"FA Cup holders and Premier League club Crystal Palace are beaten 2-1 by team six leagues lower, Macclesfield Town. Minnow Macclesfield Town beat title holder Crystal Palace 2-1 in one of the biggest upsets in FA Cup history to reach the fourth round. Macclesfield is a team playing in the sixth tier of English football, five levels below its Premier League opponent, and took the lead on Saturday when captain Paul Dawson headed in a cross from Luke Duffy in the 43rd minute."
"Isaac Buckley-Ricketts made it 2-0 in the 60th, prompting wild celebrations. Following a scramble in the penalty area the ball pinged to Buckley-Ricketts, who came through the Manchester City academy, and he deftly clipped the ball with the outside of his right foot past goalkeeper Walter Benitez. Macclesfield is coached by John Rooney, who started and ended his playing career as a midfielder with the club and is in only his first season coaching."
Macclesfield Town, a sixth-tier side, defeated Premier League and FA Cup holders Crystal Palace 2-1 to reach the fourth round of the FA Cup. Paul Dawson opened the scoring with a 43rd-minute header from a Luke Duffy cross. Isaac Buckley-Ricketts extended the lead in the 60th with a clipped finish after a penalty-area scramble; he progressed through the Manchester City academy. Yeremy Pino curled a last-minute free kick over the wall, making the score 2-1 and creating nervy stoppage time. John Rooney, in his first season coaching and brother of Wayne Rooney, manages Macclesfield. Fans celebrated on the 5,900-capacity Moss Rose pitch.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]