England is the birthplace of modern football. According to historical records, football similar to today's appeared in medieval England. By the beginning of19th century, football was quite popular in Britain. Due to the need to form a unified view on the football match,1October 26th,1863+10, the people concerned got together at Fremason Hotel in queen street, London.
We discussed and agreed to set up a football association. In addition to announcing the formal establishment of the Football Association, the meeting also formulated and adopted a relatively unified rule, which is the embryonic form of modern football competition rules, and its establishment marks the birth of modern football. With the increasingly consolidated status of the English Football Association, its influence in the country is also growing. Therefore, on July 20th 187 1, the proposal of holding the Challenge Cup appeared.
This proposal was put forward by Charles alcock, Secretary General of the Football Association. He hopes to attract all members of the association to participate in the competition and promote exchanges by holding the Challenge Cup. 187 1 year1October 16, this motion was passed.
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There is no seed team in the FA Cup, and the match and home and away games are completely decided by lottery. The competition is divided into eight rounds. The first two rounds are for amateur, first-class and English football second-class teams.
In the third round, teams from the Super League and the Champions League joined the competition, which was divided into eight rounds. 1/4 Before the final, if each round is tied within 90 minutes, a rematch is needed, and the two teams exchange home and away in the rematch. If the rematch is tied within 90 minutes, it will take extra time to decide the outcome. If overtime doesn't decide the outcome, it will be decided by penalty kick.
The semi-finals and finals will be held at Wembley Stadium in London. If the two teams draw within 90 minutes, it will take extra time to decide the result. If it is still undecided in overtime, it will be decided by penalty kick. Every August, all non-league clubs under the Football Association with basic facilities begin to play the preliminary knockout.
In 2004-05, 660 clubs participated in the FA Cup, breaking the record of 656 teams in 192 1-22. After the extra preliminaries, there are preliminaries, four preliminaries and six official matches, and finally the semi-finals and finals.
All the league clubs and non-league clubs that have participated in the FA Championship or FA Cup and participated in the events that are considered "acceptable" are allowed to participate in the FA Cup, and all participating clubs must have suitable and safe stadiums.
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