{"id":408292,"date":"2026-01-12T12:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T12:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/408292\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T12:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T12:45:09","slug":"macclesfield-and-the-greatest-upset-in-fa-cup-history-football-weekly-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/408292\/","title":{"rendered":"Macclesfield and the greatest upset in FA Cup history \u2013 Football Weekly | Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Rate, review, share on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/football-weekly-the-guardian\/id188674007?mt=2\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/guardianfootballweekly\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Soundcloud<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/audioboom.com\/channel\/football-weekly\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Audioboom<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/guardianfootballweekly\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mixcloud<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acast.com\/footballweekly\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Acast<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/guardianuk\/football-weekly\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stitcher<\/a>, and join the conversation on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/audio\/2026\/jan\/12\/mailto:footballweekly@theguardian.com\" data-link-name=\"in body link \" https:=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">email<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">On the podcast today: what a moment for Macclesfield. The club were out of existence six years ago and have now beaten Crystal Palace, the holders, to book their place in the fourth round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Elsewhere, Manchester City put 10 past Exeter City, Brighton win at Old Trafford and the Thomas Frank nightmare continues as they lose at home to Aston Villa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Plus, the rest of the big results from the FA Cup third round and your questions answered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Support the Guardian <a href=\"https:\/\/theguardian.com\/euro-support\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">You can also find Football Weekly on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/guardian_footballweekly\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@guardian_footballweekly?lang=en\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok,<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@FootballWeeklyPodcast\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Macclesfield v Crystal Palace - Emirates FA Cup Third RoundMACCLESFIELD, ENGLAND - JANUARY 10: Fans hoist Luke Duffy of Macclesfield (L) and Paul Dawson of Macclesfield onto their shoulders as they celebrate victory after the Emirates FA Cup Third Round match between Macclesfield and Crystal Palace on January 10, 2026 in Macclesfield, England. (Photo by Simon Stacpoole\/Offside\/Offside via Getty Images)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4305.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"356\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"dcr-evn1e9\"\/> Photograph: Simon Stacpoole\/Offside\/Getty Images<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on email.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-408292","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}