David Moyes has spoken out against the use of Wembley for the FA Cup semi-finals. Although Everton fans have not made the pilgrimage to the home of English football for several years, he feels that Wembley should only be used for the final. We think he has a point…
After a busy weekend of FA Cup ties, with few upsets but lots of replays, here is the quarter final draw:
Blackburn Rovers or Coventry City v Chelsea
Swansea City or Fulham v Manchester United
Cardiff City/Arsenal/Burnley v Sheffield United or Hull City
Everton v West Ham United or Middlesbrough
These ties will be played on the 7th and 8th of March – but first there are the numerous replays, with Arsenal taking on Cardiff tonight, and the rest on the 24th of February bar Hull/Sheff U, which is on February 26th.
If you’re an extremely quick reader, that is… The shock of the round (although looking at the form perhaps not so much…) was Swansea’s 2-0 at holders Portsmouth, abruptly ending the Premiership side’s defence of the trophy. There were no other ‘shocks’ per se – but replays were well earnt by Burnley at West Brom, [...]
