FA Cup
The glorified half of the domestic cup double and billed as the most prestigious domestic cup competition in football by… the English press. Winning the FA Cup is a matter of great prestige, and while you’ll see some teams fielding weakened sides in the cups, there’s not doubt that once again, for many clubs, this is the only outside chance of silverware. You can also watch the FA Cup live.
Also see: FA Cup Fixtures | FA Cup Statistics.
Chelsea team to beat as rivals fall by wayside
The FA Cup would appear to be Chelsea’s to lose following the exit of another big four rival this weekend. With Arsenal joining Liverpool and Manchester United on the FA Cup sidelines Paddy Power now have Chelsea the 6/4 favourites to win the FA Cup with apparent cup specialists Manchester City their nearest rival at…
Soccerlens TV: Milan derby, Ronaldinho, FA Cup & Portsmouth
Join celebrated football pundit, author, radio show host and DJ Andy Brassell every Monday on the Soccerlens Show. In Episode 13, Andy Brassell talks about the Milan derby and how Inter were not looking so good in their previous matches whereas Milan had picked up on some much needed form; especially Ronaldinho. Ronaldinho is getting…
Stoke v Arsenal Preview – Sol to make his debut?
This Sunday Arsenal go to The Britannia Stadium for their FA Cup match sitting top of the Premier League, is that more important than winning the world’s most famous cup competition is a question Arsene Wenger will pondering before kick off?
Liverpool to sweep aside Reading and kickstart their season
Liverpool v Reading Anfield FA Cup 3rd Round Replay Just when we thought the snow was gone for another year and we could get back to normality we open the curtains to see another white out. Fingers crossed it doesn’t affect the football because Liverpool seem to be gathering some momentum and news of Marouane…
Leed’s utterly United in Manchester
“Well I didn’t expect that, I must admit…” So what did you expect, Sir Alex? A performance full of determination and grit to convincingly see off our lowly yet despised rivals in a passionate FA Cup tie? Well I think, given the circumstances, that is was more than fair assumption. After all, apart from the usual romantic…
Manchester United v Leeds: Crossing the Great Divide
One of the greatest rivalries in English football is revived this weekend after several years in the wilderness, as a Leeds team, flying high at the top of League 1, travel to Old Trafford in the FA Cup 3rd round…..reigniting a rivalry as bitter as any in English football. It’s hard to better the Man…
The Friday Five: Footballing Heartbreakers
In the wake of Ireland’s heartbreaking aggregate defeat to France, where Thierry Henry’s handballed assist for William Gallas to score an equaliser in extra time denied a team who had performed magnificently to haul themselves level, we pay tribute to five of the greatest footballing heartbreakers in recent memory. We start off, perhaps predictably, with…
Portsmouth sliding at an alarming rate
Something is happening behind the scenes that Pompey that is worth a great deal more headscratching than what it’s generating at the moment. The club’s present footballing situation is a nightmare, and after rumours that players and staff have not been paid, the financial situation cannot be much better. But what is even more bizarre…
Football’s Greatest Clubs
How does one go about measuring greatness in football? I mean real, obvious, blatant greatness; that rarest of qualities. Today “greatness” is such a woolly, over-used term that sometimes we lose its meaning and start labeling all sorts of mundane, workaday things as “great”. The evolution of language has distilled its meaning, reduced its potency,…
The Soccerlens Premier League 08/09 Season Review
So that’s it. The curtain has fallen on another season in English football and what a season it has been too! We’ve seen Manchester United look as though they would win every conceivable trophy and yet their season ends with ultimate disappointment. Liverpool’s recent form was the stuff of champions but in a campaign that…
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