On This Day – 25th November

Peterborough United’s Tony Philliskirk scored five goals in a 9-1 win over Kingstonian in the FA Cup on this day back in 1992. It was the biggest win in The Posh’s history and also the most goals scored by a Peterborough player in one match. Philliskirk’s joy was short-lived however as the game was declared […]

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On this Day – 20th November

On this day in 1971, Bournemouth’s Ted MacDougall made national news for scoring nine goals in one match. It remains the record amount of goals scored by one player in the proper rounds of the FA Cup. Third Division Bournemouth hosted non-league Margate in the FA Cup First Round at Dean Court. Any chance of […]

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Greatest Own Goals of All-Time No.19

Gary Mabbutt lifted the FA Cup in 1991 after Nottingham Forest’s Des Walker put through his own goal in Extra Time to give Tottenham a 2-1 win.Four years earlier, Mabbutt had an FA Cup Final to forget as he scored an own goal in a 3-2 defeat to underdogs Coventry City. Nobody outside Coventry gave […]

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Football’s Greatest Goals No.37

This week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ comes from the FA Cup Fourth Round tie between Queens Park Rangers and Barnsley in the 1996/97 season.Last week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ came from the round before in the same season and was scored by Arsenal’s Dennis Bergkamp. It lead to one of the toughest decisions ever for viewers and pundits to […]

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Heroes & Villains – Leyton Orient

Heroes – FA Cup Semi Finalists 1977/78This Orient side went one step further in the competition than the club had gone before, most recently reaching the Quarter Finals in 1972.All but one of their ties went to replays, with the exception being a 3-1 home win over Blackburn Rovers in the Fourth Round. The other […]

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Iconic Moments in Football No.50

This week’s iconic moment comes from the 2003 FA Cup Semi Final between Arsenal and Sheffield United and was has been described by many as one of the greatest saves of all-time. Arsenal had won the League and FA Cup Double the previous season, just as they had four years previously. They were performing well […]

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Football’s Greatest Goals No.23

This week’s greatest goal comes from Gianfranco Zola for Chelsea in the 2002 FA Cup against Norwich City.The goal has been rightly considered one of the greatest in Chelsea’s 105 year history and showed a real sense of skill, initiative and class by the diminutive Italian. With the score at 2-0, Chelsea won a corner […]

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