what the FA Cup

In more than 130 years of the Cup seems to slow in the short term. In fact, more and more important, not only in Britain but around the world to produce. The formation of the history and practice has led to the granting of the world famous cup. Many football fans to write to say that the FA Cup is the biggest game in all sports. Sir Bobby Robson, probably best summed up by saying: "The FA Cup is the best single match outside the World Cup final - and it's ours."

In this league there are 14 rounds of the competition is divided into six rounds and then six. Once this has been played in the semi final then. The competition begins in August each year. There are some exceptions to the final rounds of teams playing in a league higher in the FA. The team will play every periodically throughout the year with a wide round of the FA Cup after the Premier League final in May, because it plays tension and leads to the last belongs to the output in all sports.

The competition is a knockout tournament with a regular partner in each round at random. This configuration is seeded, the causes of what some unexpected match-up problems and even more impossible. The tournament is redrawn each round, and nobody knows what will happen to match the previous round is completed. In addition, the team also determined randomly before the FA and the League will not affect the classification drawing. No band, and if the game is played according to the guests when playing in the field for the team went home.

If a game is interesting, then the leg, as evidenced by the extra time a penalty. This format will not play before the end of 1990, where the previous game, but will continue playing until a winner is determined. Record for most consecutive games 6 and Fulham playing 12 games in six rounds of the record on his way to the final.