1679: FA Cup: Is Spurs’ name on the
by : Chris Sherrard
1946 Derby County 4 v 1 Charlton Athletic (aet)
1947 Charlton Athletic 1 v 0 Burnley (aet)
1948 Manchester United 4 v 2 Blackpool
1949 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 v 1 Leicester City
1950 Arsenal 2 v 0 Liverpool
1951 Newcastle United 2 v 0 Blackpool
1952 Newcastle United 1 v 0 Arsenal
1953 Blackpool 4 v 3 Bolton Wanderers
1954 West Bromwich Albion 3 v 2 Preston North End
1955 Newcastle United 3 v 1 Manchester City
1956 Manchester City 3 v 1 Birmingham City
1957 Aston Villa 2 v 1 Manchester United
1958 Bolton Wanderers 2 v 0 Manchester United
1959 Nottingham Forest 2 v 1 Luton Town
1960 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 v 0 Blackburn Rovers
1961 Tottenham Hotspur 2 v 0 Leicester City
1962 Tottenham Hotspur 3 v 1 Burnley
1963 Manchester United 3 v 1 Leicester City
1964 West Ham United 3 v 2 Preston North End
1965 Liverpool 2 v 1 Leeds United (aet)
1966 Everton 3 v 2 Sheffield Wednesday
1967 Tottenham Hotspur 2 v 1 Chelsea
1968 West Bromwich Albion 1 v 0 Everton (aet)
1969 Manchester City 1 v 0 Leicester City
1970 Chelsea 2 v 1 Leeds United (after 2-2 aet), aet
1971 Arsenal 2 v 1 Liverpool (aet)
1972 Leeds United 1 v 0 Arsenal
1973 Sunderland 1 v 0 Leeds United
1974 Liverpool 3 v 0 Newcastle United
1975 West Ham United 2 v 0 Fulham
1976 Southampton 1 v 0 Manchester United
1977 Manchester United 2 v 1 Liverpool
1978 Ipswich Town 1 v 0 Arsenal
1979 Arsenal 3 v 2 Manchester United
1980 West Ham United 1 v 0 Arsenal
1981 Tottenham Hotspur 3 v 2 Manchester City (after 1-1 draw aet)
1982 Tottenham Hotspur 1 v 0 Queens Park Rangers (after 1-1 draw aet)
1983 Manchester United 4 v 0 Brighton & Hove Albion (after 2-2 draw aet)
1984 Everton 2 v 0 Watford
1985 Manchester United 1 v 0 Everton (aet)
1986 Liverpool 3 v 1 Everton
1987 Coventry City 3 v 2 Tottenham Hotspur (aet)
1988 Wimbledon 1 v 0 Liverpool
1989 Liverpool 3 v 2 Everton (aet)
1990 Manchester United 1 v 0 Crystal Palace (after 3-3 draw aet)
1991 Tottenham Hotspur 2 v 1 Nottingham Forest (aet)
1992 Liverpool 2 v 0 Sunderland
1993 Arsenal 2 v 1 Sheffield Wednesday (after 1-1 draw aet)
1994 Manchester United 4 v 0 Chelsea
1995 Everton 1 v 0 Manchester United
1996 Manchester United 1 v 0 Liverpool
1997 Chelsea 2 v 0 Middlesbrough
1998 Arsenal 2 v 0 Newcastle United
1999 Manchester United 2 v 0 Newcastle United
2000 Chelsea 1 v 0 Aston Villa
2001 Liverpool 2 v 1 Arsenal
2002 Arsenal 2 v 0 Chelsea
2003 Arsenal 1 v 0 Southampton
2004 Manchester United 3 v 0 Millwall
2005 ?
SELECTED RECORDS
FA Cup Winners:
11 Manchester United
9 Arsenal
8 Tottenham Hotspur
7 Aston Villa
6 Blackburn Rovers, Liverpool, Newcastle United
5 Everton, The Wanderers, West Bromwich Albion
4 Bolton Wanderers, Manchester City, Sheffield United, Wolverhampton Wanderers
3 Chelsea, Sheffield Wednesday, West Ham United
2 Bury, Nottingham Forest, Old Etonians, Preston North End, Sunderland
1 Barnsley, Blackburn Olympic, Blackpool, Bradford City, Burnley, Cardiff City, Charlton Athletic, Clapham Rovers, Coventry City, Derby County, Huddersfield Town, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Notts County, Old Carthusians, Oxford University, Portsmouth, Royal Engineers, Southampton, Wimbledon
Recent consecutive finalists:
3 Arsenal (2001-2003), Manchester United (1994-1996), Everton (1984-1986), Arsenal (1978-1980)
2 Newcastle United (1998-1999), Liverpool (1988-1989), Tottenham Hotspur (1981-1982), Manchester United (1976-1977), Leeds United (1972-1973), Tottenham Hotspur (1961-1962)
Consecutive wins:
3 Blackburn Rovers (1884-6), The Wanderers (1876-8)
2 Arsenal (2002-3), Tottenham Hotspur (1981-2), Tottenham Hotspur (1961-2), Newcastle United (1951-2), Blackburn Rovers (1890-1)
Record wins:
6-0 Bury (1903)
6-1 Blackburn Rovers (1890)
4-0 Bury (1900), Manchester United (1983), Manchester United (1994)
Antony Melvin
14/02/2005Seldom can I recall an FA Cup with such Premiership domination as this season. There is the very real possibility that after next weekend’s round of fixtures in Round Five no teams from outside the top flight will be left in the competition.
Which must mean that the Cup will be even harder than usual to win this season. You could make a good case for any of the sides left in it. And I would try but I think I already know who will win it. But it’s worth taking a look at the contenders.
Starting, of course, with the top three in the Premiership who must all be greedily eyeing up the World’s Showpiece Cup Competition. Chelsea want the lot and could well get it if they can overcome what promises to be a tricky trip to Newcastle United on Sunday. The Toon would, similarly, fancy their chances if they could claim the considerable scalp of Mourinho and his bare-chested boys. Easier said than done, of course. But Souness must know that his only chances of rescuing an otherwise disastrous season come in the two cups – UEFA and FA – and he will be throwing everything at them.
Manchester United face an equally tough trip to Goodison Park in their attempt to hold on to the Cup they lifted last season. The winner of that one, like the game at St James’ Park, will fancy their chances of going right the way to Cardiff in a few months time. Everton’s excellent season would be fittingly served by a good cup run but United are in superb form of late and will not relinquish their FA Cup without a considerable fight on Saturday.
Elsewhere, Arsenal should prolong their own cup run when they face a Championship side in the shape of Sheffield United. Knowing the competitiveness of Arsene Wenger and his desire to always win something, you would never rule the Highbury side out of going all the way. But perhaps the best chance of the FA Cup being paraded through North London comes in the form of, whisper it, Tottenham Hotspur.
Martin Jol is one of the most likeable managers in the Premiership and his team play some exciting, dynamic football at times. Their reward for knocking West Bromwich Albion out is a home tie with Championship strugglers Nottingham Forest. When once this fixture was the FA Cup Final, the fact that it is now only realistic in a lesser round speaks volumes for the current plight at the City Ground. Spurs will roll them over at White Hart Lane and, providing they get a half-decent draw for the quarter-finals, anything really is possible. A punt on Tottenham would not be ill-placed, in my opinion.
Of the other Premiership sides who should make up the next round of the FA Cup after the weekend’s pending fixtures, Bolton are probably the pick for serious progression. Blackburn should knock their local rivals Burnley out in the Fifth Round but their inconsistency suggests a lack of further progress, while Southampton will also get over the next hurdle but would happily swap that for Premiership survival and will bow out at the next stage.
Charlton Athletic are one of those sides you can never really see winning the FA Cup even though their league form is often solid. However hard I try to envisage Matt Holland lifting the cup in front of his team-mates at the Millennium Stadium in May it is just not happening. They could get to the semi-finals, maybe even the final. But they will not win it. Famous last words, probably, but I’m sticking to that.
Sticking my battered neck on the line once again, I’ll go for Spurs winning the FA Cup this season. There is just something about them this season that is extremely interesting – and you get the feeling there is more to come. They will most likely have to knock one of the top three out to go all the way but that is the beauty of the cup – anything is possible. Beating Arsenal in the Final? I think Spurs fans would settle for that!
Chris Sherrard
13/02/2005
