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.
FA Cup replays are great, no matter what Fergie, Rafa and Harry think
When it suits him, Sir Alex Ferguson can be quite a student of the FA’s rules and regulations. The brief, and swiftly abandoned, dalliance with rule 11a may not have been as thrilling as his tango with Dimitar Berbatov in the summer, but it does have wider-reaching implications. Rule 11a sounds innocuous enough. It allows…
Manchester United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur – F.A. Cup – 24 January 2009 – Live Blog
The article below refers to a previous United-Tottenham game. To watch the latest United-Tottenham game, click here. Manchester United (Scholes 35′, Berbatov 36′) 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur (Pavlyuchenko 5′) Stadium: Old Trafford, England Competition: F.A. Cup, Fourth Round Date: 24 January 2009 Kickoff: 17:15 GMT, 12:15 ET Manchester United eliminated Tottenham, 2-1, in their Fourth Round…
Dear football, we love each other so don’t make me divorce you
Football, in recent years, has hardly been the sanest of sports but even by recent standards Manchester City’s £100m bid for Kaka has seen the sport reach new levels of absurdity, even if the player himself eventually rejected the offer. But this isn’t just about paying a man half a million a week to kick…
FA Cup fourth round draw
The fourth-round ties will be played over the weekend of 23/24/25 January: Liverpool v Everton Manchester United v Tottenham Hull or Newcastle v Millwall or Crewe Sunderland v Blyth or Blackburn Hartlepool v West Ham Leyton Orient or Sheffield United v Charlton or Norwich Cardiff v Arsenal Portsmouth or Bristol City v Histon or Swansea…
Who’ll pull off a third round FA Cupset?
FA Cup 3rd round highlights are now available at ITV. The FA Cup gets serious this weekend as Premiership and Championship teams enter the competition. While the draw may not have any immediately obvious classic ties, there’s more than enough matches that could lead to an early exit for some of the competition’s bigger names….
Droylsden v Chesterfield: The strangest cup-tie of the year
Non-league Droylsden’s FA Cup dream appears to be over after the club were thrown out of the competition for fielding an ineligible player in their 2-1 defeat of League Two Chesterfield. Droyslden have said they plan to appeal but, if upheld, this expulsion brings to an end a month-long tie between the two sides that’s…
February 2008 Review: When Tottenham beat Chelsea and Manchester United burst Arsenal’s bubble
February marked the beginning of several storylines for 2008 as well as the beginning of the end of for a few teams and managers. In purely footballing terms though, Egypt stole the headlines with a memorable triumph at the 2008 African Cup of Nations on the back of a string of impressive performances throughout the…
Blyth battle through to face Blackburn
One of non-league’s most famous FA Cup names are at it again. Blyth Spartans have set up a dream third round tie against Blackburn Rovers after netting a last minute winner in their replay against AFC Bournemouth. Blyth, who play in a distinctive green and white striped strip, have great pedigree in this competition and…
08-09 FA Cup Third Round Draw
The 08/09 FA Cup 3rd Round Draw was made yesterday with a number of juicy ties popping up such as Hull City v Newcastle, Southampton v Manchester United, Leicester v Crystal Palace and of course, the tie everyone’s talking about, Histon v Swansea. FA Cup third round draw:
Five Great FA Cup Second Round Upsets
This weekend sees the second round of the FA Cup take place, and with the big sides entering the draw at the next stage, the chances of a dream money-spinning tie are within sight. With thirteen non-league sides in action over the weekend, all eyes will be on potential shocks, with hopes of a third…
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