1993–94 Football League Cup through, though they were up against a Manchester United side who had topped the league virtually all season and were also chasing the FA Cup. "4-4 on aggregate. Aston Villa won 5-4 on penalties." "Manchester United won 5–1 on aggregate." The 1994 League Cup Final was played on 27 March 1994 and was contested between Aston Villa and Manchester United at Wembley Stadium. Aston Villa won 3–1 and denied United a domestic treble, as they later won the 1993–94 FA Premier League and 1993–94 FA Cup. 1993–94 Football League Cup The 1993–94 Football League Cup (known as the Coca-Cola Cup
1871–72 in English football 1871–72 in English football The world's first national-level football competition the Football Association Challenge Cup (now better known as the FA Cup), was played for the first time in 1871–72. As such, this marks 1871-72 as the first 'season' of English football, although the use of the term is an anachronism. Furthermore at that time, with no other football associations operating, the FA Cup attracted entrants from all over the UK; it was not for many years that both the FA and the FA Cup came to be solely English institutions. The first FA Cup final was won 1–0 by