FA Cup still a magical experience for Wenger

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says the FA Cup remains just as special to him now as it did when he watched his first Wembley final on black and white television as a schoolboy in Alsace.

Beating Aston Villa on May 30 would see Wenger claim a sixth FA Cup winner’s medal and move ahead of Sir Alex Ferguson and also Thomas Mitchell, who guided Blackburn to success between 1884 and 1891. A victory would draw him level with George Ramsay’s personal landmark achieved with the Villans, winning his first FA Cup in 1887 and last as club secretary in 1920.