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![]() FA CupFA Cup Final 2006 - Match Report
Manchester United have won the cup the most times - eleven in all. The top 10 clubs by number of wins (and when they last won and lost a final): Clubs with up to 4 wins: Three clubs have won consecutive FA Cups on more than one occasion:
Wanderers (1872, 1873) and (1876, 1877, 1878),
Blackburn Rovers (1884, 1885, 1886) and (1890, 1891), and
Tottenham Hotspur (1961, 1962) and (1981, 1982). Six clubs have won the FA Cup as part of a
League and
Cup double, these are
Preston North End (1889),
Aston Villa (1897),
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (1961),
Arsenal
(1971, 1998, 2002),
Liverpool (1986) and
Manchester United (1994, 1996, 1999). Arsenal and Manchester United share
the record of three doubles. Arsenal are the only club to win doubles in
distinct decades, and have in fact won in three different decades. In 1999,
Manchester United added the
Champions League crown to its double, an accomplishment known as
The Treble. In 2001,
Liverpool did not win the league, but won the
League Cup
and UEFA Cup
to complete a different treble. They also won the
FA Charity Shield and the
European Super Cup in 2001, at the start of the following season.
Leicester City hold the unfortunate record of having appeared in four FA Cup
finals without ever winning the cup.
Kettering Town have scored the most goals in FA Cup history, having scored
803 goals between 1879 and 2005. (up to
12 October 2005) with Ollie
Burgess scoring the 800th goal against
St Albans City on
11 October 2005
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