10 fun facts you might not know about the FA Cup

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Spare a thought now for Leicester City, they've got to the final of the competition 4 times and have lost every single one. They are one of 14 teams to have made it all the way to an FA Cup final but have never won the competition.

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The Royal Engineers team in the picture played in the first final and lost 1-0 to the Wanderers

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The FA Cup has seen a lot of goals over the years but only one man has scored in four different FA Cup Finals and that's Didier Drogba.

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