All posts tagged "The Premier League"

The FA Cup is one of the most famous and most fun sporting events in the world, and part of its unique charm is when non-league team advances beyond where they'd normally be defeated. This year, Crawley Town FC, a non-league club playing in the Football Conference (four levels below the Premier League) defeated Torquay to advance to the fifth round of the FA Cup, equaling the best performance by a non-league club in the modern era.

As they did in the Premier League, Chelsea underachieved but still managed to bring home the hardware. This was a sloppy, nervy game from both sides. I can understand why underdog Pompey was anxious, but Chelsea -- league champs, world class players up and down the pitch, elite manager -- should've come out like assassins. Instead, they dropped trou in front of goal multiple times. Sure, they had some bad luck on a few of their misses, but they also whiffed on the easy ones, too.

Amid all the glitz, glamour and endless tabloid coverage of every miniscule detail of the Premier League, how come stories such as this https://tinyurl.com/n2dz3s don't get flagged more? Just reading it through makes me mildly ashamed to be so easily swept along watching the top flight.