This week’s roundup also features vintage Cup action including Chorley’s class of 86 slaying Wolves and peak Jack Nicklaus
1) Perhaps the most old-school mouthwatering FA Cup fourth round tie of the weekend pits sixth-tier Chorley against Premier League Wolves, not least because there’s previous. Back in 1986, the sides met in the first round – with Wolves in the Division Four and at their lowest ebb – and after failing to put the non-league side away in a replay at a decaying Molineux, they were dumped out 3-0 at Burnden Park in the third meeting. Friday’s match isn’t the only reunion of David and Goliath; Wycombe host Spurs having gone agonisingly close to claiming their scalp in a thriller at White Hart Lane four years ago. Chelsea and Luton meet at Stamford Bridge this weekend having met at Wembley in the semi-finals in 1994, the Blues winning 2-0. Everton v Sheffield Wednesday, meanwhile, is a rerun of the enthralling 1966 final. Here’s Everton’s 3-2 win, lone pitch invader and all.
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