Looking ahead to this weekend’s FA Cup Final against Aston Villa, Tim Stillman will be bringing you a series of articles building up to Saturday’s showpiece, starting today with some classic encounters between the the two sides. —- Arsenal and Villa have played one another 176 times in total, with the Gunners winning 73, losing 62 and drawing 41 times. 530 goals have been shared in those encounters. In the F.A. Cup, Arsenal have won 6, drawn 3 and lost 3 against the Villains. I look back on 5 of the most significant matches between these two sides. DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME? Probably not! The sides met for the first time a shade over a century ago, on 8th October, 1904, when...
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