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FA Cup Betting Odds

The world famous Football Association Challenge Cup tournament is over 130 years old and each year grabs the imagination of all football loving fans and players, with the smaller clubs dreaming of big match days and shocks over the more fashionable bigger clubs. What makes the FA Cup so unique is that any team can compete in it, and therefore go on to win it. Hundreds of teams each year begin their quest for glory in August with the final being in May the following year. The competition has a knock-out format where no teams are seeded. After each round of matches the teams are drawn out of a hat by the Football League, where any two teams can be picked out. First played in the 1871/72 season which saw only 15 teams competing, it was won by Wanderers a team formed of university and ex-public school boy players.They won the first ever final 1-0 against Royal Engineers in front of 2,000 spectators at the Kennington Oval. In its history there have been four different trophies, with 1992 the most recent year it changed. The most successful side over the years has been Manchester United winning the cup 11 times, followed by Arsenal on 10 and Spurs with eight wins. Wembley became the home of the FA Cup in 1923 after the stadium was finished at a cost of 750,000. That year 200,000 fans rammed in to see Bolton beat West Ham 2-0.It has been played there every year up until 2001 when the final was staged at the Millennium Stadium due to a new Wembley being built. It returned to the home of football in 2006/07 when the planned construction for the new stadium was completed. Although a high number of teams set out with dreams of Wembley glory, in reality it is the big clubs that tend to go on and win it. In the last twenty years the cup has been won by Chelsea, Man Utd, Liverpool or Arsenal on 17 of those 20 occasions. In recent times the betting industry has seen dramatic growth in football betting, with FA Cup weekends and Finals providing key turnover days in the bookmaker's calendar. The shock element of the cup along with unevenly matched teams playing one another in the earlier rounds have over the years seen some memorable shocks, providing excellent betting value for the football punter.

FA Cup Betting Previews

    Owen To Top Score?

    Michael Owen has completed his shock move to Manchester United and the former England striker has been heavily backed to top the Premiership scoring charts in 2009/10.

    FA Cup Betting - www.facupbetting.com [2009-07-03 11:21:00Z]  

    Premier League Fixtures

    Ok, so we are still a way off the start of the new Premier League season, but the opening day fixtures are now out. See the full list of top-flight games and the early match betting (15th Aug).

    FA Cup Betting - www.facupbetting.com [2009-06-17 11:41:00Z]  

    Europa League Betting

    The UEFA Cup competition has been re-vamped and will now be called the Europa League next season. See all the early BestPrice outright betting here.

    FA Cup Betting - www.facupbetting.com [2009-06-05 14:31:00Z]  

    FA Cup 2010 odds

    FA Cup winners Chelsea are 9-2 to retain the trophy in 2010. Click here for a full list of early FA Cup prices for next season.

    FA Cup Betting - www.facupbetting.com [2009-05-31 11:45:00Z]  

    Champions League 2009/10

    Barcelona proved their class to win back the Champions League after beating Man Utd in the final, but can they become the first team to defend the title? See all the 2009/10 prices here.

    FA Cup Betting - www.facupbetting.com [2009-05-27 22:05:00Z]  

    Carling Cup Betting

    Chelsea and holders, Man Utd, are the early favourites to land the 2009/10 Carling Cup. Click here for all the latest BestPrice betting.

    FA Cup Betting - www.facupbetting.com [2009-05-27 09:25:00Z]  

    Bookies fear for Burnley

    Play-off winners Burnley are the clear favourites to make a quick return to The Championship as bookmakers make them BP 1-2 to be relegated next term.

    FA Cup Betting - www.facupbetting.com [2009-05-25 18:11:00Z]  

    Toon fancied to bounce back

    Newcastle are the early favourites to win The Championship next season and bounce straight back into the Premiership. Click here for BP odds.

    FA Cup Betting - www.facupbetting.com [2009-05-25 09:45:00Z]  

    Championship 2009/10

    West Brom are down to the Championship, but what price are they to bounce straight back? See all the early 2009/10 Championship betting here.

    FA Cup Betting - www.facupbetting.com [2009-05-19 11:22:00Z]  

    Premier League 2009/10

    So Man Utd have secured their 18th top-flight title, but what price are Fergie's men to retain the trophy? See all the early BestPrice betting for the 2009/10 season here.

    FA Cup Betting - www.facupbetting.com [2009-05-18 10:24:00Z]  

    Impressed with Spain?

    Were you impressed with Spain's recent 2-0 over England? If so, the current European champions can be backed at a BestPrice 15/2 to lift the World Cup in 2010.

    FA Cup Betting - www.facupbetting.com [2009-02-12 10:41:00Z]  

    England Remain 9/1

    Depite losing 2-0 to Spain in their most recent game England remain a BestPrice 9/1 to lift the World Cup in 2010.

    FA Cup Betting - www.facupbetting.com [2009-01-20 08:24:00Z]  

    World Cup 2010

    England are now seven wins from seven in Group Six, so a win over Croatia in September will see Capello's men heading to the World Cup 2010 in South Africa.

    FA Cup Betting - www.facupbetting.com [2009-01-12 11:38:00Z]  

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    FA Cup Betting - www.facupbetting.com [2009-01-07 10:23:00Z]  

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    FA Cup Betting - www.facupbetting.com [2008-07-23 15:53:00Z]  

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    FA Cup Betting - www.facupbetting.com [2008-07-17 19:06:00Z]  

    Euro 2012

    European Champions Spain are the early favourites to retain their title in 2012. See all the latest BestPrice betting here.

    FA Cup Betting - www.facupbetting.com [2008-06-30 11:16:00Z]  

    The Football Centre

    Visit our ever-improving Football Centre, where we've got line-ups, text feeds, previews, offers and over 5,000 markets.

    FA Cup Betting - www.facupbetting.com [2008-01-14 11:18:00Z]  

    Football Statistics

    Do you like your football stats? To help with your betting our statistics page offers plenty, with head-to-heads, tables, recent form and much more.

    FA Cup Betting - www.facupbetting.com [2008-01-09 13:18:00Z]  

    World Cup 2010

    The World Cup 2010 qualifying groups have been drawn with England, once again, clustered with Croatia. Click here for the full draw and BestPrice betting.

    FA Cup Betting - www.facupbetting.com [2007-11-26 09:02:00Z]  

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