FA CUP 2026/27

[TWODs]

Was lovely to see the reaction to the tier 7 team at Wimborne Town win against League Two Crawley yesterday from the commentators, as well as officials, players and their families and fans. At one point I saw the Wimborne Town goalie and then the Wimborne Town Manager helping the Crawley defender from the field with the physio, proper respect for all players. Karen Carney was very taken a back at the scenes and general atmosphere which saw possibly the youngest average age pitch invasion ever. Well done all involved and great to see there is still some magic in the FA Cup left.

[Miocene]

Was at the pub watching the Wimborne game as I couldn't get a ticket. As you'd expect it was a great atmosphere and an even better result!

[AndrewT1275]

Was a great atmosphere in the ground. It was a bit surreal seeing a Premier league player in Vito Mannone playing at the (new) Cuthbury. The save he made late on from a deflected save was stunning. All rather irrelevant at that stage though as the mighty Magpies were already 2 up and coasting into the 2nd round.

Proper cup tie though. Was getting rather nervous with 30 minutes to go as Crawley started playing it around a bit more instead of going direct and some of the Wimborne players were clearly tiring. Dug in well though and the second goal calmed the nerves somewhat.

[toasty]

Rochdale managed to squeeze past the Arsenal-beating Fleetwood Town clearly now making them the best team in the country.