Winners of England's three major domestic competitions
Posted by Rajiv May 16, 2021 21:05:46 GMT 8
Post by Rajiv on May 16, 2021 21:05:46 GMT 8
Leicester City's FA Cup win yesterday means they join a group of English clubs that have won the league title and the two major cup competitions (FA Cup and League Cup). The group of clubs are as follows:
Every other club that has won the league title fails to make the list because they have yet to win the League Cup. These are as follows:
In 2016, Leicester City became the latest club to win the English title for the first time. Yesterday, they became the latest club to win the FA Cup for the first time. They are the first club to hold both labels concurrently for a while. Previous instances:
Club | League titles | FA Cup wins | League Cup wins |
Man Utd | 20 | 12 | 5 |
Liverpool | 19 | 7 | 8 |
Arsenal | 13 | 14 | 2 |
Aston Villa | 7 | 7 | 5 |
Man City | 7 | 6 | 8 |
Chelsea | 6 | 8 | 5 |
Sheff Wed | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Blackburn R | 3 | 6 | 1 |
Wolves | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Leeds United | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Tottenham | 2 | 8 | 3 |
WBA | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Nottm F | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Leicester City | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Every other club that has won the league title fails to make the list because they have yet to win the League Cup. These are as follows:
Club | League titles | FA Cup wins | League Cup wins |
Everton | 8 | 5 | 0 |
Sunderland | 5 | 2 | 0 |
Newcastle United | 4 | 6 | 0 |
Huddersfield Town | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Portsmouth | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Preston North End | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Burnley | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Derby County | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Sheffield United | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Ipswich Town | 1 | 1 | 0 |
In 2016, Leicester City became the latest club to win the English title for the first time. Yesterday, they became the latest club to win the FA Cup for the first time. They are the first club to hold both labels concurrently for a while. Previous instances:
- Preston NE, won the league title and the FA Cup for the first time in 1889. They remained the latest first time winners of both until Everton won the league for the first time in 1891.
- Sheffield Utd won the league title for the first time in 1898 and the FA Cup for the first time in 1899. They remained the latest first time winners of both until Bury won the FA Cup for the first time in 1900.
- Manchester Utd won the league title for the first time in 1908 and the FA Cup for the first time in 1909. They remained the latest first time winners of both until Newcastle Utd won the FA Cup for the first time in 1910.
- Arsenal won the FA Cup for the first time in 1930 and the league title for the first time in 1931. They remained the latest first time winners of both until Sunderland won the FA Cup for the first time in 1937.