Mauricio Pochettino emphasised his view that
a first FA Cup win in 29 years would not change Tottenham as a club, as they prepare to face Manchester United in Saturday's semi-final at Wembley (kick - off 5.15 pm).
As celebrations go it's nothing special, but Yaya Toure - yes, he's under there somewhere - has just fired City into
their first FA Cup Final in 30 years.
With several new additions in the winter window, and with the team in buoyant following their recent scalps of Chelsea and Manchester City, David Moyes» Toffees may finally fulfil their potential by capturing
a first FA Cup for seventeen years.
However, there was a high and that came in May when Manchester United won the FA Cup for a 12th time, putting them on par with Arsenal in total FA Cup wins as they sealed
their first FA Cup triumph since 2004.
The first FA Cup game I ever saw was a 3rd round tie against Bournemouth in January 1961 which we won 1 - 0 courtesy of a John Connelly goal.
This is
the first FA Cup meeting between these two since back in 1971.
Mauricio Pochettino emphasised his view that
a first FA Cup win in 29 years would not change Tottenham as a club.
Wigan scored a goal in each half to reach
their first FA Cup final with a comfortable 2 - 0 win over Championship side Millwall but the match was marred when fighting broke out between Millwall's own fans...
Wigan scored a goal in each half to reach
their first FA Cup final with a comfortable 2 - 0 win over Championship side Millwall in their semi-final at a saturated Wembley.
Manchester United quest for
a first FA Cup since 2004 is still alive after the Red Devils comfortably beat Derby County 3 - 1 on Friday.
Jordan Ayew misses Swansea's
first FA Cup quarter - final for 54 years at home to Tottenham through suspension.
Predictions: United should go into the game slightly favourite and Wayne Rooney will be the key man for United as he will be fired up for
his first FA Cup final since 2005 and the only trophy which he has not won with United since his move to Everton.
And speaking ahead of the match against United at Wembley Stadium, Spurs» temporary home, he said again that ending Spurs» decade - long trophy drought by winning
a first FA Cup since 1991 would not change the club.
For the moment, Arsenal can enjoy the prospect of
a first FA Cup semi-final since 2009.
Chapman did take the Club to
their first FA Cup Final in 1927 but saw his side lose 1 - 0 to Cardiff City.
The Red Devils are ready for
their first FA Cup since 2004 after a thrilling 2 - 1 win over Everton in last weekend's semi-final.
Bradford's fairytale run was brought to an end as Reading sealed
their first FA Cup semi-final appearance for 88 years.
I wish he'd bowed out with dignity after
that first FA Cup win in 2014
Eriksen has scored five times in as many matches and he is expected to play a crucial role in Spurs» hopes of reaching
a first FA Cup final since 1991 in Saturday's meeting with Manchester United — having scored inside 11 seconds in Spurs» 2 - 0 win over Jose Mourinho's side in January.
And with
our first FA cup game of the season coming up just days before we travel to Anfield to face Liverpool, the timing of the return of Alexis Sanchez could not have been better.
After delivering two trophies, I think he thought people would let him get on with things, however, not even a couple months into each season after
the first FA cup win the flack was just not going away.
The first FA cup game of the day has produced an upset!?
Our first FA cup game of the season is scheduled for Saturday January 9th and this would be okay as we do have to travel to face Liverpool at Anfield the following Wednesday but the cup date could be changed for the TV schedule and that could give us a problem.
And although Watford inflicted
our first FA Cup defeat in three years last weekend, it was yet again a great game to watch.
And obviously we could do with the extra strength in midfield as soon as possible, with Stoke at home and then Man City away after
our first FA cup game.
Barnsley • Having won
their first FA Cup ties in five seasons, Barnsley are now aiming to pull off their biggest shock since 2008 when they last reached the semi-finals, knocking out Liverpool and Chelsea in the process.
Remember, he said he would have left if we hadn't won
that first FA cup..
Arsenal won
their first FA Cup for nine years last season and finished Fourth (as usual!)
«It's over,» Louis van Gaal told a Sky Sports reporter this morning as he left Manchester United's hotel on the morning after delivering
them a first FA Cup triumph in 12 years.
On a slightly different note but Wilshere related, there is a really good quality YouTube video of
the first FA cup final at Wembley in 1923, and you can see all the construction works still around Wembley.
For one thing there is the small matter of the four Premier League games to consider, with Chelsea and Liverpool amongst them, and
our first FA cup game which will probably see us drawn against a strong Premier League club.
Arsene claims Arsenal do not need a striker yet should they have signed players they failed to — Gonzalo Higuain, Paulo Dybala or Luis Suarez — then one can't have imagined them floundering against the likes of Swansea City, Hull City (in
the first FA Cup fifth round match) and Southampton.
His first FA cup start was back in 2010 and Coquelin endured a tough game at right back and was subbed by Arsene Wenger as Arsenal went on to lose the game to Stoke City.
After Man City the next three weeks see Arsenal host West Brom on Boxing Day and Crystal Palace on new years day and then travel to Bournemouth on the 3rd with
our first FA cup tie that weekend.
Since sensationally beating the League leaders Leicester, Arsenal have drawn with Hull in
the first FA Cup game, lost to Barcelona in the Champions League and succumbed to both Man United and Swansea before yesterday's fight - back to draw at Tottenham.
Not exact matches
Should the deal go through, the
FA would gain roughly 500 million pounds to reinvest in its youth soccer system, according to the AP, with the hopes of winning the country's
first World
Cup title since 1966.
But in the
FA Cup it was our
first defeat in three years so you could say by the law of averages, that we had to lose at some point!
Conte would have enjoyed his
first taste of
FA Cup football as he hopes to deliver silverware to the Chelsea faithful in his
first season in charge at Stamford Bridge, and the Terry sending off aside, it was a perfect response having lost to Tottenham Hotspur earlier in the week.
It felt that we were all over the place
first the UCL, than the title race than we lost our ability to compete for
FA cup because we wanted to play it all.
The
first of those, of course, was in the
FA cup quarter final which helped us banish the big game blues and set us on course for the final game against Aston Villa at Wembley.
At
first, Wenger made AFC very competitive and gave us a fantastic ride with titles,
FA cups, the CL final and of course the in invincibles.
According to the Evening Standard the manager is set to put him straight back into the
first team for the
FA cup clash with Burnley tomorrow but the Arsenal fans also expected this
cup match to mark the Arsenal debut of our January signing Mohamed Elneny, so will the boss start the two of them together in the centre?
The big problem that Arsenal had against Hull City in the
first leg of our
FA cup 5th round clash at the Emirates Stadium was twofold.
Apart from in pre-season, the
FA Cup game at Leicester last week was the
first time I had done so.
«My
first year was amazing, winning the
FA Youth
Cup in 2009, then coming back from my loan at Charlton I thought I wasn't going to play for Arsenal, but I am happy I had the chance to show what I can do.
It was no coincidence dat we won d
fa cup in ozil's
first year.
Why can't we finish
first and still Lift the
FA cup.
Even though Arsene Wenger put out a fairly strong Arsenal side for the trip to lower league Preston North End in the
FA cup, it may have been stronger with the addition of some regular
first team players like Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil.
The
first season Wenger didn't have to sell any key player, he delivered the
FA cup and Community shield.
Ipswich and Leeds both have seen disappointment of late, as both sides embarrassingly made part of history, having been the ones to be knocked out by the
first two ever non-league sides to make the 5th round of the
FA Cup.