FA Cup

James McAtee scored his first senior hat-trick as Manchester City cruised to a routine 8-0 rout of Salford City in the FA Cup third round. Jeremy Doku netted twice, while Divin Mubama, Nico O’Reilly and Jack Grealish were also on target during a comfortable win for Pep Guardiola’s side at the Etihad Stadium. Just eight […]

James McAtee scored his first senior hat-trick as Manchester City cruised to a routine 8-0 rout of Salford City in the FA Cup third round. Jeremy Doku netted twice, while Divin Mubama, Nico O’Reilly and Jack Grealish were also on target during a comfortable win for Pep Guardiola’s side at the Etihad Stadium. Just eight […]

Thomas Frank conceded Brentford “didn’t hit our highest level” or “have the cutting edge” as the Bees were stunned by Plymouth Argyle in the FA Cup. The Premier League side were the highest-profile casualty of the third round, after they were beaten by the Championship’s bottom side at the Gtech Community Stadium. Morgan Whittaker was […]

Plymouth Argyle belied their position at the bottom of the Championship by stunning Brentford in the third round of the FA Cup, as other Premier League teams avoided upsets on Saturday. Plymouth sacked Manchester United icon Wayne Rooney on New Year’s Eve after slipping to the foot of the second-tier table, appointing Miron Muslic as […]

Morgan Rogers says “anything can happen in a cup competition” as he questioned why Aston Villa could not win the FA Cup following their 2-1 third-round victory over West Ham. Lucas Paqueta scored nine minutes in, but two Villa goals in five second-half minutes flipped the game on its head, as Graham Potter suffered defeat […]

Graham Potter’s first match in charge of West Ham ended in defeat as Aston Villa came from behind to progress into the FA Cup fourth round with a 2-1 victory. Lucas Paqueta had given the Hammers the lead, but second-half goals from Amadou Onana and Morgan Rogers flipped the game on its head. Paqueta almost […]

Andy Peaks insists Tamworth have “earned the right to be here” as they prepare for their dream FA Cup third-round tie with Premier League side Tottenham. One of the standout matchups of the round pits the National League side against Ange Postecoglou’s men at Lamb Ground. Peaks’ side, who occupy 16th place in the fifth […]

Ange Postecoglou knows Tottenham will face highly motivated opponents in Sunday’s FA Cup tie at Tamworth, who are out to cause one of the biggest upsets in the competition’s 144-year history. Spurs take on Tamworth, who are currently 16th in the National League, in one of the standout ties of third-round weekend. In the Premier […]

Ange Postecoglou confirmed Rodrigo Bentancur is back home after the Tottenham midfielder was stretchered off during their midweek win over Liverpool. Bentancur fell to the ground unchallenged just six minutes into the EFL Cup semi-final first leg at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The Uruguay international was treated for around nine minutes, before he was transferred […]

Peterborough United manager Darren Ferguson has defended his decision not to bring Tyler Young off the bench during their 2-0 defeat to Everton at Goodison Park in the FA Cup. Posh had trailed 1-0 after a first-half goal from Beto before a penalty in second-half stoppage time from Iliman Ndiaye killed Thursday’s game as a […]