FA Cup Fixtures
Posted on February 29, 2008 Filed Under Basics of Football, Fixtures and Results
1 week left for some amazing matches! This is FA Cup’s most upsetting phase. As in the past we have seen many major teams fail to qualify for the Semi Finals. But I would love to see Manchester United and Chelsea in the finals. As Manchester lost to Chelsea last year and they would be looking forward to take revenge.
08 Mar 2008 Manchester United v Portsmouth
08 Mar 2008 Barnsley v Chelsea
09 Mar 2008 Middlesbrough v Cardiff City
09 Mar 2008 Bristol Rovers v West Bromwich Albion
Fa Cup History..
The Football Association Challenge Cup, also known as FA cup is a knockout cup competition in English football. The FA Cup is the oldest football competition in the world, commencing in 1871–72. The current holders of the FA Cup are Chelsea who beat Manchester United 1–0 in extra time in the 2007 final, on 19 May 2007.
Venue….
Matches in the FA Cup are usually played at the home ground of one of the two teams. The team who plays at home is decided when the matches are drawn. In the event of a draw, the replay is played at the ground of the team who originally played away from home.
Trophy….
The first, the ‘little tin idol’, was used from the inception of the Cup in 1871-2 until it was stolen from a Birmingham shop window belonging to William Shillcock while held by Aston Villa on September 11, 1895. It was never seen again and is presumed to have been melted down. The second trophy was a replica of the first, and was last used in 1910 before being presented to the FA’s long-serving president Lord Kinnaird. It was sold at Christie’s on May 19, 2005 for £420,000 (£478,400 including auction fees and taxes) to David Gold, the chairman of Birmingham City. A new, larger, trophy was bought by the FA in 1911 designed and manufactured by Fattorini’s of Bradford and won by Bradford City in its first outing, the only time a team from Bradford has reached the final. This trophy still exists but is now too fragile to be used, so an exact replica was made and has been in use since the 1992 final. Therefore, though the FA Cup is the oldest domestic football competition in the world, its trophy is not the oldest; that title is claimed by the Youdan Cup. A “backup” trophy was made alongside the existing trophy in 1992, but it has not been used so far, and will only be used if the current trophy is lost, damaged or destroyed.
Source: Wikipedia
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