Kevin Day is talking about trophy cabinets and silver allergies. “We’ve only got two FA Cup finals to our name,” the writer, comedian and lifelong Crystal Palace fan says. “That’s one of ...

The FA Cup has been around for more than 150 years, and the sport has evolved quite a bit between the Wanderers’ 1871-72 triumph over the Royal Engineers and the Manchester derbies staged over the ...

They want the players to treat this FA Cup quarter-final at home to Nottingham Forest as if it’s just another home game. That tends to be an attitude more conducive to actually winning ...

Brighton are far from the only club wrestling with such competing emotions this weekend, because the majority of those left in the FA Cup are keenly aware this isn’t just another game.