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or Premier League. Where a different record exists for the top flight (

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1888–1992, and Premier League 1992–present), this is also given

League

The original league saw 12 teams become the founding members of the Football League in 1888-89.

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, Blackburn Rovers,

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, Burnley, Everton,

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, Derby County, Notts County,

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, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers. Three of the teams Blackburn Rovers, Everton and Aston Villa also played in the first Premier League season in

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but Notts County missed out, finishing in the relegation zone in 1991-92. A second division was added 4 years later for the 1892-93 season, resulting in the Football League now becoming the Football League Division 1, the top division for the next one hundred years. The Southern League became Division 3 in 1920. A Northern League formed the following year that became Division 3 North. In 1958 the regional divisions combined to form divisions 3 and 4. The top 12 sides from the Northern and Southern divisions formed League division 3. The bottom 12 of the respective divisions formed league division 4. Eight clubs have reached double figures of league titles, with Liverpool and Manchester United leading the chasing pack. Five clubs have managed to win all four divisions, a rare achievement while a further seven clubs need the top title to complete the full set. Luton Town can claim a quadruple of titles when they won the National League, after becoming the non-league champions in 2014. Most League Titles Won (top 10) Five Clubs Have Won All Four Divisions Seven Clubs Have Won 3 Divisions For the 1919/20 season, the first season after world war 1,

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were controversially elected in to the first division, where they have remained to this day. Arsenal finished fifth in the last season before the outbreak of war in the second division. Arsenal had once previously won promotion after finishing second behind

in the 1903/04 season, staying there until finishing bottom in 1912/13. Other clubs won elections to play in the first division. Blackburn Rovers and

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in 1898, Bury and Notts County in 1905 and Chelsea (alongside Arsenal) in 1919 were also elected to the top flight. Blackburn later won division 2 in 1938/39, Newcastle United finished runners in 1947/48. Notts County became second division champions in 1913/14 while Bury would finish runners up 1923/24. In the 1929/30 season Chelsea finished second behind Blackpool. Holding the record of continuous seasons, Arsenal are some way ahead of other clubs who have suffered relegation, returning by winning the division, finishing in an automatic promotion place or, more recently, via the play offs. Everton spent three years in the second division before winning division 2 in the 1953/54 season. Neighbours Liverpool, after having spent 8 years outside the top division, won the second division title in the 1961/62 season.

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bounced straight back up in 1974/75, after finishing second bottom in 1973/74. This would be Manchester United’s last football league title before the birth of the Premier League, in their only time outside the top division since the end of the second world war. Tottenham Hotspur also spent a season in division 2, similar to Manchester United, it is the only time they have been outside the top flight since 1950. In 1976/77 Spurs conceded 72 goals as they finished bottom, the following season they finished third in the second division to earn promotion back to the top flight. Chelsea have been in the top flight since 1989 after winning the second division, while

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were championship winners in 2002. The 1998/99 season saw Manchester City earn promotion from League 1, after winning a penalty shootout against Gillingham in the

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. Runners up to Charlton Athletic in the championship the following season but City made an immediate return after relegation in 2001, before securing their seventh second division title. Unlike many European clubs that have never played outside their country's top division, no English club can claim that achievement. 65 clubs have played at the top level, 6 clubs have never returned, the rest, apart from Arsenal, have secured promotion from the second division.

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, Leyton Orient, Northampton Town,

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, Swindon Town, and

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have completed only one season in the top flight. The club that can boast playing the most seasons in the top tier is Everton, who have played in 119 seasons of the 123 seasons completed. (The current 2022/23 is the 124th season). The city of Liverpool has always been represented in footballs top tier. While Everton suffered relegation in 1930, Liverpool remained. Everton after three years in the second division, between 1951–54, won promotion to division 1, swapping places with Liverpool who had been relegated. Next comes

who, at the end of this season, will have played 109 seasons in the top tier. Liverpool will have played one less come May 2023 while Arsenal will have managed 106. Manchester United will become the fifth centurion in 2025, unless they are relegated beforehand. Most Seasons in the Top Flight (Division 1 + Premier League - at end of current 2022/23 season) Most Successive Seasons in the Top Flight (Division 1 + Premier League - at end of current 2022/23 season)

Champions of England

Twenty four different football clubs have been crowned English champions since the league began in 1888. Some clubs have enjoyed regular success with others not so fortunate. Recently Liverpool ended a 30 year wait to become league champions again, but this nowhere near the longest wait in history to once again be the English champions.

won back to back titles, the first two in fact, but have never won it since 1890. Sheffield United won in 1898 but no second title has yet arrived. Their Neighbours, Sheffield Wednesday, have won the league more recently than them, but they haven't added to their tally of four league titles, with their most recent success coming in 1930. Huddersfield Town won a hat trick of titles between 1924 and 1926, but nearly a century later no fourth title has been added. It is approaching 96 years since

were English champions while Tottenham have now gone 61 years without any league titles. Tottenham finished third in the second division to reclaim their top flight status. Chelsea had to wait 50 years before their Premier League success in 2005, although they did win the second division twice in the 1980s.

endured a bleak 44 years before new owners took them to the top in 2012.

went 41 years without the top title, but that time period includes two world wars, with eleven seasons lost.

are currently in their longest period without a league title, albeit by year, since first becoming English champions in 1931. Twice Arsenal went 18 years without a title, 1953 until 1971 then again until 1989. Arsenal last won the league in the 2003-04 season. At end of the 2021/2022 season (*4 seasons **11 seasons lost during war years)

Titles

*Most League titles: 20,

*Most consecutive League titles: 3 ** Huddersfield Town: 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26 **

: 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35 ** Liverpool: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84 **

(twice): *** 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01 *** 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09 * Most Second Division Titles (Championship): 7, Leicester City –

* Most Third Division Titles (League 1): 4, Bristol City – Wigan Athletic – Doncaster Rovers – Hull City –

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* Most Fourth Division Titles (League 2): 4, Chesterfield

Representation

*Most participants in top flight from one county: During the three consecutive seasons 1919–21, the historic boundaries (pre-1974) of the

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had nine participants in the top-flight: Blackburn Rovers,

, Burnley, Everton, Liverpool,

, Oldham Athletic, and

.English Football League and F. A. Premier League Tables 1888–2016 by Michael Robinson (2016) **During the Premier League era, there were eight participants in the historic county of Lancashire during the 2010–11 season: Blackburn Rovers,

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, Everton, Liverpool,

, and Wigan Athletic. *Most participants in top flight from one city: During the season 1989–90, London had eight entrants in the top-flight:

, Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Millwall, Queens Park Rangers, Tottenham Hotspur, and

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. *City represented with most seasons in top flight: Liverpool. The city has always had a top flight member of either Everton or Liverpool.

Wins

*Most wins in the top-flight overall: 2,016, Liverpool *Most wins overall: 2,217,

*Most wins at home in top-flight overall: 1,246, Liverpool *Most wins at home overall: 1,409,

*Most wins away in top-flight overall: 693, Liverpool *Most wins away overall: 808,

*Most consecutive wins from start of a top-flight season: 11, Tottenham Hotspur ( First Division, 1960–61) *Most consecutive wins from start of a season: 13, Reading (

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, 1985–86) *Most consecutive top-flight league wins: 18, joint record **

(26 August 2017 – 27 December 2017) ** Liverpool (27 October 2019 – 24 February 2020) *Most consecutive wins (all competitions): 21,

(19 December 2020 – 2 March 2021) *Most consecutive top-flight league wins at home: 24, Liverpool ( Premier League, 9 February 2019 – 11 July 2020) *Most consecutive top-flight league wins away: 12,

( Premier League, 19 December 2020 – 14 May 2021) *Most consecutive home wins: 25,

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(Third Division North, 1926–27) *Most wins in a top-flight season: 32, joint record **

( Premier League, 2017–18 and 2018–19) ** Liverpool ( Premier League, 2019–20)

Draws

*Most draws overall in the top flight: 1,159, Everton *Most draws in a season: 23, joint record:The Football League , Stats , Records , Records – League , Draws , DRAWS
** Norwich City (from 42 games, First Division, 1978–79) ** Exeter City (from 46 games,

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, 1986–87) ** Hartlepool United (from 46 games,

, 1997–98) **

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(from 46 games,

, 1997–98) *Most consecutive draws: 8: ** Torquay United (

, 1969–70) ** Middlesbrough ( Second Division, 1970–71) ** Peterborough United (

, 1971–72) ** Birmingham City (

, 1990–91) ** Chesterfield ( League One, 2005–06) ** Southampton ( Championship, 2005–06) **

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( Championship, 2008–09)

Losses

*Most losses overall in the top flight: 1,595, Everton *Most losses in a season: 34, Doncaster Rovers, (

, 1997–98; final record P46 W4 D8 L34) *Fewest losses in a season: 0, joint record: **

( First Division, 1888–89; final record P22 W18 D4 L0) ** Liverpool ( Second Division, 1893–94; final record P28 W22 D6 L0) **

( Premier League, 2003–04; final record P38 W26 D12 L0) *Most consecutive losses: **18, Darwen, 1898–99 (Second Division) **17, Rochdale, 1931–32 (Division 3 North) **17,

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, 2002–03, 2003–04 (15 in top tier)

Points

*Most points overall in the top flight (mixed 3pts for a win and 2pts for win): 7,099, Liverpool *Most points in a season (2 points for a win – 46 matches): 74, Lincoln City (

, 1975–76) *Most points in a season (3 points for a win – 46 matches): 106, Reading ( Championship, 2005–06) *Most points in a season for a top-flight team (2 points for a win – 42 matches): 68 (30 wins 8 draws), Liverpool ( First Division, 1978–79) *Most points in a season for a top-flight team (3 points for a win – 42 matches): 92 (27 wins 11 draws),

(

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, 1993-94) *Most points in a season for a top-flight team (3 points for a win – 38 matches): 100 points (32 wins 4 draws),

( Premier League, 2017–18) *Fewest points in a season (2 points for a win – 34 matches): 8, joint record: ** Loughborough ( Second Division, 1899–1900) ** Doncaster Rovers ( Second Division,

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) *Fewest points in a season (3 points for a win – 38 matches): 11, Derby County ( Premier League, 2007–08) *Most points in a season while being relegated (2 points for a win – 46 matches): 41, Rotherham United (

, 1972–73) *Most points in a season while being relegated (3 points for a win – 46 matches): 54, joint record: ** Southend United (

, 21st of 24; 1988–89) ** Peterborough United ( Championship, 22nd of 24;

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)

Games without a win

*Most consecutive league games without a win: 36, joint record: ** Derby County ( Premier League/ Championship; 22 September 2007 to 13 September 2008) ** Macclesfield Town ( League Two; 2 January to 5 May 2012 and 4 August to 12 October 2018). *Longest run without a home win: 364 days,

( Premier League/ Championship; 17 December 2016 to 16 December 2017).

Games without defeat

*Most consecutive games without a defeat: 78,

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, (

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; 23 February 2003 to 27 November 2004)

Goals

*Most league goals scored in a season: 134, Peterborough United (

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*Most top-flight goals scored in a season (42 games): 128,

( First Division, 1930–31) *Most top-flight goals scored in a season (38 games): 106,

( Premier League, 2017–18) *Most goals scored in all competitions in a season by a top-flight side: 169,

( 2018–19) *Most top-flight goals scored in total: 7,161, Everton *Most home league goals scored in a season: 87, Millwall ( Third Division South, 1927–28) *Most away league goals scored in a season: 60,

( First Division, 1930–31) *Most consecutive games scoring: 55,

( Premier League, 19 May 2001 – 30 November 2002) *Most consecutive games without scoring: 11, Coventry City ( Second Division, 1919–20) and Hartlepool United (

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) *First league goal awarded by goal-line technology: scored by Edin Džeko in the 14th minute of the Premier League game between

and

on 18 January 2014. The game was officiated by Neil Swarbrick, who consulted his watch when Cardiff defender

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quickly cleared the ball away just after it entered the goal.

Scorelines

*Record win: 13–0: ** Stockport County 13–0 Halifax Town ( Third Division North, 6 January 1934) **

13–0 Newport County ( Second Division, 5 October 1946) *Record win in top division: 12–0, joint record: ** West Bromwich Albion 12–0 Darwen ( First Division, 4 April 1892) ** Nottingham Forest 12–0 Leicester Fosse ( First Division, 21 April 1909) *Record away win: Port Vale 0–10 Sheffield United ( Second Division, 10 December 1892) *Record away win in top division: Southampton 0–9 Leicester City ( Premier League, 25 October 2019) *Highest aggregate score: Tranmere Rovers 13–4 Oldham Athletic ( Third Division North, 26 December 1935) *Highest scoring draw: 6–6, joint record: ** Leicester City 6–6

( First Division, 21 April 1930) ** Charlton Athletic 6–6 Middlesbrough ( Second Division, 22 October 1960) *Most double figure league wins by a team: 5, Birmingham City (12–0 v Walsall, 17 December 1892; 10–2 v

, 17 March 1894; 10–1 v

, 2 March 1901; 12–0 v Doncaster Rovers, 11 April 1903; 11–1 v

, 6 January 1915) (all Second Division) *Most goals scored by a losing side: 6 by Huddersfield Town losing 7–6 to Charlton Athletic (21 December 1957)

Disciplinary

*Most red cards in a single match: 5, joint record: ** Chesterfield (2) ''v.''

(3) (22 February 1997) ** Wigan Athletic (1) ''v.'' Bristol Rovers (4) (2 December 1997) ** Exeter City (3) ''v.'' Cambridge United (2) (23 November 2002) ** Bradford City (3) ''v.'' Crawley Town (2) (27 March 2012) (all after the final whistle) *Most red cards in a career (individual): 13, joint record: ** Roy McDonough ( Colchester United, Exeter City, Southend United),"Away penalties at Old Trafford"
Sean Ingle, Barry Glendenning and Matt Cunningham, The Guardian, 26 June 2003 ** Steve Walsh ( Wigan Athletic and Leicester City)"Football League Records: Disciplinary"
, The Football League, ''accessed 4 December 2007'' *Fastest red card: 13 seconds,

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( Sheffield Wednesday v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 13 August 2000)"Tallest Footballers ever"
The Guardian, ''accessed 10 June 2010'' *Fastest yellow card: 3 seconds, Vinnie Jones ( Chelsea v Sheffield United, 21 March 1992)"Lock, Stock and Three Smoking Seconds!"
Bobby F.C., ''accessed 16 December 2017'' *Fastest red card for a substitute on the field of play: 0 seconds, joint record: ** Walter Boyd (

, 12 March 2000), **

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( Sheffield United, 20 January 2007) Both players came on as a substitute and elbowed/pushed an opponent before the game had been restarted.

Transfers

*Highest transfer fee received: £142 million: ** Philippe Coutinho, from Liverpool to Barcelona (7 January 2018) *Highest transfer fee paid: £100 million: ** Jack Grealish, from

(5 August 2021)

Individual

Appearances

*Most titles won by an individual player: 13,

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*Most career league appearances: 1,005 (849 in First Division), Peter Shilton (1966 to 1997) *Most career league appearances by an outfield player: 931, Tony Ford (1975 to 2002) *Most career league appearances at one club: 770, John Trollope (Swindon Town, 1960–1980) *Most career top-flight league appearances at one club: 672,

(

, 2 March 1991 to 6 May 2014) *Most career consecutive league appearances: 375,

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( Tranmere Rovers), 1946 to 1955 (401 consecutive club games including 26 FA Cup appearances) *Oldest player: Neil McBain, 51 years and 20 days (for

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''v.'' Hartlepool United, 1947) *Youngest player:

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, 15 years and 45 days (for

''v.'' Ipswich Town, 30 September 2008) *Oldest top-flight player: Stanley Matthews, 50 years and 5 days (for

''v.''

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, 6 February 1965) *Youngest top-flight player:

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, 15 years and 181 days (for

''v.''

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, 18 September 2022)

Goals

*Most career league goals: 434, Arthur Rowley (619 matches, for West Bromwich Albion,

, Leicester City and Shrewsbury Town, 1946 to 1965) *Most career top-flight goals: 357, Jimmy Greaves (516 matches, for Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United, 1957 to 1971) *Most consecutive top flight league matches scored in: 15 Stan Mortensen for

1950-51 *Most league goals in a season: 60,

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(39 matches, for Everton, 1927 to 1928) *Most goals in a game: 10,

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(for Luton Town ''v.'' Bristol Rovers, 13 April 1936) *Most goals in a top-flight game: 7, Ted Drake for

''v.''

(away), 14 December 1935 *Fastest goal: 3.5 seconds, Colin Cowperthwaite (for

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''v.''

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, 1979) *Fastest goal on a League debut: 7 seconds,

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(for Southend United ''v.''

, 16 October 2004) *Fastest hat-trick (time between first and third goals): 2 minutes 21 seconds, James Hayter (for

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''v.'' Wrexham, 23 February 2004) *Fastest goal by a substitute: 6 seconds, Nicklas Bendtner (for

''v.'' Tottenham Hotspur, 22 December 2007) *Fastest player to 100 English top flight goals Dave Halliday – 101 games *Players to score over 30 league goals in four consecutive seasons Dave Halliday – 1925–29. Halliday in fact scored at least 35 goals in each of those four seasons. *Most own goals in one season: 5,

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( Middlesbrough, 1934–35) *Most hat-tricks in one season: 9, George Camsell ( Middlesbrough, 1926–27) *Most career hat-tricks: 37,

( Tranmere Rovers, Everton, 1923–1937) *Longest goalkeeping run without conceding a goal: 1,311 minutes, Edwin van der Sar (for

, 2008–09) *Youngest goalscorer:

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, 15 years and 180 days (for Bristol Rovers ''v.'' Norwich City, 3 March 1928) *Youngest top-flight goalscorer:

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, 16 years and 57 days (for Ipswich Town ''v.'' Coventry City, February 1984) *Youngest hat-trick goalscorer: Trevor Francis, 16 years and 317 days (for Birmingham City ''v.''

, 20 February 1971, Division 2)

FA Cup

Final

Team

*Most wins: 14,

(

1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...

) *Most consecutive wins: 3, joint record: **'' Wanderers'' (

1876 Events January–March * January 1 ** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin. ** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol. * February 2 – The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs i ...

1877 Events January–March * January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed ''Empress of India'' by the ''Royal Titles Act 1876'', introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . * January 8 – Great Sio ...

1878 Events January–March * January 5 – Russo-Turkish War – Battle of Shipka Pass IV: Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy. * January 17 – Battle o ...

) ** Blackburn Rovers (

1884 Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price atte ...

1885 Events January–March * January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam. * January 4 – ...

1886 Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange ...

) *Most consecutive defeats in finals: 3, Chelsea (

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

) *Most appearances in finals: 21,

(

1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General. * January 7 * ...

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

) *Most Final appearances without win: 2, joint record: **'' Queen's Park'' (

) ** Birmingham City (

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

) ** Crystal Palace (

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

) ** Watford (

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

) *Most Final appearances without defeat: 5, '' Wanderers'' (

1872 Events January–March * January 12 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first ruler crowned in that city in over 500 years. * February 2 – The government of the United Kingdom buys a number of forts on ...

1873 Events January–March * January 1 ** Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar. ** The California Penal Code goes into effect. * January 17 – American Indian Wars: Modoc War: First Battle of the Stronghold – Modoc Indians defeat ...

) *Longest winning streak in Finals: 7, joint record: ** Tottenham Hotspur (

1901 Events January * January 1 – The Crown colony, British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and Western Australia Federation of Australia, federate as the Australia, ...

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

) **

(

) *Biggest win: 6 goals, joint record: ** Bury 6–0 Derby County (

1903 Events January * January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India. * January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having been ...

) **

6–0 Watford (

) *Most goals in a final: 7: ** Blackburn Rovers 6–1 Sheffield Wednesday (

1890 Events January–March * January 1 ** The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony, in the Horn of Africa. ** In Michigan, the wooden steamer ''Mackinaw'' burns in a fire on the Black River. * January 2 ** The steamship ...

) **

4–3

(

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...

) *Most goals by a runner-up: 3: **

: Lost 3–4 against

(

) ** West Ham United: Drew 3–3 but lost in a penalty shoot-out against Liverpool (

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

) *Most defeats in finals: 8, joint record: ** Everton (

1893 Events January–March * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson. * January 6 – Th ...

1897 Events January–March * January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City. * January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a puniti ...

1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco. ...

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

) **

(

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

) ** Chelsea (

1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 ...

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

)

Individual

*Most wins: 7, Ashley Cole (

) (

) & ( Chelsea) (

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

) *Most appearances in finals: 9, Arthur Kinnaird ( Wanderers) ( 1872–73, 1874–75, 1875–76, 1876–77, 1877–78) & ( Old Etonians) ( 1878–79, 1880–81, 1881–82, 1882–83) *Most goals in a final: 3,

Billy Townley William James Townley (14 February 1866 – 30 May 1950) was an English football player and coach. He scored the first hat-trick in the history of the FA Cup final, but his lasting legacy is defined as an important pioneer of the game in Ger ...

( Blackburn Rovers,

), James Logan ( Notts County,

1894 Events January–March * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United S ...

) & Stan Mortensen (

) *Most goals in finals: 5, Ian Rush ( Liverpool) (2 in

, 2 in

, 1 in

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

) *Most finals scored in: 4,

Didier Drogba Didier Yves Drogba Tébily (; born 11 March 1978) is an Ivorian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the all-time top scorer and former captain of the Ivory Coast national team. He is best known for his career at ...

( Chelsea) (1 each in

) *Youngest FA Cup finalist:

Curtis Weston Curtis James Weston (born 24 January 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays for AFC Fylde. Playing career Born in Greenwich, London, Weston attended Erith Secondary School, and was spotted by a Millwall scout when playing for ...

, aged 17 years and 119 days (for Millwall ''v.''

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

) *Youngest player to score in an FA Cup Final: Norman Whiteside, aged 18 years and 19 days (for

''v.'' Brighton & Hove Albion,

1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...

) *Oldest FA Cup finalist: Billy Hampson, aged 41 years and 257 days (for

''v.''

, 1923–24)

All rounds

*Most FA Cup goals conceded: 539: Aston Villa *Most FA Cup goals scored: 909 - Kettering Town, three ahead of Tottenham. *Highest FA Cup goal difference: +363: Manchester United *Most FA Cup games played: 483: Arsenal *Most FA Cup games won: 270: Arsenal *Most FA Cup games lost: 132: Notts County *Most FA Cup games drawn: 108: Tottenham Hotspur *Largest margin of a win:

26–0 Hyde (First round, 15 October 1887) *Largest margin of an away win: Clapton 0–14 Nottingham Forest (First round, 17 January 1891) and

Boston United Boston United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The club participates in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The club is know ...

0–14

Spalding United Spalding United Football Club is a football club based in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England. The club are currently members of the and play at the Sir Halley Stewart Field. History The club was established in 1905 when Fulney Institute and Vic ...

(First Qualifying Round, 1964) *Largest margin of an away win by a non-league club against a league club: Derby County 1–6

(Second round, 1955–56) *Most clubs competing for trophy in a season: 763 ( 2011–12) *Longest tie: 660 minutes (6 matches in total), Oxford City ''v.'' Alvechurch (Fourth Qualifying Round, 1971–72; Alvechurch won the sixth match 1–0) *Longest penalty shoot-out: 20 penalties each, Tunbridge Wells ''v.'' Littlehampton Town (Preliminary Round Replay, 31 August 2005; Tunbridge Wells won 16–15) *Most rounds played in a season: 9, joint record: ** Brighton & Hove Albion ( 1932–33: 1st–4th Qualifying Rounds, 1st–5th Rounds) **

( 1956–57: Preliminary, 1st–4th Qualifying Rounds, 1st–4th Rounds) ** Blyth Spartans ( 1977–78: 1st–4th Qualifying Rounds, 1st–5th Rounds) **

Harlow Town Harlow Town Football Club is an English association football, football club based in Harlow, Essex. The club is a former member of the and plays at The Harlow Arena. The club is best known for its exploits in the 1979–80 FA Cup, in which it ...

( 1979–80: Preliminary, 1st–4th Qualifying Rounds, 1st–4th Rounds) *Most games played in a season: 13, Bideford ( 1973–74: one First Qualifying, two Second Qualifying, five Third Qualifying, four Fourth Qualifying and one First Round) *Fastest goal: 4 seconds, Gareth Morris (for

Ashton United Ashton United Football Club is a football club in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. They are currently members of and play at Hurst Cross. History The club was founded in 1878 as Hurst Football Club and the earliest known match ...

''v.'' Skelmersdale United, 17 September 2001) *Most consecutive games without defeat: 22, Blackburn Rovers (1884–1886) *Most consecutive games without defeat: (Excluding defeat by penalty shoot-out) 29, Chelsea (2009–13) *Fastest hat-trick: 2 min 20 sec, Andy Locke (for Nantwich Town ''v.'' Droylsden,

) *Most Career Goals: 49, Henry "Harry" Cursham ( Notts County between

and

1888 In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late ...

). *Most goals by a player in a single FA Cup season: 15, Sandy Brown (for Tottenham Hotspur, 1900-01). *Top scorers The table includes all players to have scored 20 or more goals. *Most goals by a player in a single FA Cup game: 9, Ted MacDougall (for

in 1971) *Scoreline: Two examples of teams scoring 7 goals and not winning –

Dulwich Hamlet Dulwich Hamlet Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in East Dulwich in south-east London, England. They are currently members of and play at Champion Hill. History The club was formed in 1893, by Lorraine 'Pa' Wilson. ...

8–7 St Albans City (Fourth Qualifying Round Replay, 22 November 1922), and

7–7 Wealdstone (Fourth Qualifying Round, 16 November 1929). *Youngest player:

Andy Awford Andrew Terry Awford (born 14 July 1972) is an English association football, football coach and former footballer who was most recently the Youth Academy and Development Manager at Luton Town F.C., Luton Town. Prior to this, he was the manager of ...

, 15 years and 88 days (for

Worcester City Worcester City Football Club is an English football club based in Worcester, Worcestershire. The club play in the Midland Football League, the ninth tier of English football. Established in 1902, the club play at Claines Lane. Worcester City ...

''v.'' Boreham Wood, Third qualifying round, 1987–88), *Youngest goalscorer:

Sean Cato Sean, also spelled Seán or Séan in Irish English, is a male given name of Irish origin. It comes from the Irish versions of the Biblical Hebrew name ''Yohanan'' (), Seán (anglicized as ''Shaun/ Shawn/ Shon'') and Séan (Ulster variant; angli ...

, 16 years and 25 days (for Barrow Town ''v.'' Rothwell Town, 2011–12) *Youngest goalscorer (proper rounds): George Williams, 16 years, 2 months and 5 days (for Milton Keynes Dons ''v.'' Nantwich Town, 2011–12) * Biggest gap between two teams in an FA Cup match: 161 difference in rank between 8th-tier

Marine Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (disambiguation) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military * ...

and Premier League Tottenham Hotspur, Third Round Proper, 10 January 2021.

League Cup

Final

*Most wins (team): 9 ** Liverpool (

) *Most consecutive wins (team): 4 **Liverpool (

) **Manchester City (

) *Largest margin of win in a final: 5 goals:

5–0 Bradford City (

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

) *Most goals in a final (one-off match): 5 goals (joint record) ** Queens Park Rangers 3–2 West Bromwich Albion (

) **

3–2 Everton (

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...

, second replay) ** Nottingham Forest 3–2 Southampton (

) ** Luton Town 3–2

(

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

) ** Chelsea 3–2 Liverpool (

) **

5–0 Bradford City (

) **

3–2 Southampton (

) *Most appearances (team): 13, Liverpool (

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...

) *Most wins (player): 6, Sergio Agüero and

Fernandinho Fernandinho is a hypocorism of the name Fernando and means "Little Fernando" or "Fernando Jr." in Portuguese. Fernandinho may refer to: Footballers *Fernandinho (footballer, born January 1981), Éldis Fernando Damasio, Brazilian footballer who ...

(

;

) *Most wins (manager): 4 ** Brian Clough ( Nottingham Forest;

) **

Alex Ferguson Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson (born 31 December 1941) is a Scottish former football manager and player, best known for managing Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest football managers of all time ...

(

;

) **

José Mourinho José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix GOIH (; born 26 January 1963), is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Italian Serie A club Roma. Once dubbed "The Special One" by the British ...

( Chelsea;

;

) **

Pep Guardiola Josep "Pep" Guardiola Sala (; born 18 January 1971) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of club Manchester City. He is considered one of the greatest managers of all time and holds the re ...

(

;

) *Most defeats in finals: 6,

(

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

) *Most appearances without winning: 2 ** West Ham United (

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

) ** Everton (

) **

(

) **

(

) ** Southampton (

) *Lowest ranked winners: Queens Park Rangers (

) and Swindon Town (

) – Third Division (now

EFL League One The English Football League One (often referred to as League One for short or Sky Bet League One for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League One from 2004 until 2016) is the second-highest division of the English Football Leag ...

) *Lowest ranked finalists: Rochdale (

) – Fourth Division (now

EFL League Two The English Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League Two from 2004 until 2016) is the third and lowest division of the English Football Lea ...

) and Bradford City (

) –

*Fastest goal in League Cup Final: 45 seconds, John Arne Riise ( Liverpool ''v.'' Chelsea in 3–2 defeat,

)

All rounds

*Most League Cup games played:

, 256 *Most League Cup games won:

, 149 *Most League Cup games drawn: Liverpool, 59 *Most League Cup games lost:

,77 *Biggest win in a match: 10–0, joint record: ** West Ham United 10–0 Bury (Second round, second leg, 25 October 1983) ** Liverpool 10–0

(Second round, first leg, 23 September 1986) *Biggest win in aggregate: by 11 goals, joint record: ** Liverpool 13–2

(10–0 First leg & 3–2 Second leg, 1986) ** Bury 1–12 West Ham United (1–2 First leg & 0–10 Second leg, 1983) ** Liverpool 11–0 Exeter City (5–0 First leg & 6–0 Second leg, 1981) ** Watford 11–0

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town. In the 19th century, Darlington underwen ...

(8–0 First leg & 3–0 Second leg, 1987) ** Everton 11–0 Wrexham (5–0 First leg: Away & 6–0 Second leg: Home, 1990) *Most career goals: 49: ** Ian Rush ( Liverpool,

1980 to 1999) *Most goals in a single match: 6,

Frankie Bunn Frank Stephen Bunn (born 6 November 1962) is an English former professional footballer who is currently the U23 coach of League One club Wigan Athletic. He holds the Football League Cup record for the most goals (six) by a player in a single match ...

(for Oldham Athletic ''v.'' Scarborough, 25 October 1989, in their 7–0 win) *Most goals by a losing side: Reading (5), Reading v.

, 30 October 2012 in their 5–7 defeat (after extra time) *Most goals by a side without winning: Dagenham & Redbridge (6),

Dagenham & Redbridge Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club is a professional association football club based in Dagenham, Greater London, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Often known simply as Dag ...

, 11 August 2014 in a 6–6 draw (Brentford won 4–2 on penalties).

All-time top scorers

FA Charity / Community Shield

Final

*Most wins (team): 21 (17 outright, 4 shared),

(

1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...

1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

) *Most appearances (team): 30,

(

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

) *Record scoreline:

8–4 Swindon Town in

*Most wins (individual): 9,

all outright wins (

) *Most appearances (individual): 15,

(

) *Most defeats (individual): 6,

(

) *Most consecutive wins: 4, Everton (

(shared),

) *Most consecutive defeats: 4,

(

) *Most consecutive appearances: 6,

(

) *Most consecutive appearances (individual): 6,

(

) *Most goals: 6, Harold Halse (

( Everton)

All competitions

*Fastest century of goals scored during a Premier League season (in fewest no. of games played): 103 goals scored in 34 games by

in season 2013–14. Previous record: 100 goals scored in 42 games by Chelsea in season 2012–13 (excludes games played / goals scored in FA Community Shield (1/2), UEFA Super Cup (1/1) and FIFA Club World Cup (2/3)). *Fastest century of goals scored during a Premier League season (in elapsed calendar days): 103 goals scored on 18 January 2014 by

in 2013–14. Previous record: 100 goals scored on 21 February 2013 by Chelsea in season 2012–13 (excludes games played / goals scored in FA Community Shield (1/2), UEFA Super Cup (1/1) and FIFA Club World Cup (2/3)). *Most consecutive penalty shoot-out wins: 9 by Bradford City between 6 October 2009 and 11 December 2012 **

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(fifth round), 11 December 2012, Bradford City beat

3–2 on penalties (score 1–1 after extra time) ** FA Cup (second round proper replay), 13 November 2012, Bradford City beat Northampton Town 4–2 on penalties (score 3–3 after extra time) **Football League Cup (fourth round), 30 October 2012, Bradford City beat Wigan Athletic 4–2 on penalties (score 0–0 after extra time) ** Football League Trophy (second round), 9 October 2012, Bradford City beat Hartlepool United 3–2 on penalties (score 0–0 after normal time) **Football League Trophy (quarter-finals), 8 November 2011, Bradford City beat Sheffield United 6–5 on penalties (score 1–1 after normal time) **Football League Trophy (second round), 4 October 2011, Bradford City beat Huddersfield Town 4–3 on penalties (score 2–2 after normal time) **Football League Trophy (first round), 30 August 2011, Bradford City beat Sheffield Wednesday 3–1 on penalties (score 0–0 after normal time) **Football League Trophy (quarter-finals), 10 November 2009, Bradford City beat Port Vale 5–4 on penalties (score 2–2 after normal time) **Football League Trophy (second round), 6 October 2009, Bradford City beat Notts County 3–2 on penalties (score 2–2 after normal time) *Fastest penalty awarded: 6 seconds.

Chester Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...

Witton Albion Witton may refer to one of several places in England: *Witton, historic name of an area of Northwich, Cheshire **Witton Albion F.C. *Witton Gilbert, County Durham *Witton-le-Wear, County Durham *Witton, an area of Blackburn, Lancashire * Witton, B ...

– 13 December 2016. Referee Joseph Johnson awarded a penalty when Blaine Hudson upended

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after 6 seconds.

Attendance records

*Record attendance: 126,047 –

v West Ham United played at Wembley FA Cup Final (28 April 1923). *Record attendance at club ground: 121,919 –

played at Crystal Palace FA Cup Final (19 April 1913). *Record home attendance: 85,512 – Tottenham Hotspur v Bayer Leverkusen played at Wembley UEFA Champions League (2 November 2016). *Record home attendance at own stadium: 84,569 –

played at Maine Road FA Cup R6 (3 March 1934). *Record league attendance: 83,260 –

played at Maine Road First Division (17 January 1948). *Record Premier League attendance: 83,222 – Tottenham Hotspur v

played at Wembley Stadium (10 February 2018). *Record league attendance at own stadium: 82,905 – Chelsea v

played at

Stamford Bridge Stamford Bridge may refer to: * Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, a village in England ** Battle of Stamford Bridge, 25 September 1066 * Stamford Bridge (bridge), a bridge in the village of Stamford Bridge * Stamford Bridge (stadium), in L ...

First Division (12 October 1935). *Record attendance at new Wembley: 89,874 – Portsmouth v Cardiff FA Cup Final (17 May 2008). *Record lowest attendance: ''0 –

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'' *Record lowest attendance (Without COVID): 469 ''–'' Thames v Luton Town played at West Ham Stadium Third Division South (6 December 1930).

List of English record competition winners

These tables list the clubs that have won honours an English record number of times. It lists all international competitions organised by UEFA and

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as well as competitions organised by the English governing bodies the English Football League, the Premier League, and The Football Association.

Ongoing competitions

Discontinued competitions

This table follows the elite criteria above. It also includes any competitions that were not directly run by the governing bodies but were precursors to such competitions. Note: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was replaced with UEFA Cup and Intercontinental Cup was replaced with FIFA Club World Cup.

Managers

*Longest-serving manager at one club: Fred Everiss, 46 years ( West Bromwich Albion 1902–1948) *Shortest-serving manager at one club (excluding caretakers): Leroy Rosenior, 10 minutes ( Torquay United, 17 May 2007)Leroy Rosenior lost his job at Torquay just 10 minutes after being introduced as the Devon club's new manager. The then Chairman Mike Bateson called him to say he had just sold the club to a group led by

Colin Lee Colin Lee (born 12 June 1956) is an English football manager and former footballer. He is currently head of football at South Dartmoor Community College in Ashburton, Devon along with Chris Beard. Playing career Lee began his football career ...

, who reinstated himself as director of football only a matter of days after being made redundant by the club. *Most trophy wins: Sir Alex Ferguson, 38 (

) *Most League title wins: Sir Alex Ferguson, 13 (

) *Most FA Cup wins:

Arsène Wenger Arsène Charles Ernest Wenger (; born 22 October 1949) is a French former association football, football Manager (association football), manager and football player, player who is currently serving as FIFA's Chief of Global Football Developme ...

, 7 (

) *Most League Cup wins: 4, joint record: ** Brian Clough with Nottingham Forest ** Sir Alex Ferguson with

with

with Chelsea (3) and

(1) *Most FA Charity/Community Shield wins: Sir Alex Ferguson, 10 (9 outright, 1 shared) (

) *Most Intercontinental Cup / FIFA Club World Cup wins: Sir Alex Ferguson, 2 (

) *Most European Cup / UEFA Champions League wins:

Bob Paisley Robert Paisley OBE (23 January 1919 – 14 February 1996) was an English professional football manager and player who played as a wing-half. He spent almost 50 years with Liverpool and is regarded, due to his achievements with the club, ...

, 3 ( Liverpool)* *Most Inter-Cities Fairs Cup / UEFA Cup / Europa League wins: Don Revie, 2 ( Leeds United) *Most top-flight League game wins: Sir Alex Ferguson, 625 games (

) *Most European Cup / UEFA Champions League game wins: Sir Alex Ferguson, 110 games (

)

Footnotes

References

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