News coverage of the English FA Cup
Reinforced Spurs ready for Leeds test
February 3, 2010
Harry Redknapp has been given a timely boost as he attempts to steer Tottenham through a successful FA Cup campaign while maintaining their challenge for a top four finish in the Premier League. The Spurs manager has made no attempt to disguise the fact... Read more »
County march on as Palace sink Wolves
February 2, 2010
League Two’s Notts County continued to fly the flag for English football’s fourth tier by dumping Premier League side Wigan out of the competition on Tuesday with a 2-0 victory. Wolves also tumbled out of the world’s oldest knockout... Read more »
Premier League and FA Cup – Who’s Hot and Who’s Not?
January 25, 2010
Who's Hot and Who's Not? Hot team This has to be between Stoke and Birmingham. Alex McLeish’s men are on a fantastic run at the moment in the Premier League and they continued that form in the FA Cup with a great win at a resurgent Everton. However,... Read more »
Mancini admits he won´t stop Robinho leaving
January 25, 2010
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini admits he won’t stop Robinho leaving if the Brazil forward is not happy at Eastlands. Robinho told a Brazilian radio station over the weekend that City’s directors are happy to let him return home to... Read more »
Wenger defends selection policy as Arsenal crash out
January 25, 2010
Arsene Wenger defended his right to field a weakened team in Arsenal’s 3-1 FA Cup fourth round defeat at Stoke and insisted his desire to lift the Premier League title had been behind his decision. Wenger made nine changes at the Britannia Stadium... Read more »
Arsenal roughed up by Stoke goal hero Fuller
January 24, 2010
Ricardo Fuller was the scourge of Arsenal as Stoke finally ended their long wait for an FA Cup triumph over the Gunners with a 3-1 win in the fourth round on Sunday. Fuller scored twice to punish Wenger’s decision to field an inexperienced side... Read more »
Stoke´s Fuller sends Arsenal crashing out of FA Cup
January 24, 2010
Arsenal became the latest member of the Premier League’s elite to suffer an early exit from the FA Cup as Ricardo Fuller’s double strike inspired Stoke’s 3-1 win over the Gunners in the fourth round on Sunday. Manchester United, humbled... Read more »
Anelka fires Chelsea into 5th round
January 24, 2010
France striker Nicolas Anelka took the plaudits after his goal inspired a 2-0 win at Preston keeping Chelsea on course to land the FA Cup for the third time in four seasons. Anelka set the platform for the Premier League club’s fourth round success... Read more »
Iron test for City slickers
January 24, 2010
English football’s haves and have-nots collide here on Sunday when Manchester City’s millionaires take on Scunthorpe in an FA Cup fourth round tie in the unglamorous setting of Glanford Park. Having already beaten the Irons 5-1 in the League... Read more »
PENDING Gunners face another physical test
January 24, 2010
With the fall-out from William Gallas’s tackle on Bolton’s Mark Davies having barely subsided, Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal are bracing themselves for another bruising confrontation with Stoke. The Gunners face Tony Pulis’s side at... Read more »
Anelka fires Chelsea into 5th round
January 24, 2010
France striker Nicolas Anelka took the plaudits after his goal inspired a 2-0 win at Preston keeping Chelsea on course to land the FA Cup for the third time in four seasons. Anelka set the platform for the Premier League club’s fourth round success... Read more »
McLeish impressed by Birmingham´s hunger for success
January 24, 2010
Birmingham manager Alex McLeish believes his side’s FA Cup fourth round victory against Everton proves they have the hunger and ability to win the competition. Goals from Christian Benitez and Barry Ferguson put the Blues ahead at Goodison Park... Read more »
Leeds fight on as Wigan survive County scare
January 24, 2010
Leeds United’s thrilling FA Cup adventure goes on after a penalty equaliser in the sixth minute of injury time ensured Simon Grayson’s side took Tottenham to a fourth round replay. Jermaine Beckford, Leeds’ match-winner in their third... Read more »
Beckford the hero again for last-gasp Leeds
January 23, 2010
A stoppage time penalty from Jermaine Beckford earned League One Leeds United a 2-2 draw at Premier League Tottenham Hotspur and an Elland Road replay. Roman Pavlyuchenko thought he had won it for the home side with a rare goal with 15 minutes remaining. But... Read more »
Giant-killers Reading claim Burnley scalp
January 23, 2010
FA Cup giant-killers Reading claimed another Premier League scalp with a 1-0 victory over Burnley in the fourth round on Saturday. The managerless Championship strugglers had shocked Liverpool in a third round replay at Anfield and they proved that was... Read more »
Chelsea stroll past Preston in FA Cup
January 23, 2010
Chelsea remain on course for their third FA Cup triumph in four seasons after a 2-0 victory at Preston on Saturday secured their place in the last 16 of the competition. Nicolas Anelka’s 11th goal of the season set Carlo Ancelotti’s team on... Read more »
FA Cup provides answer to Accrington Stanley question
January 23, 2010
For most English football fans, Accrington Stanley will forever be associated with a fondly-remembered television commercial for milk from the 1980s. In it, a football-loving urchin tells a friend that if he does not drink his milk he’ll only ever... Read more »
Premier League and FA Cup predictions – Accrington Stanley, who are they?
January 23, 2010
Wigan to fail here?Just one Premier Leage game this week and twelve FA Cup fourth round ties involving Premier League clubs. Saturday 23rd January Premier League Manchester United v Hull United will be smarting from their defeat at Manchester City in... Read more »
FA Cup provides answer to Accrington Stanley question
January 23, 2010
For most English football fans, Accrington Stanley will forever be associated with a fondly-remembered television commercial for milk from the 1980s. In it, a football-loving urchin tells a friend that if he does not drink his milk he’ll only ever... Read more »
Will Wenger’s philosophy finally pay off again with silverware?
January 22, 2010
Arsenal defeated Bolton 4-2 at the Emirates Stadium after coming back from two goals down. The victory took them to the top of the league on goal difference. Arsenal were again scintillating going forward and a bit too naive at the back. Silverware There... Read more »
Arsenal boss holds fire on new buys
January 22, 2010
Arsene Wenger has admitted that he is an admirer of Fulham defender Chris Smalling but ruled out a move to sign the England under-21 international before the transfer window closes at the end of the month. The Arsenal manager has already re-signed veteran... Read more »
Should Rafa Benitez leave Liverpool?
January 16, 2010
I almost feel sorry for Liverpool fans at the moment (almost!). Liverpool’s 2-1 home defeat to Reading in the FA Cup replay and the draw with Stoke illustrated why Liverpool are struggling this season. Inspiration Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard... Read more »
Carragher: ‘It will only get tougher for Liverpool now’
January 14, 2010
(GSM) – Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has apologised for the embarrasing performances of his club. The elimination in the FA Cup, by Championship minnows Reading, is the latest setback in a disappointing season for the Reds. “It was a... Read more »
Lovenkrands hat-trick gives Magpies FA Cup joy
January 14, 2010
Danish international striker Peter Lovenkrands scored a hat-trick on Wednesday to ease Newcastle United to a 3-0 victory over fellow Championship side Plymouth Argyle in their FA Cup third round replay. The 29-year-old – a former Rangers and Schalke... Read more »
Defiant Benitez vows to continue despite Cup shock
January 13, 2010
Rafael Benitez on Thursday shrugged off the increasing pressure surrounding his position as Liverpool manager in the wake of the club’s embarrassing exit from the FA Cup. Benitez, in charge at Anfield since 2004, was booed along with his players... Read more »
Mokoena gives Pompey FA Cup relief
January 13, 2010
South Africa’s Aaron Mokoena scored in the final minute of extra-time as crisis club Portsmouth came from behind to beat Coventry City 2-1 in an FA Cup third round replay on Tuesday. Victory gave Portsmouth, bottom of the Premier League and beset... Read more »
Leeds set up Manchester United FA Cup tie
December 9, 2009
One of the bitterest rivalries in English football will be revived after Leeds United booked themselves a third round FA Cup tie against Manchester United. Leeds, leaders of third tier League One, needed extra-time on Tuesday to defeat non-league Kettering... Read more »
ESPN signs 35 million pounds FA Cup deal
December 8, 2009
US-based satellite broadcaster ESPN has signed a four-year deal worth some 35 million pounds (57 million dollars) to televise the FA Cup, England’s governing Football Association (FA) announced Tuesday. The deal, which will start ahead of the 2010/11... Read more »
FA Cup draw leaves Ancelotti singing with delight
November 30, 2009
Holders Chelsea set out on the first steps towards a defence of their FA Cup crown with a home tie against Championship side Watford, finalists in 1984, in the third round draw made on Sunday. The pairing had Chelsea coach Carlo Anceletti drooling at... Read more »
Watford first up for FA Cup holders Chelsea
November 29, 2009
Holders Chelsea set out on the first steps towards a defence of their FA Cup crown with a home tie against Championship side Watford, finalists in 1984, in the third round draw made on Sunday. West Ham will host London rivals Arsenal, who last lifted... Read more »
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