17 May 2014: Arsenal win the FA Cup yet again, this time beating Hull

Day by Day: the stories– a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for each day of the year

Arsenal in May – all the anniversaries day by day 

The Arsenal videos: club by club

——————

FA Cup Final – Arsenal v Hull.  17 May 2014

This was the era of total and absolute negative coverage of Arsenal on the media and by a noisy minority of fans.

Radio 5 carried an interview with some Hull fans getting ready to travel to London.  Which was fair enough except then the announcement came “well, we had better put some Arsenal balance into this…”   And that balance was provided by a member of the Arsenal Supporters Trust hierarchy whose main point was that if Arsenal were to lose today Mr Wenger had to go.  The media loved it.

What they got less excited about was the fact that Arsenal equalled the all-time record for most final appearances (something they would soon exceed), and Arsène Wenger made it five cup wins with Arsenal (something he would quickly exceed too).

Hull took a 2-0 lead but Arsenal fought back to 3-2 with Ramsey scoring the winner.

Here’s the video

Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here.

Arsenal in the 1930s: The most comprehensive series on the decade ever

Arsenal in the 1970s: Every match and every intrigue reviewed in detail.

100 Years: 100 Years in the First Division