Previously on World of Spurt... We've talked about the Romance of the Cup before but it's nice to see ourselves vindicated by one of the most extraordinary FA Cup weekends ever.
With semi-final places at Wembley up for grabs, you'd think the big boys would be licking their lips and getting their suits measured already. But at 3pm on Sunday it now looks like the biggest weekend of giant killing since Jack went postal up the end of the beanstalk with the AK47 and the rocket launcher.
Has there ever been an FA Cup weekend like it? We're too lazy to look it up, but surely not in living memory.
Okay, so maybe Portsmouth were a touch fortunate to mug Man Utd at old Trafford in yesterday's lunchtime fixture. But Barnsley thoroughly deserved their more emphatic victory over Chelsea in last nights late game. Magnificent stuff from the Tykes and another stake in the heart for Avram Grant – with the media's knives being well and truly sharpened for the Chelsea boss.
And now Cardiff 2-0 up away against Middlesbrough at half-time and looking utterly superior to the Premiership side who were booed off the park by their own fans. With Bristol Rovers or West Brom guaranteed a place in the final tie of the weekend, we could see an FA Cup winner from not only outside the big four, but the top flight entirely.
That's why the FA Cup remains the most exciting knock-out competition in the footballing firmament.
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