FA_Cup

context: The competition is open to any eligible club down to Levels 10 of the English football league system - all 92 professional clubs in the Premier League and Football League (Levels 1 to 4), and several hundred "non-league" teams in Steps 1 to 6 of the National League System (Levels 5 to 10). A record 763 clubs competed in 2011–12. The tournament consists of 12 randomly drawn rounds followed by the semi-finals and the final. Entrants are not seeded, although a system of byes based on league level ensures higher ranked teams enter in later rounds - the minimum number of games needed to win the competition ranges from six to fourteen.
qas: answers: text: any eligible club
question: Who is the competition open too?

answers: text: 763 clubs
question: How many clubs competed in 20011-12?

answers: text: 12
question: How many rounds in the tournament?

answers: text: six to fourteen
question: How many games are needed to win?

answers: text: Premier League and Football League
question: What league can compete?

context: The first six rounds are the Qualifying Competition, from which 32 teams progress to the first round of the Competition Proper, meeting the first of the 92 professional teams. The last entrants are the Premier League and Championship clubs, into the draw for the Third Round Proper. In the modern era, non-league teams have never reached the quarter finals, and teams below Level 2 have never reached the final.[note 1] As a result, as well as who wins, significant focus is given to those "minnows" (smaller teams) who progress furthest, especially if they achieve an unlikely "giant-killing" victory.
qas: answers: text: first six rounds
question: What rounds are the qualifiers?

answers: text: 92 professional teams.
question: How many teams in the first round? 

answers: text: Premier League and Championship clubs
question: What league enters in the third round?

answers: text: never reached the quarter finals
question: In the modern era, has any non-league team reached the quarter finals??

answers: text: Level 2 have never reached the final.
question: Has a level 2 club reached the finals ever?

context: Winners receive the FA Cup trophy, of which there have been two designs and five actual cups; the latest is a 2014 replica of the second design, introduced in 1911. Winners also qualify for European football and a place in the FA Community Shield match. Arsenal are the current holders, having beaten Aston Villa 4–0 in the 2015 final to win the cup for the second year in a row. It was their 12th FA Cup title overall, making Arsenal the FA Cup's most successful club ahead of Manchester United on 11.
qas: answers: text: the FA Cup trophy
question: What do winners receive? 

answers: text: two
question: How many FA cup designs have there been?

answers: text: five actual cups
question: How many FA cups have there been?

answers: text: 2014 replica of the second design, introduced in 1911
question: When was the latest design intoduced?

context: In 1863, the newly founded Football Association (the FA) published the Laws of the Game of Association Football, unifying the various different rules in use before then. On 20 July 1871, in the offices of The Sportsman newspaper, the FA Secretary C. W. Alcock proposed to the FA committee that "it is desirable that a Challenge Cup should be established in connection with the Association for which all clubs belonging to the Association should be invited to compete". The inaugural FA Cup tournament kicked off in November 1871. After thirteen games in all, Wanderers were crowned the winners in the final, on 16 March 1872. Wanderers retained the trophy the following year. The modern cup was beginning to be established by the 1888–89 season, when qualifying rounds were introduced.
qas: answers: text: 1863
question: When was the laws of the Game of Asscociation Football published?

answers: text: C. W. Alcock
question: Who was the FA secretary in 1871?

answers: text: November 1871
question: When did the inaugural  FA cup tournament take place?

answers: text: Wanderers were crowned the winners
question: Who won the first and second cups? 

answers: text: modern cup was beginning to be established by the 1888–89 season,
question: When was the modern cup established? 

context: Following the 1914–15 edition, the competition was suspended due to the First World War, and didn't resume until 1919–20. The 1922–23 competition saw the first final to be played in the newly opened Wembley Stadium (known at the time as the Empire Stadium). Due to the outbreak of World War II, the competition wasn't played between the 1938–39 and 1945–46 editions. Due to the wartime breaks, the competition didn't celebrate its centenary year until 1980–81; fittingly the final featured a goal by Ricky Villa which was later voted the greatest goal ever scored at Wembley Stadium, but has since been replaced by Steven Gerrard.
qas: answers: text: competition was suspended due to the First World War
question: Was competition suspended due to the first world war? 

answers: text: 1919–20.
question: what year did competition resume after world war 1?

answers: text: 1922–23
question: When did Wembly stadium open? 

answers: text: Empire Stadium
question: What was Webly stadium called at that time? 

answers: text: didn't celebrate its centenary year until 1980–81
question: When did the competition celebrate its centennial? 

context: The competition is open to any club down to Level 10 of the English football league system which meets the eligibility criteria. All clubs in the top four levels (the Premier League and the three divisions of the Football League) are automatically eligible. Clubs in the next six levels (non-league football) are also eligible provided they have played in either the FA Cup, FA Trophy or FA Vase competitions in the previous season. Newly formed clubs, such as F.C. United of Manchester in 2005–06 and also 2006–07, may not therefore play in the FA Cup in their first season. All clubs entering the competition must also have a suitable stadium.
qas: answers: text: The competition is open to any club down to Level 10 of the English football league system
question: Is the competition open to anyone? 

answers: text: . All clubs in the top four levels (the Premier League and the three divisions of the Football League) are automatically eligible
question: Is there anyone automatically eligible? 

answers: text: Clubs in the next six levels (non-league football) are also eligible provided they have played in either the FA Cup, FA Trophy or FA Vase competitions
question: Who else can play? 

answers: text: Newly formed clubs, such as F.C. United of Manchester in 2005–06 and also 2006–07, may not therefore play in the FA Cup in their first season.
question: Can new clubs play too? 

answers: text: All clubs entering the competition must also have a suitable stadium.
question: Do I need a stadium to compete? 

context: It is very rare for top clubs to miss the competition, although it can happen in exceptional circumstances. Defending holders Manchester United did not enter the 1999–2000 FA Cup, as they were already in the inaugural Club World Championship, with the club stating that entering both tournaments would overload their fixture schedule and make it more difficult to defend their Champions League and Premiership titles. The club claimed that they did not want to devalue the FA Cup by fielding a weaker side. The move benefited United as they received a two-week break and won the 1999–2000 league title by an 18-point margin, although they did not progress past the group stage of the Club World Championship. The withdrawal from the FA Cup, however, drew considerable criticism as this weakened the tournament's prestige and Sir Alex Ferguson later admitted his regret regarding their handling of the situation.
qas: answers: text: It is very rare for top clubs to miss the competition
question: Does anyone ever miss a tournament? 

answers: text: Manchester United did not enter the 1999–2000 FA Cup,
question: What clubs have missed the competition? 

answers: text: The club claimed that they did not want to devalue the FA Cup by fielding a weaker side.
question: Why did they miss that competition? 

answers: text: drew considerable criticism as this weakened the tournament's prestige
question: How did people feel about Manchester's decision? 

answers: text: Sir Alex Ferguson later admitted his regret regarding their handling of the situation.
question: Did the club later regret their choice? 

context: Welsh sides that play in English leagues are eligible, although since the creation of the League of Wales there are only six clubs remaining: Cardiff City (the only non-English team to win the tournament, in 1927), Swansea City, Newport County, Wrexham, Merthyr Town and Colwyn Bay. In the early years other teams from Wales, Ireland and Scotland also took part in the competition, with Glasgow side Queen's Park losing the final to Blackburn Rovers in 1884 and 1885 before being barred from entering by the Scottish Football Association. In the 2013–14 season the first Channel Island club entered the competition when Guernsey F.C. competed for the first time.
qas: answers: text: Welsh sides that play in English leagues are eligible,
question: May Welsh clubs enter the competition? 

answers: text: Cardiff City (the only non-English team to win the tournament, in 1927)
question: Has a Welsh team ever won a competition? 

answers: text: other teams from Wales, Ireland and Scotland also took part in the competition,
question: Have any other countries ever competed? 

answers: text: barred from entering by the Scottish Football Association.
question: Why can't those countries compete? 

answers: text: Channel Island club entered the competition when Guernsey F.C. competed for the first time.
question: Has any other  country been allowed to enter the competition since? 

context: The number of entrants has increased greatly in recent years. In the 2004–05 season, 660 clubs entered the competition, beating the long-standing record of 656 from the 1921–22 season. In 2005–06 this increased to 674 entrants, in 2006–07 to 687, in 2007–08 to 731 clubs, and for the 2008–09 and 2009–10 competitions it reached 762. The number has varied slightly but remained roughly stable since then, with 759 clubs participating in 2010–11, a record 763 in 2011–12, 758 for 2012–13, 737 for 2013–14 and 736 for 2014–15. By comparison, the other major English domestic cup, the League Cup, involves only the 92 members of the Premier League and Football League.
qas: answers: text: The number of entrants has increased greatly in recent years
question: Has the number of entrants stayed the same? 

answers: text: 660 clubs entered the competition
question: How many clubs entered in 2004-05?

answers: text: 674
question: How many clubs entered in 2005-06?

answers: text: 687
question: How many clubs entered in 2006-07?

answers: text: 731
question: How many clubs entered in 2007-08?

context: Beginning in August, the competition proceeds as a knockout tournament throughout, consisting of twelve rounds, a semi-final and then a final, in May. A system of byes ensures clubs above Level 9 and 10 enter the competition at later stages. There is no seeding, the fixtures in each round being determined by a random draw. Prior to the semi-finals, fixtures ending in a tie are replayed once only. The first six rounds are qualifiers, with the draws organised on a regional basis. The next six rounds are the "proper" rounds where all clubs are in one draw.
qas: answers: text: May
question: When is the final?

answers: text: clubs above Level 9 and 10 enter the competition at later stages
question: When do clubs above 9 enter? 

answers: text: There is no seeding,
question: Is there seeding?

answers: text: fixtures ending in a tie are replayed once only
question: What happens in the event of a tie?

answers: text: The first six rounds are qualifiers
question: What are the first 6 rounds? 

context: The final is normally held the Saturday after the Premier League season finishes in May. The only seasons in recent times when this pattern was not followed were 1999–2000, when most rounds were played a few weeks earlier than normal as an experiment, and 2010–11 and 2012–13 when the FA Cup Final was played before the Premier League season had finished, to allow Wembley Stadium to be ready for the UEFA Champions League final, as well as in 2011–12 to allow England time to prepare for that summer's European Championships.
qas: answers: text: The final is normally held the Saturday after the Premier League season finishes in May.
question: When does the final take place? 

answers: text: in recent times when this pattern was not followed were 1999–2000
question: Was there a time this was not the case? 

answers: text: most rounds were played a few weeks earlier than normal as an experiment
question: Why was that? 

answers: text: 2010–11 and 2012–13
question: Did that ever happen again? 

answers: text: the FA Cup Final was played before the Premier League season had finished, to allow Wembley Stadium to be ready for the UEFA Champions League final
question: What happened during those years? 

context: Until the 1990s further replays would be played until one team was victorious. Some ties took as many as six matches to settle; in their 1975 campaign, Fulham played a total of 12 games over six rounds, which remains the most games played by a team to reach a final. Replays were traditionally played three or four days after the original game, but from 1991–92 they were staged at least 10 days later on police advice. This led to penalty shoot-outs being introduced, the first of which came on 26 November 1991 when Rotherham United eliminated Scunthorpe United.
qas: answers: text: Until the 1990s further replays would be played until one team was victorious.
question: Do clubs replay each other?

answers: text: 12 games over six rounds, which remains the most games played by a team to reach a final
question: What is the most games played a team to reach the final?

answers: text: . Replays were traditionally played three or four days after the original game, but from 1991–92 they were staged at least 10 days later on police advice.
question: When are replays played?

answers: text: penalty shoot-outs being introduced, the first of which came on 26 November 1991
question: When was the first penalty kick?

answers: text: Rotherham United eliminated Scunthorpe United.
question: What clubs were playing during the first penalty?

context: The FA Cup winners qualify for the following season's UEFA Europa League (formerly named the UEFA Cup; until 1998 they entered the Cup Winners' Cup instead). This European place applies even if the team is relegated or is not in the English top flight. In the past, if the FA Cup winning team also qualified for the following season's Champions League or Europa League through their league position, then the losing FA Cup finalist was given the Europa League place instead. FA Cup winners enter the Europa League at the group stage. Losing finalists, if they entered the Europa League, began earlier, at the play-off or third qualifying round stage. From the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League season, however, UEFA will not allow the runners-up to qualify for the Europa League through the competition.
qas: answers: text: Cup Winners' Cup
question: What is the cup called now?

answers: text: the losing FA Cup finalist was given the Europa League place
question: Does the loser of the cup gain anything?

answers: text: formerly named the UEFA Cup; until 1998
question: Did that used to have a different name?

answers: text: FA Cup winners enter the Europa League at the group stage.
question: what about the FA Cup winner?

answers: text: The FA Cup winners qualify for the following season's UEFA Europa League
question: Do the FA Cup winners qualify for anything?

context: The semi-finals have been played exclusively at the rebuilt Wembley Stadium since 2008, one year after it opened and after it had already hosted a final (in 2007). For the first decade of the competition, the Kennington Oval was used as the semi-final venue. In the period between this first decade and the reopening of Wembley, semi-finals were played at high-capacity neutral venues around England; usually the home grounds of teams not involved in that semi-final, chosen to be roughly equidistant between the two teams for fairness of travel. The top three most used venues in this period were Villa Park in Birmingham (55 times), Hillsborough in Sheffield (34 times) and Old Trafford in Manchester (23 times). The original Wembley Stadium was also used seven times for semi-final, between 1991 and 2000 (the last held there), but not always for fixtures featuring London teams. In 2005, both were held at the Millennium Stadium.
qas: answers: text: e semi-finals have been played exclusively at the rebuilt Wembley Stadium
question: Where are the semi finals played?

answers: text: Kennington Oval was used as the semi-final venue
question: Is there a name for the specific venue? 

answers: text: semi-finals were played at high-capacity neutral venues around England
question: Where did the semi finals take place before then? 

answers: text: Villa Park in Birmingham (55 times)
question: What was the top most used venue?

answers: text: In 2005, both were held at the Millennium Stadium.
question: Where was the cup held in 2005?

context: In 2003 the FA took the decision to permanently use the new Wembley for semi-finals to recoup debts in financing the new stadium. This was controversial, with the move seen as both unfair to fans of teams located far from London, as well as taking some of the prestige away from a Wembley final. In defending the move, the FA has also cited the extra capacity Wembley offers, although the 2013 fixture between Millwall and Wigan led to the unprecedented step of placing 6,000 tickets on sale to neutral fans after the game failed to sell out. A fan poll by The Guardian in 2013 found 86% opposition to Wembley semi-finals.
qas: answers: text: In 2003 the FA took the decision to permanently use the new Wembley for semi-finals
question: Where is the FA cup held today?

answers: text: to recoup debts in financing the new stadium.
question: Why is it held at Webly Stadium? 

answers: text: the move seen as both unfair to fans of teams located far from London
question: Do the people of London agree with this action?

answers: text: the 2013 fixture between Millwall and Wigan led to the unprecedented step of placing 6,000 tickets on sale to neutral fans after the game failed to sell out.
question: Has the game ever fail to sell out? 

answers: text: 86% opposition to Wembley semi-finals.
question: Do people oppose of using the new Webly Stadium?

context: The final has been played at the rebuilt Wembley Stadium since it opened, in 2007. The rebuilding process meant that between 2001 and 2006 they were hosted at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff in Wales. Prior to rebuilding, the final was hosted by the original Wembley Stadium since it opened in 1923 (being originally named the Empire Stadium). One exception to this 78 year series of Empire Stadium finals (including five replays) was the 1970 replay between Leeds and Chelsea, held at Old Trafford in Manchester.
qas: answers: text: The final has been played at the rebuilt Wembley Stadium
question: Where is the final played now? 

answers: text: it opened, in 2007.
question: When did this stadium open? 

answers: text: between 2001 and 2006 they were hosted at the Millennium Stadium
question: Where was the FA cup held while this stadium was built? 

answers: text: Cardiff in Wales
question: Where is Millennium Stadium located? 

answers: text: Prior to rebuilding, the final was hosted by the original Wembley Stadium
question: Was it always held in Millennium Stadium? 

context: In the 51 years prior to the Empire Stadium opening, the final (including 8 replays) was held in a variety of locations, predominantly in London, and mainly at the Kennington Oval and then Crystal Palace. It was played 22 times in the Oval (the inaugural competition in 1872, and then all but two times until 1892). After the Oval, Crystal Palace hosted 21 finals from 1895 to 1914, broken up by 4 four replays elsewhere. The other London venues were Stamford Bridge from 1920 to 1922 (the last three finals before the move to Empire Stadium); and Oxford University's Lillie Bridge in Fulham for the second ever final, in 1873. The other venues used sparingly in this period were all outside of London, as follows:
qas: answers: text: predominantly in London, and mainly at the Kennington Oval and then Crystal Palace.
question: Where do the majority of FA cup finals take place? 

answers: text: . It was played 22 times in the Oval
question: How many times was the FA cup playing in the Oval ?

answers: text: 1872
question: What was the first year the Oval hosted the FA cup? 

answers: text: 21
question: How many times has Crystal Palce hosted the FA cup? 

answers: text: 8 replays
question: How many replays took place at the Oval? 

context: The FA permitted artificial turf (3G) pitches in all rounds of the competition from the 2014–15 edition and beyond. Under the 2015-16 rules, the pitch must be of FIFA One Star quality, or Two Star for ties if they involve one of the 92 professional clubs. This followed approval two years previously for their use in the qualifying rounds only - if a team with a 3G pitch progressed to the competition proper, they had to switch their tie to the ground of another eligible entrant with a natural grass pitch. Having been strong proponents of the surface, the first match in the proper rounds to be played on a 3G surface was a televised first round replay at Maidstone United's Gallagher Stadium on 20 November 2015.
qas: answers: text: The FA permitted artificial turf (3G) pitches in all rounds of the competition from the 2014–15 edition and beyond.
question: Is the use of artificial turf allowed? 

answers: text: the pitch must be of FIFA One Star quality, or Two Star for ties if they involve one of the 92 professional clubs.
question: What is the required quality of the pitch? 

answers: text: 92
question: How many professional clubs are there? 

answers: text: they had to switch their tie to the ground of another eligible entrant with a natural grass pitch.
question: What happens if the pitch is not up to par? 

answers: text: first match in the proper rounds to be played on a 3G surface was a televised first round replay at Maidstone United's Gallagher Stadium on 20 November 2015.
question: Where was the first #G surface game played? 

context: The trophy comes in three parts - the cup itself, plus a lid and a base. There have been two designs of trophy in use, but five physical trophies have been presented. The original trophy, known as the "little tin idol", was 18 inches high and made by Martin, Hall & Co. It was stolen in 1895 and never recovered, and so was replaced by an exact replica, used until 1910. The FA decided to change the design after the 1909 winners, Manchester United, made their own replica, leading the FA to realise they did not own the copyright. This new, larger design was by Messers Fattorini and Sons, and was used from 1911. In order to preserve this original, from 1992 it was replaced by an exact replica, although this had to be replaced after just over two decades, after showing wear and tear from being handled more than in previous eras. This third replica, first used in 2014, was built heavier to withstand the increased handling. Of the four surviving trophies, only the 1895 replica has entered private ownership.
qas: answers: text: The trophy comes in three parts
question: How many parts does the trophy come in? 

answers: text: - the cup itself, plus a lid and a base
question: What is the  parts of the trophy? 

answers: text: There have been two designs of trophy in use
question: How many trophy designs have there bee? 

answers: text: five physical trophies have been presented
question: How many physical trophies have been presented? 

answers: text: . The FA decided to change the design after the 1909 winners, Manchester United, made their own replica,
question: When was the first design changed? 

context: The name of the winning team is engraved on the silver band around the base as soon as the final has finished, in order to be ready in time for the presentation ceremony. This means the engraver has just five minutes to perform a task which would take twenty under normal conditions, although time is saved by engraving the year on during the match, and sketching the presumed winner. During the final, the trophy wears is decorated with ribbons in the colours of both finalists, with the loser's ribbons being removed at the end of the game. Traditionally, at Wembley finals, the presentation is made at the Royal Box, with players, led by the captain, mounting a staircase to a gangway in front of the box and returning by a second staircase on the other side of the box. At Cardiff the presentation was made on a podium on the pitch.
qas: answers: text: The name of the winning team is engraved on the silver band around the base
question: Is the cup engraved for the winner? 

answers: text: as soon as the final has finished, in order to be ready in time for the presentation ceremony.
question: When does the engraving take place? 

answers: text: the engraver has just five minutes to perform a task which would take twenty under normal conditions,
question: how long does the engraved have from start to finish? 

answers: text: the trophy wears is decorated with ribbons in the colours of both finalists, with the loser's ribbons being removed at the end of the game.
question: Is the trophy decorated? 

answers: text: , the presentation is made at the Royal Box
question: Where is he cup presentation made? 

context: The tradition of presenting the trophy immediately after the game did not start until the 1882 final; after the first final in 1872 the trophy was not presented to the winners, Wanderers, until a reception held four weeks later in the Pall Mall Restaurant in London. Under the original rules, the trophy was to be permanently presented to any club which won the competition three times, although when inaugural winners Wanderers achieved this feat by the 1876 final, the rules were changed by FA Secretary CW Alcock (who was also captain of Wanderers in their first victory).
qas: answers: text: The tradition of presenting the trophy immediately after the game did not start until the 1882 final
question: When did people start presenting the trophy after the game? 

answers: text: the trophy was not presented to the winners, Wanderers, until a reception held four weeks later
question: when was the first trophy presented? 

answers: text: the Pall Mall Restaurant in London
question: Where was the first trophy presented? 

answers: text: the trophy was to be permanently presented to any club which won the competition three times,
question: What happens to multiple cup winners? 

answers: text: inaugural winners Wanderers achieved this feat by the 1876 final
question: Did that ever happen? 

context: Almost 60 years later, 80 year old career criminal Henry (Harry) James Burge claimed to have committed the theft, confessing to a newspaper, with the story being published in the Sunday Pictorial newspaper on 23 February 1958. He claimed to have carried out the robbery with two other men, although when discrepancies with a contemporaneous report in the Birmingham Post newspaper (the crime pre-dated written police reports) in his account of the means of entry and other items stolen, detectives decided there was no realistic possibility of a conviction and the case was closed. Burge claimed the cup had been melted down to make counterfeit half-crown coins, which matched known intelligence of the time, in which stolen silver was being used to forge coins which were then laundered through betting shops at a local racecourse, although Burge had no past history of forgery in a record of 42 previous convictions for which he had spent 42 years in prison. He had been further imprisoned in 1957 for seven years for theft from cars. Released in 1961, he died in 1964.
qas: answers: text: 80 year old career criminal Henry (Harry) James Burge claimed to have committed the theft
question: How claims to have stolen the FA cup? 

answers: text: He claimed to have carried out the robbery with two other men
question: Did he act alone? 

answers: text: 60 years
question: How long go did this crime take place? 

answers: text: the cup had been melted down to make counterfeit half-crown coins
question: What did Burge do with the cup? 

answers: text: stolen silver was being used to forge coins which were then laundered through betting shops at a local racecourse
question: What did they do with those coins? 

context: After being rendered obsolete by the redesign, the 1895 replica was presented in 1910 to the FA's long-serving president Lord Kinnaird. Kinnaird died in 1923, and his family kept it in their possession, out of view, until putting it up for auction in 2005. It was duly sold at Christie's auction house on 19 May 2005 for £420,000 (£478,400 including auction fees and taxes). The sale price set a new world record for a piece of football memorabilia, surpassing the £254,000 paid for the Jules Rimet World Cup Trophy in 1997. The successful bidder was David Gold, the then joint chairman of Birmingham City; claiming the FA and government were doing nothing proactive to ensure the trophy remained in the country, Gold stated his purchase was motivated by wanting to save it for the nation. Accordingly, Gold presented the trophy to the National Football Museum in Preston on 20 April 2006, where it went on immediate public display. It later moved with the museum to its new location in Manchester. In November 2012, it was ceremonially presented to Royal Engineers, after they beat Wanderers 7–1 in a charity replay of the first FA Cup final.
qas: answers: text: Lord Kinnaird
question: Who was the long-serving president of the FA cup?

answers: text: Lord Kinnaird. Kinnaird died in 1923,
question: What year did Lord Kinnard die? 

answers: text: his family kept it in their possession, out of view, until putting it up for auction in 2005
question: Was the cup lost during that time? 

answers: text: Christie's auction house on 19 May 2005 for £420,000 (£478,400 including auction fees and taxes)
question: Where did it sell? 

answers: text: David Gold
question: Who won the bid? 

context: Since the start of the 1994–95 season, the FA Cup has been sponsored. However, to protect the identity of the competition, the sponsored name has always included 'The FA Cup' in addition to the sponsor's name, unlike sponsorship deals for the League Cup where the word 'cup' is preceded by only the sponsor's name. Sponsorship deals run for four years, though – as in the case of E.ON – one-year extensions may be agreed. Emirates airline is the sponsor from 2015 to 2018, renaming the competition as 'The Emirates FA Cup', unlike previous editions, which included 'The FA Cup in association with E.ON' and 'The FA Cup with Budweiser'.
qas: answers: text: Since the start of the 1994–95 season, the FA Cup has been sponsored.
question: is the Fa cup sponsered? 

answers: text: Sponsorship deals run for four years
question: How long does the sponsor remain? 

answers: text: one-year extensions may be agreed
question: Can they extend their deal? 

answers: text: Emirates airline is the sponsor from 2015 to 2018
question: Who is the current sponsor? 

answers: text: The Emirates FA Cup
question: What is the competition called now? 

context: The possibility of unlikely victories in the earlier rounds of the competition, where lower ranked teams beat higher placed opposition, known as "giant killings", is much anticipated by the public, and is considered an integral part of the tradition and prestige of the competition, alongside that gained by teams winning the competition. Almost every club in the League Pyramid has a fondly remembered giant-killing act in its history. It is considered particularly newsworthy when a top Premier League team suffers an upset defeat, or where the giant-killer is a non-league club, i.e. from outside the professional levels of The Football League.
qas: answers: text: where lower ranked teams beat higher placed opposition, known as "giant killings", is much anticipated by the public
question: Do people look forward to Cinderella matches? 

answers: text: is considered an integral part of the tradition and prestige of the competition
question: What do people think about giant killers? 

answers: text: Almost every club in the League Pyramid has a fondly remembered giant-killing act in its history
question: Does giant killing happen often? 

answers: text: . It is considered particularly newsworthy when a top Premier League team suffers an upset defeat, or where the giant-killer is a non-league club
question: Does the media showcase giant killers? 

answers: text: unlikely victories in the earlier rounds of the competition, where lower ranked teams beat higher placed opposition
question: What is a giant killer? 

context: The Football League was founded in 1888, 16 years after the first FA Cup competition. Since the creation of The Football League, Tottenham Hotspur is the only non-league "giant-killer" to win the Cup, taking the 1901 FA Cup with a victory over reigning league runners-up Sheffield United: although at that time, there were only two divisions and 36 clubs in the Football League, and Spurs were champions of the next lowest football tier - the Southern League and probably already good enough for the First Division (as was shown when they joined the Second Division in 1908 and immediately won promotion to the First.) Only two other actual non-League clubs have even reached the final since the founding of the League: Sheffield Wednesday in 1890 (champions of the Football Alliance, a rival league which was already effectively the Second Division, which it formally became in 1892 – Wednesday being let straight into the First Division), and Southampton in 1900 and 1902 (in which years they were also Southern League champions, proving the strength of that league: again, they were probably of equivalent standard to a First Division club at the time, but Southampton's form subsequently faded and they did not join the League till 1920 and the formation of the Third Division.)
qas: answers: text: The Football League was founded in 1888
question: When was the football league founded? 

answers: text: Tottenham Hotspur is the only non-league "giant-killer" to win the Cup
question: Who is the only non league giant killer to win a cup?

answers: text: 1901
question: What year did they win the cup? 

answers: text: Sheffield United
question: Who did they delete for the cup? 

answers: text: 36 clubs in the Football League
question: How many clubs where in the football league? 

context: Chasetown, whilst playing at Level 8 of English football during the 2007–08 competition, are the lowest-ranked team to play in the Third Round Proper (final 64, of 731 teams entered that season). Chasetown was then a member of the Southern League Division One Midlands (a lower level within the Southern Football League), when they lost to Football League Championship (Level 2) team Cardiff City, the eventual FA Cup runners-up that year. Their success earned the lowly organisation over £60,000 in prize money.
qas: answers: text: Chasetown
question: Who is the lowest rank to play in the  third round proper?

answers: text: playing at Level 8 of English football
question: What level where they? 

answers: text: 731 teams entered that season
question: How many teams competed that year? 

answers: text: final 64
question: What place did Chasetown come in?

answers: text: 2007–08 competition
question: What FA cup season did this take place in? 

context: Seven clubs have won the FA Cup as part of a League and Cup double, namely Preston North End (1889), Aston Villa (1897), Tottenham Hotspur (1961), Arsenal (1971, 1998, 2002), Liverpool (1986), Manchester United (1994, 1996, 1999) and Chelsea (2010). In 1993, Arsenal became the first side to win both the FA Cup and the League Cup in the same season when they beat Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 in both finals. Liverpool (in 2001) and Chelsea (in 2007) have since repeated this feat. In 2012, Chelsea accomplished a different cup double consisting of the FA Cup and the 2012 Champions League. In 1998–99, Manchester United added the 1999 Champions League title to their league and cup double to complete a unique Treble. Two years later, in 2000–01, Liverpool won the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup to complete a cup treble. An English Treble has never been achieved.
qas: answers: text: Seven clubs have won the FA Cup as part of a League and Cup double
question: How many clubs have won the fa cup as part of a league cup double? 

answers: text: Preston North End (1889)
question: Who was the first clubs have won the fa cup as part of a league cup double? 

answers: text: Chelsea (2010)
question: Who was the latest clubs have won the fa cup as part of a league cup double? 

answers: text: Arsenal became the first side to win both the FA Cup and the League Cup in the same season
question: Has any club won both in a same season? 

answers: text: 1993
question: What year did that take place? 

context: The final has never been contested by two teams from outside the top division and there have only been eight winners who weren't in the top flight: Notts County (1894); Tottenham Hotspur (1901); Wolverhampton Wanderers (1908); Barnsley (1912); West Bromwich Albion (1931); Sunderland (1973), Southampton (1976) and West Ham United (1980). With the exception of Tottenham, these clubs were all playing in the second tier (the old Second Division) - Tottenham were playing in the Southern League and were only elected to the Football League in 1908, meaning they are the only non-league winners of the FA Cup. Other than Tottenham's victory, only 24 finalists have come from outside English football's top tier, with a record of 7 wins and 17 runners-up: and none at all from the third tier or lower, Southampton (1902) being the last finalist from outside the top two tiers.
qas: answers: text: The final has never been contested by two teams from outside the top division
question: Has the final been played by a two clubs outside of the top divisions? 

answers: text: there have only been eight winners who weren't in the top flight
question: Has the final been won by a club outside of the top divisions? 

answers: text: Notts County
question: Who was the first outside club to win? 

answers: text: 1894
question: What year did that take place? 

answers: text: only 24 finalists have come from outside English football's top tier
question: How many second tier have made the finals? 

context: In the early years of coverage the BBC had exclusive radio coverage with a picture of the pitch marked in the Radio Times with numbered squares to help the listener follow the match on the radio. The first FA Cup Final on Radio was in 1926 between Bolton Wanderers and Manchester City but this was only broadcast in Manchester, the first national final on BBC Radio was between Arsenal and Cardiff in 1927. The first final on BBC Television was in 1937 in a match which featured Sunderland and Preston North End but this was not televised in full. The following season's final between Preston and Huddersfield was covered in full by the BBC. When ITV was formed in 1955 they shared final coverage with the BBC in one of the only club matches shown live on television, during the 1970s and 1980s coverage became more elaborate with BBC and ITV trying to steal viewers from the others by starting coverage earlier and earlier some starting as early as 9 a.m. which was six hours before kick off. Nowadays, this continues with Setanta and ESPN having all-day broadcasts from Wembley, but terrestrial TV coverage usually begins two hours before kick off. The sharing of rights between BBC and ITV continued from 1955 to 1988, when ITV lost coverage to the new Sports Channel which later became Sky Sports.
qas: answers: text: the BBC
question: Who used to brodcast the matches on the radio? 

answers: text: The first FA Cup Final on Radio was in 1926
question: What was the first Fa cup radio broadcast? 

answers: text: Bolton Wanderers and Manchester City
question: What clubs competed in the match? 

answers: text: this was only broadcast in Manchester
question: Wa the game broadcast in both cities? 

answers: text: the first national final on BBC Radio was between Arsenal and Cardiff in 1927
question: So when was the firs national broadcast? 

context: From 1988 to 1997, the BBC and Sky Sports had coverage of the FA Cup, the BBC had highlights on Match of the Day and usually one match per round while Sky had the same deal. From 1997 to 2001, ITV and Sky shared live coverage with both having two matches per round and BBC continuing with highlights on Match of the Day. From 2002 to 2008, BBC and Sky again shared coverage with BBC having two or three matches per round and Sky having one or two. From 2008–09 to 2013–14, FA Cup matches are shown live by ITV across England and Wales, with UTV broadcasting to Northern Ireland but STV refusing to show them. ITV shows 16 FA Cup games per season, including the first pick of live matches from each of the first to sixth rounds of the competition, plus one semi-final exclusively live. The final is also shown live on ITV. Under the same 2008 contract, Setanta Sports showed three games and one replay in each round from round three to five, two quarter-finals, one semi-final and the final. The channel also broadcast ITV's matches exclusively to Scotland, after the ITV franchise holder in Scotland, STV, decided not to broadcast FA Cup games. Setanta entered administration in June 2009 and as a result the FA terminated Setanta's deal to broadcast FA-sanctioned competitions and England internationals. As a result of Setanta going out of business ITV showed the competition exclusively in the 2009–10 season with between three and four matches per round, all quarter finals, semi-finals and final live as the FA could not find a pay TV broadcaster in time. ESPN bought the competition for the 2010–11 to 2012–13 season and during this time Rebecca Lowe became the first woman to host the FA Cup Final in the UK.
qas: answers: text: From 1988 to 1997, the BBC and Sky Sports had coverage of the FA Cup
question: Who had FA cup coverage from 1988-1997?

answers: text: , FA Cup matches are shown live by ITV across England and Wales, with UTV broadcasting to Northern Ireland
question: How are the games broadcast now? 

answers: text: STV refusing to show them
question: Does anyone refuse to show them? 

answers: text: Rebecca Lowe became the first woman to host the FA Cup Final in the UK.
question: Has a woman ever broadcast a match? 

answers: text: for the 2010–11 to 2012–13 season
question: What year did rebecca host the match? 

context: Many[who?] expected BSkyB to make a bid to show some of the remaining FA Cup games for the remainder of the 2009–10 season which would include a semi-final and shared rights to the final. ESPN took over the package Setanta held for the FA Cup from the 2010–11 season. The 2011 final was also shown live on Sky 3D in addition to ESPN (who provided the 3D coverage for Sky 3D) and ITV. Following the sale of ESPN's UK and Ireland channels to BT, ESPN's rights package transferred to BT Sport from the 2013–14 season.
qas: answers: text: ESPN took over the package Setanta
question: Who took over the package from Sentana?

answers: text: The 2011 final was also shown live on Sky 3D in addition to ESPN
question: Who show the 2011 final? 

answers: text: Following the sale of ESPN's UK and Ireland channels to BT, ESPN's rights package transferred to BT Sport
question: Does ESPN still hold the contract? 

answers: text: the 2013–14 season
question: What year did this take place? 

answers: text: BT Sport
question: Who took over after ESPN?