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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).
Most League Cup games lost: Brentford,78; Biggest win in a match: 10–0, joint record: West Ham United 10–0 Bury (second round, second leg, 25 October 1983) Liverpool 10–0 Fulham (second round, first leg, 23 September 1986) Biggest win in aggregate: by 11 goals, joint record: Liverpool 13–2 Fulham (10–0 first leg and 3–2 second leg ...
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".
Record home win (cup): 14–0 vs Crosswell's Brewery, FA Cup 2nd round, 13 November 1886; Record away win (league): 9–1 vs Cardiff City, Division 1, 3 September 1955; Record away win (cup): 5–0 vs Grimsby Town, FA Cup semi-final, 25 March 1939 (neutral venue) Record defeats [17] Record defeat: 1–10 vs Newton Heath, Division 1, 15 October ...
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 first FA Cup Final to go to extra time and a replay was the 1875 final, between the Royal Engineers and the Old Etonians. The initial tie finished 1–1 but the Royal Engineers won the replay 2–0 in normal time. The last replayed final was the 1993 FA Cup Final, when Arsenal and Sheffield Wednesday fought a 1–1 draw. The replay saw ...
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 ).
Small Heath F.C., champions of the inaugural Football League Second Division 1892–93 Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Founded in September 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, the club turned professional in 1885 and three years later, under the name of Small Heath F.C. Ltd, was the first football club to become a ...