5 Greatest Arsenal FA Cup Finals

Arsenal are in the FA Cup for a joint record 18th time with a chance of creating a joint record 11th win (both with Manchester United). With an opportunity to get a humvee sized monkey off their back and end a 9 year trophy drought. With that in mind, Arsenal won't treat Hull like the rank outsiders the papers are making them out to be.Winning the FA Cup will be a huge psychological boost to Arsenal's players and will certainly lift the fans but if you believe an FA Cup win will the media treat Arsenal a little more favourably you'd be sorely mistaken. The headlines are already written and an Arsenal win will be met with cries of "it was only Hull" which is a bit disrespectful to Hull.Hull might not have had as treacherous a route to the final as Arsenal but they are in the final for a reason and aren't a mug team.Even if they were a mug team, it's the FA Cup final and history tells us thatanything can happen on this ocassion. Here are 5 of what we consider to be Arsenal's greatest FA Cup finals.

#1 1993 - Wembley - Sheffield Wednesday

Arsenal lined up against conquered League Cup final opponents, Sheffield Wednesday, in the first FA Cup Final to feature names and numbers on players’ shirts. Wednesday weren't willing to let Arsenal take a second cup off them and forced a draw which meant a replay was required.

5 days later on a wet Thursday and after a 30 minute delay Arsenal took the lead once again before Wednesday equalised and threatened to take the match to penalties. Faced with a historic shoot out’ a lone hero, nursing a broken nose from an earlier tussle, arose to tip the balance in the Gunners’ favour. That hero was Andy Linighan; nine minutes before what seemed to be an inevitable shootout Paul Merson's corner was met firmly by Andy Linighan to send the Arsenal supporters into delirium and secure Arsenal a domestic cup double.