FA_Cup

qas: question: Who is the competition open too?
answers: text: any eligible club

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

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

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

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

question: Who is the competition not open to?

question: How many clubs competed before 2011?

question: What leagues cannot compete in the competition?

question: What is the maximum number of games needed to win?

question: How many non-random rounds are in the tournament?
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: question: What rounds are the qualifiers?
answers: text: first six rounds

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

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

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

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

question: How many teams do not progress to the first round of the Competition Proper?

question: In past eras, has a non-league team reached the quarter finals?

question: How many teams are in the second round?

question: In what time period did a non-league team get to the quarter finals?

question: What are the last six rounds called?
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: question: What do winners receive? 
answers: text: the FA Cup trophy

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

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

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

question: What do the losers receive?

question: When was the earliest design introduced?

question: Who is the least successful club?

question: What was Arsenal's score against Manchester United in the 2015 final?

question: How many FA Cup Trophy replicas have been made?
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: question: When was the laws of the Game of Asscociation Football published?
answers: text: 1863

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

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

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

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

question: Who was the FA secretary during the 1888-89 season?

question: Who lost the first and second cups?

question: What season were qualifying rounds taken out of the tournament?

question: When did the Wanderers lose the trophy?

question: Where were the Laws of the Game of Association Football published?
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: question: Was competition suspended due to the first world war? 
answers: text: competition was suspended due to the First World War

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

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

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

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

question: Who replaced the goal scored by Steven Gerrard?

question: What season did Steven Gerrard score a goal?

question: Which season did Wembly stadium close?

question: What season did the Empire Stadium become Wembly Stadium?

question: Why was the Empire Stadium renamed to Wembly Stadium?
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: question: Is the competition open to anyone? 
answers: text: The competition is open to any club down to Level 10 of the English football league system

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

question: Who else can play? 
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: Can new clubs play too? 
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: Do I need a stadium to compete? 
answers: text: All clubs entering the competition must also have a suitable stadium.

question: Who is the competition closed to?

question: Who is not automatically eligible?

question: What season can newly formed clubs start playing in?

question: What does a club not need in order to play?

question: Which competitions do not make a team eligible if the team has played in them in the previous season?
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: question: Does anyone ever miss a tournament? 
answers: text: It is very rare for top clubs to miss the competition

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

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

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

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

question: What FA Cup season did Manchester United enter?

question: What titles did Machester United not want to defend by pulling out of the FA Cup?

question: By what margin did Manchester United win the Club World Championship?

question: Did the club later regret pulling out of the Club World Championship?

question: What would entering both tournaments not do?
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: question: May Welsh clubs enter the competition? 
answers: text: Welsh sides that play in English leagues are eligible,

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

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

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

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

question: When was the League of Wales created?

question: What Welsh team has lost a tournament?

question: Which countries have never had a team compete?

question: What year were teams from Scotland, Wales, and Ireland barred from entering?

question: What season did the Channel Island club play for the last time?
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: question: Has the number of entrants stayed the same? 
answers: text: The number of entrants has increased greatly in recent years

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

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

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

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

question: How much has the number of entrants decreased in recent years?

question: How has the number of entrants changed in the League Cup?

question: How has the amount of members in the Premier League and Football League changed?

question: In what season did the League Cup beat its long standing record?
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: question: When is the final?
answers: text: May

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

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

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

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

question: What month is the semi-final in?

question: What ensures that clubs below Level 9 and 10 enter the competition at later stages?

question: What enters the competition in early stages?

question: What is not determined by a random draw?

question: What happens when there is a tie after the semi-finals?
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: question: When does the final take place? 
answers: text: The final is normally held the Saturday after the Premier League season finishes in May.

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

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

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

question: What happened during those years? 
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: When does the final never take place?

question: When is the UEFA Champions League normally held?

question: In what season was the UEFA Champions League not held on the normal day?

question: When was the final played early so that England could prepare for the UEFA Champions League?

question: What season were the European Championships played early as an experiment?
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: question: Do clubs replay each other?
answers: text: Until the 1990s further replays would be played until one team was victorious.

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

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

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

question: What is the least amount of games played by a team to reach a final?

question: When did Scunthorpe United eliminate Rotherham United?

question: When was the last penalty shoot-out?

question: Why were replays traditionally played three or four days after the original game?

question: How much did clubs replay each other after the 1990s?
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: question: Do the FA Cup winners qualify for anything?
answers: text: The FA Cup winners qualify for the following season's UEFA Europa League

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

question: What is the cup called now?
answers: text: Cup Winners' Cup

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

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

question: What do FA Cup losers qualify for?

question: What do UEFA Europa League winners qualify for?

question: What was the FA Cup's former name?

question: When do FA Cup winners exit the Europa League?

question: In what season did UEFA allow runners-up to qualify for the Europa League?
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: question: Where are the semi finals played?
answers: text: e semi-finals have been played exclusively at the rebuilt Wembley Stadium

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

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

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

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

question: Where are the semi-finals never played?

question: In which decade was The Kennington Oval not used as a semi-final venue?

question: What were the three least used venues?

question: How many times was The Kennington Oval used for semi-finals between 1991 and 2000?

question: How were stadiums chosen from 1991 to 2000?
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: question: Where is the FA cup held today?
answers: text: In 2003 the FA took the decision to permanently use the new Wembley for semi-finals

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

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

question: Has the game ever fail to sell out? 
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: Do people oppose of using the new Webly Stadium?
answers: text: 86% opposition to Wembley semi-finals.

question: Why did the FA decide to not use the new Wembley in 2003?

question: When did the FA decide to stop using Wembley?

question: What percent of people were in favor of Wembley semi-finals?

question: What has the FA not cited as a reason to use Wembley?

question: Who was the move seen as fair to?
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: question: Where is the final played now? 
answers: text: The final has been played at the rebuilt Wembley Stadium

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

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

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

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

question: Where has the final never been played after 2007?

question: When did Millennium Stadium open?

question: Where is Wembley Stadium located?

question: When did Old Trafford open?

question: What was the Millennium Stadium originally named?
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: question: Where do the majority of FA cup finals take place? 
answers: text: predominantly in London, and mainly at the Kennington Oval and then Crystal Palace.

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

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

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

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

question: Where do the least amount of FA cup finals take place?

question: How many times was the FA cup not played in the Oval?

question: How many times was the FA cup final played outside of London?

question: In what time period was the FA cup final played outside of London?

question: Where was the final played after the Empire Stadium opening?
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: question: Is the use of artificial turf allowed? 
answers: text: The FA permitted artificial turf (3G) pitches in all rounds of the competition from the 2014–15 edition and beyond.

question: What is the required quality of the pitch? 
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: How many professional clubs are there? 
answers: text: 92

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

question: Where was the first #G surface game played? 
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: What season did the FA ban artificial turf?

question: What was the required quality of the pitch before 2015-16?

question: When was the last match with a 3G surface televised?

question: Where was the last match with a 3G surface played?

question: What happens if a team with a 3G pitch does not progress to the competition proper?
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: question: How many parts does the trophy come in? 
answers: text: The trophy comes in three parts

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

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

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

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

question: When was the original trophy created?

question: What was the new, larger design known as?

question: Who designed the third replica?

question: How tall was the third replica?

question: When was the third replica last used?
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: question: Is the cup engraved for the winner? 
answers: text: The name of the winning team is engraved on the silver band around the base

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

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

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

question: Where is the name of the losing team engraved?

question: How many minutes does the engraver have to perform a task that would take five minutes under normal conditions?

question: When are the winner's ribbons removed?

question: Where is the cup presentation never made?

question: What is behind the Royal Box?
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: question: When did people start presenting the trophy after the game? 
answers: text: The tradition of presenting the trophy immediately after the game did not start until the 1882 final

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

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

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

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

question: When did the tradition of presenting the trophy right after the game stop?

question: Where was the last trophy presented?

question: What was supposed to happen to a club that lost the competition three times?

question: Who lost the 1876 final?

question: Who was the captain of Wanderers during their first loss?
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: question: How claims to have stolen the FA cup? 
answers: text: 80 year old career criminal Henry (Harry) James Burge claimed to have committed the theft

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

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

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

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

question: Who returned the FA cup?

question: When did Henry James Burge commit the theft?

question: When did the Birmingham Post publish its report?

question: What made detectives decide there was a possibility of conviction?

question: What crime did Burge commit that he spent 42 years in prison for?
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: question: Who was the long-serving president of the FA cup?
answers: text: Lord Kinnaird

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

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

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

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

question: Who owned the 1895 replica before it was obsolete?

question: Who was an unsuccessful bidder?

question: Where was the FA cup never auctioned?

question: Where was the Jules Rimet World Cup Trophy publicly displayed?

question: What year did the FA cup get moved to Manchester?
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: question: is the Fa cup sponsered? 
answers: text: Since the start of the 1994–95 season, the FA Cup has been sponsored.

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

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

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

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

question: Who was the sponsor from 1994-95?

question: In what competition is the sponsor's name not in the title?

question: What company has not agreed to a one year extension?

question: What is not the sponsor from 2015 to 2018?

question: What company has sponsored the League Cup?
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: question: Do people look forward to Cinderella matches? 
answers: text: where lower ranked teams beat higher placed opposition, known as "giant killings", is much anticipated by the public

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

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

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

question: What is it called when a higher ranked team beats a lower ranked team?

question: What is not considered an important part of the tradition?

question: What is not considered newsworthy?

question: What does no club in the League Pyramid remember fondly?
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: question: When was the football league founded? 
answers: text: The Football League was founded in 1888

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

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

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

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

question: What was founded 16 years before the first FA Cup competition?

question: Who won the FA Cup in 1888?

question: How many clubs were in the Football League in 1920?

question: Which club has never reached the final?

question: How many non-League clubs have not reached the final since the founding of the league?
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: question: Who is the lowest rank to play in the  third round proper?
answers: text: Chasetown

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

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

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

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

question: What is the highest rank to play in the third round proper?

question: How many teams chose not to compete that season?

question: What team did Chasetown win against?

question: Who won the FA Cup that year?

question: How much prize money did Cardiff City win?
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: question: How many clubs have won the fa cup as part of a league cup double? 
answers: text: Seven clubs have won the FA Cup as part of a League and Cup double

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

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

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

question: How many clubs have lost the FA Cup?

question: What club has never won the FA Cup as part of a League and Cup double?

question: Who lost to Arsenal in 1993?

question: Who has never completed a cup treble?

question: What clubs weren't able to repeat Arsenal's feat?
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: question: Has the final been played by a two clubs outside of the top divisions? 
answers: text: The final has never been contested by two teams from outside the top division

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

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

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

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

question: How many winners have been in the top flight?

question: What team has never won the final?

question: How many finalists have come from inside English football's top tier?

question: What year did the first inside club win?

question: What was the last finalist from inside the top two tiers?
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: question: Who used to brodcast the matches on the radio? 
answers: text: the BBC

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

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

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

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

question: Who never broadcasted the FA Cup?

question: When was the last FA Cup Final broadcast on radio?

question: What city was the first FA Cup Final on Radio not broadcast in?

question: What was the latest time that TV networks started covering the game?

question: How long does coverage continue after kick off?
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: question: Who had FA cup coverage from 1988-1997?
answers: text: From 1988 to 1997, the BBC and Sky Sports had coverage of the FA Cup

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

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

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

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

question: What network has never covered the FA Cup?

question: What networks refused to share live coverage with each other?

question: What network has never refused to show a match?

question: What network only broadcasts outside of Scotland?

question: Who was the last woman to host the FA Cup Final?
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: question: Who took over the package from Sentana?
answers: text: ESPN took over the package Setanta

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

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

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

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

question: Who was expected to make a bid for the 2010-11 season?

question: What final was not shown live?

question: Who did BT Sport transfer the rights package to?

question: Who bought BT's UK and Ireland channels?

question: What channel showed the 2013-14 season live in addition to ESPN?
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.