Ended the financial year in profit

1872-73: no-one
1873-74: Oxford University
1911-12: Barnsley
2006-07: Arsenal
2007-08: Barnsley
2008-09: Swansea City
2009-10: no-one
2010-11: Everton
2011-12: Man Utd

It couldn't have happened before 1872-73. Bit of a clue there.

Was gonna give another clue, but no-one's bothered to use the first one

Maybe it doesnt help us lol

Tut-tut

Clue #2: Cup

1872-73: no-one
1873-74: Oxford University

1911-12: Barnsley

1988-89: Everton
1989-90: Crystal Palace
1990-91: Norwich City
1991-92: Aston Villa
1992-93: Bolton Wanderers
1993-94: Bolton Wanderers
1994-95: Everton
1995-96: Port Vale
1996-97: Wimbledon
1997-98: Manchester United
1998-99: Manchester United
1999-2000: N/A
2000-01: Arsenal
2001-02: Arsenal
2002-03: no-one
2003-04: Manchester United
2004-05: Arsenal
2005-06: Bolton Wanderers
2006-07: Arsenal
2007-08: Barnsley
2008-09: Swansea City
2009-10: no-one
2010-11: Everton
2011-12: Man Utd

Clue: Cup.

Other seasons on request. Hint: look at the years when it didn't happen and examine the records.

Won more away ties :S

We won 2 at home and 2 away in 07-08 so cant be that

Won the same ammount of home and away ties before getting to the semi final?

Nope. Hint: look at the N/A and the no-ones and ask yourself why. (And it is the FA Cup as opposed to the League Cup or anything else.)

beat the defending champs in the Cup?

CORRECT! Absolutely. My next clue was gonna be to do with Everton and Port Vale. The Toffees beat previous year's winners Man Utd in the final before being dumped out themselves by Port Vale early in the following year's competition. Maybe that would have particularly stood out.

No-one did it in 2003 or 2010 because the defending champions retained the trophy. 1999 Cup winners Man Utd famously didn't take in the 2000 competition, so they weren't available to be knocked out. 1872-73 was the first season it could have happened (the first FA Cup was contested in the 1871-72 season), but it didn't happen that time either because Wanderers, the first winners, defended their title.

I have no idea if anyone's ever eliminated the holder three years in a row. Man Utd couldn't have done it in 2000 even if they'd taken part as they were the holders. Similarly Arsenal in 2002-03 if I remember right.

khukuri, it's your go!

Well done khukuri

khukuri!

Anyone's go... I'll steal it.

How many goals did China score in their first World Cup?

None

Correct, all yours

France won the 1998 world cup on home soil

How many teams had won it on home soil before

Excellent question...

1930 - Uruguay
1934 - Italy
1954 - Germany??? Can't remember where that was... No that was Switzerland (see 1974) so that's not one
1966 - England
1974 - Germany - definitely
1978 - Argentina
1998 - France

I count 5 before France.

Indeed it was 5

France won their first title, becoming the seventh nation to win a World Cup, and the sixth (after Uruguay, Italy, England, West Germany and Argentina) to win the tournament on home soil.