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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Josh O'Brien

Arsenal’s forgotten FA Cup winner sends parting message after leaving the Emirates

Arsenal's 2020 FA Cup triumph will live long in the memory of every Gunner who witnessed it. They'd have done so from the television, given Wembley Stadium was closed to spectators.

Mikel Arteta's first trophy as a manager was won via 2-1 victory over London rivals Chelsea in August 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic was still in circulation far and wide. What is often forgotten about that game under the iconic Wembley arch, is the academy prospect rather randonly named on the bench for such a huge clash.

Not Bukayo Saka, who by that time had already featured a number of times in the Premier League, but Matt Smith. The then-teenager even picked up a winner's medal despite having never played a senior competitive fixture for the Gunners.

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