Jamie Hewitt (second left) celebrates his equaliser in the 1997 FA Cup Semi-Final Chesterfield’s FA Cup run in 1997 went largely unnoticed by the majority of the nation until the Semi-Final stage, disappearing under the radar in the early rounds as they avoided all of the big guns. The first game on their FA Cup […]
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Great FA Cup Runs – No.3
The Portsmouth squad of 1991/92 This was one of the greatest FA Cup runs that Portsmouth fans had the privilege of watching.The club had won the FA Cup in 1939 and had reached the semi-final in 1929 and 1934. As that Cup win was 53 years before the run in 1991/92, no one under the […]
Great FA Cup Runs – No.2
The Plymouth Argyle squad of 1983/84 This week’s ‘Great FA Cup Run’ is Plymouth Argyle’s run to the 1984 FA Cup Semi Final.Argyle became the first Third Division club for eight years to reach the FA Semi Final. Just like Crystal Palace in 1976, they would fall at the final hurdle, just missing out on […]