Latest football stories from FansNetwork Southampton Face Arsenal In The FA Cup 6th Round Southampton Saints will take on Arsenal in the Quarter finals of the FA Cup with the good news being that it will take place at St Mary's, a tough draw against the Premier League leaders, but could they have their eyes on a bigger Champions League date only days later.  QPR thrashed, Boro run riot, night follows day, bear seen heading for wood – Report Queens Park Rangers A third defeat to nil in a row with 11 goals conceded in the process for QPR, totally outclassed by an admittedly excellent looking Middlesbrough side but facing harsh criticism and questions from former manager Neil Warnock and, surely, now, their own supporters.  Swansea City : Recent transfer rumours rebuffed again ! Swansea City We recently asked some fairly obvious questions over the future of Zān Vipotnik at Swansea City especially after information regards clubs chasing him were disclosed. Sunderland and Rangers being two of those clubs.  Tonda Eckert Praises Southampton Red And White Army At Fulham Southampton Sunday's FA Cup tie at Craven Cottage was one of those games where you are glad that you went and didn't give it a miss, for those 5,000 Saints fans packed in behind the Putney End goal it was a special day out.  A Rough And Quirky Guide To West Bromwich Albion Southampton Our first visit to the Hawthorns since the Championship Play Off game in May 2024 and this time it is an evening kick off, another decent following will go up to see if Tom Fellows can score against his old club.  Southampton At Fulham The FA Cup Verdict Southampton Southampton fans travelled in large numbers to Craven Cottage more in hope than expectation, they saw their team pegged back for large amounts of the game, but ultimately snatch it at the end, to make it one of those memorable FA Cup ties.  Comfortable FA Cup Win Norwich Sends Leeds to the Sixth Round Leeds United After the anxiety fest of the last round, this was pretty much plain sailing once we’d taken control of the game in the first half, we ended up comfortable winners in this FA Cup tie at home to Norwich City. Now for the 6th round, for the first time since 2003.  Pompey: Always one of the toughest away fixtures for the Swans Swansea City The last time Swansea City played Portsmouth at Fratton Park it was a very cold New Years Day in 2025 on the south coast, and the Swans lost 4-0. Totally outclassed in football terms they simply didn’t turn up. Luke Williams was the head coach at that point but this game pretty much signalled the end of his time at Swansea.  Swans deservedly beat Stoke as Cullen scores another wonder goal Swansea City This game did have its usual frustrations as the Swans huffed and puffed at times to seal this encounter. That said two great goals were the difference between these two sides. You can look back on our reports this week to see just how we felt this game would go, and it surely did. |
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