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The F.A. would not countenance changing the date of the F.A. Cup's third round. from The New York Times
West Bromwich Albion has won the F.A. Cup five times, the last time coming in 1968, long before it was renamed The Emirates F.A. Cup for commercial reasons. from The New York Times
UNITED IN F.A. CUP FINAL Anthony Martial's stoppage-time goal sent Manchester United into its first F.A. Cup final in nine years with a 22-21 victory over Everton. from The New York Times
CHELSEA ADVANCES TO F.A. CUP FINAL Eden Hazard came off the bench to send Chelsea into the F.A. Cup final with a 4-2 victory over Tottenham in London. from The New York Times
Both photographs were created by F.A. Dahlström, using double exposures. from Buzzfeed News
The F.A. confirmed it had received an offer, without elaborating. from The New York Times
But F.A. Group has shown no signs of slowing down. from Vice
His Muay Kao style, signature to F.A. Group, is relentless. from Vice
James Armstrong has a suggestion for reviving the F.A. Cup. from The New York Times
F.A. Euro has teams for players as young as 10. from The New York Times
Far better to let the F.A. Cup speak for itself. from The New York Times
SPORTS An article on Tuesday about the opportunities for smaller soccer clubs competing in the F.A. Cup misstated Coventry's status at the time of its loss to Sutton United in the 1989 F.A. Cup. from The New York Times
The F.A. ended its deal with Ladbrokes Coral, the country's biggest betting company, a year early after being criticized for suspending Barton for breaching betting guidelines while the F.A. simultaneously profited from Ladbrokes' largess. from The New York Times
MANCHESTER CITY WINS F.A. CUP Raheem Sterling scored a hat trick as Manchester City completed the first sweep of English men's soccer trophies by routing Watford, 6-0, in the F.A. Cup final in London. from The New York Times
F.A. Hayek, the Nobel-Prize winning economist and philosopher went further. from The Hill
In four F.A. Cup finals, we've never won, a record achievement. from The New York Times
The F.A., by contrast, could not afford to examine the nuance. from The New York Times
F.A. Euro, of the Premier Development League, in action in Queens. from The New York Times
To top off that season, Preston won the F.A. Cup, too. from The New York Times
He was indiscreet, criticizing his predecessor, Roy Hodgson, and the F.A. itself. from The New York Times
But try telling Shrewsbury Town fans that the F.A. Cup doesn't matter. from The New York Times
The Champions League could provide it, of course, or the F.A. Cup. from The New York Times
At the time Mr. Liam was working with food additive company F.A. Group. from Vice
Located in Bangkok's Chatuchak district, F.A. Group is keeping up with the times. from Vice
"This was to save our season," Cahill said before collecting the F.A. Cup. from The New York Times
There has always been an element of ritual to F.A. Cup final day. from The New York Times
LEICESTER WINS IN F.A. CUP Leicester earned some respite amid its difficult Premier League title defense by beating Derby, 3-1, in a fourth-round replay in the F.A. Cup, with Demarai Gray's solo strike clinching the victory in extra time. from The New York Times
Gracia had, only a few months earlier, led Watford to the F.A. Cup final. from The New York Times
On that, the fans, the F.A. and even the Premier League are all united. from The New York Times
After last weekend's upsets, however, the F.A. Cup does feel a little more magical. from The New York Times
TOTTENHAM ADVANCES IN F.A. CUP Harry Kane limped off after twisting his right ankle in the 63th minute against third-tier Millwall on Sunday, but Son Heung-min's hat trick propelled Tottenham to the F.A. Cup semifinals with a 6-0 rout. from The New York Times
In reality, the cumulative effect of the allegations meant that the F.A. had little choice. from The New York Times
Petchboonchu turned F.A. Group into a well known brand on the international Muay Thai scene. from Vice
The F.A. also said it was working closely with the police in pursuing the claims. from The New York Times
"We think the F.A. right now need to be put on special measures," Powar said. from The New York Times
There is usually a long shot or two in the semifinals of the F.A. Cup. from The New York Times
It is the third straight year that Arsenal and Hull have met in the F.A. Cup. from The New York Times
They were Premier League Champions in 2012 and 2014 and won the F.A. Cup in 2011. from Reuters
Once the irony has ebbed away, however, the F.A. will have to face an uncomfortable truth. from The New York Times
Wouldn't it be sensible to drop him for the F.A. Cup and some Premier League fixtures? from The New York Times
That the lure of the F.A. Cup has faded in recent years need hardly be stated. from The New York Times
And it has had, as the F.A. Cup needed, a denouement of the very highest quality. from The New York Times
There have been finals in both the F.A. Cup and the League Cup, won by Chelsea. from The New York Times
She signed it Tuesday, joining Manchester City for this spring's abbreviated F.A. Women's Super League season. from The New York Times
Like Brewster, all Southgate, Boothroyd and the F.A. can do now is wait for morning to break. from The New York Times
At that point, it will be up to the F.A. to determine if an inquiry is merited. from The New York Times
F.A. Euro has three games in the metropolitan area this week, including a home match on Sunday. from The New York Times
"Whoever said the F.A. Cup is dead hasn't been in Lincoln the last six weeks," he said. from The New York Times
Arsenal's quest for a third straight F.A. Cup will continue Sunday with a home match against Watford. (AP) from The New York Times
The F.A. has a number of protocols in place to govern how male coaches interact with female players. from The New York Times
For decades, the only soccer that anyone could watch on television in England was the F.A. Cup final. from The New York Times
The F.A. Cup does not matter, as much, because it is not clear what it means, not anymore. from The New York Times
Ironically, the economist most associated with this cautious view was F.A. Hayek, himself a winner of the prize. from The Hill
CHELSEA FALLS IN F.A. CUP Romelu Lukaku scored twice for Everton in a five-minute span before Diego Costa was given a red card in the 25th minute, and Everton ended Chelsea's last hope for a title this season with a 20-23 win at home in an F.A. Cup quarterfinal. from The New York Times
That leaves the Champions League, in which City has a place in the last 16, and the F.A. Cup. from The New York Times
AOC and Studio F.A. Porsche partnered to bring the world a sleek, new monitor with just a single cable. from Mashable
In 2012, on his sabbatical from Barcelona, Pep Guardiola contacted the F.A. to express an interest in the position. from The New York Times
The new Wimbledon still claims the original club's history, though, including its famous 1988 F.A. Cup triumph over Liverpool. from The New York Times
In his first full season as manager, 1997-98, he led Arsenal to the league and F.A. Cup double. from The New York Times
Chelsea was thwarted in its attempt to complete a Premier League and F.A. Cup double for the second time. from The New York Times
Sam Allardyce secured his first victory as Crystal Palace's manager by reaching the fourth round of the F.A. Cup. from The New York Times
Doncaster Belles used to be women's soccer royalty, champions of England and a fixture in the F.A. Cup final. from The New York Times
After details of Khan's bid emerged Thursday, the F.A. chairman, Greg Clarke, wrote to the organization's 92-member advisory group. from The New York Times
F.A. Group Muay Thai GymMuay Thai boxing is a cultural staple, and here, you can train like a real professional. from Refinery 29
But there's zero indication that Democrats will be a welcoming home for the devotees of Milton Friedman and F.A. Hayek . from Fox News
By retracing the steps of those who went before, players and fans alike become part of the F.A. Cup's history. from The New York Times
"The F.A. Cup final was always special because, in England, it was the only live game on television," he said. from The New York Times
More than 45,000 people attended last season's women's F.A. Cup final, and two million more watched it live on television. from The New York Times
Between 1983 and 1994, the Belles reached 11 of 12 women's F.A. Cup finals, and won the trophy six times. from The New York Times
Because those clubs — many of which are foreign-owned — can make more money in other competitions than in the F.A. Cup. from The New York Times
Costa was sent off in an F.A. Cup loss at Everton on Saturday after making a biting motion at Gareth Barry. from The New York Times
Global Soccer LONDON — The oldest cup competition of them all, England's F.A. Cup, still can beguile audiences from across the world. from The New York Times
Caroline Weir, the team's No. 9, is also angling to take her F.A. Women's Super League experience to the world stage. from The New York Times
Since the F.A. and Southgate have managed that task, the thinking goes, England will now proceed to win the World Cup. from The New York Times
On this, an F.A. Cup weekend, there is one other, less obvious place to look for clues to long-ago triumphs. from The New York Times
That has always been the charm of the F.A. Cup's third-round weekend, traditionally the most romantic in England's soccer calendar. from The New York Times
It is not quite the money-spinner he had hoped for, but there is more to the F.A. Cup than economics. from The New York Times
It has also won the Premier League twice and the F.A. Cup once since a new ownership group took over in 33. from The New York Times
United, an 11-time F.A. Cup winner, never appeared threatened by third-tier Shrewsbury, the lowest-ranked team remaining in the tournament. from The New York Times
That was where Wimbledon F.C., with a squad known as "The Crazy Gang," defeated Liverpool to win the F.A. Cup in 1988. from The New York Times
Both the F.A. Berry School and the A. H. Rockwell School have kindergarten through third grade; the Berry School also has prekindergarten. from The New York Times
With the constant flow of foreigners and its stablemate of Thai fighters and trainers, F.A. Group shows no signs of slowing down. from Vice
It showed the 8003-2800 Everton team that lost the F.A. Cup to West Brom, not the West Brom team that won. from The New York Times
It showed the 1967-68 Everton team that lost the F.A. Cup to West Brom, not the West Brom team that won. from The New York Times
"We can confirm that The F.A. has sent a letter to FIFA related to the Fancy Bears attack," a FIFA spokesman said. from The New York Times
And with England breezing through World Cup qualifying, the F.A. dispensed with its usual bunker mentality regarding the country's temperamental news media. from The New York Times
And yet the thing that is killing the F.A. Cup is the same thing that made it special in the first place. from The New York Times
Fan perspective: Chispita, a tiny mixed-breed dog brought to the game by Luis Fernandez, is a regular at F.A. Euro matches. from The New York Times
Sutton and Lincoln City have now advanced further in this season's F.A. Cup than Liverpool, a big shot in the Premier League. from The New York Times
The F.A. also plans to guarantee three places for women on its board and restrict members to three terms of three years. from The New York Times
This year, he was featured in two F.A. Cup games — scoring in one — and a Europa League tie with France's St.-Étienne. from The New York Times
But City is only a point behind Liverpool and remains in contention for the Champions League and F.A. Cup titles, as well. from The New York Times
The team is also in the final of the League Cup and the last 16 of the F.A. Cup and the Champions League. from The New York Times
For more than an hour, two teams whose seasons depend on the F.A. Cup gave a performance dominated by a fear of failure. from The New York Times
Sánchez has grown increasingly — and increasingly visibly — frustrated by Arsenal's inability to deliver tangible success, beyond broadly biennial victories in the F.A. Cup. from The New York Times
Many leagues and competitions — from Major League Soccer in the United States to Germany's Bundesliga and England's F.A. Cup — already use the system. from The New York Times
LONDON — Arsène Wenger's turbulent year ended with his third F.A. Cup win in four seasons as Arsenal beat Chelsea, 2-1, on Saturday. from The New York Times
The House of Commons had declared that it had "no confidence" in the F.A. over its failure to reflect modern society in England. from The New York Times
The F.A. Council will add 11 members to ensure it "better reflects the inclusive and diverse nature of English football," the association said. from The New York Times
The council, which is being pushed by the F.A. chairman, Greg Clarke, to hold sessions in public, has to approve the proposed changes. from The New York Times
The economist F.A. Hayek warned about a human tendency to conflate the characteristics of individuals with the characteristics of society as a whole. from The Hill
In 1985, Everton cantered to the league title but lost by a single goal in the F.A. Cup final, beaten by Manchester United. from The New York Times
An earlier version of this article misstated Coventry's status at the time of its loss to Sutton United in the 1989 F.A. Cup. from The New York Times
The top clubs in England are calling for some of the old F.A. Cup traditions, like replays for tied games, to be abandoned. Why? from The New York Times
This month, Pellegrini told reporters that he planned to field an understrength Manchester City team in Sunday's F.A. Cup fifth-round match against Chelsea. from The New York Times
Under the terms of the offer, the F.A. would retain the rights to lucrative club seats and hospitality facilities valued at 300 million pounds. from The New York Times
If it is unthinkable, now, that the F.A. might turn him down, it is even more unimaginable that he would apply for the job. from The New York Times
Cover: Maryah Haidery, F.A. Cole and Mariya Taher (left to right) are survivors of female genital mutilation fighting the practice in the United States. from Vice News
For the F.A., claiming to be the world's policeman while turning a blind eye to apparent offenses at home would have been the rankest hypocrisy. from The New York Times
F.A.) "Walking up and down to and from school along the West Side Highway on the Hudson River, picking up trash…" Bard College, 2006 (M. from The New York Times
All of that has brought four Premier League titles, a slew of F.A. Cups and, of course, the Champions League trophy that Abramovich always craved. from The New York Times
If the attraction is not quite at the level of the Champions League final, it is then at least the equal of the F.A. Cup. from The New York Times
F.A. acknowledges that some of the speculation about the termination of Alen's contract was caused by statements made by one of its directors, Heather Reid. from The New York Times
"I would like to see a very stringent review by UEFA because I know they take racism very seriously," English F.A. Chairman Greg Clarke said. from The New York Times
Antonio Conte's team needs only to beat Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on Monday to earn a spot in the semifinals of the F.A. Cup. from The New York Times
City leads the Premier League, plays in the final of the English League Cup on Sunday, and is into the quarterfinals of the F.A. Cup. from The New York Times
In April, Shahid Khan, who owns the N.F.L.'s Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulham of the Premier League, made an offer of 800 million pounds (about $1 billion) to buy Wembley from the F.A. His bid had not been solicited; selling the national stadium, rebuilt by the F.A. at a cost of £757 million and only opened in 2007, was not a longstanding plank of policy. from The New York Times
One vital difference for the front-runner is that all of its rivals are still in the F.A. Cup and the European competitions, while Leicester isn't. from The New York Times
Seven times Villa has won the league, seven times it has won the F.A. Cup, and once, in 1982, it was even the champion of Europe. from The New York Times
It was the first time United had won the F.A. Cup since 20 — one of 2110 major trophies Ferguson won as manager from 217 to 2013. from The New York Times
A team in England's Premier League, the world's richest domestic league, will participate in three guaranteed competitions — the league, the F.A. Cup and the League Cup. from The New York Times
"The top three in the Premier League plus the F.A. Cup winner should go to the Champions League, increasing the value of the trophy," he wrote. from The New York Times
Among the competitions in which it has never happened are the W.N.B.A. finals, the M.L.S. Cup, the Final Four (men's or women's) and the F.A. Cup. from The New York Times
So it happened again on Saturday, when Reading came from a goal down to eliminate West Bromwich Albion, 3-19683, to advance to the F.A. Cup quarterfinals. from The New York Times
The F.A. said the former England player Gareth Southgate would take over the team for its next four matches while the organization searches for a fulltime replacement. from The New York Times
"In view of U.A.E. F.A. keenness to cooperate with A.F.C., it announces the participation of its affiliated clubs in A.C.L. 2018," the U.A.E. federation said a statement. from The New York Times
He has won three Premier League titles and a record seven F.A. Cup titles — the most recent coming on Saturday with a 2-1 win over Chelsea. from The New York Times
In the corridor, the couple has hung one of his original F.A. 33 mirrors (1933), with its bent-brass rectangular corners, found in a Copenhagen antiques shop. from The New York Times
Sports Briefing \| Soccer Aston Villa avoided embarrassment in the F.A. Cup by overcoming fourth-tier Wycombe, winning a replay, 2-0, at home to reach the fourth round. from The New York Times
Few who were at that evening's F.A. Cup quarterfinal match five years ago between Bolton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur remember that better than head Bolton physiotherapist Andy Mitchell. from Vice
In the new school, Peter McNamara, who has published on the free-market economist F.A. Hayek, teaches "Classics of Modern Economic Thought," a survey of 20th-century economists. from The New York Times
One of the strongest arguments in favor of selling Wembley, Clarke said, was that it would eliminate the F.A.'s overpowering financial incentive to play every game there. from The New York Times
Until now, the F.A. had made little public comment on the revelations other than to say it had set up a telephone help line for victims of abuse. from The New York Times
In case you have forgotten: on that day, Liverpool lost (as it did, often, back at the start of the decade) an F.A. Cup match to Manchester United. from The New York Times
Sergio Agüero and defender John Stones added second-half goals to give Guardiola the easiest of introductions to the F.A. Cup, the oldest knockout competition in world soccer. from The New York Times
Alan Pardew, the man he replaced, was a former player at the club, beloved by its fans, and had even taken Palace to last year's F.A. Cup final. from The New York Times
But for consumers looking to complete normal tasks on a slightly more stylish monitor, AOC and Studio F.A. Porsche's new creation could make a great addition to your workspace. from Mashable
United's record-tying 23th triumph in the F.A. Cup, the world's oldest soccer cup competition, arrived at the end of a lackluster season, van Gaal's second with the club. from The New York Times
Louisa Fyans, an F.A. spokeswoman, said in an email that when the association updated its rules in 2014, it took into account that some owners had significant gambling interests. from The New York Times
His Arsenal team had just overcome Lincoln City, in the quarterfinals of the F.A. Cup, the sort of result that staved off a downpour rather than dispersing the clouds. from The New York Times
It was the finest final in a decade, at least, and it made history — as did Manager Arsène Wenger's seventh F.A. Cup win, a record, and Arsenal's 13th, another. from The New York Times
Since the league was founded in 1888, this is the first time that two teams of such low ranking have together made it this far in the F.A. Cup. from The New York Times
Manchester City swept aside West Ham, 22005-22017, to reach the fourth round of the F.A. Cup, bringing an upbeat end to a testing week for Coach Pep Guardiola. from The New York Times
He devoured American polemicists such as F.A. "Baldy" Harper, whose treatise of 21960, "Why Wages Rise" (because of productivity improvements by workers, not union action), he describes as "life-changing". from Economist
He was the next best thing to come out of Northern Bangkok's F.A. Group gym since the semi-retirement of Petchboonchu, arguably the most decorated fighter in Muay Thai history. from Vice
According to soccer folklore, it is the corner flags, of all things, that can offer insight into whether a British club might have previously tasted success in the F.A. Cup. from The New York Times
But there is always just enough sunshine to quell the rebellion: a fourth-place finish, another year in the Champions League, maybe an F.A. Cup thrown in for good measure. from The New York Times
"The Asian Football Confederation has a received a protest from the United Arab Emirates F.A. regarding the eligibility of two Qatar players," the A.F.C. said in a statement on Thursday. from The New York Times
Prince William is president of the English Football Association, and May 19 is the date of the F.A. Cup final, one of the biggest English soccer matches of the year. from The New York Times
The latter has the greater workload, with a game roughly every three days between now and mid-May, should progress be assured both in the Champions League and F.A. Cup. from The New York Times
Pellegrini, 62, was pilloried last weekend for leaving out most of his key players in a 5-1 thrashing at Chelsea as City effectively sacrificed its chances in the F.A. Cup. from The New York Times
Many challenges lie ahead, notably persuading the public and members of the F.A.'s notoriously old-fashioned council that a sale of Wembley is in the best interests of the game. from The New York Times
Sports Briefing \| Soccer Brad Smith scored in the 73rd minute to give visiting Liverpool, an English Premier League team, a 2-2 draw with fourth-tier Exeter in the F.A. Cup. from The New York Times
Martinez was under pressure after a run of seven games without a win in the league was followed by a loss to Manchester United in an F.A. Cup semifinal last weekend. from The New York Times
On Saturday, when Everton expunged Chelsea from the F.A. Cup, the scorer of both goals in a 2-0 victory was Romelu Lukaku, whom Mourinho scorned and sold while at Chelsea. from The New York Times
The rights for the F.A. Cup, which was on Fox Sports last season, are still for sale, so it isn't yet known where those games will be shown, if at all. from The New York Times
A few weeks ago, the guests were Graham Lovett and Graham Williams, veterans of the West Brom team that won the 1968 F.A. Cup, and the club's former striker Micky Fudge. from The New York Times
The sadness, for everyone involved, is that — depending on what the F.A. finds in any investigation it opens — it may go down in history for reasons they will want to forget. from The New York Times
The victims suffocated at an F.A. Cup semifinal between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest after the police opened a gate in an effort to relieve congestion outside the stadium before the game. from The New York Times
The club's longtime manager, Arsène Wenger, was sitting in front of members of the news media at Wembley Stadium, reflecting on his team's victory in the F.A. Cup final against Chelsea. from The New York Times
Reading Football Club has never won the F.A. Cup, but its historian, David Downs, said he had to personally disillusion a number of fans about old wives' tales over the years. from The New York Times
Rovers fans contended that theirs was the only club granted that right — earned by virtue of the club's winning the F.A. Cup three times in a row, from 1884 to 1886. from The New York Times
Manchester Utd finished second in the Premier League and reached the final of the F.A. Cup knock-out tournament last season, but that falls below the standards expected of the club. from CNBC
F.A.'s acquisition of Dean's processing plants would be the crown jewel of its empire-building, the death knell for independent farmers struggling to find a place to sell their milk. from The New York Times
Chelsea cruised into the fourth round of the F.A. Cup with a 4-1 victory at home over Peterborough United, even though the team's captain, John Terry, received a red card. from The New York Times
Victory offers respite: a place in the fifth round of the F.A. Cup, a chance to rub shoulders with the game's modern giants, to escape the humdrum reality of the everyday. from The New York Times
"It will be F.A. Cup magic if we manage to win," said Mark Pinkney, an Ipswich fan who had made the journey to Accrington with his father, Harold, and son, James. from The New York Times
And — we bet — that won't prevent you from checking out with awe the new GTT 115, a superyacht which is the product of a collaboration between Dynamiq and Studio F.A. Porsche. Behold. from Mashable
Wembley, owned by England's soccer association and home to its national team, the F.A. Cup final and many of Britain's biggest sporting events, has staged regular N.F.L. games for about a decade. from The New York Times
Sports Briefing \| Soccer Manchester United cruised past host Shrewsbury, 3-0, on Monday to advance to the F.A. Cup quarterfinals and provide some relief for United's heavily criticized manager, Louis van Gaal. from The New York Times
So if, like me, you're saddled with a 2017 (or earlier) MBP there's sweet F.A. you can do about this fatal design flaw in the core interfacing mechanism you must daily touch. from TechCrunch
Despite ending a long trophy drought with F.A. Cup titles in 2014 and 2015, your manager, Arsène Wenger, takes a lot of grief for not winning the one title that everyone wants. from The New York Times
But even this strain of conservative thought often talked far over the heads of every day traditionalists for whom Zionism, utopianism and F.A. Hayek had little to do with their daily lives. from CNN
They recently created a website to help promote the camp, as well as a line of F.A. Group shirts as another source of income that brings with it a more modern spin. from Vice
Then, on Tuesday, Klopp's players drifted out of the F.A. Cup at Chelsea, undone by a combination of poor goalkeeping, softhearted defending and an 18-year-old Scottish midfielder named Billy Gilmour. from The New York Times
The local police, like the British police who advise them, like the F.A., like Southgate, like the official fan clubs, are generally doing their best, or what they perceive as their best. from The New York Times
Klopp took a minute, after this game, to run through his team's forthcoming fixtures: Wolves, the Premier League's surprise package; Sheffield United; Everton (albeit in the F.A. Cup); Tottenham Hotspur; Manchester United. from The New York Times
N'Golo Kante sent Chelsea into the F.A. Cup semifinals by ending Manchester United's title defense, sealing a 33-0 victory after Ander Herrera was dismissed on a fiery night at Stamford Bridge. from The New York Times
The On Soccer column on Monday about the Double, the feat of winning English soccer's league championship and the F.A. Cup in the same year, misstated the year Arsenal first did it. from The New York Times
It won the F.A. Cup, but by finishing fifth in the Premier League, the club missed out on the Champions League next season and the $100 million or so that comes with it. from The New York Times
"It's all about the F.A. Cup today," a 35-year-old British consultant, Danny Meehan, told The Associated Press on Saturday, referring to the big soccer tournament that had its final that afternoon. from The New York Times
Sam Tomlinson, a partner at the London office of PricewaterhouseCoopers, said the firm had audited Star Lizard "to confirm their compliance with the applicable F.A. regulation" and filed those audits with the association. from The New York Times
In 2009, he signed for Manchester City, as cover for Shay Given — "the bionic man: he'd have an arm falling off and he'd still play" — expecting chances in the F.A. and League Cups. from The New York Times
TEENAGER PACES CITY Manchester City remained in the hunt for a record trophy quadruple as three goals from the teenager Kelechi Iheanacho helped it demolish host Aston Villa, 23-53, in the F.A. Cup. from The New York Times
CHELSEA POUNDS CITY Chelsea reached the quarterfinals of the F.A. Cup with a 23-53 victory against an understrength Manchester City, while two of Chelsea's London rivals, Crystal Palace and West Ham, also advanced. from The New York Times
Sports Briefing \| Soccer Angelo Ogbonna headed home a winning goal in stoppage time of extra time to give West Ham a 2-1 home victory over Liverpool in their F.A. Cup fourth-round replay. from The New York Times
The F.A. Cup could be only a consolation prize for United if it does not follow a top-four finish in the Premier League, which would secure a route back into the Champions League. from The New York Times
The offer was approved by the F.A. board, but it received a much cooler reception from the organization's council, a sort of parliament for soccer, in which every level of the game is represented. from The New York Times
The F.A., the governing body for soccer across England, said it had appointed Kate Gallafent, a lawyer with experience in sexual abuse cases, to oversee the internal investigation, which had not been revealed before. from The New York Times
Before the F.A. Cup final, just as the players for Arsenal and Chelsea were emerging from the locker rooms, half a dozen enormous black boxes, spaced around the Wembley field, spurted jets of flame. from The New York Times
It is not that Chelsea has not been successful, of course: Abramovich has brought five Premier League titles to Stamford Bridge, one Champions League crown, and more F.A. Cups than anybody would want, too. from The New York Times
Pellegrini said he had been left with little choice after F.A. Cup and television officials refused to move the game forward a day to ease City's turnaround before its first leg in Kiev next week. from The New York Times
In fact, he was smiling so much before, during and after United's 3-0 win in the F.A. Cup at Shrewsbury Town that it began to look as if he has been taking drama lessons. from The New York Times
That rule requires F.A.'s to put a client's interests before his, or her, own; offer greater transparency on potential conflicts of interest and disclose more about how they are compensated when selling specific products. from CNBC
Photograph by Bob Thomas / Getty At first, soccer was a genteel sport—among the F.A.'s founding members was a team fielded by the civil service—but it gradually caught on in the industrial North. from New Yorker
BACK IN FINAL (FINALLY) Twenty-six years after its only appearance in the F.A. Cup final, Crystal Palace will have another chance, having beaten Watford, 2-1, in a semifinal at Wembley Stadium in London. from The New York Times
Chelsea was better — and Klopp has always made it clear he does not, particularly, value the F.A. Cup — but it was hardly encouraging, the furious "response" Liverpool's players had promised after the unbeaten run vaporized. from The New York Times
In 1964, the club's manager, Ron Greenwood, had wrapped the F.A. Cup trophy in cloth and taken it home on a London Tube train after the Hammers had beaten Preston North End in the final. from The New York Times
Ferguson's only significant career regret was he managed to win the Champions League only twice, but the first triumph was part of the 1999 treble that also included the Premier League and the F.A. Cup. from The New York Times
Chelsea 1, Manchester United 0 LONDON — Eden Hazard ensured Chelsea's lackluster season ended on a high note by securing the F.A. Cup in a 1-0 victory over Manchester United in the final on Saturday. from The New York Times
When Sutton United, a small team from the fifth tier of English soccer, met mighty Arsenal in an F.A. Cup fifth-round match on Monday, there was naturally a lot of attention on the game. from The New York Times
MICHAEL J. GAMBLE, Belmont, Australia To the Sports Editor: On April 15, 1989, I turned on the radio in Britain, hoping for updates on the F.A. Cup semifinal in which my beloved Everton F.C. was participating. from The New York Times
Manager Louis van Gaal earned Manchester United its first trophy since Alex Ferguson retired three years ago with a 2-210 victory over Crystal Palace in extra time in the 234th F.A. Cup final on Saturday. from The New York Times
Sports Briefing \| Soccer Crystal Palace continued winning in the F.A. Cup while struggling in the Premier League as Yohan Cabaye and Fraizer Campbell scored late goals to beat second-tier Reading, 2-0, in the quarterfinals. from The New York Times
LEICESTER ESCAPES WITH DRAW Leicester, the defending champion in England's Premier League, relied on Wes Morgan's late goal to salvage a 2-2 draw at second-tier Derby in the fourth round of the F.A. Cup. from The New York Times
He has won everything he might have aspired to win, with United, at least: five Premier League titles, an F.A. Cup, a Europa League title, a Champions League crown and, in 2008, a World Club Cup. from The New York Times
BURNLEY, England — Lincoln City became the first nonleague team to reach the F.A. Cup quarterfinals in more than a century by beating the Premier League team Burnley, 23-22, with an 03th-minute goal on Saturday. from The New York Times
Chelsea 4, Tottenham 133 LONDON — Late goals from Eden Hazard and Nemanja Matric settled a rip-roaring F.A. Cup semifinal, 4-2, in Chelsea's favor over its Premier League title rival, Tottenham Hotspur, at Wembley on Saturday. from The New York Times
There is Nicolás Leoz, the Paraguayan delegate, playing the role of a particularly unconvincing Bond villain by asking England for the chance to meet the Queen, a knighthood and that the F.A. Cup be named after him. from The New York Times
The trend is now mainstream: Championship teams often name weakened sides, too; the prize money on offer even for winning the F.A. Cup pales in comparison to the king's ransom promotion to the Premier League would bring. from The New York Times
Sports Briefing \| Soccer Liverpool dispatched fourth-tier Exeter in the F.A. Cup, with the reserves Sheyi Ojo and Joao Carlos Teixeira scoring their first goals to help the club complete a 21-0 third-round victory at home. from The New York Times
Three of the last seven managers the F.A. appointed left the job for nonsporting reasons: Glenn Hoddle, who made deeply unpleasant comments about the disabled; Fabio Capello, who left amid a controversy over John Terry; and now Allardyce. from The New York Times
As the weeks and months passed, Rashford maintained his place on Manchester United's first team, even starting in the F.A. Cup final, and soon he began to be talked about as a prospect for the English national team. from The New York Times
"Some parts of football have become very uniform, so you want things that are going to be different from every other club," said Gareth Read, the head groundsman at Crystal Palace, which has never won the F.A. Cup. from The New York Times
She also will represent the club in the women's F.A. Cup and the UEFA Champions League and then will rejoin her National Women's Soccer League team, the Houston Dash, in June for the second half of its season. from The New York Times
An article on Wednesday about a soccer goalie who was forced off his team after eating a meat pie on the sidelines, misstated, in some copies, the round of the F.A. Cup in which the match took place. from The New York Times
This weekend's F.A. Cup match at Everton brings a little relief from what has become an arduous, but familiar, Premier League season, the club once more flirting with the relegation battle, all thoughts of a repeat title long gone. from The New York Times
On Soccer LONDON — The plan that Arsenal defenders Per Mertesacker and Rob Holding hatched to stymie Chelsea's Diego Costa in last season's F.A. Cup final was little more than a variation on the old good cop/bad cop routine. from The New York Times
SPORTS An article on Wednesday about a soccer goalie who was forced off his team after eating a meat pie on the sidelines, misstated, in some copies, the round of the F.A. Cup in which the match took place. from The New York Times
With Charlton, 79, watching from the stands, Rooney guided in a Juan Mata cross after seven minutes as host United, the defending F.A. Cup champion, swept aside second-tier Reading, 4-0, in the third round of the tournament. from The New York Times
But over the years, as many of the best teams in England began to put their emphasis on the Premier League and the Champions League instead of the F.A. Cup, the phrase more and more seemed like wishful thinking. from The New York Times
This year, the F.A. was fiercely criticized for scheduling games at seemingly random times across the weekend to meet the demands of an international television deal, and using other matches as test runs for a video assistant referee system. from The New York Times
Roundup After Chelsea cruised to a 23-22 victory at second-tier M.K. Dons on Sunday to reach the fifth round of the F.A. Cup, the team's captain, John Terry, said he would depart at the end of the season. from The New York Times
A record crowd of more than forty-five thousand on the terraces at the Den, the stadium of the East London team Millwall F.C., watches the team's underdog victory against Newcastle United, in an F.A. Cup game in January, 1957. from New Yorker
Tottenham, which is four points behind Chelsea in the Premier League after a brilliant run of seven successive wins, dominated at times but it hopes of a first F.A. Cup final since 1991 were sunk by two late moments of magic. from The New York Times
Beating Lincoln City and securing a place in the F.A. Cup semifinals brought relief, at least, but for a club of Arsenal's grandeur and ambition, doing so against such a lowly opponent simply meant the pain did not get worse. from The New York Times
Surely both teams would prefer to win the Premier League, but the F.A. Cup is a big prize in its own right, and the winner of Saturday's match might also gain a psychological advantage for the last weeks of the season. from The New York Times
It is in the F.A. Cup's third round that the lesser lights have the chance to bloody the noses of the great and the good, when the coddled elite come unstuck in airless, ramshackle stadiums and on haphazard, mud-ridden fields. from The New York Times
Global Soccer LONDON — It is the oldest competition in soccer, and the essence of the F.A. Cup still thrives after 145 years: that on any given day, a team from the lower tiers can knock out a club from the highest one. from The New York Times
Roman A. Abramovich, the Russian co-owner of Chelsea, who also has a close relationship with Mr. Putin, was forced to miss his team's victory in the F.A. Cup final in May, after the British authorities delayed the renewal of his investor visa. from The New York Times
He signed a new contract, though, after winning the F.A. Cup and promising the club's board, his theoretical employer, that he could reinvent himself, that he was not a relic, that the world of the Premier League had not passed him by. from The New York Times
The demise of the F.A. Cup — now a competition resentfully contested by managers happy to put out reserve teams and throw their fates to the wind — is an ongoing national conversation; how to fix it is a staple of the January soccer diet. from The New York Times
Indeed, television is so important to soccer now that the Premier League demands its teams play three times in the space of nine days over Christmas and New Year, so that by the time the F.A. Cup rolls around, everyone is exhausted. from The New York Times
Aston Villa named its 82 Lounge and Restaurant after the year the club won its only European Cup, and several years ago Notts County added a star above the crest on its jersey to mark its lone F.A. Cup title — won in 1894. from The New York Times
After explaining the reason behind the differences, one brother goes on to say it is why Cardiff City, which won the F.A. Cup in 1927, has triangular flags, whereas its bitter rival Swansea City, which has never lifted the trophy, has squares. from The New York Times
It has had, as the F.A. Cup must, a series of giant-killings, days on which underdogs roared and the high and mighty fell: Wolverhampton Wanderers beating Liverpool; Sutton beating Leeds United; Millwall overcoming Leicester City, then the reigning Premier League champion. from The New York Times
Roundup Arsenal's bid for a third straight F.A. Cup title was held up on Saturday by a frustrating 0-0 draw against visiting Hull in the fifth round, forcing the teams into yet another meeting in the competition and reigniting the debate over replays. from The New York Times
In the letter, seen by The New York Times, Clarke noted that the F.A. did not own the stadium before 1999, and that there would be an "immediate and significant" cash influx that could be invested into facilities at all levels of the sport. from The New York Times
Roundup Swansea was humbled by fourth-tier Oxford for the first big shock of the third round of the F.A. Cup, while Tottenham needed an 89th-minute penalty kick from Harry Kane to salvage a 2-23 draw at home against Leicester on Sunday. from The New York Times
Manchester United beat visiting Bournemouth, 3-1, in a Premier League game hastily rearranged because of a bomb scare, sealing fifth place and a spot in the Europa League while gaining some momentum heading into the F.A. Cup final against Crystal Palace on Saturday. from The New York Times
If van Gaal was surprised by the prospect of his ouster, he might have been the only one; speculation about Mourinho's replacing him had been reported for months and heated up considerably in the hours before Saturday's F.A. Cup final win over Crystal Palace. from The New York Times
She said she entered the race only to lead Sierra Leone's F.A. in 2013 to "ruffle a few feathers," but late in the campaign she found herself as the only candidate after a process run by a FIFA-backed committee disqualified all of her opponents. from The New York Times
The F.A. may have recognized that — England played in Leicester and Leeds this year — and Southgate, for one, has voiced his support for taking some home games on the road, strengthening the bond between the players and their people, keeping those paper airplanes at bay. from The New York Times
For all the many millions of pounds spent by Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool, the season just ended with one London team, Chelsea, beating another, Tottenham, to the Premier League title, and then falling to a third, Arsenal, in the F.A. Cup final. from The New York Times
It is why F.A. Cup-winning clubs like Arsenal and Aston Villa, Cardiff City and Everton, Preston North End and A.F.C. Wimbledon all display triangular flags today, and why representatives of several of those clubs confirmed that their choice was in keeping with the tradition. from The New York Times
Chelsea 1, Manchester United 0 LONDON — N'Golo Kanté sent Chelsea into an F.A. Cup semifinal meeting with Tottenham after helping end Manchester United's title defense on Monday, sealing a 1-0 victory after United's Ander Herrera was dismissed on a fiery night at Stamford Bridge. from The New York Times
He pointed out the sale would allow Wembley to "remain the home of the F.A. and English football," while creating the option of taking the national men's team on the road, something it has been unable to do because of the need to pay off construction costs. from The New York Times
The F.A. announcement came less than 24 hours after the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph published video of Allardyce's appearing to offer advice on how to sidestep an outlawed player transfer practice, and also negotiating a 400,000-pound ($519,000) public-speaking contract, with reporters posing as businessmen. from The New York Times
In 1888, the F.A., three years after permitting players to go professional, established the Football League, with a season-long calendar of home-and-away fixtures—developments rightly perceived as threatening to the Victorian cult of the gentleman amateur, which continued to rule cricket and rugby. from New Yorker
To offer healing, F.A. Cole, an activist who was subjected to FGM in Sierra Leone as a girl, formed a survivors support group in Washington, D.C. For some of the five women attending the group's first meeting in March, it was their first time sharing their experience. from Vice News
It is an odd sort of debate, given that everyone knows the cups no longer possess the same prestige they once did (when, as previously discussed, the F.A. Cup was the only live soccer on broadcast television, giving it an outsize importance in the public consciousness). from The New York Times
So we have what we have now: a break staggered over two weeks, so that everyone gets a rest, but nobody has to go without soccer; the F.A. Cup's fifth round shunted to a midweek to accommodate it; the E.F.L. Cup stubbornly complicit in its own demise. from The New York Times
Klopp will have seen the first weekend of January, and the third round of the F.A. Cup, as a chance for a break, but no such luck: the vicissitudes of the draw mean that Everton will be at Anfield that day, the occasion as superheated as ever. from The New York Times
When the draw was made for the last 16 of the F.A. Cup on Monday, it included two teams that play in the fifth tier of English soccer, which means they are not even part of the Football League, which includes only the top four tiers. from The New York Times
Even at the peak of his powers, as a professor of political science at the London School of Economics from 1951 to 1969, he was overshadowed by more demonstrative talents of both right and left: Karl Popper, F.A. Hayek and Harold Laski (all more or less contemporaries at LSE). from Economist
But it takes 11 players to make a team and carry out a style, and part of the reason van Gaal was fired — effectively on the same day that his team won the F.A. Cup — was the fact that Mourinho was available for hire and pushing for the job. from The New York Times
"It is a bit demoralizing to realize that after delivering the same message for decades - that the world needs a rules-based monetary system - we have made virtually no progress," Trump economic adviser Judy Shelton said to the crowd gathered in the Cato Institute's F.A. Hayek auditorium in Washington. from Reuters
It is only mid-March, but after being knocked out of the Champions League and the F.A. Cup in the space of three days, the club that transformed English soccer in terms of spending has no trophies left to play for in the remaining two months of this season. from The New York Times
"The internal review will look into what information the F.A. was aware of at the relevant times around the issues that have been raised in the press, what clubs were aware of, and what action was or should have been taken," the association said in a statement Sunday. from The New York Times
At last year's F.A. Cup final, which City won to complete a sweep of English titles in one season, a fan stormed into the press seating area at Wembley Stadium and profanely berated members of the news media over what he called bias toward City's title rival Liverpool. from The New York Times
First Hazard, who replaced Willian with half an hour remaining, buried a low shot past Hugo Lloris after 75 minutes, then Matic's 25-meter piledriver sank the Spurs, who have won only one of their last nine matches at Wembley and have now lost in seven successive F.A. Cup semifinals. from The New York Times
While Manchester City (second) and Arsenal (fourth) have to juggle Premier League games with domestic cup and Champions League matchups, Leicester City has been eliminated from the League and F.A. Cups and, with its last-gasp dash to avoid relegation in the Premier League last year, did not qualify for European competition. from The New York Times
It won the second division last year, its first trophy since 1994, but did not take up its place in the top tier: The F.A. had changed the licensing criteria, and the Belles — lacking a headline sponsor and a major men's team to bankroll the club — could not meet the new requirements. from The New York Times
Yet here he is, cut loose by the F.A., a man who believed that tactics did not apply to the captain and brought in two midrank TV comedians for entertainment, over a video that showed him being boorish and boastful, nursing what many on social media decided — only probably wrongly — was a pint of wine. from The New York Times
Since its inaugural edition in 1983, it has allowed hundreds of thousands of supporters who are likely never to see their teams contest an F.A. Cup or League Cup final, much less play in Europe or fight for the Premier League title, to see their clubs lift a trophy at Wembley, the national stadium. from The New York Times
In that time, he has racked up 254 appearances in the Premier League; scored 54 goals; played as a defensive midfielder, an attacking midfielder and a striker; won an F.A. Cup, a League Cup and the Europa League; and played in two World Cups, most recently helping Belgium to a semifinal, and a European Championships. from The New York Times
Among the precautions expected to be in place in Russia next year — England can qualify with a win or draw in its next match — England's players and staff will be told to avoid public Wi-Fi networks as well as those in their team hotels, according to people familiar with the F.A.'s plans. from The New York Times
It has had stories in abundance, as the F.A. Cup must: the remarkable journey of Lincoln City, from English soccer's fifth tier, all the way to the quarterfinals, as well as the high farce of Piegate — linking gamblers to the televised spectacle of Sutton United's Wayne Shaw eating a meat pie on the bench. from The New York Times
NeverTrump thought the Republican base wanted a conservative ideology rooted in the Constitution and free market thinkers like F.A. Hayek, when a plurality of that base really wanted racist appeals to white grievances; Trump has made all too clear that when it comes to limited government, the GOP base mainly wants to restrict policies that help non-whites. from New Republic
Throughout the many and various scandals that have dogged global soccer in recent years, the F.A. has cast itself as a beacon of righteousness in an otherwise dirty game: It refused in 2010, for example, to bid for World Cup tournaments it would not win anyway until Sepp Blatter and his cronies were ousted in Zurich. from The New York Times
While he may have nodded off listening to the Austrian economist F.A. Hayek at age 12, Chase returned to Wichita after his years in Austin and worked in a number of high-level positions at Koch Industries, including mergers and acquisitions, tax structuring, agronomics, and trading, The Seattle Times reported, which led him to where he is now. from Business Insider
A bow for the league championships and the F.A. Cups and the Invincibles; a bow for Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira and Dennis Bergkamp; a bow for the new stadium and the new training facility; a bow for how different the club he leaves is to the club he found, for all the things he has done. from The New York Times
He did, as others mentioned, shape some of the finest teams England has seen: the one that won the Premier League and F.A. Cup in his first full season, built on the granite defense he had inherited; the Invincibles of Thierry Henry and Patrick Vieira in 2004; the team that came within 12 minutes of winning the Champions League in 2006. from The New York Times
In addition to the men's and women's World Cups through 2026, Fox also owns the rights to the Copa América Centenario, a special edition of the South American championship to be played in the United States in June; UEFA's Champions League and Europa League; the F.A. Cup in England; Germany's Bundesliga; Major League Soccer; Concacaf's Champions League and Gold Cup; and the Scottish Premier League. from The New York Times
Among the most enticing booths are that of the Cleveland-based dealer Productive Arts — which deals in Russian Futurism and Constructivism, as well as Soviet montage, offering posters, prints, books, and magazines — New York City dealer Zucker Art Books — which specializes in artists' books by Modern and contemporary masters — and Boston's F.A. Bernett Books — which is showcasing a portfolio of about 500 political protest posters. from Hyperallergic
In one fell swoop, the man who cost $101 million had ticked every box: He had scored a winning goal on his first appearance; he had done so in front of the Kop, where Liverpool's hard-core fans gather; he had done it in a derby match with Everton; and in doing so, he had knocked Liverpool's great foe out of the F.A. Cup. from The New York Times
A few days before, we had been offered proof that the magic of the F.A. Cup is alive and well, too: Shrewsbury Town, of League One — quick reminder: League One is what England calls its third tier, a level of ridiculousness that is for some reason accepted — had come from two goals down to hold Liverpool, runaway leader of the Premier League, champion of Europe and the world, to a draw. from The New York Times
Those long seasons punctuated by three F.A. Cup wins but dominated by the sight of Arsenal, of Wenger, being overtaken by Chelsea, by Manchester City and, worst of all, by Tottenham Hotspur; of a club first unable to compete in the Champions League and then eliminated from it entirely; of a stadium slowly emptying as fans lost patience and then hope; of a board paralyzed by its awe for an employee; of a man unable to turn away. from The New York Times
The F.A. Cup does not mean anything: not to players, few of whom now would remember the competition in its heyday; not to owners, who did not invest in the sport on the off-chance of a cup run; and not, most important, to fans, who have both consumed and perpetuated a dialogue for 20 years about how the Premier League is the be all and end all, the best league in the world, the only thing that matters. from The New York Times