2018 FA Cup Final Score: Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United Date: Saturday 19th May Venue: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 87,647 Referee: Michael Oliver Teams: Chelsea Thibaut Courtois, Cesar Azpilicueta, Gary Cahill (C), Antonio Rudiger, Victor Moses, Cesc Fabregas, N’Golo Kante, Tiemoue Bakayoko, Marcos Alonso, Eden Hazard, Olivier Giroud Manager: Antonio Conte Goal Scorer/s: Hazard (pen) 22′ Manchester … Read more
2019 FA Cup Final Score: Manchester City 6-0 Watford Date: Saturday 18th May Venue: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 85,854 Referee: Kevin Friend Teams: Manchester City Ederson, Kyle Walker, Vincent Kompany (C), Aymeric Laporte, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Bernardo Silva, Ilkay Gundogan, David Silva, Riyad Mahrez, Gabriel Jesus, Raheem Sterling Manager: Pep Guardiola Goal Scorers: David Silva 26, Sterling … Read more
2020 FA Cup Final Score: Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea Date: Saturday 1st August 2020 (rescheduled from 23rd May due to COVID restrictions) Venue: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 0 (Played behind ‘closed doors’) Referee: Anthony Taylor Teams: Arsenal Emiliano Martinez, Hector Bellerin, Kieran Tierney, Dani Ceballos, Alexandre Lacazette, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (C), Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Rob Holding, Nicolas Pepe, David … Read more
Ronaldo’s 2002 Ballon d’Or win represented more than just the success of a player within a single calendar year. It was a commemoration of his five-year journey, battling ridiculous odds and adversity to once again reach the game’s pinnacle. 2002 was Ronaldo’s Redemption. Contentsshow 1A Long Hard Road 2The World At His Feet 32002 Ballon … Read more
Widely considered in debates of the greatest footballer of all time, Lionel Messi won his seventh Ballon d’Or on 29th November 2021 to applause, cheers, and a whistle or two. Messi took to the stage beaming, a smile from ear to ear; he claimed this Ballon d’Or not for himself, but for the entire Argentina … Read more
Pavel Nedved may be the most controversial Ballon d’Or winner of all-time. His 2003 victory made him only the second Czech player to win FIFA’s top individual award after Dukla Pragues’s Josef Masopust in 1962. Nedved’s success story wasn’t a complete surprise. The midfielder had been steadily applying his trade in Italian football since the … Read more
2022 FA Cup Final Score: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool (Liverpool win 5-6 on Penalties) Date: Saturday 14th May Venue: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 84,897 Referee: Craig Pawson Contentsshow 1Teams: 2The 141st FA Cup Final 3Match Report 4Facts 52022 FA Cup Results 5.1Semi Final 5.2Sixth Round 5.3Fifth Round 5.4Fourth Round 5.5Third Round Teams: Chelsea Édouard Mendy, Trevoh Chalobah, … Read more
Only one player in the history of The Ballon d’Or has won the award whilst playing in the French League. A prolific striker, though seldom uttered in the same sentences as Van Basten or Rivaldo, his career was spent almost entirely in France save for two seasons at Bayern Munich and AC Milan and a … Read more
There have been just three English winners of the Ballon d’Or award. Read more about them below. Contentsshow 1Sir Stanley Matthews (1956) 2Kevin Keegan (1978 and 1979) 3Michael Owen (2001) Sir Stanley Matthews (1956) Sir Stanley Matthews was the first ever winner of the Ballon d’Or in 1956. One of England’s greatest footballers, Matthews redefined … Read more
George Weah’s 1995 Ballon d’Or win was more than just a story of individual triumph. It represented a change for the award itself and the global game as a whole. The accolade became subject to the biggest and most significant format tweak in its history – a rule change that most fans of the sport … Read more
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