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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 Blackburn Rovers team which won the FA Cup in 1884. Team captain James Brown (front row, centre) holds the trophy.. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout competition in English football, organised by and named after The Football Association (the FA), the governing body of the sport in England.
Most goals by a player in a single FA Cup season: 19, Jimmy Ross (for Preston North End, 1887–88.) (Preston outscored opponents 50–5 over 7 matches, including "Biggest win" shown above.) [75] Most goals by a player in a single FA Cup game: 9, Ted MacDougall (for AFC Bournemouth in 11–0 defeat of Margate, First round proper, 20 November ...
The 2021 FA Cup final was an association football match played between Chelsea and Leicester City at Wembley Stadium, London, England on 15 May 2021.Organised by the Football Association (FA), it was the 140th final of the Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup) and the showpiece match of English football's primary cup competition.
The FA Cup was a knockout competition with 124 teams taking part all trying to reach the final at Wembley on 3 June 2023. [4] The competition consisted of the 92 teams from the Football League system (20 teams from the Premier League and the 72 in total from the EFL Championship, EFL League One and EFL League Two) plus the 32 surviving teams out of 640 teams from the National League System ...
The FA Cup Final is the last match in the Football Association Challenge Cup. It has regularly been one of the most attended domestic football events in the world, with an official attendance of 89,472 at the 2017 final (the 2020 event has been the exception, due to the COVID-19 pandemic ).
Notts County's FA Cup winning team. Notts County have won two cup competitions in their history; the FA Cup in the 1893–94 season (becoming the first Second Division club to win the FA Cup), [7] and the Anglo-Italian Cup in the 1994–95 season. [8] The club's highest overall league finish is third, [9] achieved in the 1890–91 and 1900–01 ...
Youngest FA Cup finalist: Curtis Weston, aged 17 years and 119 days (for Millwall v. Manchester United, 2004) Youngest player to score in an FA Cup final: Norman Whiteside, aged 18 years and 19 days (for Manchester United v. Brighton & Hove Albion, 1983) Oldest FA Cup finalist: Billy Hampson, aged 41 years and 257 days (for Newcastle United v.