fa cup

Up until 1994, teams took the League Cup deadly seriously, as witnessed by the ecstatic pitch invasion at Villa Park when they made the final in 1994. But then Ferguson ruined it all. He put out a weakened team against York City in the League Cup, and United lost. The FA fined United for...

10 years ago tomorrow was the 2011 FAC semi MCFC v MUFC. I’ve made this 1 hour podcast about the journey to success that year: https://gjfootballarchive.com/2021/04/15/restored-2011-the-all-manchester-fa-cup-semi-final/ It includes recordings from my interviews over the years with Peter Swales...

Hi I've got 2 return train tickets for sale. Manchester to euston Sat going out at 10.15 Coming back Sunday morning 8.20 £120 for the 2 which is what I paid.

On this day in 1904 (23 April) City won the FA Cup for the first time. This was the first major success by any Manchester team and resulted in, you guessed it, a pitch invasion by City fans at the Crystal Palace. The final is obviously significant to City but it meant much, much more than...