What you need to know:
The FA Cup has been played for 152 years, which is why it is the mother of all cups
One of the peculiarities of the FA Cup, in addition to being the longest-running cup in football, is that most of the divisions in England have the possibility of winning it.
The lower divisions, which hover between amateurism and professionalism, eliminate each other to move up the rounds; obviously, Premier League teams begin to compete beyond the third or fourth round.
Therefore, it is too complicated for the smaller clubs to compete against the big monsters of England, but There have been a few cases where surprises reach the FA Cup.
The FA Cup trophy, the oldest tournament in the world -Photo: Getty Images
Kill giants or Cinderellas in the FA Cup
Teams with almost no budget or with players who do not have the level to reach the Championship or the Premier League, but with everything and that, have obtained surprising results and here we remember some.
Stevenage throws out Aston Villa
Who? We are sure that not even the most fans of the ‘FIFA’ video game saga -now FC 24- know this team or have faced them virtually on some occasion.
Last 2023, fourth division team Stevenage (League Two) not only did he win, but he dispatched to Aston Villa of the English first divisionone of the big surprises in this tournament, especially because of the multimillion-dollar difference between the two.
The legend of Roberto Martínez is born
In finals there are few times that the difference between teams is closed, but In 2013 something happened that very few fans could forgetOf course, those of Wigan Athletic.
Wembley hosted Roberto Martínez’s Wigan to face Manchester City, who already had millions in the bank and a great team. Besides, The team led by the Spaniard would be relegated from the Premier League a few months later after this match..
Everything indicated that it would be a real massacre, but no one expected that the Wigan not only beat them, but narrowly beat them to the titlemaking fools of the Cityzens.
Roberto Martínez’s Wigan surprised everyone – Photo: Getty Images
The biggest surprise of the FA Cup in terms of division difference between teams
It already rained from this game, well In 1991 West Bromwich Albion, from the second division, faced Wokinga regional league team in the FA Cup.
Tim Buzaglo scored a hat-trick for Woking in just 11 minutes to kick out West Brom and give the biggest bang between divisions in history.
The greats are no strangers to these surprises in the FA Cup
Liverpool is one of the best in the world and in the 80’s they won everything there was to win, with the exception of the 1988 FA Cup, which they lost to a modest Wembley.
Oldham Athletic gave the Reds gray hair in 2013because it caused them one of the greatest humiliations when they were eliminated and it was a third division team.
Oldham surprised the almighty Liverpool – Photo: Getty Images
Wrexham is famous now for Ryan Reynolds, but their first brush with fame was in 1992 when they knocked out Arsenal. Your blue brother from London, He also experienced a similar episode, as Bradford City kicked them out in 2015..
Very ‘Red Devils’, but Manchester United burned in the hell of FA Cup humiliations on a few occasions. First, Sheffield Wednesday won a title in 1991 and MK Dons -few will know of its existence- removed them in 2015.
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2024-03-17 02:38:08
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