Wrexham 2 v Chelsea 4 (aet) FA Cup Fifth Round Talking Points By Kaz Mochlinski at the Racecourse Ground Alejandro Garnacho must love Wales. The Argentinian winger has played a pivotal role in both of Chelsea’s challenging visits to the principality in the cups this season, being vital to victories at Cardiff City and now Wrexham. Garnacho scored the first and last goals in overcoming Cardiff City 1-3 in the quarter-finals of the Football League Cup in December, after being b

Mansfield Town (0) 1 v Arsenal (1) 2 FA Cup Fifth Round Talking Points By Kaz Mochlinski at Field Mill Arsenal’s first ever visit to the oldest professional football ground in the world was highly likely to be an unusually special occasion, but the extent of the enjoyment for everyone involved turned out to be quite unique. Games have been played at Field Mill since 1861 and perhaps from back as far as 1850, yet somehow Arsenal avoided any encounters there until now. Fittingl

Macclesfield (0) 0 v Brentford (0) 1 Heathcote (og) 70 By Kaz Mochlinski at Moss Rose FA Cup Fourth Round Brentford escaped an extremely embarrassing FA Cup upset by Macclesfield at Moss Rose but it needed a heart-breaking late own-goal to prevent the non-league team from adding to their previous giant-killing heroics. Having unforgettably knocked-out Crystal Palace in the third round last month to create one of the biggest shocks ever in the FA Cup, the sixth-tier side came

Charlton Athletic (0) 1 v Chelsea (1) 5 Hato 45+5 Tosin Adarabioyo 50 Leaburn 57 Guiu 62 Neto 90+1 Fernández (pen) 90+4 By Kaz Mochlinski at The Valley FA Cup Third Round Liam Rosenior’s reign at Chelsea got off to a spectacular start with a 5-1 thrashing of Charlton Athletic as the visitors were victorious at The Valley and eventually ended up enjoying themselves on their new head coach’s debut. Jorrel Hato’s first goal for Chelsea opened the scoring before the break, and Ma

Looking for FA Cup inspiration. It was East v West London today in the third round FA Cup Third Round West Ham United (1) 2 Summerville 45+10, Castellanos 98 Queen's Park Rangers (0) 1 Kone 65, After Extra Time : Score on 90 mins: 1-1 A first Hammers goal for winter signing Taty Castellnos secured West Ham's passage into the forth round of the FA Cup - but not before a gritty Hoops had taken them to extra-time and made life difficult for their cross-town opponents. How the Ir

History boys. The match programme cover today : Picture by @YTJourno FA Cup Third Round Tottenham Hotspur (0) 1 Odobert 54 Aston Villa (2) 2 Buendia 22, Rogers 48 Villa made off with the spoils, with the same 2-1 scoreline they achieved here in the league no so long - surviving a furious second-half Spurs fightback that was in stark contrast to the poverty of the hosts' first 45 minutes. After an insipid display in which Unai Emery's men breezed into a 2-0 lead, Spurs redisco

Macclesfield (1) 2 v Crystal Palace (0) 1 Dawson 43 Buckley-Ricketts 60 Pino 90 By Kaz Mochlinski at Moss Rose FA Cup Third Round Crystal Palace succumbed to the greatest shock in the history of the FA Cup, with the holders being knocked out of this season’s competition by non-league part-timers as Macclesfield secured a famous 2-1 win at Moss Rose. It was the first ever victory for a sixth tier team over a Premier League opponent, and the 117-place gap in the English footbal

Farnham Town (1) 3 v Sutton United (1) 3 Sanders 2 Phipps 6 Sanders 48 Njoku 60 Owen Dean 61 Harris 98 By Kaz Mochlinski at the Memorial Ground FA Cup Fourth Round Qualifying Sutton United will feel that they may have totally turned around their troubled season with one dramatic moment as a very late stoppage time goal earned them a draw at Farnham Town and avoided an ignominious early elimination from the FA Cup. It took until the 98th minute of a compelling cup tie before S

Cup final scene before kick-off : Picture by @YTJourno FA Cup Final Crystal Palace (1) 1 Eze 16 Manchester City (0) 0 Was it ever really...

Semi-final number two : Picture by @YTJourno FA Cup semi-final Manchester City (1) 2 Lewis 2, Gvardiol 51 Nottingham Forest (0) 0 If...