arsenal was the last team to win fa cup outside top flight.
arsenal was the last team to win fa cup outside top flight.
last team to win fa cup outside top flight?
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the 1980 fa cup final was contested by west ham united and arsenal at wembley. west ham won by a single goal, scored by trevor brooking. to date, it is the last time a team from outside the top flight has won the fa cup. it was west ham's third fa cup triumph and the last time that they have won a major trophy.









































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1980 fa cup final
sunderland's win in 1973 was considered a major upset, having beaten leeds united who finished third in the top flight that season., as was west ham's victory over arsenal in 1980 as the gunners were in their third successive fa cup final and were also the cup holders from the previous year as well as just having finished 4th in the first division, whereas west ham had ended the season 7th in division 2. this also marked the last time (as of 2018-19) a team from outside the top division won the fa cup. uniquely, in 2008 three of the four semi-finalists (barnsley, cardiff city and west bromwich) were from outside the top division, although the eventual winner was the last remaining top-flight team, portsmouth. west bromwich (1931) are the only team to have won the fa cup and earned promotion to the top flight in the same season; whereas wigan athletic (2013) are the only team to have won the cup and been relegated from the top flight in the same season.
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