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Perfect 10: Emirates FA Cup classics

Ahead of Friday night’s Emirates FA Cup fourth-round clash with Manchester United, we’ve dipped into our archives to re-live some of our most important ties in the competition.

This feature first appeared in the Arsenal Magazine back in 2005.

10) Arsenal 11-1 Darwen

FA Cup third round
January 9, 1932

This walkover kicked off our run to the final, which we eventually lost 2-1 to Newcastle United thanks to the infamous ‘over-the-line’ controversy that led to the Geordies’ Wembley winner, after Bob John had given us the lead.

We were at our zenith and Darwen, who had lost their Football League status in 1899, were now a Lancashire Combination side and clearly no match for us at Highbury, where Ted Drake scored four times and David Jack clinched a hat-trick.