Jonathan Wilson: Man Utd, West Ham unable to escape FA Cup embarrassment

[Jonathan Wilson]

At this stage, for Premier League teams, the FA Cup doesn't much matter -- unless you lose, and even then, only if you lose in particular circumstances. It seems barely credible in the modern context of the competition that, 24 years ago, a late goal from the substitute Mark Robins in a third-round tie away at Nottingham Forest was credited with saving Sir Alex Ferguson's job at Manchester United.

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