This season’s exciting Premier League title race has been much discussed, but the chase for the automatic promotion spots in the Championship is shaping up to be just as dramatic.
In a week when English involvement in European football competitions all but extinguished, Aston Villa the only survivors in the lowest ranked cup of the three, there was something innately miserable about the major FA Cup announcement from the FA and the Premier League.
The Aston Villa goalkeeper thought he was being sent off during the shootout - but a rule change, introduced four years ago, saved him