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Invention of FA Cup
FA Honorary Secretary Charles Alcock says "that it is desirable that a Challenge Cup should be established in connection with the Association, for which all clubs belonging to the Association should be invited to compete". -
First FA Cup Final
The first FA Cup Final is held at the Kennington Oval in London. Wanderers and Royal Engineers compete in front of over 2,000 spectators. -
First FA Cup Final at Wembley
Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United contest the first FA Cup final to be played at the newly-built Wembley Stadium in front of over 20,000 fans. -
First FA Cup tie on radio
The first Final on radio - in fact the first tie in any round - was Bolton Wanderers v Manchester City in the final in 1926 is the first FA Cup tie to be broadcast on radio. But even then it was only relayed to public halls in Bolton and Manchester and wasn't a proper public broadcast. -
First FA Cup tie on TV
Preston North End vs Huddersfield Town in the final in 1938 is the first FA Cup game to be broadcast in full. The game was shown from Wembley on the BBC. -
Giant-killers!
Manchester United knock-out top-flight opposition in every round and then beat top-division Blackpool in the final. United remain the only club to ever beat top-divison opponents in every round and then win the competition. -
Wonder final!
Blackpool defeat Bolton Wanderers 4-3 in the highest-scoring FA Cup final in history. The game was given the title of the "Matthews final" following the fantastic performance of Blackpool winger Stanley Matthews. -
Shock horror!
Sunderland, of the second divsion, upset first divison Leeds United in the 1973 final, winning by a goal to nil at Wembley Stadium. -
The Millennium Years
The FA Cup final is taken out of England whilst Wembley is rebuilt. Liverpool beat Arsenal 2-1 in the 2001 final in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. -
Returning home!
The FA Cup final comes back to Wembley in 2007 where Chelsea beat Manchester United 1-0 in front of 89,826 supporters in the new Wembley Stadium.
