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unusual facts about Cup Final



Amnon Salomon

During his career, Solomon filmed 65 films, of which the best-known films included "Haham Gamliel" (1973), "Charlie Ve'hetzi" (1973), "Beyond the Walls" (1985), "Alex Is Lovesick"(1986) and "Cup Final" (1992).

Thomas Bridges Hughes

In the Cup Final Wanderers were again victorious, defeating Oxford University 2–1, with goals from William Lindsay and Jarvis Kenrick, with Arthur Kinnaird conceding an own goal for Oxford University.


see also

1960 European Cup Final

The 1960 European Cup Final was the fifth final in the history of the European Cup, and was contested between Real Madrid of Spain and Eintracht Frankfurt of Germany.

1976 FA Cup Final

Jasper Carrott immortalised the match in his song Cup Final 1976.

1979–80 Northern Rugby Football League season

The 1980 State Express Challenge Cup culminated in the first Hull Cup final derby, with a heavy entourage of supporters from the East and West of the city making the trip to London.

1983 Scottish Cup Final

In Scotland the Scottish Cup Final was shown live on BBC One Scotland on their Sportscene programme and also on STV and Grampian Television on Scotsport.

1987 Calder Cup playoffs

The Calder Cup Final ended on May 23, 1987 with the Rochester Americans defeating the Sherbrooke Canadiens four games to three to win the Calder Cup for the fifth time in team history.

1988 FA Cup Final

The Merseysiders were awarded a penalty on the hour mark following a foul by Clive Goodyear on John Aldridge, though replays showed that Goodyear won the ball cleanly, but Aldridge's penalty was saved by Beasant's diving save to his left, thus becoming the first keeper to save a penalty in a Wembley FA Cup final.

1991 Scottish Challenge Cup Final

The 1991 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, also known as the B&Q Cup Final for sponsorship reasons, was an association football match between Hamilton Academical and Ayr United on 8 December 1991 at Fir Park in Motherwell.

1992 Football League Cup Final

The final was also notable as Brian Clough's last major domestic cup final as a football manager.

1993 Scottish Challenge Cup Final

The 1993 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, also known as the B&Q Cup Final for sponsorship reasons, was an association football match between Falkirk and St. Mirren on 12 December 1993 at Fir Park in Motherwell.

1993–94 Dundee United F.C. season

The jerseys were not sponsored, although Rover started next season's deal early in time for the Cup Final.

2000 in association football

UEFA Champions League: Spanish giants Real Madrid and Valencia faced off in the first ever all-country European cup final with Madrid winning 3-0.

2001 FAI Cup Final

The 2001 FAI Cup Final was the deciding match of the 2000-01 FAI Cup, the national association football cup of Ireland.

2009 Scottish League Cup Final

In the UK the 2009 Scottish League Cup Final was broadcast live on BBC One Scotland on their Sportscene programme, at 14:30 GMT.

2010 Clarkson Cup

Brooke White, Player of the Game, Minnesota, Clarkson Cup Final

Alan Gilzean

The 1973–74 season was Gilzean's last as a professional footballer as Spurs lost the UEFA Cup final to Dutch giants Feyenoord Rotterdam.

Alejandro Sabella

As Estudiantes manager he would be called Magno (from Alejandro Magno) because of the great Club World Cup final they took part in: the favourites, star-studded Barcelona, would only manage to beat his squad in extra time, by 2–1.

Allan McGregor

Dunfermline manager Jim Leishman credited McGregor for helping them reach that cup final and a surprise 1–0 league victory against Celtic.

Athletic Grounds, Rochdale

The highest attendance at the Athletic Grounds was the 1924 Challenge Cup final between Oldham and Wigan when 41,831 saw Wigan win 21-4.

Cheng Fei

Cheng also won the gold medal on the vault at the 2006 World Cup Final in São Paulo, Brazil.

Chichester City F.C.

The 2006–07 season saw a modest League placing, but had another RUR Cup Final Success vs Whitehawk The club's name reverted to Chichester City in 2009.

Constantin Pistol

On 25 March 2008 he was decorated by the president of Romania, Traian Băsescu with Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" — (The Order "The Sportive Merit") class II for his part in winning the 1986 European Cup Final.

Darren Wates

In the 2004 ING Cup Final, Wates starred with Kade Harvey to add 75 for the seventh wicket to guide the Western Warriors to their first title since 1999/2000.

Dawlish Town A.F.C.

But in May 1996 Dawlish Town won the inaugural Carlsberg Pub Cup Final with Wembley Stadium hosting the final.

Dickson Nwakaeme

During FA Cup semi-final second leg, Nwakaeme who scored the late extra-time winner to steer Kelantan to a 6-5 aggregate win over Terengganu at the Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium in Kuala Terengganu to reach the FA Cup final.

Empress's Cup

From 2004 to 2011 season (New Year's Day of 2005 to 2012), the final was played on New Year's Day at the National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo before Emperor's Cup final, and is regarded as the traditional closing match of the season.

Erik Sviatchenko

Furthermore he missed the Danish Cup Final against FC Nordsjælland and the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Denmark.

Harold Baily Dixon

He played with them in the second competition for the FA Cup when Oxford reached the Cup Final, played at Lillie Bridge ground, West Brompton, on 29 March 1873, only to lose to the Wanderers by 2 goals to nil.

Hugh Mitchell

Hugh E. Mitchell (1849–1937), Scottish member of the Royal Engineers who played in the 1872 FA Cup Final

Huw Richards

Neath were a rising force in Welsh rugby in the 1980s, finishing as runners up in the 1984 Welsh Cup final against Cardiff.

James Molyneux

Jim Molyneux, footballer who played for Chelsea in the 1915 FA Cup Final

Jim Watts

The next two summers saw his Northamptonshire team reach the Gillette Cup final, win the Benson & Hedges Cup (with Watts' tactical acumen seen to best advantage in an absorbing semi-final struggle against Mike Brearley's Middlesex at Lord's), and drag itself off the bottom of the Championship table.

John Hawley Edwards

A week after the FA Cup Final replay, Edwards played for the Wales national team in their inaugural match, played at Hamilton Crescent, Partick on 25 March 1876.

Jonathan Webb

He participated in both the 1987 and 1991 Rugby World Cups; in the 1991 World Cup final he kicked England's only points in their 12–6 loss to Australia.

Keighley RUFC

Many outstanding players and impressive sides have been produced over the years but the pinnacle of the club’s achievements was in the 1947/8 season when it won both the Yorkshire Shield and Yorkshire Cup competitions, beating Sheffield by 17 points to 0 in the Shield final at Otley and Otley by 14 points to 6 in the Cup final at Skipton.

Lajos Kű

Lajos Kü (born 5 July 1948 in Székesfehérvár, Fejér) was a Hungarian football midfielder, who played for Videoton, Ferencvárosi TC, Club Brugge K.V.(notably in the European Cup Final 1978 against Liverpool) and SC Eisenstadt.

Laser Quest

2007 championships were held in Longwell Green, Bristol the cup final was won by Sorry Team, with LQ Legends winning the plate finals.

Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup

The Ross O'Carroll-Kelly character, created by Paul Howard, lives off the glory of winning a Leinster Senior Cup final medal with the fictional school "Castlerock College" in the novel The Miseducation of Ross O'Carroll-Kelly.

Lochore Welfare F.C.

Among these are Willie Johnston, who could often be seen playing for Lochore before going on to play for Rangers and Scotland and Ian Porterfield, whose greatest moment of glory was scoring the winning goal for Sunderland in the FA Cup final.

Mike Gatting

He appeared as himself on The Archers on 9 September 2007 at the centre of a misunderstanding between Sid and Jolene Perks during the npower Village Cup Final at Lord's cricket ground.

Milford on Sea

David Peach (Gillingham, Southampton (FA Cup Final 1976), Swindon Town, Orient and England u/23 footballer).

MLS Cup 2004

The Kansas City Wizards were returning to the MLS Cup final for the second time in club history, the last being in 2000, in which they emerged victorious over Chicago Fire.

Ola Dybwad-Olsen

In the club's most successful year, 1968, he set a still unbeaten club record of scoring 25 goals in 18 league games, and helped Lyn win The Double by scoring in his second consecutive cup final (3-0 win against Mjøndalen).

Porthmadog F.C.

The season ended on a high note with a win against Caernarfon Town in the North Wales Coast Challenge Cup Final, following victories over Caernarfon Town and Colwyn Bay in earlier rounds.

Solveig Gulbrandsen

Her team Kolbotn became the Norwegian Cup holders after winning the Cup Final in November 2007.

Terry McDermott

There was joy for McDermott four days later though when he opened the scoring in the European Cup final against Borussia Mönchengladbach as Liverpool won 3-1.

Tony Gubba

This was the era when John Motson and Barry Davies were the BBC's senior commentators so Gubba rarely got to commentate on games at the highest level, but notable matches he covered were the 1986 World Cup semi-final between France and West Germany, the 1992 Olympic Final, the 1996 Charity Shield and the 2007 League Cup final.

Vusi Lamola

He was nicknamed "Computer" during the 1973 Life Cup final against Orlando Pirates when he replaced Ace Ntsoelengoe in the 80th minute.

Walpole Vidal

At 18 years 195 days he was the youngest ever player in a Cup Final until surpassed by 17 years old James Prinsep in 1879, and only winning player still at school on Cup Final day.

Zorky Krasnogorsk

In 2009 they reached the World Cup final again, this time losing to Hammarby.