FA Cup

The first week of October means we are about a month away from the montrous FA cup to decide who is the best in all of England.

• The FA cup is a tournament with 10 levels of English Football starting with a Extra Preliminary Round, then Preliminary Round, then First Qualifying Round, then 2nd, 3rd and 4th qualifying round.
• Out of those qualifiers, 124 teams are left to participate in the tournament.
• Round One Proper begins.  The 4th and 3rd leagues of England, League One and League Two, begin their play in this round.
• Round Two Proper begins.  The winners of the previous rounds play in this round.
• Round Three Proper begins.  The Chamionship League and the EPL begin play in this round with only 32 teams left in the tournament.
• Round Four Proper begins.  The tournament is dwindled into 16 teams.
• Round Five Proper begins.  The tournament is then dropped to the final 8.
• Round Six Proper begins.  The entrants are then moved to the final 4.
• The Semi finals begin.  The final 4 teams play for the FA Cup.
• The Finals.  A winner take all match for the FA Cup.

History:

• 2010 FA Cup-- Chelsea 1 Portsmouth 0.
• 2009 FA Cup--  Chelsea 2 Everton 1
• 2008 FA Cup--  Portsmouth 1 Cardiff City 0
• 2007 FA Cup-- Chelsea 1 Man U 0
• Manchester United has won 11 FA Cups and were runners up 7 times.
• The final has been played at Wembley Stadium all but 7 years since 1922.