FA & League Cups

Moyes rallies Everton for final shot at saving a desperate season

Manager struggling to return club to highs of 2009 Cup final ahead of today's Chelsea tie

Inside FA & League Cups

Drogba will play a key role in Chelsea's future, says Ancelotti

Saturday, 19 February 2011

Carlo Ancelotti, the Chelsea manager, claimed yesterday that Didier Drogba remains part of the club's future, and not just a major figure in the recent past, following the £50m signing of Fernando Torres.

James Lawton: The Cup Final on Saturday night? We'd be better off putting the grand old thing out of its misery

Saturday, 19 February 2011

Crawley Town, God bless them, have their date with football history today at Old Trafford and tomorrow Orient and Notts County go against the class and the wealth (as always, they are not necessarily the same thing) of Arsenal and Manchester City.

From Barcelona to Leyton Orient, Wenger's preparation is the same

Saturday, 19 February 2011

Having come from a goal behind to beat the best club side in the world in thrilling fashion on Wednesday night in front of a global audience of tens of millions, Arsène Wenger's first thought the following morning was typical of him. He went to the office and watched a DVD of Leyton Orient's recent win over MK Dons.

'My sons have ordered me to get Fabregas's shirt at the final whistle'

Saturday, 19 February 2011

Lifelong Gunners fan Scott McGleish will try to fire Leyton Orient past Arsenal even if it upsets his kids, writes Robin Scott-Elliot

Brighton promise to counter Stoke's power by 'passing them off the park'

Saturday, 19 February 2011

Sussex has never exactly been regarded as a footballing hotbed, but this afternoon for the first time in the competition's history they will have two sides in the FA Cup fifth round.

The unloved giant-killers heading for Old Trafford

Saturday, 19 February 2011

Critics find little romance in the Cup exploits of wealthy Crawley Town as they take on Man United today, writes Nick Szczepanik

Ferguson to field weakened side as thoughts turn to Marseilles

Saturday, 19 February 2011

The Football Association is prepared to accept Sir Alex Ferguson fielding a weakened side in Manchester United's fifth-round FA Cup tie with Crawley Town today, following signs that the manager is ready to rest a large number of players for next Wednesday's Champions League tie in Marseilles.