Filling the old breeks every February and March

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If Arsenal land the FA Cup this season, they’ll become the first team to win the famous old competition three years in a row since they themselves did it in 2001, 2002 and 2003. (They did win the FA Cup in 2001, right? The Fiver switched off bored after 82 minutes, it was such a one-sided nonsense.) Before that, you’re looking to Blackeye Rovers in the 1880s! The Gunners meanwhile are also a mere five points off the top of the Premier League, and they’ll make it through to the last eight of Big Cup should Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez and Neymar’s legs fall off during the next fortnight, admittedly a long shot in strict statistical terms, though only a fool would make any rash assumptions before things are done and dusted.

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