With football in England currently suspended amid the coronavirus crisis, this season’s FA Cup remains on hold at the quarter-final stage. All eight teams still involved will, though, continue to dream of a trip to Wembley. Here, the PA news agency takes a walk down memory lane to look back at 10 of the top FA Cup finals. 1953: Blackpool 4 Bolton 3 What became known as the ‘Matthews Final’ remains one of the most celebrated FA Cup stories. Stanley Matthews, then 38, finally earned a winners’ medal to much national acclaim. The occasion, though, was not all about him – with Stan Mortensen hitting a hat-trick as Blackpool came from behind to defeat Bolton 4-3. Nat Lofthouse, Willie...
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