FA & League Cups
FA cup draw: Arsenal visit West Ham in elusive trophy quest
Arsenal, without a trophy since lifting the FA Cup in 2005, must travel to West Ham in the third round of this season's competition, one of the three all-Premier League ties produced by yesterday's draw.
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Kettering keep alive prize of a trip to Old Trafford
Monday, 30 November 2009
Kettering Town 1 Leeds United 1: Kettering Town are in need of some good fortune at the moment, and they got it in spades yesterday, both on the field and off it.
39 days of Gazza: French lessons, clubs and booze
Sunday, 29 November 2009
Kettering back in spotlight today after last daft-as-a-brush with fame
Riley enjoys the good life as late strike upsets Charlton
Monday, 9 November 2009
Northwich Victoria 1 Charlton Athletic 0: Charlton, a Premier League club as recently as 2007, saw their 19-match unbeaten record against non-League opposition in the FA Cup plundered by a 20-year-old barman yesterday.
FA Cup: Second-round draw
Monday, 9 November 2009
Leeds United, who went out of the competition at this stage last year to non-league Histon, have been handed a tricky tie at Conference side Kettering. The Poppies reached the fourth round last season and are managed by Mark Cooper, whose father Terry was left-back in the great Leeds sides of the late Sixties and early Seventies.
Martin silences Paulton's village people
Sunday, 8 November 2009
Paulton Rovers 0 Norwich City 7: They dared to dream but in the end had to concede that the FA Cup does not always yield fairytales.
Preece must box clever to pull off unlikely knockout
Sunday, 8 November 2009
Vics are £500,000 in debt but can cash in with giant-killing against Charlton
Village florist aims to make Norwich wilt
Saturday, 7 November 2009
Paulton (population 4,896) seek an FA Cup first-round shock and a moment of TV fame against Delia Smith's fallen aristocrats, writes Jon Culley
Van Persie eager to face Adebayor in Carling Cup tie
Monday, 2 November 2009
Dutch forward 'would love' to play while City striker admits regret over stamp
Referee had double vision over Da Silva, claim United
Friday, 30 October 2009
It's an easy mistake to make but nonetheless Manchester United have submitted a claim of mistaken identity to the Football Association after Fabio da Silva was booked by referee Chris Foy against Barnsley in the Carling Cup on Tuesday night.
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