It may surprise those not familiar with the FA Cup that the first ever final was held on March 6, 1872 at Kennington Oval in London – now called the Kia Oval and home to Surrey County Cricket Club.

Crystal Palace drew the Royal Engineers for their semi-final. Their match, the first FA Cup semi-final in history, took place on 17th February 1872 (the other semi-final was on 5th March) at the ...

This season’s FA Cup campaign concludes on Saturday when Manchester City take on Crystal Palace in the final at ... which was first held at the Kennington Oval in 1872 and has been staged ...

The latest was a stunner, as Crystal Palace won their first-ever major trophy by beating Manchester City in the 2024-25 FA Cup final as Wembley was a sea of ... 1871-72: Wanderers defeat Royal ...

Crystal Palace won their first ever FA Cup after beating Manchester City 1-0 win the final. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) The Football Association Challenge Cup, or simply the FA Cup ...