Every time the FA Cup rolls back around nostalgia kicks in in these parts to the Mickey Thomas free-kick versus Arsenal in 1992, or the historic wins against Newcastle United or West Ham United. ‘Every season is special in football and you've got to enjoy nights like this, enjoy the tradition of the FA Cup,’ he said. McKenna even admitted afterwards that continuing this cup run made no sense in their fixture list. ‘For me, you look at the schedule and where we’d fit in an FA Cup run and to be honest it was really hard to see how that wouldn’t be to the detriment of the group,’ he said. So it was refreshing to see Parkinson’s stronger line-up progress, even if Windass isn’t after a big fish in round five.

Source: Daily Mail February 13, 2026 23:51 UTC