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Quickies

Did you know …

that the first televised F.A. Cup Final was April 30, 1938, with Preston North End FC defeating Huddersfield Town FC 1–0 at Wembley Stadium?

Who was Harry Burge?

In 1958, 83-year-old Harry Burge, who lived in a Birmingham hostel for the homeless, confessed to a reporter from a British newspaper that he was the thief who stole the original FA Cup trophy, the “Little Tin Idol.” He claimed to have melted it down to make counterfeit half-crown coins.

Top Ten FA Cup Winners

• Manchester United: 11 wins in 18 appearance

• Arsenal: 10 wins in 17 appearances

• Tottenham Hotspur: 8 wins in 9 appearances

• Aston Villa: 7 wins in 10 appearances

• Liverpool: 7 wins in 13 appearances

• Blackburn Rovers: 6 wins in 8 appearances

• Newcastle United: 6 wins in 13 appearances

• Everton: 5 wins in 12 appearances

• The Wanderers: 5 wins in 5 appearance

• West Bromwich Albion: 5 wins in 10 appearances

What was the first non-English team in the FA Cup final?

In 1884, Glasgow’s Queen’s Park FC became the first club from outside England to reach the FA Cup Final. They lost to Blackburn Rovers, 2–1. They did it again in 1885, and lost it again to Blackburn Rovers, 2–0.