The FA Cup Trivia

Here is some FA Cup trivia

The FA Cup competition did not take place during the First and Second World Wars, except for the 1914–15 and 1939–40 season, though the 1939-40 competition was abandoned during the qualifying rounds.
Only one non-English team has ever won the Cup. In 1927 the FA Cup was won by Cardiff City, a team which plays in the English Football League despite being based in Wales.
In 1953, a hat-trick by Stan Mortensen remains to be the only hat-trick ever scored at Wembley in the competition’s final.
Louis Saha, Everton, scored a goal after 27.9 seconds in the 2009 Cup Final - the fastest goal in FA Cup Final history.
There have only been two Cup Finals that have required a penalty shootout – in 2005 and 2006.
In the 2012 Cup Final, Didier Drogba of Chelsea became the first player to score goals in four different Finals.
The 2020 FA Cup series was disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, and the final match was played behind closed doors. The winners received the trophy on the pitch and rather than by climbing steps to the Royal Box for the presentation as is usual.

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