FA Cup

British

noun

an annual knockout competition for a silver trophy, open to all member teams of the Football Association
the trophy itself

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For this season and the previous FA Cup campaign, it has not been used until the fifth round, with many fans looking forward to a return to football without interruptions from technology.

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Why is there no VAR in the FA Cup third and fourth round?

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Sandro Tonali scores twice as Newcastle United overcome multiple controversial refereeing decisions to knock 10-man Aston Villa out of the FA Cup.

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Watch Mansfield Town's Louis Reed produce "set-piece sorcery," scoring a sensational free-kick to stun Premier League side Burnley as the League One side reach the FA Cup fifth round.

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But Newcastle are going to have to find a way to win without their talisman as they embark on a crunch run of games, starting with Saturday's FA Cup fourth-round tie against Aston Villa.

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