FA CUP FINALS
The FA Cup is always an event that attracts huge betting interest, with the prospect of a shock never too far away in what is the oldest football cup competition.
But whilst most giant-killings are found in the earlier rounds, the final itself has provided us with results which shocked the football betting world.
In 1973, Sunderland stunned a Leeds United side containing the likes Billy Bremner, Allan Clarke and Peter Lorimer.
There was the ‘Matthews Final’ in which Stanley Matthews brought Blackpool back from the dead to beat Bolton Wanderers, and the surprising sight of Watford, led out by Elton John, making a surprise apperance at Wembley.
Placing a bet on Manchester United in an FA Cup final isn’t perhaps a wise move if history is anything to go by. An Ian Wright inspired Crystal Palace earned a 3-3 draw with at Wembley in 1990, Southampton’s recorded a 1-0 giant killing over the Red Devils in 1976 and in 1995, United came unstuck against the Toffee’s as a Paul Rideout goal won the cup for Everton.
But the biggest FA Cup betting shock came in 1988, as Liverpool fell to the underdogs of Wimbledon. A Lawrie Sanchez goal and Dave Beasant penalty save from John Aldridge was enough to record a victory for the Crazy Gang, who went into the game as massive 33/1 outsiders in the football betting market.
Year |
Winner |
2007 |
Chelsea |
2006 |
Liverpool |
2005 |
Arsenal |
2004 |
Manchester United |
2003 |
Arsenal |
2002 |
Arsenal |
2001 |
Liverpool |
2000 |
Chelsea |
1999 |
Manchester United |
1998 |
Arsenal |
1997 |
Chelsea |
1996 |
Manchester United |
1995 |
Everton |
1994 |
Manchester United |
1993 |
Arsenal |
1992 |
Liverpool |
1991 |
Tottenham Hotspur |
1990 |
Manchester United |
1989 |
Liverpool |
1988 |
Wimbledon |
1987 |
Coventry City |
1986 |
Liverpool |
1985 |
Manchester United |
1984 |
Everton |
1983 |
Manchester United |
1982 |
Tottenham Hotspur |
1981 |
Tottenham Hotspur |
1980 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
1979 |
Arsenal |
1978 |
Ipswich Town |
1977 |
Manchester United |
1976 |
Southampton |
1975 |
West Ham United |
1974 |
Liverpool |
1973 |
Sunderland |
1972 |
Leeds United |
1971 |
Arsenal |
1970 |
Chelsea |
1969 |
Manchester City |
1968 |
West Bromwich Albion |
1967 |
Tottenham Hotspur |
1966 |
Everton |
1965 |
Liverpool |
1964 |
West Ham United |
1963 |
Manchester United |
1962 |
Tottenham Hotspur |
1961 |
Tottenham Hotspur |
1960 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
1959 |
Nottingham Forest |
1958 |
Bolton Wanderers |
1957 |
Aston Villa |
1956 |
Manchester City |
1955 |
Newcastle United |
1954 |
West Bromwich Albion |
1953 |
Blackpool |
1952 |
Newcastle United |
1951 |
Newcastle United |
1950 |
Arsenal |
1949 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
1948 |
Manchester United |
1947 |
Charlton Athletic |
1946 |
Derby County |
1939 |
Portsmouth |
1938 |
Preston North End |
1937 |
Sunderland |
1936 |
Arsenal |
1935 |
Sheffield Wednesday |
1934 |
Manchester City |
1933 |
Everton |
1932 |
Newcastle United |
1931 |
West Bromwich Albion |
1930 |
Arsenal |
1929 |
Bolton Wanderers |
1928 |
Blackburn Rovers |
1927 |
Cardiff City |
1926 |
Bolton Wanderers |
1925 |
Sheffield United |
1924 |
Newcastle United |
1923 |
Bolton Wanderers |
1922 |
Huddersfield Town |
1921 |
Tottenham Hotspur |
1920 |
Aston Villa |
1915 |
Sheffield United |
1914 |
Burnley |
1913 |
Aston Villa |
1912 |
Barnsley |
1911 |
Bradford City |
1910 |
Newcastle United |
1909 |
Manchester United |
1908 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
1907 |
Sheffield Wednesday |
1906 |
Everton |
1905 |
Aston Villa |
1904 |
Manchester City |
1903 |
Bury |
1902 |
Sheffield United |
1901 |
Tottenham Hotspur |
1900 |
Bury |
1899 |
Sheffield United |
1898 |
Nottingham Forest |
1897 |
Aston Villa |
1896 |
Sheffield Wednesday |
1895 |
Aston Villa |
1894 |
Notts County |
1893 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
1892 |
West Bromwich Albion |
1891 |
Blackburn Rovers |
1890 |
Blackburn Rovers |
1889 |
Preston North End |
1888 |
West Bromwich Albion |
1887 |
Aston Villa |
1886 |
Blackburn Rovers |
1885 |
Blackburn Rovers |
1884 |
Blackburn Rovers |
1883 |
Blackburn Olympic |
1882 |
Old Etonians |
1881 |
Old Carthusians |
1880 |
Clapham Rovers |
1879 |
Old Etonians |
1878 |
Wanderers |
1877 |
Wanderers |
1876 |
Wanderers |
1875 |
Royal Engineers |
1874 |
Oxford University |
1873 |
Wanderers |
1872 |
Wanderers |
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