The FA Cup began in 1871 and has had 44 different winners. Is now the time for a 45th?

“Kevin Day is talking about trophy cabinets and silver allergies. ‘We’ve only got two FA Cup finals to our name,’ the writer, comedian and lifelong Crystal Palace fan says. ‘That’s one of the things about Steve Parish insisting we were founded in 1861 and not 1905 — it just adds another 44 years to the amount of time we haven’t won anything.’  Parish, the Palace chairman, likes his history, and opportunity knocks right now for his club to create some. Palace are one of the four out of this weekend’s FA Cup quarter-finalists who have never won a major trophy — Fulham, Brighton & Hove Albion and Bournemouth are the others — opening the door to the possibility of a first-time winner and a 45th different name being engraved on one of football’s most famous pieces of silverware. …”
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