FA Cup

The FA Cup celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, having first started in 1871/72. Only one of its original clubs remains in professional football ...

That October he then proposed the establishment of a sub-committee to create the cup’s rules. Football in those days was an entirely amateur game and there were no football leagues, just local friendlies. Supporters who have followed Palace’s history at their spiritual home, the Crystal Palace, will know they were one of the most important clubs of the time.