Orient chief against overhaul

Hearn: Don't change the FA Cup

March 3, 2011
By Harry Harris, Football Correspondent
Leyton Orient chairman Barry Hearn has told ESPNsoccernet that the FA Cup "needs to be protected" from proposed overhauls, and hailed the competition for providing his club with "special memories".



Hearn has enjoyed the limelight the FA Cup offers to the game's minnows more than most after watching his club force a replay with Arsenal, before going on to suffer a 5-0 thrashing in Wednesday's game at the Emirates Stadium.

But despite the disappointing nature of ...

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