FA Cup Final Tickets
05/12 FA Cup
FA Cup Tickets, Wembley Stadium, May 12 TBA
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FA Cup Final
The FA Cup Final is the world’s oldest association football competition. It is watched by a huge audience worldwide, and it is also the competition that many of the top players in the world aspire to play in. The competition is open to clubs from all levels and over the years has provided its fair share of shocks and giant killing by some of the smaller clubs. The fa cup final takes place at England’s national football stadium at Wembley, although in recent years it was held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff whilst the new Wembley Stadium was being built.
The first FA Cup competition was held in 1871-72. The competition was introduced as a knock out competition, and allows teams from the lower leagues to qualify to take part in the competition proper. The draw for each round is usually made following the results of the previous round. Teams are drawn against each other. There is usually only one tie per round, however, if a tie is drawn it will be replayed at the ground of the team who were away on the first round. Should there be a draw at the end of the replay, this will usually result in extra time, and if a result is still not achieved at the end of the extra half hour, then usually a penalty shootout will take place. Up until 1990, however, the tie would be replayed until a winner was determined. Prior to 1990, some matches could take up to six matches to settle. Today the rules stipulate that there are no replays for semi-final and final of the competition.
The FA Cup competition begins in August and consists of fourteen rounds, six qualifying, followed by six further rounds, which are then followed by the semi final and final. Entry for each round depends on the status of each club. Exemptions to the clubs from the Conference North and South until the Second qualifying round, whilst teams from the national Conference are exempt until the fourth qualifying round.
By the time the qualifying rounds have been played, thirty two winners will be determined. These teams then join the forty eight clubs from League One and League Two of the football leagues. Teams from the Premier League and Championship then join the competition in Round Three. Eventually, the winner of the trophy will receive the FA Cup Trophy, and this will also qualify the team for the following seasons UEFA Cup.
The FA Cup acts as a valuable revenue source for some of the smaller teams especially if they are drawn against one of the top Premiership teams. There is huge interest in the draw itself which is usually televised live. Much of this interest is due to the long history of giant killing teams which the FA Cup manages to produce each season. Smaller teams who knock out one of their illustrious opponents from a higher league have their club profile raised nationally, and now, with the global televised screening of the event, internationally.
Sutton United were the last non-league club to defeat a team from the top division. In the fifth round of the FA Cup in 1969, third division Mansfield beat West Ham, then sixth in the top division 3-0. West Ham at that time included the three England winners, Geoff Hurst, Bobby Moore and Martin Peters. In that season, Mansfield became one of only four clubs to defeat teams from all five different leagues. Perhaps the most famous goal scored by a non league club was the goal scored by Ronnie Radford which knocked out Newcastle United, then in the top flight. Tottenham Hotspur were the only non-league winners of the cup, which they won in 1901. Tottenham Hotspur were not to become a member of the football league until 1908.
The 2009 FA Cup Final will be between Chelsea, who beat London rivals Arsenal 2-1 in the semi final, and Everton, who defeated Manchester United in the other semi final. The final will be the 128th final and is due to be played at Wembley Stadium on 30th May 2009. Chelsea have won the competition four times, all since 1970. They last won in 2007 when they beat Manchester United. Chelsea were managed by Jose Mourinho. Everton have one more win to their credit with the last win being in 1995, when they defeated Watford.
Each of the two finalist have been allocated just over twenty five thousand tickets, this despite the fact that Everton sold over thirty two thousand tickets alone in the semi final against Manchester United. Ticket prices were in four stages, ranging from £4.30 to £93.00. Tickets are unlikely to be available, but may possibly be available via the participating finalists ticket offices, however it is worth checking ticket agency websites.
Football News
Sheffield Wed 0-3 Blackpool - Tue, 07 Feb 2012
Blackpool seal an FA Cup fifth-round tie at Everton after a convincing 3-0 victory at Sheffield Wednesday.
Swindon 1-0 Barnet (2-1) - Tue, 07 Feb 2012
Swindon edge Barnet to seal a 2-1 aggregate victory and reach the Johnstone's Paint Trophy final at Wembley.
Southampton 2-3 Millwall - Tue, 07 Feb 2012
Liam Feeney's stunning late winner helps Millwall fight back to win 3-2 and dump Southampton out of the FA Cup at St Mary's.
Birmingham 1-0 Portsmouth - Tue, 07 Feb 2012
Nathan Redmond's brilliant, late winner helps Birmingham defeat Portsmouth 1-0 and move up to third in the Championship.
Dunfermline 1-1 Kilmarnock - Tue, 07 Feb 2012
Dunfermline fail to climb off the bottom of the Premier League table despite a spirited draw with Kilmarnock at East End Park.
Redknapp tax trial jury sent home - Tue, 07 Feb 2012
The jury in the Harry Redknapp tax evasion trial is sent home for the day with deliberations to continue on Wednesday.
Stoke lose Huth's red card appeal - Tue, 07 Feb 2012
Stoke City lose their appeal to the Football Association over Robert Huth's red card against Sunderland.
Bournemouth 2-0 Exeter - Tue, 07 Feb 2012
Matt Tubbs scores his first goal since joining Bournemouth from Crawley as they beat Exeter with two late goals.
Crawley Town 4-2 Cheltenham - Tue, 07 Feb 2012
Crawley leapfrog Cheltenham at the top of League Two with a convincing victory over the Robins.
Report shows match-fixing scale - Tue, 07 Feb 2012
A report detailing the wide extent of match-fixing, racism and violence in European football will be released on Tuesday.
Suarez ban wrong insists Dalglish - Mon, 06 Feb 2012
Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish insists Luis Suarez should never have been banned after the player returned against Spurs.
Ferguson backs Capello over Terry - Tue, 07 Feb 2012
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson defends Fabio Capello's criticism of the FA after John Terry's removal as England captain.
Van der Sar gives De Gea warning - Tue, 07 Feb 2012
Edwin van der Sar says goalkeeper David de Gea has to "deal" with his tough start to life at Manchester United.
Support our gay players - Le Saux - Tue, 07 Feb 2012
Former England defender Graeme Le Saux says more needs to be done to support gay footballers in the sport.
Donovan 'comfortable' at Everton - Tue, 07 Feb 2012
Everton loanee Landon Donovan says it has been easy to settle during his second loan spell on Merseyside.
