FA Cup Giant-Killing Award

FA Cup Giant-Killing Award
FA Cup Giant-Killing Award
Country	England
Formerly called	Ronnie Radford Giant-Killer Award
First awarded	2011
Last awarded	2019
Last winner	Oldham Athletic (2019)

The FA Cup Giant-Killing Award was an annual award that recognised the team which achieves the most impressive giant-killing act in the FA Cup that season.

It was also known as the Ronnie Radford Giant-Killer Award, named after the Hereford United midfielder whose long-range goal against Newcastle United in a 1971–72 Third Round Replay helped bring about one of the FA Cup's most notable giant-killings. Radford scored from 30 yards to level the tie five minutes from time, and Hereford of the Southern League scored the winner in extra time through Ricky George, to advance at the expense of the First Division side.

When the award was introduced in 2010–11, fans voted for what they consider the biggest giant-killing of the season, with the victorious club being presented with the award, originally by Radford, at the FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium.^[1] The award was discontinued after the 2018–19 season.^[2]

Winners

2010–11

Winners: Crawley Town

10 January 2011

20:00

Third Round

Crawley Town (5)	2–1	Derby County (2)
McAllister 30' Torres 90+1'	Report	Addison 63'

Broadfield Stadium, Crawley

Attendance: 4,145

Referee: Mark Haywood

2011–12

Winners: Swindon Town

7 January 2012

15:00

Third Round

Swindon Town (4)	2−1	Wigan Athletic (1)
Connell 40' Benson 76'	Report	McManaman 35'

County Ground, Swindon

Attendance: 10,488

Referee: Peter Walton

2012–13

Winners: Luton Town

26 January 2013

15:00

Fourth Round

Norwich City (1)	0−1	Luton Town (5)
	Report	Rendell 80'

Carrow Road, Norwich

Attendance: 26,521

Referee: Andre Marriner

2013–14

Winners: Sheffield United^[3]

4 January 2014

15:00

Third Round

Aston Villa (1)	1–2	Sheffield United (3)
Helenius 74'	Report	Murphy 20' Flynn 80'

Villa Park, Birmingham

Attendance: 24,038

Referee: David Coote

2014–15

Winners: Bradford City^[4]

24 January 2015

15:00

Fourth Round

Chelsea (1)	2–4	Bradford City (3)
Cahill 21' Ramires 38'	Report	Stead 41' Morais 75' Halliday 82' Yeates 90+4'

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 41,014

Referee: Andre Marriner

2015–16

Winners: Chesham United^[5]

8 November 2015

14:00

First Round

Bristol Rovers (4)	0–1	Chesham United (7)
	Report	Blake 77'

Memorial Ground, Bristol

Attendance: 5,181

Referee: Andy Davies

2016–17

Winners: Lincoln City^[6]

18 February 2017

12:30

Fifth Round

Burnley (1)	0–1	Lincoln City (5)
	Report	Raggett 89'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 19,185

Referee: Graham Scott

2017–18

Winners: Wigan Athletic^[7]

19 February 2018

19:55

Fifth Round

Wigan Athletic (3)	1–0	Manchester City (1)
Grigg 79'	Report

DW Stadium, Wigan

Attendance: 19,242

Referee: Anthony Taylor

2018–19

Winners: Oldham Athletic^[8]

6 January 2019

14:00

Third Round

Fulham (1)	1–2	Oldham Athletic (4)
Odoi 52'	Report	Surridge 76' (pen.) Lang 88'

Craven Cottage, Fulham

Attendance: 16,134

Referee: Anthony Taylor

References

^ "Giant-Killing Award nominations". The Football Association. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ Corrigan, James. "The FA has quietly ditched the Ronnie Radford Award, but true legends need no award to live on". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^ "Sheffield United scoop Ronnie Radford giant-killers award". The Football Association. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "Bradford City named FA Cup Giant-Killers for win at Chelsea". The Football Association. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "Chesham United win Emirates FA Cup Giant-Killing Award". The Football Association. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "Lincoln City win fan award after Emirates FA Cup shock over Burnley". The Football Association. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "Wigan Athletic scoop Giant-Killing Award after Emirates FA Cup win over Man City". The Football Association. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "Oldham Athletic's win over Fulham earns them the Emirates FA Cup Giant-Killing Award". The Football Association. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[1] "Giant-Killing Award nominations". The Football Association. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[2] Corrigan, James. "The FA has quietly ditched the Ronnie Radford Award, but true legends need no award to live on". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

[3] "Sheffield United scoop Ronnie Radford giant-killers award". The Football Association. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[4] "Bradford City named FA Cup Giant-Killers for win at Chelsea". The Football Association. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[5] "Chesham United win Emirates FA Cup Giant-Killing Award". The Football Association. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[6] "Lincoln City win fan award after Emirates FA Cup shock over Burnley". The Football Association. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[7] "Wigan Athletic scoop Giant-Killing Award after Emirates FA Cup win over Man City". The Football Association. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[8] "Oldham Athletic's win over Fulham earns them the Emirates FA Cup Giant-Killing Award". The Football Association. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

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