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Mikel Arteta says Arsenal will NOT re-sign Jack Wilshere despite Ainsley Maitland-Niles’ loan switch to Roma leaving him ‘very short’ on numbers… but he insists the club will be ‘alert’ if the right player becomes available in January

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Mikel Arteta has ruled out re-signing Jack Wilshere despite admitting the departure of Ainsley Maitland-Niles leaves Arsenal ‘very short’ on numbers. Wilshere, 30, who spent two decades at Arsenal, has been training with his former club after becoming a free agent in the summer.  But Arteta said on Friday: ‘I was very clear with the…

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Haunted by the goal that never was: Third-tier Chesterfield were cruelly denied a 1997 FA Cup final date with star-studded Chelsea… 25 years later the Conference leaders finally face the Blues in the competition’s third-round

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One Monday back in December, David Seaman dipped his hand into a glass bowl, fished out ball No 61, chortled into a camera and sent an FA Cup flashback through a market town in north-east Derbyshire. ‘Unfinished business,’ smiled Chesterfield chairman Mike Goodwin once the din of being drawn against Chelsea subsided. ‘If David Elleray…

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Haunted by the goal that never was: Third-tier Chesterfield were cruelly denied a 1997 FA Cup final date with star-studded Chelsea… 25 years later the Conference leaders finally face the Blues in the competition’s third-round

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One Monday back in December, David Seaman dipped his hand into a glass bowl, fished out ball No 61, chortled into a camera and sent an FA Cup flashback through a market town in north-east Derbyshire. ‘Unfinished business,’ smiled Chesterfield chairman Mike Goodwin once the din of being drawn against Chelsea subsided. ‘If David Elleray…

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Manchester City starlet Cole Palmer ‘has the ingredients’ to emulate Phil Foden at the Etihad, says assistant coach Rodolfo Borrell after his ‘great quality’ in goal-scoring display against Swindon in FA Cup win

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Manchester City assistant coach Rodolfo Borrell believes that Cole Palmer has the qualities to emulate Phil Foden and become a star for the club. Palmer produced an impressive display as City beat Swindon 4-1 away in the third round of the FA Cup on Friday night, with the youngster scoring and providing an assist. The…

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Manchester City starlet Cole Palmer ‘has the ingredients’ to emulate Phil Foden at the Etihad, says assistant coach Rodolfo Borrell after his ‘great quality’ in goal-scoring display against Swindon in FA Cup win

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Manchester City assistant coach Rodolfo Borrell believes that Cole Palmer has the qualities to emulate Phil Foden and become a star for the club. Palmer produced an impressive display as City beat Swindon 4-1 away in the third round of the FA Cup on Friday night, with the youngster scoring and providing an assist. Click…

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Steven Gerrard looks to pile more misery on old rivals Man United, four non-League sides hope to be giant-killers as Chesterfield go to Chelsea, and Shrewsbury head for Anfield (again!)… 10 things to look out for on FA Cup third round weekend

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It’s always one of the highlights of the football calendar and the FA Cup third round weekend is now upon us as league action takes a back seat. Boreham Wood, Chesterfield, Yeovil Town and Kidderminster Harriers will fly the flag for the non-League as the Premier League and Championship clubs enter the fray on the…

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Steven Gerrard looks to pile more misery on old rivals Man United, four non-League sides hope to be giant-killers as Chesterfield go to Chelsea, and Shrewsbury head for Anfield (again!)… 10 things to look out for on FA Cup third round weekend

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It’s always one of the highlights of the football calendar and the FA Cup third round weekend is now upon us as league action takes a back seat. Boreham Wood, Chesterfield, Yeovil Town and Kidderminster Harriers will fly the flag for the non-League as the Premier League and Championship clubs enter the fray on the…

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Mickey Thomas feared he would never see the 30th anniversary of Wrexham’s win over Arsenal, the greatest FA Cup upset EVER… but after having the all-clear from cancer, he’s basking in the ’92 epic – and he’ll never forget THAT iconic free-kick!

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It’s a tale worthy of a club with Hollywood backers these days, and no FA Cup upset has compared to Wrexham’s epic win over Arsenal in the last three decades. When screen stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney asked their friend Humphrey Ker to help them buy a football club, the English comedian and now…

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Mickey Thomas feared he would never see the 30th anniversary of Wrexham’s win over Arsenal, the greatest FA Cup upset EVER… but after having the all-clear from cancer, he’s basking in the ’92 epic – and he’ll never forget THAT iconic free-kick!

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It’s a tale worthy of a club with Hollywood backers these days, and no FA Cup upset has compared to Wrexham’s epic win over Arsenal in the last three decades. When screen stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney asked their friend Humphrey Ker to help them buy a football club, the English comedian and now…

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Manny Oyeleke was released by Chelsea for being too small and had to sign on for Universal Credit to afford rehab after damaging his ACL… now he returns to his boyhood club looking to cause a huge FA Cup upset with in-form Chesterfield

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It’s 2016 and Manny Oyeleke is sitting in a London job centre applying for Universal Credit. With no money, no job and no income in sight, this was his last chance to get rehab after a serious ACL injury. ‘That walk into the centre was really rock bottom,’ he tells Sportsmail. ‘The year before I scored…

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