The FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium

The Football Association (FA) Cup is the oldest association football competition in the world, first held in 1871-72, and played consistently throughout the years in the English isles. The Cup Final has been held at various fields throughout the history, but now calls Wembley home.

The tournament structure requires an intimate knowledge of astro-physics and hieroglyphics to decode, but involves teams of all qualifications, who participate in a knockout tournament with pairings for each round drawn at random. There are no seeds, and the draw for each round is not made until after the scheduled dates for the previous round. It also determines which teams will play at home. Understood?

The Cup’s excitement is drawn from its diversity – clubs of all stripes compete, so there always exists the possibility of a David and a Goliath, though rare, it has been known to happen, and when it does, you can bet the nearly 90,000 fans at Wembley will take to the streets.