Talk:History of the FA Cup

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Ribbons on the cup

The article suggests that Tottenham were the first club to put ribbons on the cup but this is clearly not true. There is a famous photograph of Notts County with the cup in 1894 complete with ribbons on the cup. Captainbeecher (talk) 10:12, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Simple solution: 1. Find a ref, 2. change it. Valenciano (talk) 13:19, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
Two points to check, I have seen the photo in the article on the 1894 Cup Final but it needs to be proved that these are ribbons and not scarves (they look rather large to be ribbons), and when exactly the photo was taken ie was the tying done at the scene/day of the match? The caption of the picture makes no comment about the 'ribbons'.Cloptonson (talk) 15:45, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

Some inconsistencies

1)
Jeff Astle for West Bromwich Albion became the only player to score in every single round of the F.A. Cup. A record which is yet to be equaled.
When Peter Osgood scored for Chelsea in the final, he became the last player to date (and ninth in total) to score in every round of the cup.
2)
In 1991, after the Arsenal v Leeds United fourth round tie went to a third replay, The FA decided that one replay, then extra time, then a penalty shootout would be a suitable alternative to a fixtures backlog.
Birmingham City became the first team to win a match in a penalty shootout, beating Stoke City 4-3 after a 0-0 draw in the third-fourth playoff
I am not sure what the answers are, but they do not look right. Op47 (talk) 17:57, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

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How is the lowest number of goals conceded by the FA Cup champions not a stat?

How is the lowest number of goals conceded by the FA Cup champions in all FA Cup matches in a calendar year not a stat? [https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/apr/30/1 First came The Wanderers, who achieved the feat on their way to lifting the second-ever FA Cup in March 1873. Then again, they only had to play one game. As holders of the trophy - they had beaten Royal Engineers in the inaugural final - Wanderers received a bye straight to the final, where they faced Oxford University at Lillie Bridge. A crowd of around 3,000 saw Edward Bowen keep a clean sheet, helping the Battersea-based club to a 2-0 win and the second of what turned out to be five FA Cup victories in the 1870s. Sixteen seasons later, in 1888-89, Preston North End breezed past Bootle, Grimsby Town, Birmingham St George's and West Brom without conceding on their way to the final, then hammered Wolves 3-0 when they got there. Bury were similarly impregnable as they beat Wolves, Sheffield United, Notts County, Aston Villa and Derby (who they battered 6-0 in the final) in 1902-03]. No winning team has achieved 0 goals conceded in all FA Cup matches in a calendar year since Bury did so over a century ago. The only thing that stopped Crystal Palace from achieving it in 2025 was a goal conceded against Millwall in the Fifth Round. - 2A02:C7C:FAD9:7A00:6C62:B0DE:7783:631A (talk) 10:17, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

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