10 Tough Questions about FA Cup Finals

Answer: Robert Pires

French star Robert Pires converted the only goal of the game at Cardiff giving Arsenal victory over Southampton. It was Arsenal's ninth success in the competition, and their second in succession.

Answer: Stuart Pearce

Pearce struck a venomous free kick into the roof of the goal for Nottingham Forest against Tottenham Hotspur. The London club, however, came out 2-1 winners and the game was remembered for an appalling challenge by Spurs midfielder Paul Gascoigne on Forest defender Gary Charles. Paul Stewart equalised the free kick before an own goal by Des Walker gave Tottenham their eighth success.

Answer: Roberto Di Matteo

42 seconds is all it took for Di Matteo to cement his name in history. It had stood at 45 seconds with previous holder Jackie Milburn's goal in the 1955 cup final. Eddie Newton later added a second as Chelsea beat Middlesbrough 2-0.

Answer: Dennis Wise

The game of David vs Goliath. The Kings of English football against the not-so-long-ago non league outfit. Liverpool vs Wimbledon conjured up a fairytale story and a result to match. The only goal came in the first half from a Dennis Wise corner headed in by Sanchez. Wimbledon keeper Dave Beasant also made history when he became the first keeper in Cup final history to save a penalty, from John Aldridge's poor effort.

Answer: Allan Clarke

The centenary cup final pitched the previous year's double winners Arsenal against the potential double winners Leeds United. Allan Clarke scored the only goal of the game to give Leeds the Cup, and then they had to play on Monday night at Molineux to win the League title (and the double).

However, they unbelievably lost their last game ( a draw would have given them the title) and ended up as runners up to Derby County.

Answer: Arsenal

Arsenal made the finals of 1978-79-80 (won one) and repeated the feat 23 years later in 2001-02-03 (won two).

They lost 0-1 in 1978 to Ipswich Town, beat Manchester United 3-2 in 1979, then lost 0-1 to West Ham United in 1980. They lost 1-2 to Liverpool in 2001, beat Chelsea in 2002 by 2-0, and then Southampton 1-0 in 2003.

Answer: 26

Twenty six times these three sides had won it.

United had won ten times: 1909, 1948, 1963, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1996 and 1999.
Arsenal had won it nine times: 1930, 1936, 1950, 1971, 1979, 1993, 1998, 2002, and 2003.
Aston Villa had won seven cups: 1887, 1895, 1897, 1905, 1913, 1920 and 1957.

Answer: Stan Mortensen

The famous 1953 Cup final between Blackpool and Bolton Wanderers, better known as the 'Matthew's final'. Blackpool ran out 4-3 winners with Mortensen notching the first and last hat trick in an FA Cup Final played at Wembley. Matthew's wizardry on the wing for Blackpool was and still is to this day regarded as one of the greatest performances ever witnessed.

Answer: Portsmouth

Wolves had finished runners up in the Championship whilst Portsmouth had struggled for goals all season (1938-39), finishing just above the relagtion zone at 17th out of 22. However, the tables were turned and Portsmouth destroyed their opponents with their best attacking game of the season. War broke out six months later and therefore Portsmouth held the record for the longest amount of time a team has held the cup, seven years (the next FA Cup Final was played in 1946).

Answer: 6

The 6 wins were: 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1897 and 1898. The 1890s were dominated by the Midlands and North West with the trophy headng to Blackburn (Lancashire) in 1890 and 1891. West Bromwich Albion (Birmingham area) won in 1892, Woverhampton Wanderers (Birmingham area) in 1893, Notts County (Nottinghamshire) in 1894, Aston Villa (Birmingham area) in 1895 and 1897, Sheffield Wednesday (Yorkshire) in 1896, Nottingham Forest (Nottinghamshire) in 1898, and finally Sheffield United in 1899.