FA Cup 2009-10 Facts & Trivia
The 2009-10 FA Cup was won by Chelsea. Below are the facts, records and trivia from that cup run — the final, the giant-killings, the biggest wins, the hat-tricks and the shootouts.
See the full FA Cup 2009-10 bracket and results. Or read the EFL Cup 2009-10 facts.
1. Chelsea — champions
Chelsea beat Portsmouth 1-0 to win the FA Cup.
2. Final scorer
Didier Drogba scored for Chelsea in the final.
3. Southampton's cup run
Southampton, in from the 1st Round, went all the way to the 5th Round — a memorable run from the early rounds.
4. Chris Martin's haul
Chris Martin scored 4 for Norwich City in the 1st Round (0-7 v Paulton Rovers) (8 hat-tricks were scored in all).
5. The heaviest win
The biggest win of the competition: Norwich City beat Paulton Rovers 7-0 in the 1st Round.
6. 8-goal thriller
Wycombe Wanderers 4-4 Brighton & Hove Albion was the highest-scoring tie of the season with 8 goals.
7. Chelsea's road to glory
Chelsea beat Watford, Preston North End, Cardiff City, Stoke City, Aston Villa and Portsmouth on the way to the trophy — 6 ties won.
8. Sharpest shooters
Tottenham Hotspur scored the most goals of any club in the competition this season, with 17.
9. Portsmouth fall short
Portsmouth reached the final but finished runners-up.
10. The last four
The semi-finalists were Aston Villa, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Portsmouth.
11. By the numbers
123 ties across 151 matches produced 461 goals in the FA Cup this season.