SO the FA Cup proved to be a fleeting romance for Barnsley’s Kayode Odejayi. For Cardiff’s Joe Ledley, however, the competition is turning out to be an affair to remember.

BARNSLEY have officially put the romance back into the FA Cup, but there promises to be little love in the air at Chelsea’s Cobham training complex this week.

TONY Mowbray’s dour expression and studied under-statement may belie it, but nobody could accuse West Bromwich Albion of being dull.