Tag: upsets

Picking an FA Cup shock

Ah, the romance of the FA Cup!

The romance bit comes from a non league team coming up against a major club and beating them. But the evidence for regular giant killings is a little thin on the ground.

Last year of course Wigan ensured the demise of Mancini’s tenure  at Man City by winning the Cup. In 2012, for the first time since 1994, a minor team made the fifth round. In the prior year a league two team …