Which was the biggest 'cupset' of the third round? 2/2

We look at another 2 results that you wouldn't have had on your accumulator this weekend during the FA Cup 3rd round.

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The League Cup: Not pointless to all (video)

The League Cup is often criticised for being pointless.  For small clubs, it clogs up an already packed schedule and big clubs don’t even bother putting a proper team out.  But this attitude suddenly changes when your team reaches the final.  Suddenly its silverware, a trophy and a glorious memory for your club.

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Predict the score

Each on a Saturday morning I am going to predict the results for one of the leagues fixtures chosen at random in England. This week I am predicting the scores for the Blue square Conference Premier. A correct result is two points a correct score is one point.

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The great Conference injustice

This past Wednesday night, promotion-chasing Wrexham beat rivals Luton in a 2^nd vs. 3^rd match in the Blue Square Premier league. The 2-0 score-line put them on 80 points, five behind Fleetwood Town, on whom they have a game in hand.

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Media spotlight exposes football’s continued ignorance

This week Michael Ball was unceremoniously dismissed and fined £6,000 by his employers Leicester City Football Club for posting homophobic comments on Twitter. Just a couple of week’s before that Paul Jewell made unsavory and somewhat sexist comments about female official Amy Fearn, after watching his team’s defeat against Birmingham City.

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Diary of a Sky Sports Soccer Saturday Reporter

As I prepared to cover Rochdale United's FA Cup first round away tie for Sky Sports, it dawned on me the extent to the decline of their opponents Bradford City.

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A Liberian that lost his Wreh

Names will be forgotten with time unless you are some sort of a legend. I knew nothing about Christopher Wreh when my editor asked me to write an article on this former Gooner. After a little study, all I found was a career that never took off despite what looked like huge promise.

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Friday lunch time quiz

What type of quizzer are you? Do you sit drunk and clueless in the corner? Or are you halfway to Nerdsville with a tank top on and a smart-arse smile? Can you admit to watching Eggheads - even if only in a moment of weakness? No matter which category you fall into – try our pub quiz and prove to yourself that the years of watching and talking about footy have not been a complete waste of time. But please try not to cheat, for as my headmaster used to say “You’re only cheating on yourself”, which ironically is not what his wife said to him, when she caught him in congress with his secretary.

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Bright Future at the Emirates?

Luton Town. Swansea City. Doncaster Rovers. Carlisle United. MK Dons. Crawley Town. Birmingham City. Darlington. What do these eight clubs have in common? They have all won a trophy in the past six seasons; something that Arsenal have failed to achieve in that very same time period. This is the team that has invested nigh on £100m in their current squad, and is recognised as the third greatest team in English football history. Has everything gone badly wrong?

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