FA Cup News
Paul McCallum’s stoppage-time strike enabled Eastleigh to pull off a Cup upset as they beat Reading 2-1 in the second round.
The National League side took the lead against the League One strugglers through McCallum but Femi Azeez drew Reading level in the 84th minute.
Continue reading...Arsenal will host Liverpool in a blockbuster third-round FA Cup tie next month. The Premier League giants are meeting for the first time in the competition since Arsenal won a fifth-round tie 2-1 in 2014.
The Gunners have come out on top in their past three FA Cup clashes, with Liverpool’s last victory back in the final of 2001.
Continue reading...The FA Cup third-round will see Liverpool travel to the Emirates, while Sunderland will host Newcastle in a fiery north-east derby
Norwich v Crewe or Bristol Rovers
Stoke v Brighton
Continue reading...National League South side Maidstone stunned League Two high-flyers Barrow by coming from behind to reach the FA Cup third round for the first time since their reformation in 1992.
Bivish Gurung’s 74th-minute winner secured a 2-1 upset for the sixth-tier hosts at Gallagher Stadium. Barrow, who sit third in League Two, 46 places higher in the league pyramid, led through Ben Whitfield before Sam Corne levelled.
Continue reading...Club is on the up after tough times and heads to Sutton with the backing of Barnsley fans after shock reinstatement
“We played Swansea twice in the winter of 2007 and at the end of that season Horsham had to vacate the ground and the bulldozers moved in,” says Kevin Borrett. Now chairman of Horsham after stepping in to help save the Sussex club a year after they had reached the second round of the FA Cup for the first time, Borrett will feel particular pride when Dominic Di Paola’s team face Sutton United on Saturday. The Hornets were reinstated when Barnsley were booted out of the competition for fielding an ineligible player and find themselves with an unexpected opportunity to reach the promised land of the Cup’s third round.
“It would be a huge achievement for the club and probably a part of our history that we wouldn’t see repeated for some time,” says Borrett, who was informed that Horsham were back in the Cup 10 minutes before they faced Margate in a league match but didn’t tell Di Paola until after the game. “The Barnsley chairman had called me the day before to let me know that they were likely to be disqualified and it was confirmed by a phone call from the FA 10 minutes before we were due to kick off. I didn’t want to distract him so I didn’t say anything at first but after the game I phoned Dom and gave him the news that we wouldn’t be playing Hastings on 2 December because we were back in the FA Cup.”
Continue reading...Barnsley have been kicked out of this season’s FA Cup for fielding an ineligible player in their first-round replay win at Horsham, who have been reinstated to the competition.
The Tykes, held 3-3 in a dramatic first game at Oakwell, won the replay 3-0 against the Isthmian League Premier side, but were found in breach of FA Cup Rule 103 and will now be replaced by the non-leaguers for the round two trip to Sutton United.
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