Defending holders Manchester United did not enter the 1999 – 2000 FA Cup, as they were already in the inaugural Club World Championship, with the club stating that entering both tournaments would overload their fixture schedule and make it more difficult to defend their Champions League and Premiership titles.

In 1982 QPR, still playing in the Second Division, reached the FA Cup Final for the only time in the club's history, facing holders Tottenham Hotspur.

During the 1995 – 96 season, more FA Cup glory came when holders Everton were defeated 2 – 1.

He scored a hat-trick against FA Youth Cup holders Manchester United in the quarter-finals, scoring the winner in extra time.

The Football Association Community Shield ( formerly the Charity Shield ) is English football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Premier League season and the holders of the FA Cup at Wembley Stadium.

The format continued to vary in the 1920s, usually along the lines of Amateurs v. Professionals, including one year ( 1927 ) where the Professionals were represented by the FA Cup holders Cardiff City and the Amateurs by the Corinthians.

In 1974 the then FA secretary, Ted Croker, created the current format with the match being played at Wembley Stadium, and being contested by the reigning League and FA Cup holders.

As reigning Scottish Cup holders, they met the FA Cup winners, Blackburn Olympic, and thrashed them 6-1 to be hailed as champions of Great Britain.

However, performances were not consistently good, and the FA Cup holders bowed out of the 2009 competition at the fourth round stage with a 2 – 0 home defeat at the hands of Championship side Swansea City.

In the domestic cup competitions, Arsenal won the FA Cup after beating holders Manchester United on penalties in the final.

While challenging for the title again, Leeds also made it to another FA Cup final and, still to win the competition, went up against holders Arsenal not as favourites.

In the 2010 – 11 FA Cup Everton held holders Chelsea 1 – 1 in a replay at Stamford Bridge, sending the tie to penalties.

Ball's move to Southampton completed a coincidental symmetry to the three transfers in Ball's career – he had arrived at each club – Everton, Arsenal and Southampton – in 1966, 1971 and 1976 respectively, when each were holders of the FA Cup.

On 7 July 2008, it was announced that Crouch had verbally agreed to join former club and FA Cup holders Portsmouth in a deal worth up to £ 11 million.

On the positive side, he scored in all of Liverpool's three First Division games of 1992 ( all victories by a single goal margin ) and hit the net twice on 21 March 1992 in a 2-1 win over FA Cup holders Tottenham Hotspur.

In the 1987 – 88 season an attempt was made to revive the competition as the Anglo Scottish Challenge Cup, pitting the holders of the FA Cup and Scottish Cup against each other, but after a poor attendance for the first leg game between Coventry City and St Mirren, the competition was shelved, with the second leg never played.

Later on in the season to mark the period of the club ’ s history although proving successful was fraught with financial problems, and at the end of this official opening of the ground the FA Cup holders of the previous season Tottenham Hotspur were invited to participate and were given a rude awakening when the Reds defeated them on the day by 2 – 1.

* FA Charity Shield ( 5 ): 1990 *, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997 (* joint holders )

One of Manchester Central's first matches at Belle Vue was a visit by FA Cup holders Blackburn Rovers in September 1928.

Later the same year a Lancashire Cup Tie against FA Cup holders Blackburn Rovers set a ground attendance record of over 9, 000.

Leeds were the FA Cup holders and had many international players of great experience, yet on a rainy day at Wembley Sunderland won.

He made his Grimsby debut against Torquay United in September 1988, and went on to score 14 league goals in 44 games during the club's 1988 – 89 campaign ; including a goal against FA Cup holders Wimbledon at Plough Lane.

After interest from FA Cup holders Everton, he then joined Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of £ 4. 5 million, and became, and remained for some time, Tottenham's most expensive signing, replaced only by the signing of Les Ferdinand for £ 6 million in 1997 ( he was record-holder for Palace's most expensive player sold for even longer-only Andrew Johnson, sold for £ 8. 6 million in 2006, has surpassed him ).

England qualified for the 1970 World Cup in Mexico as reigning cup holders.

He played in nine more internationals prior to the start of the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, for which England once again had not needed to qualify, this time owing to their status as holders.

The following season, Manchester United claimed its first Cup Winners ' Cup title and competed in the 1991 UEFA Super Cup, beating European Cup holders Red Star Belgrade 1 – 0 in the final at Old Trafford.

As the cup holders, Feijenoord participated in the 1970 – 71 European Cup despite relinquishing the Dutch title, which was won by Ajax.

Reigning World Cup holders Uruguay declined to participate, in protest at the refusal of several European countries to travel to South America for the previous World Cup, which Uruguay had hosted in 1930.

Title holders were given an automatic entry into the World Cup until 2006 when this was abolished.

As a result, Italy were the reigning World Cup holders for a record 16 years, from 1934 to 1950.

Entry was restricted to one club from each UEFA member association, the only exception being to allow the current Cup Winners ' Cup holders to enter alongside their nation's new domestic cup winners in order to allow them a chance to defend their CWC title ( although no club ever managed to do this ).

Brazil are the current holders of the FIFA Confederations Cup after winning the 2005 and the 2009 edition of the tournament.

They were also holders of the Charity Shield and had just advanced into their second successive European Cup semi-final.

By 1979 – 80, things were again looking promising for Wolves: the club finished sixth in the First Division and reached the 1980 Football League Cup Final, where record-signing Andy Gray scored the decisive goal which defeated the reigning European Champions and League Cup holders Nottingham Forest, thus bringing League Cup glory to Wolves for a second time.

The title holders at the time of a FIFA Confederations Cup qualify for that competition.

The 1996 edition, without an host nation but for the first time with a qualifying round, was contested with only four teams playing semifinals and final match on two legs both: Australia and New Zealand, who played the semifinal also for the Trans-Tasman Cup, and the second semifinal match between Tahiti as Polynesia Cup holders and Solomon Islands as Melanesia Cup holders.

West Virginia toll bonds have defaulted in interest for months, and, despite recent improvement in revenues, holders of the bonds are faced with more of the same.

Once the game ends, the minority and majority bonuses are paid to the minority and majority holders in each of the remaining chains ; each player sells his or her shares of stock in each of the remaining chains ; and the player with the most money wins.

Melchizedek priesthood holders are also authorized to consecrate any pure olive oil and often carry a personal supply in case they have need to perform a blessing.

Now the Jats are major land holders in the region.

It holds home supporters of which a lot are season ticket holders and is located opposite the Riverside Stand, with the Putney End and the Cottage to its left, and the Hammersmith end to the right.

holders who are attorneys may use the title of doctor in advertisements.

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The holders of a doctorate are only rarely referred to as " Doctors ", especially by the people who are themselves from an academic environment.

All holders of doctorate degrees are appropriately addressed as " Herr / Frau Dr. _____ " in all social situations.

degree holders are admitted to Ph. D. programs.

Alternative tickets are available for entrance into the Princes Street Gardens concert and Céilidh, where well-known artists perform and ticket holders are invited to participate in traditional Scottish céilidh dancing.

All in attendance are provided an opportunity to partake of the Sacrament as it is passed row-by-row to the congregation by priesthood holders ( typically deacons ).

Outside the European context, emperor is a translation given to holders of titles who are accorded the same precedence as European emperors in diplomatic terms.

The racing drivers, constructor teams, track officials, organizers, and circuits are required to be holders of valid Super Licences, the highest class of racing licence issued by the FIA.

16, 527, 148 are Ghanaian passport holders ( i. e. Ghanaian citizenship and Ghanaian passport holders ), while 745, 294 are permanent residents ( i. e. holders of the Ghana Card ), and 307, 978 are foreign workers ( i. e. non-resident ), with an estimated 7, 078, 403 being illegal immigrants mostly from West African countries.