Monday, May 21, 2007

FA CUP


The first FA Cup matches ever played all took place on Saturday, 11 November 1871. The scores were Upton Park 0 Clapham Rovers 3, Crystal Palace 0 Hitchin 0, Maidenhead 2 Marlow 0 and Barnes 2 Civil Service 0.The first Cup goal was scored by Clapham's Jarvis Kenrick.

The original trophy, much smaller than the present one, was made by Messrs Martin, Hall & Co. and cost £20. In 1895, after Aston Villa had won the competition, the cup was stolen from the window of a firm of football outfitters in Birmingham where it had been placed on display.


Cup Final Statistics


2000 Chelsea Aston Villa 1-0
2001 Liverpool Arsenal
2-1
2002 Arsenal Chelsea
2-0
2003 Arsenal Southampton
1-0
2004 Man U Millwall
3-0
2005 Arsenal Man U
0-0 aet Arsenal win 5-4 on penalties
2006 Liverpool West Ham United
3-3 aet Liverpool win 3-1 on penalties
2007 Chelsea Man U
1-0

Top Three winners
Manchester United won 11 times
Arsenal won 10 times
Tottenham Hotspur won 8 times

1 comment:

  1. Manchester have been runners up twice in last three years but this time out they are going to win it....

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