How many major finals have you had the pleasure of watching your team play in - and win - during your lifetime? If you're not a supporter of one of the Premier League's "big" clubs, the answer to that is probably very few, if any. That is a real possibility for two of the sides going head-to-head in the FA Cup quarter-finals - Leeds United and West Ham United. Wigan became the first team to win the FA Cup and go down from England's top flight in the same season, back in 2013. Now, languishing at the wrong end of League One, was their day of glory worth what followed?

Source: BBC April 05, 2026 08:40 UTC