The tournament began with teams from non-league football competing in preliminary and qualifying rounds in order to make it to the competition proper.
Details of the qualifying tournament and all the rounds through to the final are available at FA Cup archives.
Manchester United and Liverpool beat Chelsea and Aston Villa respectively to reach the final.
At this stage, Manchester United were top of the league and looking good bets for a unique second double two years after their first one, while Liverpool were hopeful of a similar triumph as they were third in the league and still in with a slim chance of a second double 10 years after their first one.
Referee:- Stephen Lodge (Barnsley) A late goal from Eric Cantona, United's top scorer and the FWA Player of the Year just a year after being vilified for the assault on a spectator which saw him banned from football for eight months, saw a United side featuring some of the Premier League's youngest players clinch a 1–0 win over Liverpool to become the first team to win the double twice, two years after their first double.
The matches shown live on Sky Sports were: • York City 0-1 Notts County (R1) • Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 Gillingham (R1) • Farnborough Town 0-4 Brentford (R1 Replay) • Bradford City 1-2 Preston North End (R2) • Kingstonian 1-2 Plymouth Argyle (R2) • Brighton & Hove Albion 0-0 Fulham (R2 Replay) • Derby County 2-4 Leeds United (R3) • Sunderland 1-2 Manchester United (R3 Replay) • Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Chelsea (R4) • Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur (R4 Replay) • Nottingham Forest 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur (R5) • Port Vale 1-2 Leeds United (R5 Replay) • Manchester United 2-0 Southampton (QF) • Liverpool 3-0 Leeds United (QF Replay) • Liverpool 3-0 Aston Villa (SF)