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The Blackburn Rovers team which won the FA Cup in 1884. Team captain James Brown (front row, centre) holds the trophy.. 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.
The only seasons in recent times when this pattern was not followed were: 1999–2000, when most rounds were played a few weeks earlier than normal as an experiment; 2010–11 and 2012–13 when the FA Cup Final was played before the Premier League season had finished, to allow Wembley Stadium to be ready for the UEFA Champions League final ...
The record for most FA Cup wins by a player is held by Ashley Cole, who has won it seven times (with Arsenal in 2002, 2003 and 2005, and Chelsea in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2012). With Chelsea's victory over Portsmouth in the 2010 final , Cole beat the record of five jointly held by Charles Wollaston ( Wanderers ), Arthur Kinnaird ( Wanderers & Old ...
FA Amateur Cup (discontinued). [33] [11] Held from 1893 until 1974, when The FA abolished official amateur status. The FA Vase, above, absorbed most of the clubs that participated in the FA Amateur Cup. (below professional football as defined by FA) FASC FA Sunday Cup. [13] Since 1964.(lower than level 11) Winners of each competition are ...
The club have won the FA Cup four times, but not since 1958, [1] and have spent the majority of their history in the top flight of English football. Bolton also hold the record for the most years in the top flight of English football without winning the title; 73 years in total.
Champions: 1891–92; Cup. FA Cup. Winners: 1897–98, 1958–59; Runners ... the game was a replay as the original match three weeks previous was abandoned at half ...
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]
Preston North End in 1888–89, the first Football League champions.They completed the season undefeated and went on to complete the Double by winning the FA Cup.. This article lists English association football clubs whose men's sides have won competitive honours run by official governing bodies.