2024

With 20 minutes to go, Danny Cowley called his Portsmouth players over for a huddle before unleashing a tirade. The 2008 cup-winners were up 1-0, yet while at full strength they were lethargic, stuttering, being made to work hard by a side 82 places below them, in the Southern League, the seventh tier of English…

There were plenty of thrills and spills up and down the country as the FA Cup first round proper got underway on Saturday. Former tournament winners Wigan and Sunderland were in action, with differing fortunes, with as many as three concussion substitutes, an 11-goal thriller and a seventh-tier side progressing to the next round in…

There were plenty of thrills and spills up and down the country as the FA Cup first round proper got underway on Saturday. Former tournament winners Wigan and Sunderland were in action, with differing fortunes, with as many as three concussion substitutes, an 11-goal thriller and a seventh-tier side progressing to the next round in…

Draped in faux chainmail and fur, a plastic crown atop his head, Henry V prepared his rallying cry. The FA Cup, English football’s own Hundred Years’ War, had reached a new battleground and so, surrounded by TV trucks and portable toilets, the stadium announcer raised the microphone to his lips. ‘I see you stand like…

Draped in faux chainmail and fur, a plastic crown atop his head, Henry V prepared his rallying cry. The FA Cup, English football’s own Hundred Years’ War, had reached a new battleground and so, surrounded by TV trucks and portable toilets, the stadium announcer raised the microphone to his lips. Click Here: nsw blues shirt…

It is that time of year again: sacking season. No surprises that a quarter of the Premier League have potted their managers already and another reminder that football, cut-throat as ever, has no room for emotion. Mark Hughes was the last man I saw given the boot and, unfortunately, all of us in the Stoke…

It is that time of year again: sacking season. No surprises that a quarter of the Premier League have potted their managers already and another reminder that football, cut-throat as ever, has no room for emotion. Mark Hughes was the last man I saw given the boot and, unfortunately, all of us in the Stoke…

The 20 fixtures of the FA Cup second round have been announced after Salford City became the latest to progress after beating Dag & Red. Buxton will host League One Morecambe in the second round. Seventh-tier outfit Buxton are the lowest-ranked team left in the FA Cup, and will take on the Shrimps on the…

The 20 fixtures of the FA Cup second round have been announced after Salford City became the latest to progress after beating Dag & Red. Buxton will host League One Morecambe in the second round. Seventh-tier outfit Buxton are the lowest-ranked team left in the FA Cup, and will take on the Shrimps on the…

There was a sense of deja vu about Chelsea’s victory over Manchester City here at the Academy Stadium on Sunday. Goalkeeping errors and missed chances cost Gareth Taylor’s side when they were beaten 3-0 by the Blues in the FA Cup semi-final two weeks ago.  And it was the same painful story for the City…