FA Cup - Wikipedia
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competition in the world. [1] It is organised by and named after The Football Association (The FA).
The FA Cup: History of a trophy - BBC
According to him, the most recognisable British sporting trophy may been designed originally as an elaborate champagne cooler. Either way, it was a neat twist that saw a trophy with Bradford...
FA Cup - Story • Fattorini
The Football Association Challenge Cup, as we know and love it today, was designed and manufactured by Fattorini & Sons of Bradford and hallmarked in Sheffield in 1911. Amazingly Bradford City Football Club won the FA Cup that very first year!
Designers & Makers of the FA Cup Trophy - Thomas Lyte
The Emirates FA Cup enjoys a mythical status in the sporting world as the world’s oldest cup competition, celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2022. Handcrafted in 2014, the current trophy produced by Thomas Lyte is only the third version of the iconic sterling silver cup since 1911.
The Making of the FA Cup - SoccerBible
May 16, 2014 · The new FA Cup is made from 6.3kg of sterling silver and, standing at 61.5cm, is a perfect replica of the 1911 trophy. The 1992 trophy will remain in The FA's possession at Wembley Stadium. Thomas Lyte has a team of expert silversmiths and they've hand spun the cup from Sterling 925 Silver.
FA Cup Trophy - Topend Sports
The first design: The first cup was stolen in 1895 and never recovered, and so was replaced by an exact replica, which was used between 1896 and 1910. The second design: The third FA cup …
The FA Cup Trophy: A Symbol of Football Glory and Tradition
6 days ago · The original FA Cup Trophy was a small silver cup, and it was awarded to the winning team each year. As football grew in popularity, so did the importance of the trophy, and its design evolved.
THE LITTLE TIN IDOL - Read The League
Jun 9, 2023 · 1871-72 F. A. Cup. Charles Alcock creates, then wins, The Little Tin Idol. BY Vince Cooper. EVERY major sporting tournament in the world owes a debt to the F.A. Cup, the first competition of its kind and still, over 150 years after its inception, perhaps the best known.
THE FA CUP Part 2 – Fattorini & Sons | The Hockley Flyer
Nov 16, 2020 · The original winning design of the 1911 FA Cup still exists today. It was returned to Fattorini and Sons in Bradford with the initials of Sir Frederick Hall, the Secretary of the F.A. at the time to indicate his approval.
The oldest surviving FA Cup trophy - National Football Museum
The original Martin, Hall & Co FA Cup trophy was presented to Alcock in 1872, but by the turn of the 20th century, the silverware was nowhere to be seen. 1895 winners Aston Villa had loaned the trophy to local boot and ball maker William Shillcock, …