FA Cup Final

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The FA Cup Final, commonly referred to in England as just The Cup Final is the last match in the Football Association Challenge Cup. With an official attendance of 89,826 at the 2007 FA Cup Final, it is the second best attended domestic club championship event in the world and the best attended domestic soccer event. It is the culmination of a knockout competition among clubs belonging to The Football Association in England, although Scottish and Irish teams competed in the early years and Welsh teams regularly compete, with Cardiff winning the 1927 Cup.

Early FA Cup Finals were held at various venues, mainly in London. In the period from 1923 until 2000, the final was held at Wembley Stadium, English football's national stadium. From 2001-2005, the final was moved to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, during the rebuilding of Wembley Stadium. The Millennium Stadium was used again in 2006 due to construction delays in opening the new Wembley Stadium.

Until 1993, if the final could not be decided in a single match, the match would be replayed. After only six replays since 1923, The Football Association then decided that all future finals would be decided 'on the day', putting an end to FA Cup Final replays. This meant that a draw at the end of normal time would be followed by thirty minutes of extra time (two fifteen minute halves); if scores were still level there would be a penalty shootout to determine the winner of the competition. Only two FA Cup Finals have been decided by a penalty shootout; those of 2005 and 2006. Note that the Football League War Cup is not considered part of the official FA Cup competition.

Stan Mortensen's hat-trick for Blackpool in 1953 remains the only treble ever scored at Wembley in the competition's final.^[1]

Teams highlighted in bold won both The Football League (up to 1992) or the Premier League (known as the "FA Premier League" from 1992 through 2006) and the FA Cup in that season; this is known as The Double in English football. In 1999 Manchester United added the UEFA Champions League title to this, completing The Treble. Teams from outside the top level of English football are in italics.

1 FA Cup Finals
2 See also
3 Footnotes
4 References
5 External links

[edit] FA Cup Finals

[edit] 1872–1888: Before the Football League

No.	Year	Winner	Scorers	Runner-up	Scorers	Score	Venue	Attendance
1	1872	Wanderers	Betts	Royal Engineers	-	1–0	Kennington Oval	2,000
2	1873	Wanderers	Kinnaird Wollaston	Oxford University	-	2–0	Lillie Bridge	3,000
3	1874	Oxford University	Mackerness Patton	Royal Engineers	-	2–0	Kennington Oval	2,000
4	1875	Royal Engineers	Renny-Tailyour	Old Etonians	Bonsor	1–1 aet	Kennington Oval	3,000
4	Replay	Royal Engineers	Renny-Tailyour Stafford	Old Etonians	-	2–0	Kennington Oval	3,000
5	1876	Wanderers	Edwards	Old Etonians	Bonsor	1–1 aet	Kennington Oval	3,500
5	Replay	Wanderers	Hughes (2 goals) Wollaston	Old Etonians	-	3–0	Kennington Oval	1,500
6	1877	Wanderers	Kenrick Lindsay	Oxford University	Kinnaird og	2–1 aet	Kennington Oval	3,000
7	1878	Wanderers	Kenrick (2 goals) Kinnaird	Royal Engineers	Morris^[2]	3–1	Kennington Oval	4,500
8	1879	Old Etonians	Clerke	Clapham Rovers	-	1–0	Kennington Oval	5,000
9	1880	Clapham Rovers	Lloyd-Jones	Oxford University	-	1–0	Kennington Oval	6,000
10	1881	Old Carthusians	Wynyard Parry Page	Old Etonians	-	3–0	Kennington Oval	4,500
11	1882	Old Etonians	Macaulay	Blackburn Rovers	-	1–0	Kennington Oval	6,500
12	1883	Blackburn Olympic	Costley Matthews	Old Etonians	Goodhart	2–1 aet	Kennington Oval	8,000
13	1884	Blackburn Rovers	Sowerbutts Forrest	Queen's Park	Christie	2–1	Kennington Oval	12,000
14	1885	Blackburn Rovers	Forrest Brown	Queen's Park	-	2–0	Kennington Oval	12,500
15	1886	Blackburn Rovers	-	West Bromwich Albion	-	0–0 aet	Kennington Oval	15,000
15	Replay	Blackburn Rovers	Brown Sowerbutts	West Bromwich Albion	-	2–0	Racecourse Ground	12,000
16	1887	Aston Villa	Hunter (46) Hodgetts (88)	West Bromwich Albion	-	2–0	Kennington Oval	15,500
17	1888	West Bromwich Albion	Woodhall (8) Bayliss (77)	Preston North End	Dewhurst (52)	2–1	Kennington Oval	19,000

[edit] 1889–1900: End of the 19th century

No.	Year	Winner	Scorers	Runner-up	Scorers	Score	Venue	Attendance
18	1889	Preston North End	Dewhurst (15) Ross (25) Thompson (70)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	-	3–0	Kennington Oval	22,000
19	1890	Blackburn Rovers	Townley (6, 35, 75) Walton (20) Southworth (50) Lofthouse (80)	Sheffield Wednesday	Mumford (60)	6–1	Kennington Oval	20,000
20	1891	Blackburn Rovers	Dewar (8) Southworth (30) Townley (35)	Notts County	Oswald (70)	3–1	Kennington Oval	23,000
21	1892	West Bromwich Albion	Geddes (4) Nicholls (27) Reynolds (55)	Aston Villa	-	3–0	Kennington Oval	32,810
22	1893	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Allen (60)	Everton	-	1–0	Fallowfield Stadium	45,067 (65,000 unofficial)
23	1894	Notts County	Logan (29, 67, 70) Watson (18)	Bolton Wanderers	Cassidy (87)	4–1	Goodison Park	37,000
24	1895	Aston Villa	Chatt (1)	West Bromwich Albion	-	1–0	Crystal Palace	45,562
25	1896	Sheffield Wednesday	Spiksley (1, 18)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Black (8)	2–1	Crystal Palace	48,836
26	1897	Aston Villa	Campbell (18) Wheldon (35) Crabtree (44)	Everton	Bell (23) Boyle (28)	3–2	Crystal Palace	65,891
27	1898	Nottingham Forest	Capes (19, 42) McPherson (86)	Derby County	Bloomer (31)	3–1	Crystal Palace	62,017
28	1899	Sheffield United	Bennett (60) Beers (65) Almond (?) Priest (89)	Derby County	Boag (12)	4–1	Crystal Palace	73,833
29	1900	Bury	McLuckie (9, 23) Wood (16) Plant (80)	Southampton	-	4–0	Crystal Palace	68,945

[edit] 1901–1915: pre-First World War

No.	Year	Winner	Scorers	Runner-up	Scorers	Score	Venue	Attendance
30	1901	Tottenham Hotspur	Brown (23, 51)	Sheffield United	Priest (10) Bennett (52)	2–2 aet	Crystal Palace	114,815
30	Replay	Tottenham Hotspur	Cameron (52) Smith (76) Brown (87)	Sheffield United	Priest (40)	3–1	Burnden Park	20,470
31	1902	Sheffield United	Common (55)	Southampton	Wood (88)	1–1 aet	Crystal Palace	76,914
31	Replay	Sheffield United	Hedley (2) Barnes (79)	Southampton	Brown (70)	2–1	Crystal Palace	33,068
32	1903	Bury	Ross (20) Sagar (48) Leeming (56, 76) Wood (57) Plant (59)	Derby County	-	6–0	Crystal Palace	63,102
33	1904	Manchester City	Meredith (23)	Bolton Wanderers	-	1–0	Crystal Palace	61,374
34	1905	Aston Villa	Hampton (2, 76)	Newcastle United	-	2–0	Crystal Palace	101,117
35	1906	Everton	Young (75)	Newcastle United	-	1–0	Crystal Palace	75,609
36	1907	Sheffield Wednesday	Stewart (21) Simpson (89)	Everton	Sharp (38)	2–1	Crystal Palace	84,584
37	1908	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Hunt (40) Hedley (43) Harrison (85)	Newcastle United	Howie (73)	3–1	Crystal Palace	74,697
38	1909	Manchester United	Turnbull (22)	Bristol City	-	1–0	Crystal Palace	71,401
39	1910	Newcastle United	Rutherford (83)	Barnsley	Tufnell (37)	1–1 aet	Crystal Palace	76,980
39	Replay	Newcastle United	Shepherd (52, pen 62)	Barnsley		2–0	Goodison Park	55,364
40	1911	Bradford City	-	Newcastle United	-	0–0 aet	Crystal Palace	69,098
40	Replay	Bradford City	Speirs (15)	Newcastle United	-	1–0	Old Trafford	58,000
41	1912	Barnsley	-	West Bromwich Albion	-	0–0 aet	Crystal Palace	54,556
41	Replay	Barnsley	Tufnell (118)	West Bromwich Albion	-	1–0 aet	Bramall Lane	38,555
42	1913	Aston Villa	Barber (75)	Sunderland	-	1–0	Crystal Palace	121,919
43	1914	Burnley	Freeman (58)	Liverpool	-	1–0	Crystal Palace	72,778
44	1915	Sheffield United	Simmons (36) Fazackerley (84) Kitchen (88)	Chelsea	-	3–0	Old Trafford	49,557

[edit] 1916–1939: Inter-war years

No.	Year	Winner	Scorers	Runner-up	Scorers	Score	Venue	Attendance
–	1916–1919	No matches during the First World War
45	1920	Aston Villa	Kirton (100)	Huddersfield Town	-	1–0 aet	Stamford Bridge	50,018
46	1921	Tottenham Hotspur	Dimmock (53)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	-	1–0	Stamford Bridge	72,805
47	1922	Huddersfield Town	Smith (pen 67)	Preston North End	-	1–0	Stamford Bridge	53,000
48	1923	Bolton Wanderers	Jack (2) Smith (53)	West Ham United	-	2–0	Empire Stadium, Wembley	126,047 (240,000 unofficial)
49	1924	Newcastle United	Harris (83) Seymour (85)	Aston Villa	-	2–0	Empire Stadium, Wembley	91,645
50	1925	Sheffield United	Tunstall (30)	Cardiff City	-	1–0	Empire Stadium, Wembley	91,763
51	1926	Bolton Wanderers	Jack (76)	Manchester City	-	1–0	Empire Stadium, Wembley	91,547
52	1927	Cardiff City	Ferguson (74)	Arsenal	-	1–0	Empire Stadium, Wembley	91,206
53	1928	Blackburn Rovers	Roscamp (1, 85) McLean (22)	Huddersfield Town	Jackson (55)	3–1	Empire Stadium, Wembley	92,041
54	1929	Bolton Wanderers	Butler (79) Blackmore (87)	Portsmouth	-	2–0	Empire Stadium, Wembley	92,576
55	1930	Arsenal	James (16) Lambert (88)	Huddersfield Town	-	2–0	Empire Stadium, Wembley	92,486
56	1931	West Bromwich Albion	Richardson (25, 58)	Birmingham	Bradford (57)	2–1	Empire Stadium, Wembley	92,406
57	1932	Newcastle United	Allen (38, 72)	Arsenal	John (15)	2–1	Empire Stadium, Wembley	92,298
58	1933	Everton	Stein (41) Dean (52) Dunn (80)	Manchester City	-	3–0	Empire Stadium, Wembley	92,900
59	1934	Manchester City	Tilson (73, 87)	Portsmouth	Rutherford (26)	2–1	Empire Stadium, Wembley	93,258
60	1935	Sheffield Wednesday	Palethorpe (2) Hooper (70) Rimmer (85, 89)	West Bromwich Albion	Boyes (21) Sandford (75)	4–2	Empire Stadium, Wembley	93,204
61	1936	Arsenal	Drake (75)	Sheffield United	-	1–0	Empire Stadium, Wembley	93,384
62	1937	Sunderland	Gurney (52) Carter (70) Burbanks (87)	Preston North End	O'Donnell (44)	3–1	Empire Stadium, Wembley	93,495
63	1938	Preston North End	Mutch (pen 119)	Huddersfield Town		1–0 aet	Empire Stadium, Wembley	93,357
64	1939	Portsmouth	Barlow (29) Anderson (43) Parker (46, 71)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Dorsett (54)	4–1	Empire Stadium, Wembley	99,370

[edit] 1940–1972: Up to centenary final

No.	Year	Winner	Scorers	Runner-up	Scorers	Score	Venue	Attendance
–	1940	1939–40 season abandoned owing to the Second World War
–	1941–1945	Football League War Cup
65	1946	Derby County	Turner (85 og) Doherty (92) Stamps (97, 106)	Charlton Athletic	Turner (86)	4–1 aet	Empire Stadium, Wembley	98,215
66	1947	Charlton Athletic	Duffy (114)	Burnley	-	1–0 aet	Empire Stadium, Wembley	98,215
67	1948	Manchester United	Rowley (28, 70) Pearson (80) Anderson (82)	Blackpool	Shimwell (pen 12) Mortensen (35)	4–2	Empire Stadium, Wembley	98,920
68	1949	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Pye (13, 42) Smyth (47)	Leicester City	Griffiths (46)	3–1	Empire Stadium, Wembley	100,000 (127,000 unofficial)
69	1950	Arsenal	Lewis (18, 63)	Liverpool	-	2–0	Empire Stadium, Wembley	127,000
70	1951	Newcastle United	Milburn (50, 55)	Blackpool	-	2–0	Empire Stadium, Wembley	127,000
71	1952	Newcastle United	Robledo (84)	Arsenal	-	1–0	Empire Stadium, Wembley	127,000
72	1953	Blackpool	Mortensen (35, 68, 89) Perry (90)	Bolton Wanderers	Lofthouse (1) Moir (41) Bell (55)	4–3	Empire Stadium, Wembley	127,000
73	1954	West Bromwich Albion	Allen (21, pen 63) Griffin (87)	Preston North End	Morrison (35) Wayman (51)	3–2	Empire Stadium, Wembley	120,000
74	1955	Newcastle United	Milburn (1) Mitchell (53) Hannah (60)	Manchester City	Johnstone (44)	3–1	Empire Stadium, Wembley	116,000
75	1956	Manchester City	Hayes (3) Dyson (65) Johnstone (68)	Birmingham City	Kinsey (15)	3–1	Empire Stadium, Wembley	108,000
76	1957	Aston Villa	McParland (68, 73)	Manchester United	Taylor (83)	2–1	Empire Stadium, Wembley	102,000
77	1958	Bolton Wanderers	Lofthouse (3, 50)	Manchester United	-	2–0	Empire Stadium, Wembley	104,000
78	1959	Nottingham Forest	Dwight (10) Wilson (14)	Luton Town	Pacey (62)	2–1	Empire Stadium, Wembley	101,500
79	1960	Wolverhampton Wanderers	McGrath (41 og) Deeley (67, 88)	Blackburn Rovers	-	3–0	Empire Stadium, Wembley	100,000
80	1961	Tottenham Hotspur	Smith (70) Dyson (77)	Leicester City	-	2–0	Empire Stadium, Wembley	100,000
81	1962	Tottenham Hotspur	Greaves (3) Smith (51) Blanchflower (pen 80)	Burnley	Robson (50)	3–1	Empire Stadium, Wembley	100,000
82	1963	Manchester United	Law (30) Herd (57, 85)	Leicester City	Keyworth (80)	3–1	Empire Stadium, Wembley	100,000
83	1964	West Ham United	Sissons (10) Hurst (89) Boyce (90)	Preston North End	Holden (9) Dawson (40)	3–2	Empire Stadium, Wembley	100,000
84	1965	Liverpool	Hunt (93) St John (113)	Leeds United	Bremner (95)	2–1 aet	Empire Stadium, Wembley	100,000
85	1966	Everton	Trebilcock (59, 64) Temple (80)	Sheffield Wednesday	McCalliog (4) Ford (57)	3–2	Empire Stadium, Wembley	100,000
86	1967	Tottenham Hotspur	Robertson (40) Saul (67)	Chelsea	Tambling (85)	2–1	Empire Stadium, Wembley	100,000
87	1968	West Bromwich Albion	Astle (93)	Everton	-	1–0 aet	Empire Stadium, Wembley	100,000
88	1969	Manchester City	Young (24)	Leicester City	-	1–0	Empire Stadium, Wembley	100,000
89	1970	Chelsea	Houseman (41) Hutchinson (86)	Leeds United	Charlton (21) Jones (84)	2–2 aet	Empire Stadium, Wembley	100,000
89	Replay	Chelsea	Osgood (78) Webb (104)	Leeds United	Jones (35)	2–1	Old Trafford	62,078
90	1971	Arsenal	Kelly (101) George (110)	Liverpool	Heighway (91)	2–1 aet	Empire Stadium, Wembley	100,000
91	1972	Leeds United	Clarke (53)	Arsenal	-	1–0	Empire Stadium, Wembley	100,000

[edit] 1973–2000: End of the 20th century

No.	Year	Winner	Scorers	Runner-up	Scorers	Score	Venue	Attendance
92	1973	Sunderland	Porterfield (30)	Leeds United	-	1–0	Wembley Stadium	100,000
93	1974	Liverpool	Keegan (57, 88) Heighway (74)	Newcastle United	-	3–0	Wembley Stadium	100,000
94	1975	West Ham United	Taylor (60, 64)	Fulham	-	2–0	Wembley Stadium	100,000
95	1976	Southampton	Stokes (82)	Manchester United	-	1–0	Wembley Stadium	100,000
96	1977	Manchester United	Pearson (50) Greenhoff (55)	Liverpool	Case (52)	2–1	Wembley Stadium	100,000
97	1978	Ipswich Town	Osborne (77)	Arsenal	-	1–0	Wembley Stadium	100,000
98	1979	Arsenal	Talbot (12) Stapleton (43) Sunderland (89)	Manchester United	McQueen (86) McIlroy (88)	3–2	Wembley Stadium	100,000
99	1980	West Ham United	Brooking (13)	Arsenal	-	1–0	Wembley Stadium	100,000
100	1981	Tottenham Hotspur	Hutchison (79 og)	Manchester City	Hutchison (29)	1–1 aet	Wembley Stadium	100,000
100	Replay	Tottenham Hotspur	Villa (8, 76) Crooks (70)	Manchester City	MacKenzie (11) Reeves (pen 50)	3–2	Wembley Stadium	99,500
101	1982	Tottenham Hotspur	Hoddle (110)	Queens Park Rangers	Fenwick (115)	1–1 aet	Wembley Stadium	100,000
101	Replay	Tottenham Hotspur	Hoddle (pen 6)	Queen's Park Rangers	-	1–0	Wembley Stadium	90,000
102	1983	Manchester United	Stapleton (55) Wilkins (72)	Brighton & Hove Albion	Smith (14) Stevens (87)	2–2 aet	Wembley Stadium	100,000
102	Replay	Manchester United	Robson (25, 44) Whiteside (30) Mühren (pen 62)	Brighton & Hove Albion	-	4–0	Wembley Stadium	100,000
103	1984	Everton	Sharp (38) Gray (81)	Watford	-	2–0	Wembley Stadium	100,000
104	1985	Manchester United	Whiteside (110)	Everton	-	1–0 aet	Wembley Stadium	100,000
105	1986	Liverpool	Rush (57, 84) Johnston (63)	Everton	Lineker (28)	3–1	Wembley Stadium	98,000
106	1987	Coventry City	Bennett (9) Houchen (63) Mabbutt (93 og)	Tottenham Hotspur	Allen (2) Mabbutt (40)	3–2 aet	Wembley Stadium	98,000
107	1988	Wimbledon	Sanchez (35)	Liverpool	-	1–0	Wembley Stadium	98,203
108	1989	Liverpool	Aldridge (4) Rush (94, 104)	Everton	McCall (89, 102)	3–2 aet	Wembley Stadium	82,500
109	1990	Manchester United	Robson (35) Hughes (62, 113)	Crystal Palace	O'Reilly (18) Wright (72, 92)	3–3 aet	Wembley Stadium	80,000
109	Replay	Manchester United	Martin (59)	Crystal Palace	-	1–0	Wembley Stadium	80,000
110	1991	Tottenham Hotspur	Stewart (53) Walker (94 og)	Nottingham Forest	Pearce (15)	2–1 aet	Wembley Stadium	80,000
111	1992	Liverpool	Thomas (47) Rush (68)	Sunderland	-	2–0	Wembley Stadium	79,544
112	1993	Arsenal	Wright (20)	Sheffield Wednesday	Hirst (61)	1–1 aet	Wembley Stadium	79,347
112	Replay	Arsenal	Wright (34) Linighan (119)	Sheffield Wednesday	Waddle (68)	2–1 aet	Wembley Stadium	62,267
113	1994	Manchester United	Cantona (pen 60, pen 66) Hughes (69) McClair (90)	Chelsea	-	4–0	Wembley Stadium	79,634
114	1995	Everton	Rideout (30)	Manchester United	-	1–0	Wembley Stadium	79,592
115	1996	Manchester United	Cantona (85)	Liverpool	-	1–0	Wembley Stadium	79,007
116	1997	Chelsea	Di Matteo (1) Newton (83)	Middlesbrough	-	2–0	Wembley Stadium	79,160
117	1998	Arsenal	Overmars (23) Anelka (69)	Newcastle United	-	2–0	Wembley Stadium	79,183
118	1999	Manchester United	Sheringham (11) Scholes (58)	Newcastle United	-	2–0	Wembley Stadium	79,101
119	2000	Chelsea	Di Matteo (73)	Aston Villa	-	1–0	Wembley Stadium	78,217

[edit] 2001–2006: The Cardiff years

No.	Year	Winner	Scorers	Runner-up	Scorers	Score	Venue	Attendance
120	2001	Liverpool	Owen (82, 88)	Arsenal	Ljungberg (73)	2–1	Millennium Stadium	74,200
121	2002	Arsenal	Parlour (70) Ljungberg (80)	Chelsea	-	2–0	Millennium Stadium	73,963
122	2003	Arsenal	Pirès (38)	Southampton	-	1–0	Millennium Stadium	73,726
123	2004	Manchester United	Ronaldo (44) van Nistelrooy (pen 65, 81)	Millwall	-	3–0	Millennium Stadium	71,350
124	2005	Arsenal	-	Manchester United	-	0–0 aet 5–4 pens	Millennium Stadium	71,876
125	2006	Liverpool	Cissé (32) Gerrard (54, 90+1')	West Ham United	Carragher (21 og) Ashton (28) Konchesky (64)	3–3 aet 3–1 pens	Millennium Stadium	71,140

[edit] 2007–present: The new Wembley years

No.	Year	Winner	Scorers	Runner-up	Scorers	Score	Venue	Attendance
126	2007	Chelsea	Drogba (116)	Manchester United	-	1–0 aet	Wembley Stadium	89,826
127	2008	Portsmouth	Kanu (37)	Cardiff City	-	1–0	Wembley Stadium	89,874

[edit] See also

[edit] Footnotes

^ "The Matthews Final" - BBC Sport
^ Gibbons, Philip (2001). Association Football in Victorian England - A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900. Upfront Publishing. ISBN 1-84426-035-6.