadium: 17 February 1934 (FA Cup Round 5) 72,841 [3]
The Royal Engineers squad that played the first FA Cup final in 1872. On 20 July 1871, in the offices of The Sportsman newspaper, C. W. Alcock proposed to The Football Association committee that "it is desirable that a Challenge Cup should be established in connection with the Association for which all clubs belonging to the Association should be invited to compete".
The final of the 2012–13 FA Cup was the 132nd to be played since the tournament was first held in 1872. [1] Manchester City were making their tenth appearance in an FA Cup final since the club was founded in 1880. [4] They had won the cup five times (in 1904, 1934, 1956, 1969 and 2011) and were runners-up four times (1926, 1933, 1955 and 1981 ...
Record league win: 9–0 v Barrow, 10 October 1959 [F] Record FA Cup win: 7–0 v Clapham, 7 October 1905; v Luton Town, 16 January 1929; Record League Cup win: 8–0 v Southend United, 25 September 1990; Record European win: N/A; Record Friendly win: 13–1 v GAK Graz, 16 July 2014
Record Cup Win: 6–0 home v Leyton Orient, FA Cup 1st Round, 6 November 2016. Record Cup Defeat : 0–13 home v Bolton Wanderers , FA Cup 2nd Round, 1 February 1890 [ 1 ] Team
City's win came in the FA Cup semi-final, knocking United out on the way to their ninth FA Cup final, and their first trophy since 1976. Consequently, the Community Shield that began the 2011–12 season was a Manchester derby, as United won the league the same day City won the FA Cup, 14 May.