Mansfield Town 3-2 Harrogate Town (FA Cup Round One) Saturday afternoon, 3pm, the FA Cup. How much more traditionally English can one get? Upon hearing Friday's sorry announcement that the Premier League is playing just one Boxing Day fixture (Manchester United v Newcastle United at the ridiculous KO time of 8pm) this coming Christmas, to have a small bit of traditional value left in our football, is slightly satisfying for one who likes the simplicity, purity and once high

Nottingham Forest 0-2 Manchester City (FA Cup Semi Final) I was supposed to be scoring Leicestershire v Worcestershire women at...

Nottingham Forest 1-0 Burnley (Women's FA Cup Round Four) *aet Not only my first women's match of the season, my first trip to the City Ground in over a year which is pretty bad for a Forest fan who's bouncing over the brilliance of the men's team right now. Forest women aren't doing bad themselves, top of the FA Women's National League North they are unbeaten so far but they did draw with Burnley in September, the Clarets are third in the same league and going well, tonight

Barnsley 0-0 Bristol Rovers  (FA Cup Round Two) *3-4 pens aet Interesting fact: Bristol Rovers manager Matt Taylor actually started out...

Rotherham United 1-3 Cheltenham Town  (FA Cup Round One) I drove all the way to Liverpool on Wednesday for their Academy match with Hertha Berlin, almost 4 hours it took me due to traffic on the M6, I arrived with only ten minutes to kick off, to be told they didn’t have any accreditation for me, so back in the car I went, fortunately it took just under two hours to get home and I was back in time for the second half of Spurs v Man City. Lessons learned I’ve got a ticket for

Ilkeston Town 0-1 Hereford  (FA Cup Second Qualifying Round Replay) I've been at the cricket all day, covering Derbyshire v Middlesex in...

Gainsborough Trinity 2-1 Grantham Town  (FA Cup Second Qualifying Round) It’s amazing to think that after being sacked following a 5-0...

Manchester United 2-1 Manchester City (FA Cup Final) The FA Cup final, now 143 years old, it's a once very special event in the English...

Manchester United 3-3 Coventry City (FA Cup Semi Final) *4-2 pens aet This is the game of the weekend for me, the one ‘I have a feeling...

Manchester City 1-0 Chelsea (FA Cup Semi Final) All the news this week has been about the scrapping of replays and (more importantly) the...

Nottingham Forest 1-7 Everton (Women’s FA Cup Round Five) It’s Superbowl Sunday and I’m warming up for an all nighter as Forest women...

Leicester City 6-2 Birmingham City (Women’s FA Cup Round Five) It's Chinese New Year. Last night I spent an evening at Yumacha in West...

Derby County 0-4 Leicester City (Women's FA Cup Round Four) We've been up Blidworth Bottoms and had a lovely walk this morning around...

Nottingham Forest 3-1 Boldmere St Michael’s (Women’s FA Cup Round Three) I’m back in Long Eaton again as Nottingham Forest face their...

Nottingham Forest 3-2 Sporting Khalsa (Women’s FA Cup Round Two) Formed in 1991 by the local Sikh Community in Willenhall. Sporting...

Nottingham Forest 7-0 Sheffield (Women’s FA Cup Round One) It's moist, misty and miserable today. The wife's at a Christmas Market at...

Oxford City 2-3 Scarborough Athletic (FA Cup Fourth Qualifying Round Replay) The wife was on the piss on Saturday and Sunday she went...

Biggleswade 1-2 Cambridge City (FA Cup Second Qualifying Round) I’d never even heard of Biggleswade until a Spanish journalist I follow...

Manchester City 2-1 Manchester United (FA Cup Final) It’s been a while. Well over a month in fact, since my last ‘live’ attended soccer game. I’ve started cricket scoring in the summer so whilst missing out on ‘the business end’ of the football season, I’ve instead opted for the calm and serenity of Trent Bridge, New Road, Worcester and Grace Road, Leicester, for a slower pace of ball game. I’ve had this weekend booked in for a while though, the FA Cup Final and a ‘first-eve

Aston Villa 0-1 Chelsea (Women’s FA Cup Semi Final) I didn’t win anything on the Grand National. The highlight of my weekend was a lovely...