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FA Cup
FA Cup Final 2006 - Match Report
FA Giant-Killers
The FA Cup has a long tradition of lower-division and non-league teams
becoming "giant-killers" by defeating highly-ranked opponents. There are various
famous giant killing feats, and every club will remember their own successes.
However, the most famous results are arguably those of:
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Yeovil Town in 1948-49, who reached the fifth round while in the
Southern League. In latter years they defeated League opposition many other
times, before winning promotion to the Football League in 2003.
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Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic who beat
Wolves and
Tottenham Hotspur in 1957, before losing to
Manchester United in a closely fought quarter-final tie.
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Hereford United in 1972, who famously defeated
Newcastle United.
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Wrexham in 1992, when they defeated the league champions
Arsenal
in the Third Round, Wrexham having finished bottom of the
Football League the previous season.
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Wycombe Wanderers in 2001, when they famously reached the semi-finals while
still in the
Second Division (today's League One), beating such sides as then
Premiership club
Leicester City, before crashing out in the semi-finals after a 2-1 loss to
eventual champions
Liverpool.
Famous Shock Results
- Cardiff City 2 Oldham Athletic 0 (1919-1920, Round 1)
- Walsall 2 Arsenal 0 (1932-1933, Round 3)
- Yeovil Town 2 Sunderland 1 aet (1948-1949, Round 4)
- Worcester City 2 Liverpool 1 (1950-1951, Round 3)
- Arsenal 1 Norwich City 2 (1953-1954, Round 4)
- Wolverhamption Wanderers 0 Bournemouth and Boscome Athletic 1 (1956-1957,
Round 3)
- Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 3 Tottenham Hotspur 1 (1956-1957, Round 4)
- Colchester United 3 Leeds United 2 (1970-1971, Round 5)
- Hereford United 2 Newcastle United 1 (1971-1972, Round 3 replay)
- Sunderland 1 Leeds United 0 (1972-1973, Final)
- Burnley 0 Wimbledon 1 (1974-1975, Round 3)
- Southampton 1 Manchester United 0 (1975-1976, Final)
- Blyth Spartans 3 Stoke City 2 (1977-1978, Round 3)
- Bournemouth 2 Manchester United 0 (1983-1984, Round 3)
- Brighton & Hove Albion 2 Liverpool 0 (1983-1984, Round 4)
- York City 1 Arsenal 0 (1984-1985, Round 4)
- Birmingham City 1 Altrincham 2 (1985-1986, Round 3)
- Tottenham Hotspur 2 Coventry City 3 (1986-1987, Final)
- Wimbledon 1 Liverpool 0 (1987-1988, Final)
- Middlesbrough 1 Grimsby Town 2 (1988-1989, Round 3)
- Sutton United 2 Coventry City 1 (1988-1989, Round 3)
- Oldham Athletic 2 Everton 1 (1989-1990, Round 5)
- Oldham Athletic 3 Aston Villa 0 (1989-1990, Quarter-Final)
- Wrexham 2 Arsenal 1 (1991-1992, Round 3)
- Liverpool 0 Bolton Wanderers 2 (1992-1993, Round 3 replay)
- Liverpool 0 Bristol City 1 (1993-1994, Round 3 replay)
- Stockport County 2 Queens Park Rangers 1 (1993-1994, Round 3)
- Barnsley 3 Manchester United 2 (1997-1998, Round 5 replay)
- Leicester City 1 Wycombe Wanderers 2 (2000-2001, Quarter-Final)
- Cardiff City 2 Leeds United 1 (2001-2002, Round 3)
- Shrewsbury Town 2 Everton 1 (2002-2003, Round 3)
- Liverpool 0 Crystal Palace 2 (2002-2003, Round 4 replay)
- Oldham Athletic 1 Manchester City 0 (2004-05, Round 3)
- Manchester United 0 Exeter City 0 (2004-05, Round 3)
- Burscough 3 Gillingham 2 (2005-2006, Round 1)
- Fulham 1 Leyton Orient 2 (2005-2006, Round 3)
- Brentford 2 Sunderland 1 (2005-2006, Round 4)
- Manchester United 0 Burton Albion 0 (2005-2006, Round 3)
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