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The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout competition in English football, organised by and named after The Football Association (the FA), the governing body of the sport in England. It is the oldest existing football competition in the world, [1] having commenced in the 1871–72 season. [2]
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in domestic English football.First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competition in the world. [1]
Test yourself to see if you know the Three Lions players to have won the most caps as captain of the men's national side.
Rodrigues' first season at The Dell could not have been better, with the side winning their first and only FA Cup. [1] Rodrigues played at right-back in the Wembley final, and captained the team, as Southampton beat Manchester United 1–0. [1] Rodrigues was the last captain to be presented the FA Cup by Queen Elizabeth II. [6]
The longest-serving captain is Bryan Robson, who was club captain from 1982 to 1994, although he held the position jointly with Steve Bruce for the last two years of his tenure. [1] Roy Keane , who was captain from 1997 to 2005, has the distinction of having won the most trophies as captain; he won four Premier League titles, two FA Cups , one ...
The 1986–87 FA Cup was the 106th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition, the FA Cup. The competition was won by Coventry City , who beat Tottenham Hotspur 3–2, after extra-time, in the final at Wembley Stadium .
The FA Cup is an association football competition contested between English clubs since 1872 and is the oldest football competition in the world. [1] Winning the competition was seen as an equal achievement to winning the league championship, [2] but the growing importance of the Premier League and UEFA Champions League has seen its importance diminish. [3]
During FA Cup finals it is tradition for the club to adopt the town's coat of arms as their badge. This tradition has carried through all eight FA Cup finals the club has been a part of all the way to their last FA Cup final against Woverhampton Wanderers in 1960. From roughly 1882 and excluding cup finals the club did not use a badge until 1974.