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FA Cup magic for Mansfield and VAR is missed at Villa Park – Football Weekly

Football Weekly

The Guardian

Sports, Soccer

4.59.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, John Brewin and Dan Bardell to discuss the fourth-round weekend and a big day in Scotland. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/footballweeklypod. Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FootballWeeklyPodcast

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0:00.0

This is The Guardian.

0:13.0

Hello and welcome to the Guardian Football Weekly.

0:15.1

All hell Mansfield.

0:16.3

Their win at Burnley, the only thing that kept the magic of the Cup alive this weekend,

0:19.7

even if it's impossible to be surprised by a Burnley defeat of any kind. Elsewhere, was this a great weekend for VAR, some terrible decisions, especially at Villa Park? Have referees regressed because of the technology, or was it just a bad performance? And even still, was it worse or considerably better to have a weekend without anyone drawing lines and super slow-mo replays of non-handball handball. The pitcher Grimsby was good fun, but not fun enough for Wolves to lose, and then basically every Premier League side won. Also today, a brilliant day in the Scottish Premiership title race, Celtic coming back from two goals down at Kilmanac, and Rangers coming from behind to beat hearts. It's tight up there. There's Igor Tudor to Spurs. Thomas Tuchel staying with England, a director of football going in goal and someone's run the numbers of Barry's chicken killing youth.

0:59.9

We'll answer your questions and that's today's Guardian Football Weekly.

1:08.7

On the panel today, Barry Glendanning, welcome.

1:11.3

Hi, Max. Not for the first time I want to skip straight to the end.

1:16.4

Like all the listeners. Dan Bardell, hello.

1:19.2

Good morning.

1:20.1

Welcome, John Bruin.

1:21.2

Hello, Max.

1:22.0

Let's start then at Turf Moore.

1:23.4

Burnley won Mansfield 2, the only real upset of the FA Cup fourth round. I

1:29.1

think, John, in the last round

1:31.3

of the FA Cup, we said there's a chance that

1:33.2

Mansfield Town's name had never been uttered on the podcast

1:35.3

before in its history

1:37.4

and now look at them and

1:39.4

without them this weekend

1:41.0

had no magic.

1:43.0

No, thank the Lord for Nigel Clough, who oddly did not do

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