FA Cup Final 2024 | Manchester Derby | Sat 25 May 3:00pm

[HelloCity]

The game will take place 25 years after City beat Gillingham at Wembley in the 1999 Play Off Final and 120 years after City’s first FA Cup win in 1904.

Nice fact from the BBC:

 

[blue b4 the moon]

The game will take place 25 years after City beat Gillingham at Wembley in the 1999 Play Off Final and 120 years after City’s first FA Cup win in 1904.

Nice fact from the BBC:
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25 years to the day since Gillingham?

Who'd have thought we'd be current European champions and on the cusp of a double double, 4 on the bounce etc and STILL have no history.

 

[Lowtower]

25 years to the day since Gillingham?

Who'd have thought we'd be current European champions and on the cusp of a double double, 4 on the bounce etc and STILL have no history.

No, Play off final was 30th May

 

[MCFC Wirral]

No, Play off final was 30th May

Twenty five years later but not to the exact day.

 

[supercity88]

The game will take place 25 years after City beat Gillingham at Wembley in the 1999 Play Off Final and 120 years after City’s first FA Cup win in 1904.

Nice fact from the BBC:
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Happy to see Blackburn won both, hopefully history repeats and we win both as well.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

No, Play off final was 30th May

Ah shame but close enough ;)

 

[69FACUPfinal]

Like buses these cup finals. Wait 152 years and then two come along successively. Wonder what the probability is of it happening for a 3rd year?

 

[Lowtower]

Like buses these cup finals. Wait 152 years and then two come along successively. Wonder what the probability is of it happening for a 3rd year?

Not great as the rags are shit

 

[HelloCity]

If we had played Coventry we could have worn the new away based on the play off kit.

 

[69FACUPfinal]

Not great as the rags are shit

But but but fixed draws...