Second Division promotion hopefuls West Ham have so far knocked out two First Division clubs from this season's FA Cup. In the Fourth Round they put five past Luton Town, while in the quarter-finals they produced an outstanding performance to beat much fancied Everton. Nottingham Forest are in their third semi-final in four years. Can this one carry with it an FA Cup final place?
Liverpool, FA Cup winners 1989; Manchester United, FA Cup winners 1990; Littlehampton, FA Cup winners 1991 ... well, the FA Cup is the stuff dreams are made of! The FA Cup first round pitches league clubs against those from the non-league. Witton Albion v Bolton Wanderers Aylesbury United v Walsall Telford United v Stoke City
Following England's highly successful World Cup campaign there seems to be renewed enthusiasm for the national sport. Fittingly, domestic football's traditional curtain-raiser features two of the country's outstanding club sides: Liverpool, League champions and holders of the Charity Shield, and FA Cup winners, Manchester United.