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Forest Green Rovers head coach Ian Burchnall was happy to avoid a potential banana skin after seeing his side safely through to the second round of the FA Cup by beating South Shields on Saturday. Connor Wickham scored in the first half before closing the game out with a strike from the halfway line in […]
The first and second qualifying rounds of the Vitality Women’s FA Cup have taken place this weekend with the increase in prize money a huge benefit to many clubs who still have their players on pay to play. Gloucestershire saw plenty of involvement with the University of Gloucestershire seeing players involved in the Second Qualifying […]
Cheltenham Town’s Michael Duff wants his team to turn their draws into winning score lines ahead of their clash with bottom of the table Crewe Alexander: “We’ve been on a good run, but we’ve had too many draws. “This unbeaten run is good for morale and it keeps the scoreboard ticking over, games in this […]
The FA Cup Third Round brought us plenty of goals, controversy and entertainment, and we’ll be hoping it’s no different this time around, with a plethora of exciting games. Let’s take a look at some of the more notable ones. Friday 20:00 – Manchester United vs Middlesbrough Manchester United edged past Aston Villa 1-0 in […]
The oldest domestic cup competition in football is back this weekend, as the FA Cup reaches the Fourth Round. Typically, most of the minnow teams have been eliminated, but there are a select few each season that battle against the odds to make a name for themselves and put them in the eyes and minds […]
Gloucestershire were still well represented in the third round of the FA Cup last weekend, despite the absence of the county’s two professional clubs Forest Green Rovers and Cheltenham Town. Former Gloucester City man Akwasi Asante made headlines as he found the net for Chesterfield in the 5-1 loss to reigning European champions Chelsea at […]
The FA Cup third round always produces some absolute classics, and this years was no different, with plenty of upsets, goals and controversy. Let’s take a look at the key games from over the weekend. Manchester United’s win over Aston Villa on Monday night was the final game of the third round, and it was […]
Manchester United rode their luck as an early Scott McTominay header was enough to dump Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa out of the FA Cup, but yet again it was VAR that dominated the headlines and left fans and pundits unhappy. The second half saw Aston Villa find the back of the net twice, but both […]
January, 8 2022 will be remembered as the day that non-league Kidderminster Harriers pulled off one of the shock results in recent memory after they defeated Reading FC of the Championship by two goals to one. Kidderminster currently sit in fifth place in the National League North, a full 79 places below Reading in the […]
Neal Maupay’s extra-time winner saw Brighton and Hove Albion come from 1-0 down to win 2-1 against West Bromwich Albion in the third round of the FA Cup. Callum Robinson scored the opener for Valérien Ismaël’s side early in the second half, but Cedric Kipre’s red card after 69 minutes changed the tie. Brighton soon […]