It may not have been enough for redemption, but it was certainly a step in the right direction. Arsenal’s 2-1 victory over Manchester City in Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final at Wembley provided Arsene Wenger with a rare moment of joy this season, with the triumph important enough to unite the Continue reading →
Welcome to the BetBright STATZONE, where we give you the stats and you make the decisions! A massive weekend of FA Cup semi-final football as four of the English ‘big-gun’ sides do battle at Wembley with a place in the final next month at stake. First-up, on Saturday, we’ve an all-London encoutner as Chelsea Continue reading →
Welcome to the BetBright STATZONE, where we give you the stats and you make the decisions! As we move into FA Cup Qtr-Final weekend we’ve four more games to take in as the sides look to get that one step closer to Wembley. First-up we see Middlesbrough hosting Man City at the Continue reading →
It’s been Lincoln City’s day. And it will be their night, too. To become the first non-league side in 103 years to reach an FA Cup quarter-final is an achievement those players deserve to dine out on for the rest of their careers. Forgetting what the result does or does Continue reading →
It’s the latest edition of the Dirty Boots podcast with Jimmy Bullard and the lads at BetBright Towers… Is Arsene Wenger finally on his way as Arsenal flop in Germany and the fans erupt? Have Tottenham blown the title charge with a limp effort at Anfield? We touch on Man Continue reading →
Welcome to the BetBright STATZONE, where we give you the stats and you make the decisions! We are back with FA Cup action this weekend as the last 16 teams lock horns for a place in the Quarter-finals and move one step closer to Wembley. Burnley v Lincoln City get Continue reading →
Saturday was a good day for The FA Cup. Wolves, victors at Anfield by a deceptively comfortable two goals to one, progressed at Liverpool’s expense, Lincoln toppled Championship-leaders Brighton, and Wycombe Wanderers gave Tottenham a mighty scare before succumbing at White Hart Lane. All hail the underdog, then – viva Continue reading →
Welcome to the BetBright STATZONE, where we give you the stats and you make the decisions! The focus switches back to the FA Cup this weekend as the remaining 32 teams do battle in the Fourth round. Plenty to look forward to, but surprisingly there are only two all-Premier League Continue reading →
Whatever the rights holders and sponsors tell you, it’s impossible to get as excited about the FA Cup as we did in the 1990s. There have been some occasional re-awakenings – Roy Essandoh’s Ceefax-assisted goal for Wycombe against Leicester in 2001, Bradford slaying Chelsea in 2015 – but it’s become Continue reading →
The FA Cup is widely adored due to the underdog phenomenon. Throughout the competition’s history, clubs from the lowest depths of English football have had the opportunity to upset the established order and eliminate some of the nation’s heavyweights. Twenty-five years ago, on January 4, 1992, Wrexham, a club on Continue reading →
