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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.

Question: What is the cup called now?
Answer: Cup Winners' Cup

Question: Does the loser of the cup gain anything?
Answer: the losing FA Cup finalist was given the Europa League place

Question: Did that used to have a different name?
Answer: formerly named the UEFA Cup; until 1998

Question: what about the FA Cup winner?
Answer: FA Cup winners enter the Europa League at the group stage.

Question: Do the FA Cup winners qualify for anything?
Answer: The FA Cup winners qualify for the following season's UEFA Europa League
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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.

Question: Where are the semi finals played?
Answer: e semi-finals have been played exclusively at the rebuilt Wembley Stadium

Question: Is there a name for the specific venue? 
Answer: Kennington Oval was used as the semi-final venue

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

Question: What was the top most used venue?
Answer: Villa Park in Birmingham (55 times)

Question: Where was the cup held in 2005?
Answer: In 2005, both were held at the Millennium Stadium.
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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.

Question: Where is the FA cup held today?
Answer: In 2003 the FA took the decision to permanently use the new Wembley for semi-finals

Question: Why is it held at Webly Stadium? 
Answer: to recoup debts in financing the new stadium.

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

Question: Has the game ever fail to sell out? 
Answer: 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?
Answer: 86% opposition to Wembley semi-finals.
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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.

Question: Where is the final played now? 
Answer: The final has been played at the rebuilt Wembley Stadium

Question: When did this stadium open? 
Answer: it opened, in 2007.

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

Question: Where is Millennium Stadium located? 
Answer: Cardiff in Wales

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

Question: Where do the majority of FA cup finals take place? 
Answer: 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 ?
Answer: . It was played 22 times in the Oval

Question: What was the first year the Oval hosted the FA cup? 
Answer: 1872

Question: How many times has Crystal Palce hosted the FA cup? 
Answer: 21

Question: How many replays took place at the Oval? 
Answer: 8 replays
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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.

Question: Is the use of artificial turf allowed? 
Answer: 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? 
Answer: 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? 
Answer: 92

Question: What happens if the pitch is not up to par? 
Answer: 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? 
Answer: 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.
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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.

Question: How many parts does the trophy come in? 
Answer: The trophy comes in three parts

Question: What is the  parts of the trophy? 
Answer: - the cup itself, plus a lid and a base

Question: How many trophy designs have there bee? 
Answer: There have been two designs of trophy in use

Question: How many physical trophies have been presented? 
Answer: five physical trophies have been presented

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

Question: Is the cup engraved for the winner? 
Answer: The name of the winning team is engraved on the silver band around the base

Question: When does the engraving take place? 
Answer: 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? 
Answer: the engraver has just five minutes to perform a task which would take twenty under normal conditions,

Question: Is the trophy decorated? 
Answer: 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? 
Answer: , the presentation is made at the Royal Box
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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).

Question: When did people start presenting the trophy after the game? 
Answer: The tradition of presenting the trophy immediately after the game did not start until the 1882 final

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

Question: Where was the first trophy presented? 
Answer: the Pall Mall Restaurant in London

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

Question: Did that ever happen? 
Answer: inaugural winners Wanderers achieved this feat by the 1876 final
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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.

Question: How claims to have stolen the FA cup? 
Answer: 80 year old career criminal Henry (Harry) James Burge claimed to have committed the theft

Question: Did he act alone? 
Answer: He claimed to have carried out the robbery with two other men

Question: How long go did this crime take place? 
Answer: 60 years

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

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

Question: Who was the long-serving president of the FA cup?
Answer: Lord Kinnaird

Question: What year did Lord Kinnard die? 
Answer: Lord Kinnaird. Kinnaird died in 1923,

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

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

Question: Who won the bid? 
Answer: David Gold
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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'.

Question: is the Fa cup sponsered? 
Answer: Since the start of the 1994–95 season, the FA Cup has been sponsored.

Question: How long does the sponsor remain? 
Answer: Sponsorship deals run for four years

Question: Can they extend their deal? 
Answer: one-year extensions may be agreed

Question: Who is the current sponsor? 
Answer: Emirates airline is the sponsor from 2015 to 2018

Question: What is the competition called now? 
Answer: The Emirates FA Cup
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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.

Question: Do people look forward to Cinderella matches? 
Answer: 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? 
Answer: is considered an integral part of the tradition and prestige of the competition

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

Question: Does the media showcase giant killers? 
Answer: . 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? 
Answer: unlikely victories in the earlier rounds of the competition, where lower ranked teams beat higher placed opposition
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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.)

Question: When was the football league founded? 
Answer: The Football League was founded in 1888

Question: Who is the only non league giant killer to win a cup?
Answer: Tottenham Hotspur is the only non-league "giant-killer" to win the Cup

Question: What year did they win the cup? 
Answer: 1901

Question: Who did they delete for the cup? 
Answer: Sheffield United

Question: How many clubs where in the football league? 
Answer: 36 clubs in the Football League
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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.

Question: Who is the lowest rank to play in the  third round proper?
Answer: Chasetown

Question: What level where they? 
Answer: playing at Level 8 of English football

Question: How many teams competed that year? 
Answer: 731 teams entered that season

Question: What place did Chasetown come in?
Answer: final 64

Question: What FA cup season did this take place in? 
Answer: 2007–08 competition
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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.

Question: How many clubs have won the fa cup as part of a league cup double? 
Answer: 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? 
Answer: Preston North End (1889)

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

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

Question: What year did that take place? 
Answer: 1993
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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.

Question: Has the final been played by a two clubs outside of the top divisions? 
Answer: 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? 
Answer: there have only been eight winners who weren't in the top flight

Question: Who was the first outside club to win? 
Answer: Notts County

Question: What year did that take place? 
Answer: 1894

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