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Football Daily didn’t get where it is today wittering on like Ron Manager about the magic of the FA Cup. However, we are old enough to remember the glory days when the final was a day-long showpiece TV event. Interviews on the team bus to Wembley … yes, please. Ossie’s knees all trembly, eh? Helicopters overhead, isn’t it? Saint & Greavsie. Trevor Brooking scores with a header despite famously not scoring many headers, you know. Eh? The Crazy Gang v The Culture Club. Sweaty shirts and muddy boots. Buttonhole carnations, Steve Foster’s headband and Smith must score. The Anfield Rap. Brian Moore’s “another look at referee Hackett’s watch”. Kevin Moran’s red card. Mick Channon and “the boy Line-acre”, innit? Gary Mabbutt’s knee. Halcyon days. Marvellous.

You know how many shots went over? Look at other games. Normally the ball goes inside from these shots” – Pep Guardiola blames the FA Cup ball for his Manchester City players peppering shots into the Etihad stands with alarming regularity in their FA Cup win over Plymouth. The FA said his complaints were a load of balls.

What percentage of people in the man v beast survey (Friday’s Football Daily) thought they could beat a lion? Just wondering, as the chap in the Road to Wembley photo looks pretty confident” – Jim Hearson.