TONY INCENZO: Cup kings Wanderin’ free again

Tony INCENZO
TALKING POINTS

NEW BREED: The Historic FA Cup winners Wanderers FC as they are today
PICTURES: Wanderers FC

A FASCINATING slice of embryonic football history has been revived in the lower echelons of the Non-League Pyramid.
It concerns Wanderers FC who won the very first FA Cup Final way back in 1871/72. They beat Royal Engineers 1-0 at Kennington Oval to cap a truly pioneering occasion.
As every avid soccer scholar will know, Wanderers went on to lift the now-world famous competition five times across the opening seven seasons. Alas, the London-based team swiftly faded int...

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