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SHOCK AND AWE
Daily Express
|January 13, 2026
The weekend that showed the FA Cup at its finest... now go and scrap extra-time
THE FA Cup had its greatest shock and one of the best third-round weekends in recent history.
Macclesfield's fairy-tale win against Crystal Palace the lowestranked team knocking out the holders made them the first sixth-tier team to beat a topflight side in the competition.
There were so many great stories around that tie. The Silkmen dedicated it to their striker Ethan McLeod, who died after a car crash last month. Wayne Rooney's brother John is the manager.
The club's owner Rob Smethurst buying the club on Right Move after a four-day bender in Ibiza. Honestly, if you cannot buy into Macclesfield and enjoy their heroics then you must have a heart of stone.
What a fabulous story.
Weston-super-Mare, the semipro side from National League South, put up some fight after taking 600 fans to Grimsby, only to go out 3-2.
Clubs get more generous away ticket allocations in the FA Cup.
Arsenal filled one end at Portsmouth.
This story is from the January 13, 2026 edition of Daily Express.
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