FA Cup
Three clubs have won consecutive FA Cups on more than one occasion: Wanderers (1872, 1873 and 1876, 1877, 1878), Blackburn Rovers (1884, 1885, 1886 and 1890, 1891), and Tottenham Hotspur (1961, 1962 and 1981, 1982).
Six clubs have won the FA Cup as part of a League and Cup double, namely Preston North End (1889), Aston Villa (1897), Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (1961), Arsenal (1971, 1998, 2002), Liverpool (1986) and Manchester United (1994, 1996, 1999). Arsenal and Manchester United share the record of three doubles. Arsenal has won a double in each of three separate decades. Manchester United's three doubles in the 1990s highlights their dominance of English football at the time.
West Bromwich Albion are the only team to date to win the FA Cup and promotion in the same season—in 1930–31.
In 1993, Arsenal became the first side to win both the FA Cup and League Cup in the same season, beating Sheffield Wednesday 2–1, in both finals. Liverpool repeated this feat in 2001, as did Chelsea in 2007.
In 1999, Manchester United added the Champions League crown to their double in memorable fashion, an accomplishment known as The Treble .
In 2001, Liverpool won the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup to complete a cup treble.
Portsmouth have the unusual accolade of holding the FA Cup for the longest consecutive time due to the second world war.
The FA Cup has only been won by a non-English team once in its history, Cardiff City were the club to achieve this in 1927. They made it to the final only to lose to Portsmouth in 2008.
See also
- FA Cup Final
- FA Cup Semi-finals
Media coverage
FA Cup matches are currently shown live by both ITV and Setanta Sports across the UK and Ireland. Setanta Sports shows three games and one replay in each round from round three to five, two quarter-finals and one quarter-final replay (if any are required) and one semi-final. ITV shows sixteen FA Cup games per season, including first pick live matches from each of the 1st to 6th rounds of the competition plus one semi-final exclusively live. The deal additionally includes highlights of all weekend and mid-week FA Cup matches. Both ITV and Setanta screen the final live.
The FA Cup 2008–09 early rounds are being covered for the first time by ITV's online property, ITV Local. The first match of the season, between Wantage Town and Brading Town, was broadcast live online. Highlights of eight games of each round are being broadcast as catch up on ITV Local.
The FA sells overseas rights separately from the domestic contract. In Australia, the FA Cup is broadcast by Setanta Sports Australia, while Setanta Sports North America and Fox Soccer Channel split the rights in the United States.
References
- ^ record number of entries for 2008/9
- ^ "TheFA.com - Hammers nail Fulham". The FA. Retrieved on 2005-03-05.
- ^ "TheFA.com - Shocks do happen". The FA. Retrieved on 2005-04-06.
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/7286364.stm FA Cup semi-final draw 2008
- ^ "Wembley Stadium to open next year". BBC. Retrieved on 2007-03-17.
- ^ "Football supporters hail FA Cup semi final decision". FSF. Retrieved on 2007-02-08.
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FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Football Association.
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