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King George V and two British war premiers 20th century David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill, were just some of notable persons among 93,000 spectators at Wembley on 23rd April 1927, when the only team outside England won FA Cup in Teemu Selanne Jersey its 136 years long history Welsh Cardiff City defeated Arsenal. Final 1-0 wasnt surprise as City was one of the greatest Great Britain clubs at that time.Hughie Ferguson, the only goalscorer in 74th minute, credits for that trophy accredited to the club mascot, black cat Trixie. Cardiffs lucky black cat wandered close to golf course Royal Birkdale where were Cardiff players preparing for the fourth round of FA Cup against Bolton Wanderers. Cats owner was found soon, but Scot Ferguson made a deal with him the club got her in trade for two FA Cup finals tickets, if they qualify for it.The rest is history.The photo from victory celebration in which the president of the club Walter Parker holds black cat Trixie in arms is the most wanted in the clubs rooms. After that 1981, Bluebirds got a chance for new finals, this time against Portsmouth, on 17th May at Wembley. For the leaders from the FA it is a new worry because in case of Cardiffs win, they must allow the Welsh club to compete in next seasons UEFA Cup.Six Welsh clubs, Cardiff City, Swansea City, Wrexham, Merthyr Tydfil, Newport County and Clowyn Bay, normally appear in English competitions, but nobody could expect that one of them will come to the finals of FA Cup. Welsh sport minister Rhodri Glyn Thomas considers that it would be sensible to hear and Welsh Land of My Fathers before English God Save The Queen hymn.Theres no lucky black cat in Cardiff anymore, so they found luck in the reserve yellow and black kits in which they skipped last two obstacles, Middlesbrough and Barnsley. Even today there is 1927 Cafe in London, which is more visited lately as Cardiffs fans finally got on their own.Before the beginning of the World War II Portsmouth was the last winner of the FA Cup and perforce circumstances he became seven-years and the longest-lived owner of the trophy.The only winning of the FA Cup in history of Portsmouth was the culmination of the coach career of Jack Tinn.The final victory (4-1) in 1939 over favorite and one of the best English clubs Wolverhampton Wanderers came as a great surprise.Jack Tinn was Nicolas Meloche Jersey looking for a luck in his puttees, and also some of the players wore them.Superstition showed itself effective, so the third finale was succe sful for the Pompey.Harry Redknapp, todays manager, will lead Sailors to Wembley after 69 years of waiting.One of the biggest pillars could be Niko Kranjar.In his two appearances (England-Croatia,WBA-Portsmouth) at the new great stadium he played unforgettable.Considering that, it is not surprise that he was pronounced the Francois Beauchemin Jersey winner of Wembley by English journalists. Silvio Mari is the only Croatian player who appeared in the finals of the FA Cup.In 1999 he played last 22 minutes for Newcastle in his club defeat (0-2) to Manchester United.Two years later Gerard Houllier was in Liverpools run for trophies regularly putting Igor Bian in the squad, but in the last two he wasnt on the list of players. That season Liverpool beat Arsenal in the finals 2-1. Niko Kranjar will on 17th May have a chance to become the first Croat with FA Cup trophy. This is Portsmouths 98th and Cardiffs 87th appearance in the FA Cup and they have never meet before.The last finalists in the same situation were Crystal Palace and Manchester United in 1990, when even after 120 minutes the winner wasnt decided (3-3), so, by the old rule, the new match was played. The oldest football competition in the worl came to the end of its 127th edition.Everything was invented and created by Charles William Alcock by presenting the competition in which will all the clubs, members of English Football A sociation, be able to compete. Charles William AlcockThats how the FA Cup is created.The first match was played on 11th November 1871 between Clapham Rovers and Upton Park.In that first season appeared total of 13 clubs.In the final game Wanderers won to Royal Engineers at Kennington Oval in front of 2000 spectators. The Wanderers team was made of university players and they had the most succe s in the first ten years.Of their five titles,three were in a row (1876,77,78) and since than nobody but Blackburn Rovers (1884,85,86) managed to repeat something like that. In that time,the attack of Blackburn was leaded by the great Jimmy Forrest, who won total of five trophies and even today he is, together with Charles Wollastone and lord Arthur Kinnaird, one of the most succe sful players in the history of the FA Cup. Eternal list of winners, on which are the names of 42 clubs, is guided by Manchester United with 11 trophies, Tottenham is the club who defended the title the most times, it happened three times, but every great club had it black moments.Traditionally, Semyon Varlamov Jersey this competition is known as the giant-killer. Three, four, or even five lower ranked clubs managed to make a first-cla s sensations. It is still remembered one of the biggest in 1969 Mansfield Town managed to kick out West Ham, for which were playing three players who had the World Cup title: Bobby Moore, Billy Bonds and Trevor Brooking. Even this season wasnt an exception. Barnsley won Liverpool and Chelsea, one semi- and one finalist of the Champions League.Tradition of the FA Cup is also playing of the finals at Wembley.Premier finals was played at the old Wembley in 1923 between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United. The largest sport arena cost than huge 750,000 pounds and according to official data it had capacity Patrick Roy Jersey of 127,000.It was finished only four days before the finals.According to unofficial data, the mentioned match was viewed by 200,000 spectators, and some say even 300,000, what is the highest visitation to any match in history of football.The spectators were standing on the dro s around the field, they even broke into the field. Police officer had to return them back to the edge of the field so that match could be continued.Thats why the match is known under the nickname White Horse Final. Devastation of the old and construction of the new Wembley caused relocation of the six finals to Cardiffs Millennium Stadium in the period from 2001 to 2006.Interesting, the last winner at the old and the first winner at the new Wembly was the same it was Chelsea. In a bit le s than 140 years of existence, FA Cup grew up into one of the largest sport institutions on which are the English specially proud of.