In the years since the first ball hit the onion bag way back in 1872, the FA Cup has held a special place in the hearts of English football fans right around the globe.
With every single club within the top 9 levels of the English Football League System eligible for the knock-out tournament, teams without two pennies to rub together are afforded the right to dream of romantic upsets over the big boys in the 'prem.
Even in this age of rich deals, full-time professionalism and eight-figure boot deals, there is still room for upsets, with giant killers emerging each and every season.
And for those that can prove perfect round after round, their reward is the right to walk down Wembley Way on Cup Day, one of the most treasured acts on the global sporting calendar.
From the early years of the Wanderers' dominance right through to an all-Mancunian affair at Wembley, here is the comprehensive list of every FA Cup finalist and the sides that hoisted the iconic piece of silverware.
| 2022-2023 | Manchester City | Manchester United |
| 2021-2022 | Liverpool | Chelsea |
| 2020-2021 | Leicester | Chelsea |
| 2019-2020 | Arsenal | Chelsea |
| 2018-2019 | Manchester City | Watford |
| 2017-2018 | Chelsea | Manchester United |
| 2016-2017 | Arsenal | Chelsea |
| 2015-2016 | Manchester United | Crystal Palace |
| 2014-2015 | Arsenal | Aston Villa |
| 2013-2014 | Arsenal | Hull City |
| 2012-2013 | Wigan Athletic | Manchester City |
| 2011-2012 | Chelsea | Liverpool |
| 2010-2011 | Manchester City | Stoke City |
| 2009-2010 | Chelsea | Portsmouth |
| 2008-2009 | Chelsea | Everton |
| 2007-2008 | Portsmouth | Cardiff City |
| 2006-2007 | Chelsea | Manchester United |
| 2005-2006 | Liverpool | West Ham |
| 2004-2005 | Arsenal | Manchester United |
| 2003-2004 | Manchester United | Millwall |
| 2002-2003 | Arsenal | Southampton |
| 2001-2002 | Arsenal | Chelsea |
| 2000-2001 | Liverpool | Arsenal |
| 1999-2000 | Chelsea | Aston Villa |
| 1998-1999 | Manchester United | Newcastle United |
| 1997-1998 | Arsenal | Newcastle United |
| 1996-1997 | Chelsea | Middlesbrough |
| 1995-1996 | Manchester United | Liverpool |
| 1994-1995 | Everton | Manchester United |
| 1993-1994 | Manchester United | Chelsea |
| 1992-1993 | Arsenal | Sheffield Wednesday |
| 1991-1992 | Liverpool | Sunderland |
| 1990-1991 | Tottenham Hotspur | Nottingham Forest |
| 1989-1990 | Manchester United | Crystal Palace |
| 1988-1989 | Liverpool | Everton |
| 1987-1988 | Wimbledon | Liverpool |
| 1986-1987 | Coventry City | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 1985-1986 | Liverpool | Everton |
| 1984-1985 | Manchester United | Everton |
| 1983-1984 | Everton | Watford |
| 1982-1983 | Manchester United | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| 1981-1982 | Tottenham Hotspur | Queens Park Rangers |
| 1980-1981 | Tottenham Hotspur | Manchester City |
| 1979-1980 | West Ham United | Arsenal |
| 1978-1979 | Arsenal | Manchester United |
| 1977-1978 | Ipswich Town | Arsenal |
| 1976-1977 | Manchester United | Liverpool |
| 1975-1976 | Southampton | Manchester United |
| 1974-1975 | West Ham United | Fulham |
| 1973-1974 | Liverpool | Newcastle United |
| 1972-1973 | Sunderland | Leeds United |
| 1971-1972 | Leeds United | Arsenal |
| 1970-1971 | Arsenal | Liverpool |
| 1969-1970 | Chelsea | Leeds United |
| 1968-1969 | Manchester City | Leicester City |
| 1967-1968 | West Bromwich Albion | Everton |
| 1966-1967 | Tottenham Hotspur | Chelsea |
| 1965-1966 | Everton | Sheffield Wednesday |
| 1964-1965 | Liverpool | Leeds United |
| 1963-1964 | West Ham United | Preston North End |
| 1962-1963 | Manchester United | Leicester City |
| 1961-1962 | Tottenham Hotspur | Burnley |
| 1960-1961 | Tottenham Hotspur | Leicester City |
| 1959-1960 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Blackburn Rovers |
| 1958-1959 | Nottingham Forest | Luton Town |
| 1957-1958 | Bolton Wanderers | Manchetsr United |
| 1956-1957 | Aston Villa | Manchester United |
| 1955-1956 | Manchester City | Birmingham City |
| 1954-1955 | Newcastle United | Manchester City |
| 1953-1954 | West Bromwich Albion | Preston North End |
| 1952-1953 | Blackpool | Bolton Wanderers |
| 1951-1952 | Newcastle United | Arsenal |
| 1950-1951 | Newcastle United | Blackpool |
| 1949-1950 | Arsenal | Liverpool |
| 1948-1949 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Leicester City |
| 1947-1948 | Manchester United | Blackpool |
| 1946-1947 | Charlton Athletic | Burnley |
| 1945-1946 | Derby County | Charlton Athletic |
| 1938-1939 | Portsmouth | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 1937-1938 | Preston North End | Huddersfield Town |
| 1936-1937 | Sunderland | Preston North End |
| 1935-1936 | Arsenal | Sheffield United |
| 1934-1935 | Sheffield Wednesday | West Bromwich Albion |
| 1933-1934 | Manchester City | Portsmouth |
| 1932-1933 | Everton | Manchester City |
| 1931-1932 | Newcastle United | Arsenal |
| 1930-1931 | West Bromwich Albion | Birmingham |
| 1929-1930 | Arsenal | Huddersfield Town |
| 1928-1929 | Bolton Wanderers | Portsmouth |
| 1927-1928 | Blackburn Rovers | Huddersfield Town |
| 1926-1927 | Cardiff City | Arsenal |
| 1925-1926 | Bolton Wanderers | Manchester City |
| 1924-1925 | Sheffield United | Cardiff City |
| 1923-1924 | Newcastle United | Aston Villa |
| 1922-1923 | Bolton Wanderers | West Ham |
| 1921-1922 | Huddersfield Town | Preston North End |
| 1920-1921 | Tottenham Hotspur | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 1919-1920 | Aston Villa | Huddersfield Town |
| 1914-1915 | Sheffield United | Chelsea |
| 1913-1914 | Burnley | Liverpool |
| 1912-1913 | Aston Villa | Sunderland |
| 1911-1912 | Barnsley | West Bromwich Albion |
| 1910-1911 | Bradford City | Newcastle |
| 1909-1910 | Newcastle United | Barnsley |
| 1908-1909 | Manchester United | Bristol City |
| 1907-1908 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Newcastle United |
| 1906-1907 | The Wednesday | Everton |
| 1905-1906 | Everton | Newcastle United |
| 1904-1905 | Aston Villa | Newcastle United |
| 1903-1904 | Manchester City | Bolton Wanderers |
| 1902-1903 | Bury | Derby County |
| 1901-1902 | Sheffield United | Southampton |
| 1900-1901 | Tottenham Hotspur | Sheffield United |
| 1899-1900 | Bury | Southampton |
| 1898-1899 | Sheffield United | Derby County |
| 1897-1898 | Nottingham Forest | Derby County |
| 1896-1897 | Aston Villa | Everton |
| 1895-1896 | The Wednesday | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 1894-1895 | Aston Villa | West Bromwich Albion |
| 1893-1894 | Notts County | Bolton Wanderers |
| 1892-1893 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Everton |
| 1891-1892 | West Bromwich Albion | Aston Villa |
| 1890-1891 | Blackburn Rovers | Notts County |
| 1889-1890 | Blackburn Rovers | The Wednesday |
| 1888-1889 | Preston North End | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 1887-1888 | West Bromwich Albion | Preston North End |
| 1886-1887 | Aston Villa | West Bromwich Albion |
| 1885-1886 | Blackburn Rovers | West Bromwich Albion |
| 1884-1885 | Blackburn Rovers | Queen's Park |
| 1883-1884 | Blackburn Rovers | Queen's Park |
| 1882-1883 | Blackburn Olympic | Old Etonians |
| 1881-1882 | Old Etonians | Blackburn Rovers |
| 1880-1881 | Old Carthusians | Old Etonians |
| 1879-1880 | Clapham Rovers | Oxford University |
| 1878-1879 | Old Etonians | Clapham Rovers |
| 1877-1878 | Wanderers | Old Etonians |
| 1876-1877 | Wanderers | Old Etonians |
| 1875-1876 | Wanderers | Old Etonians |
| 1874-1875 | Royal Engineers | Old Etonians |
| 1873-1874 | Oxford University | Royal Engineers |
| 1872-1873 | Wanderers | Oxford University |
| 1871-1872 | Wanderers | Royal Engineers |
