FA Cup 2011-12 Facts & Trivia
The 2011-12 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 2011-12 bracket and results. Or read the EFL Cup 2011-12 facts.
1. Chelsea — champions
Chelsea beat Liverpool 2-1 to win the FA Cup.
2. Final scorers
Ramires and Didier Drogba scored for Chelsea in the final.
3. Crawley Town's cup run
Crawley Town, in from the 1st Round, went all the way to the 5th Round — a memorable run from the early rounds.
4. Darius Henderson's hat-trick
Darius Henderson scored a hat-trick for Millwall in the 3rd Round (5-0 v Dagenham & Redbridge) (7 hat-tricks were scored in all).
5. The heaviest win
The biggest win of the competition: AFC Totton beat Bradford Park Avenue 8-1 in the 1st Round.
6. 9-goal thriller
AFC Totton 8-1 Bradford Park Avenue was the highest-scoring tie of the season with 9 goals.
7. Chelsea's road to glory
Chelsea beat Portsmouth, Queens Park Rangers, Birmingham City, Leicester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool on the way to the trophy — 6 ties won.
8. Sharpest shooters
Chelsea scored the most goals of any club in the competition this season, with 20.
9. Liverpool fall short
Liverpool reached the final but finished runners-up.
10. The last four
The semi-finalists were Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea, Liverpool and Everton.
11. By the numbers
123 ties across 151 matches produced 427 goals in the FA Cup this season.