FA Cup minnows discover first round opponents as full draw revealed Former FA Cup winners Leicester City and Wigan Athletic discovered their opponents for the first round The Independent UK · Oct 19
FA Cup first round draw: Robbie Savage set to face his son as four clubs make history IN FULL The Independent UK · Oct 19
FA Cup draw in full: First-round fixtures confirmed as non-league sides learn fate Leicester and Leyton Orient among the sides to learn their first opponents Evening Standard · Oct 19
FA Cup draw LIVE: Former winners Leicester among EFL teams to enter fray in first round The first-round draw for the 2026-27 FA Cup takes place this evening as League One and League Two clubs enter the fray The Independent UK · Oct 19
FA Cup draw LIVE: First round fixtures revealed as competition begins Leicester among biggest opponents in sights of several non-league clubs Evening Standard · Oct 19
FA Cup draw: When is first-round draw, ball numbers and how to watch The first-round draw for the 2026-27 FA Cup takes place this evening as League One and League Two clubs enter the fray The Independent UK · Oct 19
Wigan pine for FA Cup glory as not even victory can lift them off foot of League One Gary Caldwell, club captain in 2013 and now manager, needs much more than the weekend win against Reading to disperse the clouds The Guardian - UK · Oct 18
Press Association Sport Trivia (18/10/26) PRESS ASSOCIATION SPORT BIRTHDAYSMartina Navratilova (tennis) – nine-time winner of the women’s singles at Wimbledon and 18-time grand slam singles champion, born 1956.Thomas Hearns (boxing) – former world champion, born 1958.Robbie Savage (soccer) – former Leicester, Birmingham, Derby and Wales midfielder, now a TV and radio pundit and Forest Green… The Independent UK · Oct 17
Trevor Steven: A spy grandfather, Rangers glory and life after football The Herald's Stephen McGowan speaks to Trevor Steven about his extraordinary career, both on and off the pitch. The National (Scotland) · Oct 17
When is FA Cup draw? Start time, ball numbers, TV channel and live stream for first round today Non-league clubs eyeing big EFL upsets as competition proper begins Evening Standard · Oct 16
Revealed: The 22 Chelsea matches Reece James will miss after devastating knee surgery news Blues will face some season-defining matches without their captain in the squad Evening Standard · Oct 16
Southgate ‘hardly watches’ football and does not envisage Premier League return Gareth Southgate has revealed he ‘didn’t even enjoy the wins’ for more than a couple of minutes towards the end of his time in charge of England The Guardian - UK · Oct 15
‘Absolutely’—Arsenal Star Caught Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud Mikel Merino has challenged Arsenal to meet an unprecedented target at this early point of the season. Sports Illustrated · Oct 14
Have any footballers ended their career with more own goals than goals? Plus: the earliest trophyless seasons, scoring off one’s backside (part II) and the origins of ‘shithousery’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 14
The Guardian - UK · Oct 13 Coventry come to life at last – are their slapstick days behind them? In today’s Football Daily: The Premier League could be interesting if the Sky Blues keep winning
The Independent UK · Oct 9 Manchester United fans bring back banner mocking Man City trophy drought after guilty verdict The banner had been a fixture at Old Trafford before Manchester City won the FA Cup in 2011
The Guardian - UK · Oct 9 Oliver Glasner: ‘There was no plan for me to be Nottingham Forest manager’ On Sunday, the Austrian will take his team to Crystal Palace, the club he left in the summer after taking them to unprecedented heights at home and abroad, and he accepts there could be ‘booing’, he tells Ben Fisher
The Guardian - UK · Sep 29 Manchester City’s ‘sham’ seasons: how they fared and who was in charge A season-by-season breakdown after City were found guilty on all charges related to serious breaches of Premier League financial rules between the 2009-10 and 2017-18 campaigns
Sports Illustrated · Sep 28 ‘We Won’t Ever Get That Day Back’—The Real Cost of Man City’s Financial Breaches News on the charges against the club is reframing how we look at things.
The Independent UK · Sep 28 Tony Pulis feels ‘cheated’ by Manchester City after Stoke defeat in 2011 FA Cup final Pulis’ side suffered defeat at Wembley 15 years ago
The Guardian - UK · Sep 27 Tony Pulis says he and Stoke were ‘cheated’ in 2011 FA Cup final after Manchester City verdict Tony Pulis says ‘we won’t ever get that day back’ after Manchester City were found guilty of breaching Premier League financial rules
Evening Standard · Sep 27 Former Premier League manager reacts to Man City charges verdict: 'I feel cheated' Man City’s trophy win in 2011 kickstarted a period of dominance in English football
The Independent UK · Sep 25 Do-over: FA Cup game to be replayed because of referee error Manchester United only got a mea culpa for a refereeing error in a 1-0 loss to Manchester City earlier this month
The Independent UK · Sep 11 Hull City fined £30,000 over discriminatory chanting during Chelsea FA Cup tie The Football Association charge relates to homophobic chanting during their 4-0 defeat to the London side in February
The Independent UK · Sep 10 What other clubs could have won trophies if Chelsea were stripped of titles? Mauricio Pochettino has claimed Chelsea ‘didn’t compete with the same rules’ and argued Tottenham should have been awarded the 2016-17 title