FA Cup
Manchester United and Bolton Wanderers are heading to Wembley for the FA Cup semi-finals after defeating Arsenal and Birmingham City respectively. Sir Alex Ferguson selected seven defenders in his starting XI at Old Trafford and one of them, Fabio, broke the deadlock after a superb counterattack in the 28th minute. Fabio was involved in the […]
The majority of the frontrunners in Europe’s leading leagues enjoyed a winning weekend, though Ligue 1 leaders Lille bucked the trend with a first defeat since October. Meanwhile, Barcelona and Milan rebounded from midweek Champions League defeats to grab valuable league victories. Spain Barcelona bounced back from their midweek Champions League defeat by Arsenal with […]
Napoli, Sevilla and Manchester City were all big winners in domestic cup ties tonight. Sevilla are through to the Copa del Rey semi-finals after wrapping up a 6-3 aggregate victory against Villarreal. The Liga rivals drew 3-3 in the first leg of their last-eight tie, but it was Gregorio Manzano’s side who took charge of […]
Manchester United are through to the fourth round of the FA Cup after a 1-0 home win against ten-man Liverpool, while Tottenham and Chelsea easily progrssed against lower league sides. Liverpool’s trip to Old Trafford marked the return of manager Kenny Dalglish as a replacement for the departed Roy Hodgson in the away dugout, but […]
Newcastle was shocked by League Two side Stevenage in the FA Cup third-round as they were one of four Premier League sides knocked out of the cup at the hands of lowly opposition. Despite Newcastle making five changes from the side that routed West Ham in midweek, it was still a strong side that went […]
This is why the FA Cup is the best domestic club tournament in the world. It gives smaller clubs the opportunity to play the big teams, and to sometimes upset them. Jermaine Beckford’s first-half goal gave third-tier Leeds United a 1-0 victory over bitter rivals Manchester united as Sir Alex Ferguson suffered his first FA […]