FA Cup 2014-15 Facts & Trivia
The 2014-15 FA Cup was won by Arsenal. 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 2014-15 bracket and results. Or read the EFL Cup 2014-15 facts.
1. Arsenal — champions
Arsenal beat Aston Villa 4-0 to win the FA Cup.
2. Final scorers
Theo Walcott, Alexis Sánchez, Per Mertesacker and Olivier Giroud scored for Arsenal in the final.
3. Bradford City's cup run
Bradford City, in from the 1st Round, went all the way to the Quarter-Final — a memorable run from the early rounds.
4. Saido Berahino's haul
Saido Berahino scored 4 for West Bromwich Albion in the 3rd Round (7-0 v Gateshead) (7 hat-tricks were scored in all).
5. The heaviest win
The biggest win of the competition: West Bromwich Albion beat Gateshead 7-0 in the 3rd Round.
6. 9-goal thriller
Gosport Borough 3-6 Colchester United was the highest-scoring tie of the season with 9 goals.
7. Spot-kick marathon
Worcester City and Scunthorpe United needed 27 penalties to settle their 2nd Round tie (13-14 on spot-kicks after 1-1).
8. Arsenal's road to glory
Arsenal beat Hull City, Brighton & Hove Albion, Middlesbrough, Manchester United, Reading and Aston Villa on the way to the trophy — 6 ties won.
9. Sharpest shooters
Bradford City scored the most goals of any club in the competition this season, with 19.
10. Aston Villa fall short
Aston Villa reached the final but finished runners-up.
11. The last four
The semi-finalists were Reading, Arsenal, Aston Villa and Liverpool.
12. By the numbers
123 ties across 154 matches produced 422 goals in the FA Cup this season.