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The 1996 Football League First Division play-off Final was an association football match which was played on 27 May 1996 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Crystal Palace and Leicester City. The match was to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Football League First Division, the second tier of English football, to the Premiership. The top two teams of the 1995–96 Football League First Division season gained automatic promotion to the Premiership, while the clubs placed from third to sixth place in the table took part in play-off semi-finals; the winners of these semi-finals competed for the final place for the 1996–97 season in the Premiership. Crystal Palace ended the season in third position, two places ahead of Leicester City. They beat Charlton Athletic and Stoke City, respectively, in the semi-finals.
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The 2016 FA Cup final was an association football match between Crystal Palace and Manchester United on 21 May 2016 at Wembley Stadium in London, England, organised by the Football Association (FA). It marked the 135th final of the Football Association Challenge Cup and was the showpiece match of English football's primary cup competition. It was Manchester United's first FA Cup final appearance since 2007, when they lost 1–0 to Chelsea. Crystal Palace were playing their second FA Cup final, the previous occasion being in 1990, when they lost to Manchester United after a replay following a 3–3 draw in the first match.
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