FA Cup and League Cup Winners Both Outside The Premier League Top 8
Before 2012-2013, when was the last time the FA Cup and League Cup winners were both outside the Premier League (or First Division) Top 8?
View ArticleBiggest Margin Of Victory By A Club Over A Higher Level Club [R]
Today in the FA Cup, Nottingham Forest beat West Ham United 5-0.
View ArticleWill and Should The FA Cup Eliminate Replays?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jul/15/fa-cup-replays-winter-break is a news article that I found by going to a blog post at...
View ArticleHow Do You Want The Semifinals Of The Capital One Cup To Be?
England eliminates home field advantage in the FA Cup and Capital One Cup starting with the Semifinals. The FA Cup plays Semifinals and Final at Wembley. The Capital One Cup plays Semifinals in two...
View ArticleLiverpool and Chelsea Fans Angry As FA Appoint Referee to Officiate at Cup Final
Both Liverpool and Chelsea fans agree that neither side has any chance of winning the cup following the FA's decision to appoint a referee to take charge of the Cup Final. Fans of both clubs have...
View ArticleTwo FA Cup questions
1) What is the lowest-ranked team to knock off a top-flight team at any level of the FA Cup? What level of the pyramid were they in? b) In the FourFourTwo magazine series on Marine FC a few years back,...
View Article2014-2015 FA Cup Attendance
Wikipedia has attendance for most of the games. Extra Preliminary Round: Original Games: Mean of 105.3, Median of 87 Replays: Mean of 99.1, Median of 86 All Games: Mean of 104.2, Median of 87 In...
View ArticleFA Cup Upsets
With all the upsets last weekend it seems there must be a common reason. One reason may be that once a couple teams got the upsets, others started to believe that they could do it as well, and played...
View ArticleThe Costa Stomp
Just saw it, didn't look that blatant. If it was intentional he sold it really well. Looked like he was stepping after the ball. I was expecting a full on stomp like he was putting out small fires.
View Article2014-2015 FA Cup [R]
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30387186 has the results of today's Third Round draw.
View ArticleFA Cup final preview
We published an FA Cup final preview piece this morning. Interested as to people's thoughts on where the game might be won or lost. Here's what our writer thought:...
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[FINAL FA CUP] Arsenal vs. Aston Villa
Arsenal 4 - 0 Aston Villa (Walcott 40′, Sanchez 50′, Mertesacker 62′, Giroud 90 + 3′) ... [FINAL FA CUP] Arsenal vs. Aston Villa
View ArticleFA Cup 2015-16
Looking for a good internet streaming site to watch West Ham vs Wolves on Jan 9th... any suggestions?
View ArticleDisappointed by the Capital One Cup final
http://thefirsteleven.com/capital-one-cup-final-roast-where-is-the-leadership/ After both team's performances in the Cup I saw this online and agreed. I thought it was obviously from a frustrated LFC...
View ArticleFootball League Trophy, new format
http://www.efl.com/news/article/2016/premier-league-trial-for-the-trophy-3140598.aspx The League Trophy will have a pilot format for 2016-2017, with 48 teams from League One and League Two, plus 16...
View ArticleImproving the FA Cup
How should the FA Cup (which has lost some prestige and interest over the years) be improved? A) Scrap the league cup. It detracts from the FA Cup. B) Replace three of the league cup match days with PL...
View ArticleWhat's The Farthest A Non-League Club Has Advanced In The FA Cup?
Lincoln City is scoreless in the second half at Burnley in the Fifth Round (Round of 16). What's the farthest a non-league club has advanced in the FA Cup? @RichardL Do you know?
View Article2016-2017 FA Cup [R]
The Third Round starts today. Four of the 32 games will have two Premier League clubs: West Ham United vs. Manchester City Hull City vs. Swansea City Sunderland vs. Burnley Everton vs. Leicester City
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Forest Green: A different sort of football club
On Saturday, the English league season begins. Amid all the excitement and optimism that comes with the start of the season there is a team playing in the Football League for the first season in their...
View ArticleFA Cup 2017/18
Went to my first match in the FA Cup this season, a preliminary round match between Midland League Quorn FC and Northern Counties East League AFC Mansfield. The away team winning 3-1 on the recently...
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