The FA Cup 2009/2010

[devilsadvocate]

The draw for Round 3 of the FA Cup took place over the weekend.

Here is the third round draw in full with the EPL boys in bold...

Tottenham Hotspur v Peterborough United
Brentford v Doncaster
Middlesbrough v Manchester City
Stoke v York
Notts County v Forest Green
Huddersfield v West Brom
Sheffield United v QPR
MK Dons v Burnley
Chelsea v Watford
Nottingham Forest v Birmingham City
Preston v Colchester
West Ham v Arsenal
Villa v Blackburn
Portsmouth v Coventry
Sunderland v Oxford United
Wigan v Hull
Everton v Carlisle
Sheffield Wednesday v Palace
Tranmere v Wolves
Blackpool v Ipswich
Fulham v Swindon
Stockport/Torquay v Brighton
Scu.nthorpe v Barnsley
Southampton v Rotherham/Luton
Bristol City v Cardiff
Reading v Liverpool
Staines/Millwall v Derby
Plymouth v Newcastle
Leicester v Swansea
Bolton v Lincoln
Accrington Stanley/Barnet v Gillingham
Manchester United v Kettering/Leeds

The last fixture is mouthwatering and has upset written all over it if Leeds can get past Kettering. Man U v Leeds in the cup - What a game!!!

I'd like to see Oxford Utd progress - I knew a bloke in Canada that played there.

Also like to see Swindon get up as a good mate's brother plays there, although it would be bloody unbearable listening to the shit that would follow.

As always though COYS!

[silicone skyline]

Just Wigan's luck to draw another Premier League side to play. Fan-f*cking-tastic.

[silicone skyline]

Funny the way you had to write Scun.thorpe. Lol

[devilsadvocate]

Just Wigan's luck to draw another Premier League side to play. Fan-f*cking-tastic.

Hull are going OK at the moment too.

And scu.nthorp is a censor violator. Can't have Barnsley playing ****!

[silicone skyline]

If Man City get passed Middlesbrough, who will they face in round 4? Is it pre-planned or just luck of the draw?

They're paying $11 to win the Cup, I reckon with the team they have, they're in with a good shot. Spurs are at $12.

[devilsadvocate]

If Man City get passed Middlesbrough, who will they face in round 4? Is it pre-planned or just luck of the draw?

They're paying $11 to win the Cup, I reckon with the team they have, they're in with a good shot. Spurs are at $12.

Luck of the draw. They pick balls out of a pot.

There are lots of conspiracies about these draws though with many people accusing the FA of rigging things by placing heated balls in the pots.

I think there is too much collusion required to pull this off, but there's a LOT of money involved, so you never know

[Bully]

should be a cracker if man yoo play leeds

[RoosterMarty]

Well the replay is on now and Leeds scored first but Kettering Town equalised. Playing extra time now.

While it would be great to play Leeds and smash them, it would be equally hilarious if they were to get knocked out by Kettering after getting themselves so excited over a match against United.

[RoosterMarty]

2 goals in 2 minutes to start the second half of extra time should see Leeds through now, they lead 3-1.

edit: 4-1 now

[Pidge]

Well the replay is on now and Leeds scored first but Kettering Town equalised. Playing extra time now.

While it would be great to play Leeds and smash them, it would be equally hilarious if they were to get knocked out by Kettering after getting themselves so excited over a match against United.

With United's injury problems at the back, I wouldn't be getting too over-confident.

I'm thinking Leeds are more than capable of causing an upset.

[johntheclaret]

Some 1/2 times

Villa 2 b4st4rds 0 EHD sent off too
Witan 0 Hull 1 Wigan not won after being behind at half time for 61 games
Everton 1 Carlisle 1
Stoke 2 York 1 3 goals in 3 minutes with York taking the lead
MK Dons 0 Burnley 2 maybe coyles last game if the press are to be believed
Bolton 0 Lincoln 0 something for Doyle to think about
Pompey 1 Sky blues 1 Pompey not paid the wages again and said maybe by Friday
Saints 1 Hatters 0
Foxes 1 Swans 1 Leicester had to come from behind* to win 2 - 1 in the league
PNE 2 Colchester 0
Pirates 0 Toon 0
Boro 0 City 1
Forrest 0 Brum 0

[johntheclaret]

Me n my big mouth. No sooner do I metion Bolton drawing and coyles interest do they go and get 2 in 3 mins, he 1st was an own goal by the Lincoln capt

[fish]

Hey JTC you neglected to post this score...
Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 0 Peterborough United
35' Niko Kranjcar 1 - 0
57' Niko Kranjcar 2 - 0
70' Jermain Defoe 3 - 0

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And this one...
Milton Keynes Dons 0 - 2 Burnley
23' 0 - 1 Graham Alexander (pen)
35' 0 - 2 Steven Fletcher
(after 85 mins)

[Bully]

i think we should rename liverpool fc too Steven Gerrard FC.

[fish]

And this one...
Milton Keynes Dons 0 - 2 Burnley
23' 0 - 1 Graham Alexander (pen)
35' 0 - 2 Steven Fletcher
(after 85 mins)

Whoops you did post that score - that will teach me to post whilst drunk!

[Il Duce]

i think we should rename liverpool fc too Steven Gerrard FC.

Manslaughter fc is more like it.

[Dirko]

Derby drew with Milwall...

[johntheclaret]

And this one...
Milton Keynes Dons 0 - 2 Burnley
23' 0 - 1 Graham Alexander (pen)
35' 0 - 2 Steven Fletcher
(after 85 mins)

Whoops you did post that score - that will teach me to post whilst drunk!

[johntheclaret]

3rd Round Results

Man Utd 0 Leeds 1
Chelsea 5 Watford 0
West Ham 1 Arsenal 2
Tranmere 0 Wolves 1
Sheffield United 1 QPR 1
Reading 1 Liverpool 1
Portsmouth 1 Coventry 1
Aston Villa 3 Blackburn 1
Middlesbrough 0 Man City 1
Tottenham 4 Peterborough 0
Wigan 4 Hull 1
Stoke 3 York 1
Everton 3 Carlisle 1
MK Dons 1 Burnley 2
Nottm Forest 0 B'mingham 0
Fulham 1 Swindon Town 0
Sunderland 3 Barrow 0
Bolton 4 Lincoln 0
Preston 7 Colchester 0
Huddersfield 0 West Brom 2
Leicester 2 Swansea 1
Millwall 1 Derby 1
Blackpool 1 Ipswich 2
Plymouth 0 Newcastle 0
**** 1 Barnsley 0
Sheff Wed 1 C Palace 2
Torquay 0 Brighton 1
Southampton 1 Luton 0

Saturdays Round Up

Liverpool needed an equaliser from Steven Gerrard to avoid a shock FA Cup third-round exit at the hands of Reading on Saturday night.
Gerrard's leveller earned the Reds an Anfield replay after Simon Church had put the Championship side ahead.
The Royals started well at the Madejski, and sent the home fans into ecstasy by breaking the deadlock on 24 minutes.
Simon Church bundled the ball home from close range after Grzegorz Rasiak had got behind Lucas to cut back a free-kick from Ryan Bertrand.
But that lead lasted just 12 minutes as Liverpool talisman Gerrard struck to earn the visitors a draw.
When he crossed Dirk Kuyt dummied the ball to deceive Reading goalkeeper Adam Federici and the ball crept into the net.

Everton were made to battle hard for their progress to the fourth round as two late goals saw them past League One Carlisle 3-1 at Goodison on Saturday.
James Vaughan gave the Toffees a 12th-minute lead but Adam Clayton's strike went in off team-mate Kevan Hurst to level matters (18).
Vaughan had a second ruled out for offside but Tim Cahill grabbed a crucial close-range strike (82) and Leighton Baines made the game safe from the spot (90).

Premier League crisis club Portsmouth were taken to a replay by Coca-Cola Championship Coventry after a 1-1 draw at Fratton Park.
Things went from bad to worse for financially-stricken Pompey on the half-hour as David Bell lashed the Sky Blues ahead.
But Tommy Smith's cross allowed Kevin-Prince Boateng to head his side level in first-half stoppage time.

Birmingham were fortunate to draw 0-0 at Nottingham Forest, for whom Luke Chambers headed against the crossbar and Robert Earnshaw missed a penalty.

Nathan Delfouneso (10) and Carlos Cuellar (37) put Aston Villa 2-0 up against Blackburn either side of David Dunn's penalty miss.
Rovers had El-Hadji Diouf sent off (42) before Nikola Kalinic pulled a goal back (55), but John Carew's late penalty made it 3-1.

Charles N'Zogbia's introduction at half-time turned around the day's other all-Premier League tie as Wigan beat Hull 4-1.
Geovanni's free-kick gave Hull the lead but the Wigan winger struck (47, 66) either side of setting up James McCarthy for the second (63), and Scott Sinclair rounded off the win (90).

Niko Kranjcar struck twice for Tottenham against Peterborough (35, 57) before Jermain Defoe made it 3-0 (70) and Robbie Keane added a last-minute penalty for a 4-0 victory.

Bobby Zamora's 16th-minute strike earned Fulham a 1-0 win over Swindon, Town keeper David Lucas later saving a penalty from Andy Johnson.

Benjani put Manchester City ahead at Middlesbrough with a goal on the stroke of half-time and it proved enough for Roberto Mancini's side to progress.

Burnley beat Coca-Cola League One MK Dons 2-1, Graham Alexander's penalty (23) and Steven Fletcher's goal (35) proving sufficient despite Dean Morgan's late strike (89).

Sunderland sank Barrow 3-0 after Steed Malbranque grabbed the opener (17) and Fraizer Campbell twice headed home (52, 58).

Managerless Bolton hammered Lincoln 4-0 at the Reebok. They took the lead through Moses Swaibu's own goal (49), Chung-Yong Lee making it 2-0 within two minutes before Gary Cahill (83) and Mark Davies (90) rounded off the scoring.

The bad weather meant York arrived late at Stoke, with the kick-off delayed by half an hour, but the Blue Square Premier side took the lead through Neil Barrett (22).
However, Danny Parslow's own goal (23) and Ricardo Fuller put Stoke 2-1 up (25) immediately and Matthew Etherington added a fine free-kick (58) to seal a 3-1 win for the Potters.

Preston were the day's biggest winners as Jon Parkin's second-half hat-trick helped them rout Colchester 7-0.

Ipswich beat nine-man Blackpool 2-1, Brett Ormerod (55) cancelling out Jack Colback's opener (3) before Ian Evatt and Rob Edwards were sent off and Owen Garvan curled home a winner (77).
Leicester came from behind to beat Swansea 2-1 with Dany N'Guessan bagging the 89th-minute winner.

Crystal Palace won 2-1 at Sheffield Wednesday, Neil Danns (19) and Calvin Andrew (68) scoring either side of Clint Hill's own goal.

Graeme Dorrans (77) and substitute Chris Wood (82) earned West Brom a 2-0 win over Huddersfield and Paul Hayes scored ****'s winner against his former club Barnsley (68).

Millwall and Derby will replay after Kris Commons' volley (52) quickly cancelled out Lewis Grabban's opener (49), while Plymouth and Newcastle shared a goalless draw.

Rickie Lambert's 36th-minute free-kick saw Southampton past Blue Square Premier Luton, while Brighton beat Torquay 1-0 thanks to Andrew Crofts' header (77).

Accrington v Gillingham, Brentford v Doncaster and Bristol City v Cardiff were postponed due to the freezing conditions

Sundays Round Up

Leeds emerged from five years of hurt to inflict some pain of their own as Jermaine Beckford's first-half goal sent old enemies Manchester United crashing out of the FA Cup.
It is six years since Leeds' loyal supporters have made the trip to Old Trafford - and not since 1981 had they returned across the Pennines celebrating victory.
But in manager Simon Grayson they have a man with the club in his heart, and in Beckford they have a striker capable of shooting them to better things - should he stay.
When his 20th goal of the campaign trundled past Tomasz Kuszczak, you could just sense the hosts would not be saved - not even by the five minutes of stoppage time that must have shredded a few nerves before the final whistle.
Leeds' reward is a trip to Tottenham in round four.

Arsenal came from behind to book a place in the fourth round with a 2-1 win at West Ham.
Both managers had one eye on their respective Barclays Premier League campaigns at opposite ends of the table with their team selections.
The Hammers took the lead in first-half stoppage time when Alessandro Diamanti beat the offside trap, but the Gunners turned things around with late goals from Aaron Ramsey and Eduardo.

Two goals from Daniel Sturridge inspired Chelsea to a 5-0 thrashing of woeful Watford at Stamford Bridge as the holders moved effortlessly into the fourth round.
Sturridge started and finished the scoring as Chelsea produced a five-star showing against their Coca-Cola Championship opponents.
An own goal from John Eustace, a deflected effort from Florent Malouda and a thunderous finish from Frank Lampard were sandwiched in between Sturridge's brace as Chelsea dominated from the start.

Wolves midfielder Matt Jarvis atoned for missing an open goal by scoring the winner in a hard-fought 1-0 victory over League One Tranmere at Prenton Park.
Nenad Milijas threaded a brilliant ball between Tranmere's two central defenders and Jarvis ran on to hit a first-time shot past Luke Daniels for a 77th-minute clincher.

Richard Cresswell's equaliser in the final seconds of the first half saw Sheffield United set up replay with QPR after a 1-1 draw.
The home side dominated the early exchanges but QPR got back into the game, with Jay Simpson eventually giving them the lead seven minutes before half-time when he finished Wayne Routledge's superb right-wing cross.
But the Blades responded smartly and equalised in first half stoppage time when Cresswell stepped across his marker to send his looping header into the top left-hand corner.
In an end-to-end second half the best chance came 10 minutes from full-time when United's Ched Evans thumped an incredible 35-yard free-kick onto the underside of the bar but neither side could grab the winner.

Notts County's tie against Forest Green Rovers was postponed due to a frozen pitch at Meadow Lane