FA & League Cups

FA works to restore Cup final's status

Andrew Warshaw: David Bernstein, the Football Association chairman, is to hold talks with the Premier League in an effort to return the FA Cup final to its showpiece slot.

Inside FA & League Cups

Budweiser become new sponsors of FA Cup

Thursday, 16 June 2011

The Football Association today confirmed Budweiser as the lead partners of the FA Cup for the next three years.

Carling Cup draw sets up Nottingham derby

Thursday, 16 June 2011

Steve McClaren's first cup tie back in English football will see his Nottingham Forest side face local rivals Notts County at the City Ground.

Cup triumph enhances Mancini's authority and fuels City ambition

Monday, 16 May 2011

League title and Champions League the targets after club ends long wait for major trophy.

Tevez's legs were still willing – but his heart clearly lies elsewhere

Monday, 16 May 2011

As City waved goodbye to a trophyless era, their captain was refusing to commit his future

Manchester City v Stoke City: Man-for-man marking

Monday, 16 May 2011

We rate the players from City's FA Cup triumph at Wembley.

Stoke left empty-handed but there is still silver lining for Pulis's men

Monday, 16 May 2011

Despite defeat, finalists are a prime example of how smaller clubs can thrive against the odds

Touré brings City's long wait to an end

Sunday, 15 May 2011

Manchester City 1 Stoke City 0: Ivory Coast attacker smashes in loose ball to put paid to disappointing Stoke.

Balotelli comes of age as Mancini's gamble pays off

Sunday, 15 May 2011

There was a kind of mocking to the very end. It was one thing to know that Sir Alex Ferguson was jigging around the Blackburn pitch celebrating a title while Roberto Mancini led his team out, but quite another to have the Wembley Stadium announcer select "We Are The Champions" to play just before kick-off.