The FA Cup Trivia
Here is some FA Cup trivia ...
- The first-ever FA Cup final was won by Wanders. They won five of the first seven championships.
- The 1875 final marked the first instance where a replay was used to determine the winner, a practice that persisted until 1999. The 2005 final was the first to be decided by a penalty shoot-out.
- 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 the only hat-trick ever scored at Wembley in the competition’s final.
- Ten times has a team from outside the top level of English football won the FA Cup (since the formation of The Football League in 1888). The last time was when West Ham United won in 1980.
- Louis Saha of 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 FA Cup 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 rather than by climbing steps to the Royal Box for the presentation as is usually the case.
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- FIFA World Cup trivia
- FA Cup Winners List
- FA Cup Trophy
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- FA Cup Quiz
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