How we could do with a player Like tielemans. Stunning strike

Or Maddison or ndidi also for that matter

Thank f*ck for VAR.

Isn’t the article about cricket? I’d suggest cricket is a little different to football. Anyway, perhaps I’m wrong but I thought cricketers used to go on for longer anyway.

Wes Morgan, 37, on for Leicester, a man who looks like he enjoys a pie or two.

Hilarious

It also notes how tennis player are lasting longer.

Emotional scenes with the Leicester owner, the manager and the players. Absolutely zero percent chance of Kroenke ever being as involved as that.

Carrying on is not the same as staying at your peak though. Sure, Roger Federer is still playing. He’s now ranked number eight in the world. He used to be number one.

Rumours Bellerin Leno Xhaka Willian all want out.

And Djokovick is 33.

It really was a cracking final though, a reminder of how stale football has become without crowds.

It really was a cracking final though, a reminder of how stale football has become without crowds.

Haz. With respect despite the spectators, I thought it was a boring final enlivened by a great goal, two memorable saves and VAR drama. The rest was pretty drab. I cannot remember one highlight from the first half.
Anyhow, congratulations to Leicester and I hope they win again Tuesday. F Chelsea.

The FA Cup is still the greatest football competition - it should never be undervalued or marginalised. And it should be played at 3pm on a Saturday.

Just read an amazing stat on Vardy. He has become the first player ever to feature in every round of the FA Cup. That starts with the preliminary round, 4 qualifying rounds, etc. Quite remarkable.

I am guessing that this excludes the early days of such as Wanderers.

The FA Cup is still the greatest football competition - it should never be undervalued or marginalised. And it should be played at 3pm on a Saturday.

Speaking of Wanderers, come on Wolves! Time to do your bit for all that is good and decent and put a stick in the Spuds' spokes.

Alisson just scored from a corner to win it for Liverpool. Don't think I've ever seen that before, at least not as far I can remember.

omoh, I may be completely wrong from what I gathered from people such as yourself who have seen many FA cups.

It's still a big event, but I've heard it said it lost a bit of its lustre because of regular televised games. The FA Cup final was one of the few football matches that was on tv and broadcast nationally in the old days, or is that not correct?

Also, just getting to the final for all fans was seen as a great event because they would go to London and be in Wembley. Even for London based clubs it was a huge event. That's what I ascertain from older Brits I've come across starting with the first ones I met in Los Angeles. Even if your club has been to a few (Liverpool, Man Utd), it was always a huge event.

Looks an interesting climax to the La Liga (Spanish league) table this season, which will be next Sunday. As it stands after 37 games, Atletico Madrid are top with 83 points and a goal difference of +41. Real Madrid are second with 81 points and a goal difference of +38. Barcelona are out of the fight for the title, being third with 76 points and a goal difference of +46.

What that means is unless Real not only win but make up Atletico’s better goal difference of +3, a draw for Atletico will win them the league. Next Sunday Atletico are away to nineteenth placed Real Valladolid whilst Real are home to seventh place Villarreal.

Last season the top of the table finished (38 games) with Real top with 87 points, Barcelona second with 82 points and Atletico third with 70 points.

Atletico had Partey last season, while this season they haven’t. Am I missing something or does all this not only imply Atletico haven’t missed Partey, but they’ve improved without him?