Posted on 2nd November 2012
This weekend the 2018 EFL Cup final between Arsenal and Manchester City will be taking place at Wembley on Sunday – and once again there will be pub splits in place.
Posted on 2nd November 2012
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
Surrey County Cricket Club will restage the first FA Cup final between the Wanderers and the Royal Engineers at the Oval, home of the competition’s inaugural final 140 years ago. The match will take place on Wednesday 7th November and money will be donated to the Haig Housing Trust, the Royal British Legion and other local football charities.
Both the Wanderers and the Royal Engineers still compete at non-league level. The Wanderers play in the Surrey South Eastern Combination after reforming in 2009 while the Royal Engineers currently sit fourth in the military’s Massey League.
Colonel Andy Phillips of the Royal Engineers said: “It really is a great honour for the players involved in the match. Next year is the club’s 150th anniversary and this is fantastic curtain raiser for that. We have a long and illustrious history as a football club and it will be a source of enormous pride for the players that will be going out at the Kia Oval that evening. “
22 of the first 24 FA Cup finals (including replays) took place at the Oval. The Wanderers will hope for a repeat of the 1872 final which they won 1-0 thanks to a 15th minute goal from Morton Betts. Reports from the match tell of “some of the best play, individually and collectively, that has ever been shown in an Association game.”
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This weekend the 2018 EFL Cup final between Arsenal and Manchester City will be taking place at Wembley on Sunday – and once again there will be pub splits in place.
The FA’s decision to increase ticket prices for the 2018 FA Cup semi-finals and final “defies belief” say supporter groups from the competing teams.
The Football Association has announced it will reduce the price of its most expensive concessionary tickets ahead of the 2017/18 FA Cup final.
Manchester United Supporters’ Trust (MUST) has criticised the FA over the ticket prices at this year’s FA Cup final, labelling them as “extortionate”.