FA Cup 2024-25 Facts & Trivia
The 2024-25 FA Cup was won by Crystal Palace. 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.
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1. Crystal Palace — champions
Crystal Palace beat Manchester City 1-0 to win the FA Cup.
2. Final scorer
Eberechi Eze scored for Crystal Palace in the final.
3. Doncaster Rovers' cup run
Doncaster Rovers, in from the 1st Round, went all the way to the 4th Round — a memorable run from the early rounds.
4. James McAtee's hat-trick
James McAtee scored a hat-trick for Manchester City in the 3rd Round (8-0 v Salford City) (2 hat-tricks were scored in all).
5. The heaviest win
The biggest win of the competition: Manchester City beat Salford City 8-0 in the 3rd Round.
6. 8-goal thriller
Exeter City 5-3 Barnet was the highest-scoring tie of the season with 8 goals.
7. Spot-kick marathon
Leyton Orient and Derby County needed 11 penalties to settle their 3rd Round tie (6-5 on spot-kicks after 1-1).
8. Crystal Palace's road to glory
Crystal Palace beat Stockport County, Doncaster Rovers, Millwall, Fulham, Aston Villa and Manchester City on the way to the trophy — 6 ties won.
9. Sharpest shooters
Manchester City scored the most goals of any club in the competition this season, with 17.
10. Manchester City fall short
Manchester City reached the final but finished runners-up.
11. The last four
The semi-finalists were Crystal Palace, Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest and Manchester City.
12. By the numbers
123 ties across 123 matches produced 375 goals in the FA Cup this season.