The FA
Cup
The FA
Cup
is the
oldest football competition in
the
world. It first started its life
way
back in 187172. Because it
involves
clubs of
all standards playing against
each
other, there is the possibility
for
"minnows&qu
ot; or "under-
dogs" from the lower
divisions of the
football league to
become
what are known as
"giant-killers"
by
beating bigger clubs from
higher
division
and knocking them out of the
tournament. It is
however (until recent
years),
every seldom that a lower
division
side reaches the final. An all
time
record was set when 762
teams were
accepted into the
FA Cup for the 200809
season.
In comparison, the League
Cup (Carling
Cup) can
involve only the 72 members
of The
Football League, along with
the
20
teams in the
Premiership,
making it a total of 92
teams
that are eligible to
play.
The
current FA
Cup
holders are Chelsea FC, who
beat
Everton
FC 21 in the 2009 final on
30th
May
2009. As well as being
presented
with the
cup, the winning team also
qualify
for the first round of the
Europa
League. This is of course
unless
they have already qualified
for
Europe
in which case the position
goes
to the
runners- up or to the highest
placed
Premier
League club without
European
qualification.
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