FA Cup replays for all rounds have been scrapped for the forthcoming season to ease fixture congestion. However, that’s not the main issue at the moment – being able to start the Non League season is. Professional sport has had numerous problems this week with positive test results for Covid-19 causing postponements in Scotland in read more→
North West Counties side Shelley will play in the FA Cup for the first time, if the 2020/21 season does kick off. Shelley won a place after getting drawn out of the ballot, and they join Glasshoughton Welfare, Campion and Hall Road Rangers who were successful out of the local Step 6 clubs. Entry into read more→
Brighton manager Graham Potter spent considerable amounts of his early managerial career chasing Chib Chilaka around trying to get to his signature. Potter now has £20 million man Neal Maupay leading his attack, but back at the turn of 2010 Chilaka was his jewel in the crown, his goal machine for promotion-chasing Leeds Carnegie in read more→
Rob Tonks was still a youngster when he came on as a late substitute for Dean Calcutt in Emley’s unforgettable 1998 FA Cup Third Round tie at Premier League West Ham. John Hartson had just scored the winner for West Ham, who had been the given the biggest fright of their lives after defender Paul read more→
Emley’s unforgettable FA Cup Third Round tie at Premier League West Ham United does not need much of an introduction. Frank Lampard put West Ham ahead after four minutes, but instead of collapsing Ronnie Glavin’s heroes fought back and Paul David’s thunderous second half equalising header almost gave Harry Redknapp a heart attack. Despite Lampard, read more→
STEVE NICHOLSON remembers the night he scored a ‘hat-trick’ in Emley’s thrilling 1997 FA Cup second round replay victory over League Two high-flyers Lincoln City which booked the famous trip to Premier League West Ham in the latest ‘My Greatest Game’. Ronnie Glavin’s Emley came back from 2-0 down with 15 minutes to go in read more→
Bradford (Park Avenue)’s 2003 FA Cup First Round tie with Bristol City remains a hugely significant milestone as it marked the club’s return to the national stage for the first time since reformation in 1988. Avenue had worked its way up from the West Riding County Amateur League to the NPL Premier Division – then read more→
Ossett United will face a trip to Dunston if they beat Colne in the FA Cup second qualifying round replay on Tuesday night. Andy Welsh’s side held Colne to a goal-less draw on Saturday and will host them at Ingfield on Tuesday night. A big crowd is expected. The full draw for our Yorkshire sides: read more→
Tom Greaves put four past Thornaby as Ossett United galavanted into the second qualifying round of the FA Cup with 6-0 replay victory. The former Bradford (Park Avenue) striker got two in the first encounter on Saturday and Thornaby will glad to see the back of him. It was actually Nick Guest who got Ossett read more→
Pontefract Collieries will travel to Tadcaster Albion in the FA Cup second qualifying round, if Curtis Woodhouse’s men see off Ashton United in their first qualifying round replay. Tadcaster drew 2-2 on Saturday and will visit Ashton on Tuesday night. The reward for Ossett United if they beat Thornaby at Ingfield in the replay is read more→
