How it began, The first final took place at Kennington Oval the crowd was recorded at 2,000. The game although basically the same was in some important aspects totally different from the modern game of football. There were no crossbars or goal nets, without three kicks there was no point in diving, penalities weren't allowed either. The pitch was marked differently as well with no centre circle and no halfway line.
Two teams of have dominated the FA cup these are Arsenal and Manchester United both teams have made over 17 appearances each with Man U just shading wins by 11 to 10.
| Year | Team | Goals | Team | Goals |
| 1872 | The Wanderers | 1 | Royal Engineers | 0 |
| 1873 | The Wanderers | 2 | Oxford University | 0 |
| 1874 | Oxford University | 2 | Royal Engineers | 0 |
| 1875 | Royal Engineers won replay | 1 (2) | Old Etonians | 1 (0) |
| 1876 | The Wanderers won replay | 1 (3) | Old Etonians | 1 (0) |
| 1877 | The Wanderers | 2 | Oxford University | 1 |
| 1878 | The Wanderers | 3 | Royal Engineers | 1 |
| 1879 | Old Etonians | 1 | Clapham Rovers | 0 |
| 1880 | Clapham Rovers | 1 | Oxford University | 0 |
| 1881 | Old Carthusians | 3 | Old Etonians | 0 |
| 1882 | Old Etonians | 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 |
| 1883 | Blackburn Olympic | 2 | Old Etonians | 1 |
| 1884 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | Queens Park Glasgow | 1 |
| 1885 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | Queens Park Glasgow | 0 |
| 1886 | Blackburn Rovers won replay | 0 (2) | West Bromwich Albion | 0 (0) |
| 1887 | Aston Villa | 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 0 |
| 1888 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | Preston NE | 1 |
| 1889 | Preston NE | 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 |
| 1890 | Blackburn Rovers | 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 1 |
| 1891 | Blackburn Rovers | 3 | Nottingham County | 1 |
| 1892 | West Bromwich Albion | 3 | Aston Villa | 0 |
| 1893 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 | Everton | 0 |
| 1894 | Nottingham County | 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 1 |
| 1895 | Aston Villa | 1 | West Bromwich Albion | 0 |
| 1896 | Sheffield Wednesday | 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 |
| 1897 | Aston Villa | 3 | Everton | 2 |
| 1898 | Nottingham Forest | 3 | Derby County | 1 |
| 1899 | Sheffield United | 4 | Derby County | 1 |
| 1900 | Bury | 4 | Southampton | 0 |
| 1901 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 (3) | Sheffield United | 2 (1) |
| 1902 | Sheffield United won replay | 1(2) | Southampton | 1 (1) |
| 1903 | Bury | 6 | Derby County | 0 |
| 1904 | Manchester City | 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 0 |
| 1905 | Aston Villa | 2 | Newcastle United | 0 |
| 1906 | Everton | 1 | Newcastle United | 0 |
| 1907 | Sheffield Wednesday | 2 | Everton | 1 |
| 1908 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 | Newcastle United | 1 |
| 1909 | Manchester United | 1 | Bristol city | 0 |
| 1910 | Newcastle United won replay | 1 (2) | Barnsley | 1 (0) |
| 1911 | Bradford | 0 (1) | Newcastle United | 0 (0) |
| 1912 | Barnsley won replay | 0 (1) | West Bromwich Albion | 0 (0) |
| 1913 | Aston Villa | 1 | Sunderland | 0 |
| 1914 | Burnley | 1 | Liverpool | 0 |
| 1915 | Sheffield United | 3 | Chelsea | 0 |
| 1920 | Aston Villa | 1 | Huddersfield Town | 0 |
| 1921 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 |
| 1922 | Huddersfield Town | 1 | Preston NE | 0 |
| 1923 | Bolton Wanderers | 2 | West Ham United | 0 |
| 1924 | Newcastle United | 2 | Aston Villa | 0 |
| 1925 | Sheffield United | 1 | Cardiff City | 0 |
| 1926 | Bolton Wanderers | 1 | Manchester City | 0 |
| 1927 | Cardiff City | 1 | Arsenal | 0 |
| 1928 | Blackburn Rovers | 3 | Huddersfield Town | 1 |
| 1929 | Bolton Wanderers | 2 | Portsmouth | 0 |
| 1930 | Arsenal | 2 | Huddersfield Town | 0 |
| 1931 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | Birmingham | 1 |
| 1932 | Newcastle United | 2 | Arsenal | 1 |
| 1933 | Everton | 3 | Manchester City | 0 |
| 1934 | Manchester City | 2 | Portsmouth | 1 |
| 1935 | Sheffield Wednesday | 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 |
| 1936 | Arsenal | 1 | Sheffield United | 0 |
| 1937 | Sunderland | 3 | Preston NE | 1 |
| 1938 | Preston NE | 1 | Huddersfield Town | 0 |
| 1939 | Portsmouth | 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 |
| 1946 | Derby County | 4 | Charlton Athletic | 1 |
| 1947 | Charlton Athletic | 1 | Burnley | 0 |
| 1948 | Manchester United | 4 | Blackpool | 2 |
| 1949 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 | Leicester City | 1 |
| 1950 | Arsenal | 2 | Liverpool | 0 |
| 1951 | Newcastle United | 2 | Blackpool | 0 |
| 1952 | Newcastle United | 1 | Arsenal | 0 |
| 1953 | Blackpool | 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 |
| 1954 | West Bromwich Albion | 3 | Preston NE | 2 |
| 1955 | Newcastle United | 3 | Manchester City | 1 |
| 1956 | Manchester City | 3 | Birmingham City | 1 |
| 1957 | Aston Villa | 2 | Manchester United | 1 |
| 1958 | Bolton Wanderers | 2 | Manchester United | 0 |
| 1959 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | Luton Town | 1 |
| 1960 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 |
| 1961 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | Leicester City | 0 |
| 1962 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | Burnley | 1 |
| 1963 | Manchester United | 3 | Leicester City | 1 |
| 1964 | West Ham United | 3 | Preston NE | 2 |
| 1965 | Liverpool | 2 | Leeds | 1 |
| 1966 | Everton | 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 2 |
| 1967 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | Chelsea | 1 |
| 1968 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | Everton | 0 |
| 1969 | Manchester City | 1 | Leicester City | 0 |
| 1970 | Chelsea won replay | 2 (2) | Leeds | 2 (1) |
| 1971 | Arsenal | 2 | Liverpool | 1 |
| 1972 | Leeds | 1 | Arsenal | 0 |
| 1973 | Sunderland | 1 | Leeds | 0 |
| 1974 | Liverpool | 3 | Newcastle United | 0 |
| 1975 | West Ham United | 2 | Fulham | 0 |
| 1976 | Southampton | 1 | Manchester United | 0 |
| 1977 | Manchester United | 2 | Liverpool | 1 |
| 1978 | Ipswich Town | 1 | Arsenal | 0 |
| 1979 | Arsenal | 3 | Manchester United | 2 |
| 1980 | West Ham United | 1 | Arsenal | 0 |
| 1981 | Tottenham Hotspur won replay | 1 (3) | Manchester City | 1 (2) |
| 1982 | Tottenham Hotspur won replay | 1 (1) | QPR | 1 (0) |
| 1983 | Manchester United won replay | 2 (4) | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2 (0) |
| 1984 | Everton | 2 | Watford | 0 |
| 1985 | Manchester United | 1 | Everton | 0 |
| 1986 | Liverpool | 3 | Everton | 1 |
| 1987 | Coventry City | 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 |
| 1988 | Wimbledon | 1 | Liverpool | 0 |
| 1989 | Liverpool | 3 | Everton | 2 |
| 1990 | Manchester United won replay | 3 (1) | Crystal Palace | 3 (0) |
| 1991 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | Nottingham Forest | 1 |
| 1992 | Liverpool | 2 | Sunderland | 0 |
| 1993 | Arsenal won replay | 1 (2) | Sheffield Wednesday | 1 (1) |
| 1994 | Manchester United | 4 | Chelsea | 0 |
| 1995 | Everton | 1 | Manchester United | 0 |
| 1996 | Manchester United | 1 | Liverpool | 0 |
| 1997 | Chelsea | 2 | Middlesborough | 0 |
| 1998 | Arsenal | 2 | Newcastle United | 0 |
| 1999 | Manchester United | 2 | Newcastle United | 0 |
| 2000 | Chelsea | 1 | Aston Villa | 0 |
| 2001 | Liverpool | 2 | Arsenal | 1 |
| 2002 | Arsenal | 2 | Chelsea | 0 |
| 2003 | Arsenal | 1 | Southampton | 0 |
| 2004 | Manchester United | 3 | Millwall | 0 |
| 2005 | Arsenal won on pen 5-4 | 0 | Manchester United | 0 |
| 2006 | Liverpool Won on Pen 3-1 | 3 | West Ham United | 3 |
| 2007 | Chelsea | 1 | Manchester United | 0 |
| 2008 | Cardiff | 0 | Portsmouth | 1 |
| 2009 | Chelsea | 2 | Everton | 1 |
| 2010 | Chelsea | 1 | Portsmouth | 0 |
| 2011 | Stoke City | 0 | Manchester City | 1 |