The last FA Cup Final to be played at the old Wembley Stadium was played on this day back in 2000. It’s hard to believe that this was twenty years ago now! Chelsea and Aston Villa played out the last FA Cup Final under the Twin Towers with the Londoners winning the game 1-0. In […]
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On This Day – 17th May
Roberto Di Martteo fires Chelsea ahead after only 42 seconds Chelsea won the FA Cup on this day back in 1997, beating Middlesbrough 2-0 in the Final at Wembley.This was only the second time that The Blues had won the FA Cup, the first time was in 1970. Chelsea had a dream start thanks to […]
On this Day – 16th May
Arsenal beat Newcastle United 2-0 on this day to win the FA Cup. In doing so, they completed the League and Cup Double for the second time in their history. It was the perfect end to Arsene Wenger’s first full season in charge at Highbury. The Frenchman had revitalised the squad and brought in his […]
On This Day – 14th May
Wimbledon won the FA Cup for the first and only time in their history on this day back in 1988.The Dons beat Liverpool, who were red-hot favourites to win the Cup, thanks to a first-half goal from Lawrie Sanchez. Wimbledon had only been in the First Division for two years and had finished the season […]
On This Day – 12th May
Alan Sunderland (far right) runs away in celebration after his late winner in the 1979 FA Cup Final On this day 41 years ago, Arsenal beat Manchester United 3-2 to win the 1979 FA Cup.The Final became known as ‘The Five Minute Final’ after the dramatic final few minutes of the game. United scored twice […]
On This Day – 10th May
It was on this day back in 1986 that the first all-Merseyside FA Cup Final took place.Liverpool won the game 3-1 to become the first club since Arsenal in 1971 to win the League and Cup Double. Everton had finished the season as runners-up. Officially there were 100,000 fans in the Wembley crowd that day, […]
On This Day – 5th May
5th May 1956 was the date that made Bert Trautmann’s name known across the footballing world.The former prisoner-of-war had joined Manchester City from non-league St Helen’s Town. His signing was initially an unpopular decision with the City fans, as they didn’t want a former German soldier playing for their club. 20,000 people even attended a […]
On This Day – 29th April
It was on this day 50 years ago that Chelsea and Leeds United played out one of the dirtiest matches in English footballing history. The two were contesting the FA Cup Final Replay which Chelsea won 2-1 in extra-time to lift the FA Cup for the first time in their history. The game is mainly […]
On This Day – 28th April
Billie and other police horses restoring order at the 1923 Final Around 300,000 people converged on Wembley Stadium on this day back in 1923 to watch the Cup Final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United.It was the first match to be played at the new national stadium. The FA weren’t expecting to sell all […]
On This Day – 26th April
Arsenal hold the record for most FA Cup wins, having lifted the famous trophy thirteen times in their 134 year history.It was on this day back in 1930 that Arsenal won their first FA Cup, courtesy of a 2-0 victory over Huddersfield Town at Wembley. Arsenal’s victorious manager was Herbert Chapman and ironically, he had […]