2017 FA Cup Final and a goal each from Eden Hazard and Nemanja Matić. Arsenal were appearing in the final of the FA Cup for the 20th time, the club's third in four years. They had won the cup twelve times previously (in 1930, 1936, 1950, 1971, 1979, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2014 and 2015) and were beaten in the final seven times, most recently in 2001. By comparison, Chelsea were making their 12th appearance in a FA Cup final. The club won the cup seven times (1970, 1997, 2000, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2012) and lost four finals. Arsenal and Chelsea had
Women's FA Cup in prize money. In 2015 it was reported that even if Notts County had won the tournament outright the paltry £8,600 winnings would leave them out of pocket. The winners of the men's FA Cup in the same year received £1.8 million, with teams not even reaching the first round proper getting more than the women's winners. Women's FA Cup The Women's FA Cup (or SSE Women's FA Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the top cup competition for women's football clubs in England – designed as an equivalent to the FA Cup. The competition began in 1970–71 as the Mitre