Saturday, 19 May 2018

PENSIONERS v RED DEVILS

Cup Final day and after having recovered from the dresses and hats this morning, what more than seeing the toffs in the hospitality sections of Wembley. United in the traditional grey suits, white shirts and red ties; Chelsea "darker".
Winners of 18 cup finals so far, the Blues and the Reds face each other today with Chelsea winning 7 finals all since 1970.

United have won 12, the first in 1909 when they beat Bristol City at the old Crystal Palace in 1909.
In all matches since the first meeting in 1905, which ended 0-0 in Division 2, United have won 77, Chelsea 53 and 49 are drawn.
A black-and-white photograph of a football team lining up before a match. Four players, wearing dark shirts, light shorts and dark socks, are seated. Four more players are standing immediately behind them, and three more are standing on a higher level on the back row. Two men in suits are standing on either side of the players.
The first cup tie between the two was in the 2nd round 1908 at Bank Street Clayton, when home team United won 1-0.
It took until 1950 for the next meeting in the Quarter-final when Chelsea won 2-0. as the two clubs became more successful in all areas their meetings came more regular.
1963 5th Rd 2-1 United
1979 3rd  3-0  United
1988 4th 2-0 United
1994 Final 4-0 United
1996 S-f 2-1Utd
1998 3rd 5-3 Utd
1999 Q-f 2-0 Utd after 0-0
2007 Final 1-0 Chelsea first at the new Wembley
2013 6th Chelsea 1-0 after 2-2 three weeks before
2017 Q-f Chelsea 1-0
Today marks the 80th year since the first live tv broadcast of the Cup Final.
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