Port Vale 1 – 0 Sunderland

March 8, 2026:

Port Vale produced one of the great FA Cup shocks as the League One basement side stunned Premier League Sunderland 1-0 to book their place in the quarter-finals.

It was a tie that looked like a formality on paper for the Black Cats – bottom of the third tier versus top-flight – but the FA Cup worked its magic once again as Ben Waine’s first-half header proved to be enough for Vale.

Waine – a Newcastle fan – pounced when Vale kept a corner alive and he looped a header home to send Vale Park into delirium.

From that moment on it was backs-to-the-wall stuff, but Sunderland did not do enough as Vale’s defensive doggedness laid the platform for a memorable occasion.

Bottom of League One they might be, but yet again Port Vale reminded everyone why the FA Cup remains football’s greatest stage for the improbable.

The FA Cup quarter-final draw is on Monday and will take place before the final last-16 tie between West Ham and Brentford.

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