FA Trophy Destroyed by Chelsea

FA Trophy Destroyed by Chelsea


LONDON - Ahead of the FA Cup final that will meet Manchester City and Wigan Athletic pm tonight, there are obstacles that must be faced by the organizers. Constraints in question here is the destruction of the FA trophy.

FA does give privileges to a team-Chelsea FA Cup winners-to keep the trophy for a full season before returning it when the final held.

Quoted by Goal, Saturday (05/11/2013) silversmith company Thomas Lyte have to spend time to refit the trophy no less than 80 hours to repair the damage caused by the champion of the previous season.

"This old thing now is fragile. Experienced by so many conflicts which metal is repaired whenever experiencing friction. We have reached the stage of full vigilance so as to do it, we must be careful lest the trophy can not be repaired anymore, "said Kevin Williams from Thomas Lyte.

The silver trophy damage is estimated to cost around three thousand pounds to fix it, it's because of the damage caused quite heavy. "Everyone will want to have a piece of this trophy despite only a piece. Trophy is pretty heavy damage, "he added.

"This year it took about 70 to 80 hours for restoration and polishing, will usually require more than 38 hours to make sure everything was okay. I've been in charge of the FA trophy for about 17 years, and this time the damage is more extensive, although a few years ago, not to mention the team that is responsible, the Cup back to the cap into two parts, "the story of Kevin.