Fascination FA Cup: Today Klopp and Tuchel write history

In the Plough Lane in the southwest of London, directly on the border to the Wandsworth district, the whole pride of the AFC Wimbledon football club revived in 2002 stands by his fans and members. The stadium of the same name, newly built in the old homeland, includes a narrow space; Accessible to everyone who has entered the club's small shop. Caution is required there. Because when John, the explanatory, narrator and watcher got up from his chair to tell visitors happily from the past, it may well be that he simply left one of his glasses on the floor. There is no space for a table. So better look down, not just on the precious memorabilia in the showcases and on the walls.

• for the first time a German trainer will win the FA Cup
• in the sports show was once solemnly reported by the FA Cup final
• Schimmel Billy and Sunderland's premiere

The Football Club museum rooms from the tennis mecca testifies to a sensational success. On May 14, 1988, the then Wimbledon FC, who had ended a surprisingly strong first division season as a table seventh after an eleven-year march from the amateur leagues, won the FA Cup. This Saturday it was exactly 34 years ago that the blatant outsider defeated the high favorite and master FC Liverpool in the old Wembley 1-0. Sun: Lawrie Sanchez heads into the goal of the Reds in the 37th minute of the game from Dennis Wise. Afterwards, Wimbledon keeps tight in front of 98,203 spectators - and goalkeeper Dave Beasant after an hour of play time a penalty kicked by Liverpool's striker John Aldridge. It is the first time that a goalkeeper holds a penalty in a FA Cup final. The team around Vinnie Jones and John Fashanu - Beasant is her captain - goes down in history as a "Crazy Gang". Lady Diana gives you the silver trophy.

for the first time a German trainer will win the FA Cup

On May 14, 2022 it is now said again: blue against red. 150 years after the very first finale about the English association cup, the mother of all football competitions, Liverpool is again in the final against FC Chelsea. Wimbledon has just relegated to the fourth class of the League Two.

History is done again, that is already certain before the kick -off. With Jürgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel, two German trainers are facing each other for the first time. With Kai Havertz, Timo Werner and Antonio Rüdiger in the blues jersey, there are also three German internationals in the middle of the action. Klopp or Tuchel - whose player gets the cup from the hands of Prince William?

"Cup final Day" - that has been like a national holiday for many decades. In the United Kingdom, the clocks seemed to stand still for a moment on Saturday afternoon: the fans of the final players from the house, the others, not only those interested in sports, at least in front of the radio or television.

in the sports show was once solemnly reported by the FA Cup final

The program booklet for the FA Cup final 1988 between Wimbledon and Liverpool. Cup final

The worn final hymn "Abide with me" sounds before the equally mandatory "God Save the Queen". A member of the royal family takes the two starting rows, changes a few friendly words with long -haired (or later bald shaved) professionals, whose names do not know everyone: pictures that were repeated in a reliable familiarity and yet reinforced a new, expectant sparkling.

They were solemn comments with which the ARD commentators in the sports show accompanied the most important scenes of the holy lawn and from the ranks for the German -speaking audience. Today it is played too late for snacks in the public law evening program. DAZN, on the other hand, streams the complete live program, as well as the supposedly small League Cup final this season, you can look forward to a pairing that could also be a Champions League final: Chelsea against Liverpool. A fist thick surprise, of course, cannot exist with this constellation.

This original cup, the FA Cup, has created exactly that and repeatedly revived: the idea that David can conquer the Goliath. A nice idea that is still inherent in team sport football in 2022, especially in the cup and knockout mode. From the third round, when traditionally on the first weekend in January the top clubs are there for the first time, until the day when the masses push to the Wembley Way in northwestern London.

Schimmel Billy and Sunderland's premiere

From England, from where the initially convicted "footlümmelei" came to Germany, the Cup final reported regularly and admiringly in its early years. The "cup final", expression of a mass phenomenon, especially in the British working class, shaped in 1925 (Sheffield United against Cardiff City 1: 0) and 1928 (Blackburn Rovers against Huddersfield Town 3: 1) with photos that of a huge fan Testified.

In 1923, the Police Constable George Scorey saved the event in his mold Billy because he was able to suppress the crowd of the lawn of the Wembley Stadium overcrowded with well over 100,000 people. The encounter of the Bolton Wanderers with West Ham United (2-0) became famous as a White Horse.

It all started on March 16, 1872 in the Kennington Oval cricket stadium when the hikers from the Battersea district of London defeated the Royal Engineers 1-0.

The oldest cup competition in the world has produced many Wimbledons until the 142nd final this weekend. You just have to ask in Sunderland, which won the first second division in 1973, and against the then over team Leed's United (1-0). Or in Southampton, who also defeated Manchester United 1-0 in 1977, when Queen Elizabeth II was the last time. Or at Arsenal, which won a total of 14 times from 1930 to 2020 and is therefore record holder.

Many other episodes of this kind could be added, but to keep the story short, congratulations should be enough here: Happy Birthday, FA Cup!