Sunderland through to FA Cup tie with Arsenal
Martin O’Neill registered his 9th win in 13 games as Sunderland boss as his side edged past Middlesbrough 2-1 in extra time at The Riverside Stadium on Wednesday night to book an FA Cup 5th Round date with London giants Arsenal. A 42nd minute goa...
Middlesbrough 1-2 Sunderland | FA Cup fourth-round replay
Before kick‑off Tony Mowbray reminded his players that, despite being much improved under Martin O'Neill, Sunderland are not quite Barcelona. Clearly heeding that message, an under-strength Middlesbrough forgot their recent Championship travails and ...
Middlesbrough v Sunderland!
• Hit the auto-update button for the latest posts• Send your thoughts to gregg.roughley@guardian.co.uk• Tweet Gregg too, if that's your thing7.36pm: Apologies to Middlesbrough and Sunderland fans. But I'm going to have to abandon ship and cover t...
Blackpool and Millwall through to 5th Round of FA Cup
League One relegation battlers Millwall produced the shock of the fourth round of the FA Cup, ousting Championship promotion challengers Southampton 3-2 at St Mary’s Stadium on Tuesday night. Liam Feeney came off the bench in the dying moments of...
Southampton 2-3 Millwall | FA Cup fourth-round replay match report
It was predictable that this tie would be settled by a substitute, but surprising that the substitute in question was Liam Feeney. When Nigel Adkins introduced Rickie Lambert in the 55th minute with Southampton in the ascendancy, it seemed inevitable t...
Tony Mowbray urges his Middlesbrough players to be like James McClean
• Mowbray uses McClean as example for young players to follow• Sunderland also missing key players ahead of FA Cup replayTony Mowbray has challenged his Middlesbrough players to follow in the footsteps of James McClean ahead of Wednesday night's FA...
Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 Blackpool | FA Cup fourth-round match report
Blackpool made short work of beating Sheffield Wednesday at the third time of asking to ease into the FA Cup fifth round, where a short trip down the coast to Everton awaits them. David Moyes was among those watching the game, and as a manager who take...
Premier League clubs agree to avoid FA Cup final clash
• League matches switched to Sunday to protect Saturday final• Fixture pile-up last season led to league and FA Cup collisionPremier League clubs have agreed to move all matches on the penultimate weekend of the season to the Sunday to avoid a clas...
Robin van Persie accused of elbowing Aston Villa’s Carlos Cuéllar
• Arsenal striker 'put elbow to Cuéllar's face,' says Alex McLeish• Aston Villa want FA to look into incident at the EmiratesRobin van Persie, Arsenal's match-winner in a tumultuous FA Cup tie, could be in trouble with the Football Associatio...
Five things we learned from the FA Cup this weekend | Rob Bagchi, Evan Fanning, Ian McCourt and Jacob Steinberg
Jermaine Beckford loves the competition; the Cup is as magical as a slot machine; and Mark Halsey got it right1) The FA Cup: as magical as a slot machineThe Carling Cup is now a more exciting competition than the FA Cup. It has been for a while. Like t...
Fergie questions Anfield result
Sir Alex Ferguson does not concede that Liverpool were deserved winners in their 2-1 win over Manchester United on Saturday and the Scot believes that the league champions should still be in the FA Cup based on the performance at Anfield. United fought back from a goal down as Ji-Sung Park equalized Daniel Agger’s headed...
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