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#EmiratesFACup
It’s Semi-Final day in the 150th year of the FA Cup #FACup150
Although it’s the 140th competition due to 10 years without the Cup during the wars…
Most Semi-Finals:
3️⃣0️⃣ #Arsenal & #ManchesterUnited
and fittingly neither of them are there this weekend
1/8 🧵

#EmiratesFACup
It’s Semi-Final day in the 150th year of the FA Cup #FACup150
It’s Liverpool’s 25th Semi-Final today; (21 post-war)
The Reds have won their last FIVE in this competition (92, 96, 2001, 2006, 2012). 10yrs since their last semi is the longest gap since 1963 #MCILIV

#EmiratesFACup
It’s Semi-Final day in the 150th year of the FA Cup #FACup150
It’s Manchester City’s 17th Semi and remarkably they’ve only lost FIVE, winning 8 on the trot between 1933-2013.
Less good news:
They’ve lost 3 of their last 4 before today: 2017, 2020 & 2021.
#MCILIV

#EmiratesFACup
It’s Semi-Final day in the 150th year of the FA Cup #FACup150
If they lose today, City will become only the 2nd team in FA Cup history to be defeated 3 years on the trot at the Semi-Final stage!
(The 1st was neighbours United, losing 1964-1966)
Gutted.
#MCILIV

#EmiratesFACup
It’s Semi-Final day in the 150th year of the FA Cup #FACup150
If Liverpool lose today, they’ll join an exclusive club of losers of Semi-Finals in the 19th, 20th & 21st Centuries:
Neighbours Everton, Bolton, Blackburn, Southampton, Sunderland, Wolves & WBA
#MCILIV

#EmiratesFACup
It’s Semi-Final day in the 150th year of the FA Cup #FACup150
The worst Semi-Final runs in FA Cup history?
Step up Tottenham Hotspur, who must long for Quarter Final knockouts, losing their last SEVEN at this stage:
1993
1995
1999
2001
2010
2012
2017
2018
Ouch.

#EmiratesFACup
It’s Semi-Final day in the 150th year of the FA Cup #FACup150
No team has lost more Semi-Finals than Everton.
1️⃣3️⃣ defeats is more than many teams have reached this stage.
With a total of 2️⃣6️⃣ Semi-Finals, they’re joined in =2nd on the all time list by Chelsea.

#EmiratesFACup
It’s Semi-Final day in the 150th year of the FA Cup #FACup150
Half of Chelsea’s 2️⃣6️⃣ Semi-Finals have come in the 21st Century!
They’ve only lost in 2006 & 2013.
They’ve won in
2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2020 & 2021.
2022?
Banker.