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The English FA Cup is acknowledged as the oldest competitive competition in the beautiful game, having first been played in the 1871–72 season. The grand old competition has produced some of the most memorable games in English football. Some clubs have been more successful than others in the competition, but who has won the FA […]
With the recent controversial decision by the FA to abolish FA Cup replays for season 2024/25, we look at four classic FA Cup replays played over the years. Everton 4-4 Liverpool (20th February 1991, fifth round) When Merseyside giants Everton and Liverpool clashed in the FA Cup fifth round in a 0-0 draw at Anfield […]
Manchester City have done it. They have secured a historic Treble of the Premier League, FA Cup, and Champions League trophies. They completed this memorable feat with a 1-0 win over Internazionale at the AtatĂĽrk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul on Saturday night. As we previewed a few weeks ago, the Treble looked possible once City […]
We have reached the business end of another football season and talk turns to who will win the major honours. With Manchester City again in imperious form, fans and pundits alike are starting to ask an inevitable question: are they on the brink of the Treble? What is a Treble? The term ‘Treble’ refers to […]
Let’s take a look back at some of the main causes of discussion from yesterday evening’s Emirates FA Cup Fifth-Round Proper Replay between Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham Hotspur and Keith Hill’s Rochdale at Wembley Stadium, as Spurs sailed to a place in the quarter-finals. Llorente Nets First Hat-Trick In England While the Lilywhites would need to […]
Let’s take a look at some of the main causes of discussion from yesterday’s evening’s Emirates FA Cup Fifth-Round Proper replay between Carlos Carvalhal’s Swansea City and Jos Luhukay’s Sheffield Wednesday at the Liberty Stadium, as Carvalhal tasted sweet victory against his former club. Ayew Opens Scoring For Triumphant Hosts Explosive striker Jordan Ayew is […]
Let’s take a look at some of the main causes of discussion from Sunday’s Emirates FA Cup Fifth-Round clash between Keith Hill’s Rochdale and Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham Hotspur at Spotland on Sunday afternoon, as both teams produced late drama in a thriller of an encounter. Magic Of The FA Cup Alive At Spotland With no […]
FC Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe believes that his players will be more confident heading into today’s FA Cup 3rd round replay against Wigan Athletic. In the first round at the Vitality stadium, Bournemouth fought back from 2 goals down to force a replay against the Latics. But this the Cherries are coming off the back […]
After the first big derby of the F.A. Cup Third Round saw Virgil Van Dijk propel himself into Anfield folklore with a late winner against Everton, eyes turn to Monday night for another Third Round derby. Being staged on BT Sport is the M23 Derby between Crystal Palace and Brighton at the Amex. Making his […]
“Me and my dad walked of the train and up towards Wembley when we saw the masses of people. It was almost impossible to move forward and my dad didn’t take it so seriously that we didn’t have any tickets. He just said, “Let’s see if we can get into the game”. And then by […]
More than a decade before the FA-cup finals began to be played at the Wembley Stadium, Bradford City grabbed their first major title. It was the year of 1911 and the finals were still being played at the ground of Crystal Palace. This time almost 70-thousand people had crammed into the Stadium to watch Bradford […]
A physical Gillingham side battled well to overcome National League Leyton Orient yesterday at The Priestfield Stadium to sail into the next Round, despite a late comeback from The O’s. The hosts, who have never gotten further than The Quarter-Finals of The Competition, raced into the lead on 20 minutes with a Josh Parker header […]
Chelsea v Leeds United. F.A. Cup Final and F.A. Cup final replay. April 1970. The 1970 F.A. Cup final and the subsequent replay was a classic encounter in every sense of the word. It brought together two of England’s top sides, Chelsea and Leeds United, whose intense dislike of each other was well known and […]
A record crowd of 35,271 saw Manchester City Women’s FC secure their first FA Cup Trophy since being re-launched in 2014 as part of Sheikh Mansour and Khaldoon Al Mubarak’s infrastructure investments. It has been five years since Birmingham City won their last major trophy. They reached the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2014 […]
You’ve all heard the clichĂ©d quote “Football is a gentleman’s game played by hooligans. On the other hand, Rugby is a hooligan’s game played by gentleman” but, a new play about the 1879 F.A. Cup claims that it used to be the other way around. “People always think of Football as a working class sport […]
