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The FA Cup Final, commonly referred to in England
England

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 as just The Cup Final is the last match in the Football Association Challenge Cup
FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a Single-elimination tournament cup competition in Football in England, run by and named after The Football Association....
. With an official attendance of 89,826 at the 2007 FA Cup Final, it is the second best attended domestic club championship event in the world
List of sports attendance figures

This article lists the attendances of many sports competitions around the world....
 and the best attended domestic football event. It is the culmination of a knockout competition among clubs belonging to The Football Association
The Football Association

The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependency of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man....
 in England, although Scottish and Irish teams competed in the early years and Welsh teams regularly compete, with Cardiff
Cardiff City F.C.

Cardiff City Football Club is a football team based in Cardiff, Wales. Cardiff are currently playing in the Football League Championship. They play their home games at Ninian Park....
 winning the 1927 Cup.

Early FA Cup Finals were held at various venues, mainly in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
.






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The FA Cup Final, commonly referred to in England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 as just The Cup Final is the last match in the Football Association Challenge Cup
FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a Single-elimination tournament cup competition in Football in England, run by and named after The Football Association....
. With an official attendance of 89,826 at the 2007 FA Cup Final, it is the second best attended domestic club championship event in the world
List of sports attendance figures

This article lists the attendances of many sports competitions around the world....
 and the best attended domestic football event. It is the culmination of a knockout competition among clubs belonging to The Football Association
The Football Association

The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependency of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man....
 in England, although Scottish and Irish teams competed in the early years and Welsh teams regularly compete, with Cardiff
Cardiff City F.C.

Cardiff City Football Club is a football team based in Cardiff, Wales. Cardiff are currently playing in the Football League Championship. They play their home games at Ninian Park....
 winning the 1927 Cup.

Early FA Cup Finals were held at various venues, mainly in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. In the period from 1923 until 2000, the final was held at Wembley Stadium, English football's national stadium. From 2001-2005, the final was moved to the Millennium Stadium
Millennium Stadium

The Millennium Stadium is the national stadium of Wales, located in the capital Cardiff. It is the home of the Wales national rugby union team and the Wales national football team but is also host to many other large scale events, such as Wales Rally Great Britain stage of the World Rally Championship, Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain,...
 in Cardiff
Cardiff

Cardiff is the Capital , largest city and most populous Unitary authority#Wales in Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sport institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of Welsh Assembly Government ....
, during the rebuilding of Wembley Stadium. The Millennium Stadium was used again in 2006 due to construction delays in opening the new Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium

The original Wembley Stadium was a football stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the Wembley Stadium that opened in 2007....
.

Until 1993, if the final could not be decided in a single match, the match would be replayed. After only six replays since 1923, The Football Association then decided that all future finals would be decided 'on the day', putting an end to FA Cup Final replays. This meant that a draw at the end of normal time would be followed by thirty minutes of extra time
Extra time

Extra time is an additional period played in some sports codes if the Score is tied at the end of normal time. In score notation, it is often written as "a.e.t.", which stands for "after extra time"....
 (two fifteen minute halves); if scores were still level there would be a penalty shootout
Penalty shootout (football)

Penalty shootouts, properly named kicks from the penalty mark, are a method sometimes used to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a draw in a game of association football....
 to determine the winner of the competition. Only two FA Cup Finals have been decided by a penalty shootout; those of 2005 and 2006. Note that the Football League War Cup
Football League War Cup

The Football League War Cup was an Football in England tournament held during World War II, between 1939 and 1945, in the absence of the FA Cup....
 is not considered part of the official FA Cup competition.

Stan Mortensen
Stan Mortensen

Stanley Harding Mortensen , commonly referred to as Stan Mortensen, was an English professional football , most famous for his part in the FA Cup Final 1953 , in which he became the only player ever to score a Hat-trick#Football in a Wembley FA Cup Final....
's hat-trick for Blackpool
Blackpool F.C.

Blackpool Football Club are an England Association football club founded in 1887 and located in the Lancashire seaside resort of Blackpool. They have been a member of the The Football League since 1896, except for the 1899?1900 in English football season, which was spent in non-League football....
 in 1953 remains the only treble ever scored at Wembley in the competition's final. Aston Villa's Bob Chatt
Bob Chatt

Robert Chatt was an England association football who was a member of the Aston Villa F.C. team which won the Football League championship three times in the 1890s....
 scored after 30 seconds in the 1895 FA Cup Final
1895 FA Cup Final

The 1895 FA Cup Final was contested by Aston Villa F.C. and West Bromwich Albion F.C. at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre. Aston Villa won 1–0, with Bob Chatt being credited with scoring the fastest goal in FA Cup Final history, scored after just 30 seconds.Devey found Hodgetts, whose cross was laid off by Athersmith to Chatt, who...
. It remains the fastest goal in FA Cup Final history.

Winners

For a full list of FA Cup winners and runners-up, see List of FA Cup winners
List of FA Cup winners

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a Single-elimination tournament cup competition in England Football , organised by and named after The Football Association ....


See also

  • FA Cup Final referees
    FA Cup Final Referees

    FA Cup Final Referees are the Referee chosen for the FA Cup Final, the deciding game in the English football competition; the FA Cup....
  • FA Cup Semi-finals
    FA Cup Semi-finals

    The FA Cup Semi-finals are played to determine which teams will contest the FA Cup Final. They are the penultimate phase of the FA Cup, the oldest football tournament in the world....


Footnotes


External links

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