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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 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]
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 ...
He was the first overseas-born captain of an FA Cup winning team,[4] and the last until Irishman Johnny Carey with Manchester United in 1948. [42] In 1997, Ruud Gullit became the first overseas manager to win the FA Cup, as his Chelsea side beat Middlesbrough 2–0.
In the past, if the FA Cup winning team also qualified for the following season's Champions League or Europa League through their league or European performance, then the losing FA Cup finalists were given the European berth of the League Cup winners and the League Cup winners would be given the league berth instead (in the Cup Winners' Cup era ...
The 1975 FA Cup final was the 94th final of the FA Cup.It took place on 3 May 1975 at Wembley Stadium and was contested by London clubs West Ham United and Fulham.The Fulham team contained two former England captains in former West Ham captain Bobby Moore, making his last appearance at Wembley, [1] and Alan Mullery.
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]
This is a category for football teams that have won the Football Association Challenge Cup, the main domestic cup competition in England. Pages in category "FA Cup winners" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total.