REVIEW: Cole first player to win seven FA Cup medals

FOOTBALL - On Saturday, May 5, Chelsea won the FA Cup by beating Liverpool 2-1 at Wembley Stadium. Ashley Cole became the first player to win an FA Cup medal seven times. No other player has more than five medals. 

• Cole won three medals with Arsenal (2002, 2003, 2005) and four with Chelsea (2009, 2009, 2010, 2012).
• Three players won five medals, all in the 19th century.

Most FA Cup winners’ medals

7 – Ashley Cole: Arsenal (2002, 2003, 2005), Chelsea (2007, 2009, 2010, 2012).

5 – Charles Wollaston: The Wanderers (1872, 1873, 1876, 1877, 1878).

5 – Arthur Kinnaird: The Wanderers (1873, 1877, 1878), Old Etonians (1879, 1882).

5 – James Forrest: Blackburn Rovers (1884, 1885, 1886, 1890, 1891).