FA Cup bests

[Panda]

Inspired by the Football League and Conference peaks threads, here is one showing clubs' best performances in the FA Cup.

I'll start off with the league clubs, then go further down the pyramid as I go along.

PREMIER LEAGUE
Arsenal - Winners (1929-30, 1949-50, 1970-71, 1978-79, 1992-93, 1997-98, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2004-05)
Aston Villa - Winners (1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57)
Birmingham City - Runners-up (1930-31, 1955-56)
Blackburn Rovers - Winners (1883-84, 1884-85, 1885-86, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1927-28)
Blackpool - Winners (1952-53)
Bolton Wanderers - Winners (1922-23, 1925-26, 1928-29, 1957-58)
Chelsea - Winners (1969-70, 1996-97, 1999-00, 2006-07, 2008-09, 2009-10)
Everton - Winners (1905-06, 1932-33, 1965-66, 1983-84, 1994-95)
Fulham - Runners-up (1974-75)
Liverpool - Winners (1964-65, 1973-74, 1985-86, 1988-89, 1991-92, 2000-01, 2005-06)
Manchester City - Winners (1903-04, 1933-34, 1955-56, 1968-69)
Manchester United - Winners (1908-09, 1947-48, 1962-63, 1976-77, 1982-83, 1984-85, 1989-90, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1998-99, 2003-04)
Newcastle United - Winners (1909-10, 1923-24, 1931-32, 1950-51, 1951-52, 1954-55)
Stoke City - Semi-finals (1898-99, 1970-71, 1971-72)
Sunderland - Winners (1936-37, 1972-73)
Tottenham Hotspur - Winners (1900-01, 1920-21, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1966-67, 1980-81, 1990-91)
West Bromwich Albion - Winners (1887-88, 1891-92, 1930-31, 1953-54, 1967-68)
West Ham United - Winners (1963-64, 1974-75, 1979-80)
Wigan Athletic - Quarter-finals (1986-87)
Wolverhampton Wanderers - Winners (1892-93, 1907-08, 1948-49, 1959-60)

CHAMPIONSHIP
Barnsley - Winners (1911-12)
Bristol City - Runners-up (1908-09)
Burnley - Winners (1913-14)
Cardiff City - Winners (1926-27)
Coventry City - Winners (1986-87)
Crystal Palace - Runners-up (1989-90)
Derby County - Winners (1945-46)
Doncaster Rovers - 5th round (1951-52, 1953-54, 1954-55, 1955-56)
Hull City - Semi-finals (1929-30)
Ipswich Town - Winners (1977-78)
Leeds United - Winners (1971-72)
Leicester City - Runners-up (1948-49, 1960-61, 1962-63, 1968-69)
Middlesbrough - Runners-up (1996-97)
Millwall - Runners-up (2003-04)
Norwich City - Semi-finals (1958-59, 1988-89, 1991-92)
Nottingham Forest - Winners (1897-98, 1958-59)
Portsmouth - Winners (1938-39, 2007-08)
Preston North End - Winners (1888-89, 1937-38)
Queens Park Rangers - Runners-up (1981-82)
Reading - Semi-finals (1926-27)
Scunthorpe United - 5th round (1957-58, 1969-70)
Sheffield United - Winners (1898-99, 1901-02, 1914-15, 1924-25)
Swansea City - Semi-finals (1925-26, 1963-64)
Watford - Runners-up (1983-84)

LEAGUE ONE
AFC Bournemouth - Quarter-finals (1956-57)
Brentford - Quarter-finals (1937-38, 1945-46, 1948-49, 1988-89)
Brighton & Hove Albion - Runners-up (1982-83)
Bristol Rovers - Quarter-finals (1950-51, 1957-58, 2007-08)
Carlisle United - Quarter-finals (1974-75)
Charlton Athletic - Winners (1946-47)
Colchester United - Quarter-finals (1970-71)
Dagenham & Redbridge - 4th round (2002-03)
Exeter City - Quarter-finals (1930-31, 1980-81)
Hartlepool United - 4th round (1954-55, 1977-78, 1988-89, 1992-93, 2004-05, 2008-09)
Huddersfield Town - Winners (1921-22)
Leyton Orient - Semi-finals (1977-78)
Milton Keynes Dons - 3rd round (2004-05, 2005-06, 2009-10)
Notts County - Winners (1893-94)
Oldham Athletic - Semi-finals (1912-13, 1989-90, 1993-94)
Peterborough United - Quarter-finals (1964-65)
Plymouth Argyle - Semi-finals (1983-84)
Rochdale - 5th round (1989-90, 2002-03)
Sheffield Wednesday - Winners (1895-96, 1906-07, 1934-35)
Southampton - Winners (1975-76)
Swindon Town - Semi-finals (1909-10, 1911-12)
Tranmere Rovers - Quarter-finals (1999-00, 2000-01, 2003-04)
Walsall - 5th round (1938-39, 1974-75, 1977-78, 1986-87, 2001-02, 2002-03)
Yeovil Town - 5th round (1948-49)

LEAGUE TWO
Accrington Stanley - 4th round (1926-27, 1936-37, 1958-59, 2009-10)
Aldershot Town - 5th round (1932-33, 1978-79)
Barnet - 4th round (2006-07, 2007-08)
Bradford City - Winners (1910-11)
Burton Albion - 3rd round (1955-56, 1984-85, 2005-06)
Bury - Winners (1899-00, 1902-03)
Cheltenham Town - 5th round (2001-02)
Chesterfield - Semi-finals (1996-97)
Crewe Alexandra - Semi-finals (1887-88)
Gillingham - Quarter-finals (1999-00)
Hereford United - 4th round (1971-72, 1973-74, 1976-77, 1981-82, 1989-90, 1991-92, 2007-08)
Lincoln City - 5th round (1886-87)
Macclesfield Town - 3rd round (1967-68, 1987-88, 1998-99, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2006-07, 2008-09)
Morecambe - 3rd round (1961-62, 2002-03)
Northampton Town - 5th round (1933-34, 1949-50, 1969-70)
Oxford United - Quarter-finals (1963-64)
Port Vale - Semi-finals (1953-54)
Rotherham United - 5th round (1952-53, 1967-68)
Shrewsbury Town - Quarter-finals (1978-79, 1981-82)
Southend United - 5th round (1925-26, 1951-52, 1975-76, 1992-93)
Stevenage - 4th round (1997-98)
Stockport County - 5th round (1934-35, 1949-50, 2000-01)
Torquay United - 4th round (1948-49, 1954-55, 1970-71, 1982-83, 1989-90, 2008-09)
Wycombe Wanderers - Semi-finals (2000-01)

CONFERENCE
Altrincham - 4th round (1985-86)
Barrow - 3rd round (1945-46, 1947-48, 1953-54, 1955-56, 1958-59, 1963-64, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1990-91, 2008-09, 2009-10)
Bath City - 3rd round (1931-32, 1934-35, 1959-60, 1963-64, 1987-88, 1993-94)
Cambridge United - Quarter-finals (1989-90, 1990-91)
Crawley Town - 3rd round (1991-92)
Darlington - 5th round (1957-58)
Eastbourne Borough - 1st round (2005-06, 2007-08, 2008-09)
Fleetwood Town - 2nd round (2008-09)
Forest Green Rovers - 3rd round (2008-09, 2009-10)
Gateshead - Quarter-finals (1952-53)
Grimsby Town - Semi-finals (1935-36, 1938-39)
Hayes & Yeading United - 4th qualifying round (2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10)
Hayes - 2nd round (1972-73, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1999-00)
Yeading - 3rd round (2004-05)
Histon - 3rd round (2008-09)
Kettering Town - 4th round (1988-89, 2008-09)
Kidderminster Harriers - 5th round (1993-94)
Luton Town - Runners-up (1958-59)
Mansfield Town - Quarter-finals (1968-69)
Newport County - 5th round (1948-49)
Rushden & Diamonds - 3rd round (1998-99, 1999-00)
Southport - Quarter-finals (1930-31)
Tamworth - 3rd round (2005-06, 2006-07)
Wimbledon - Winners (1987-88)
Wrexham - Quarter-finals (1973-74, 1977-78, 1996-97)
York City - Semi-finals (1954-55)



More divisions will appear here...

[suedehead]

Interesting that only two current Premier League clubs have never reached the final. Those two are a founder member of the Football League (Stoke) and the most recent member of the Football League currently in the Premier League (Wigan).

[o]

Yeah I never knew that only 4 prem clubs have never won it!
Cheers mrh, looking forward to the lower leagues, hope you might feature the bsp as well, and our 1-0 defeat by leicester in the quarter finals in the early 70s

[Panda]

Sept 1, 2010 10:32:19 GMT 1 o said:

Yeah I never knew that only 4 prem clubs have never won it!
Cheers mrh, looking forward to the lower leagues, hope you might feature the bsp as well, and our 1-0 defeat by leicester in the quarter finals in the early 70s

Yeah, I'll be going down as far as I can until I get bored.

Championship and League One now up. League Two and Conference will be next.

[Panda]

League Two and Conference now up.

[frag]

So Oxford's best FA Cup performance game when they were a fourth division club, even though they had 36 seasons bouncing around the top three divisions from 1965 to 2001, a period which also included a League Cup win (but not a European campaign).

[Panda]

Sept 2, 2010 17:42:25 GMT 1 frag said:

So Oxford's best FA Cup performance game when they were a fourth division club, even though they had 36 seasons bouncing around the top three divisions from 1965 to 2001, a period which also included a League Cup win (but not a European campaign).

Yeah, I was surprised they'd never had a good run while they were in the top divisions.