Begin the drumroll! – Ladbrokes pays tribute to FA Cup history with Five epic music tracks

The FA Cup is to die-hardfootball fans as Bruce Willis is to… well, Die Hard! As millions of fans getset to tune in to the final we decided to get creative and launch our very owntribute to this epic event.

The Sound Of BritishFootball is an interactive graphic which looks back over some of the mosticonic FA Cup moments. So feast your eyes and ears on 40 years of bangingfootie history!

Relish the drums, chants,and whistles bringing a match day vibe of full football fanfare in all itstribal glory! This musical throwback shows the frequencies of wins, losses anddraws for the top five teams in FA Cup.: Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea,Tottenham Hotspur, and Liverpool.

Arsenal and Manchester United are currently tied on FA Cup wins, eachhaving lifted the trophy 12 times. Tottenham and Chelsea have won thecompetition eight times, and lie second on the list, while Aston Villa andLiverpool have both lifted the trophy seven times.

Will you be able torecognise your team from the track below?

Arsenal

Arsenal: Good news Gooners!Arsenal currently has the best track record in the FA Cup, accumulating thehighest number of overall wins, as well as the highest number of consecutivewins. The team’s five worst FA Cup defeats (#facepalm) have been between 2008and 2019, losing heavily to Manchester United in 2008, and 2019, and Tottenhamin 1991.

Manchester United

Manchester United: The year 1999 marks the historic Treble for Man Utd. Having already won the Premier League title the previous weekend and the Champions League the following Wednesday, they went on to kick the FA Cup title right in the net. 2009 was a less than legendary year for the Red Devils when the squad lost to Everton in the semi-final.

Chelsea

Chelsea: In 2010, Chelseascored the trophy for the 2nd year in a row. This marked two years of 6straight wins, no draws or losses for The Blues. 1994 saw the team face acrushing blow, losing by 0:4 to ManU in the Final -giving fans a different kindof blues!

Tottenham

Tottenham Hotspur: In the1981 final the Spurs defeated Manchester City in the first ever Wembley replay.The final also saw a memorable solo goal from Ricky Villa which was later votedthe greatest goal ever scored at Wembley. 2012 had fans shouting at theirscreens as Chelsea crushed Tottenham’s lead by scoring three goals in the lastquarter of the semi-final match.

Liverpool

Liverpool: The 1986competition was won by Liverpool, who defeated local rivals Everton 3–1 atWembley in the first ever Merseyside derby final. The rivalry at this match wassaid to be epic! Everton got their own back defeating The Reds in 1991 and 2009with wins outside of the final on each bash.

How we made this…

Using external dataresources, including the FA Cup highlights year-by-year, shocks in FA Cup historyand themost iconic FA Cup goals,Ladbrokes were able to gather data on match performance looking at wins,losses, draws and overall cup wins for the top five FA Cup teams, dating backto 1980. Information that every true football fan should know! To bring this tolife, we then shared the data with a top local musician who transformed it intoaudio-visual tracks which unveil some of the key trends and themes infootballing history.