We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
It's FA Cup 3rd round time, the greatest day in the English football calendar, and there are plenty of intriguing Cup fixtures on the docket, including Ipswich vs. Portsmouth, which FSC will kindly show us at 10 a.m. Sadly, my beloved Whites won't be there for the first time in its history. We'll be hosting Northhampton at Elland Road.
posted by gatorbob @ 9:30 AM
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
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A few early fixtures have kicked off. Cardiff are thumping non-leaguers Chasetown as I type 1-3.
Wolves still 0-0 with Cambridge Utd. It would be lovely to see Cup football at the old haunt.
Talk about serendipity. As I was typing the above message and FSC was previewing the match with manager Jimmy Quinn, talking about the heritage of Cambridge, the buggers have scored! The magic of the Cup, eh?
AND CAMBRIDGE HAVE JUST SCORED AT WOLVES!!!
I won't be around for today's games. I have to go out about 10:15.
Your lot play a league game against Northampton today
Portman Road looks absolutely magical, completely different from the bog we used to stand in back in the seventies. Come on you Tractor Boys!
My pick for the big upset of the day is QPR to dump Chelski out of the Cup. It's a fascinating tie as QPR's new owners are possibly even richer than Roman Abramovic!
Huddersfield have taken the lead against Premiership boys Birmingham.
Charlton are one up against WBA in the all-Championship clash.
It's all Pompey so far in the televised match, with Glen Johnson coming close there after a jinking run.
Ipswich are laying back and trying to hit the Premiership side on the break.
Mansfield one up on Brighton.
Southend one up on Dagenham.
Am I the only one that giggles at the name David Sheepshanks?
Jason Euell knocks the ball back to Andrew Surman who fires home from the edge of the box to put Southampton 1-0 up against Leicester.
Everton's match against Oldham has been delayed for 30 minutes because of a fire at a nearby chip shop. Really.
Liam Fontaine reacts first to a cross into the Middlesbrough box and pokes the ball home to give Championship high-fliers Bristol City the advantage.
Brum have pulled level against Huddersfield.
Paul Scharner is left unmarked in the Sunderland box and heads home to put Wigan ahead in the Premiership clash.
Leeds are well on top in their match with Northhampton but no goals as yet. We really need the win today.
Wolves are throwing everything they've got at non-league Cambridge, but the Us are hanging on.
Unbelievable! Nineteen year old Liam Trotter has been sent off for a lunging tackle on Pedro Mendez that was a yellow at best. The referee Mark Halsey has probably ruined a really tasty match. Ipswich manager Jim Magilton is going barmy on the touchline.
Boos are ringing out around Portman Road, especially for Pedro Mendez, but pretty much every Pompey player is getting booed.
Plymouth now 2-0 up against Hull City.
Two quick goals at Shite Fart Lane. First Reading take a shock lead with a long hopeful shot that's eluded the hapless Paul Robinson in goal.
Then Dimitar Berbatov rifles home the equalizer from an Aaron Lennon cross less than a minute later. How long will Berbatov stay at the Lane?
Claudio Pizarro's shot bounces off the post and bounces into the back of the net off the head of the QPR keeper, Lee Camp. That's a cruel blow for the Championship side but Chelsea won't be complaining. They're one up!
Watford have taken the lead against Championship rivals Crystal Palace.
Sadly Wolves have drawn level with Cambridge. The magic has dissipated somewhat.
Leeds are one up after a rare strike from Frazer Richardson! We're back up into third.
Wolves have scored what looks like a late winner against Cambridge Utd. Sorry Phil.
Added to our brilliant score, Carlisle are losing two nil at home to lowly Port Vale.
Australian midfielder David Carney puts Sheffield United in the lead away at Premier League Bolton, while Ian Holmes gives Mansfield a 2-1 lead at Brighton.
Half time whistles are going around the country. Ipswich and Pompey still at 0-0.
Second halfs starting....
David Nugent is on for the second half for Pompey.
Dimitar Berbatov runs up and plays the ball into the back of the Reading net from the spot to put Tottenham ahead, the Bulgarian has now scored six goals in two games against the Royals.
Peterborough have retaken the lead against Championship side Colchester thanks to a left-footed volley from highly rated winger George Boyd.
Premiership upset watch:
Blackburn, Bolton and Sunderland would all be knocked out if the current scores hold up.
And Nugent has paid dividends straight away. He runs on to a Sol Campbell long ball and slots home. Pompey are one up at Portman Road.
Still 0-0 in that potentially explosive West Ham vs. Citeh match.
Leeds 2-0! Rui Marques with the second. It's a day for the defenders to score today.
Julius Aghahowa's cross is turned into his own net by Paul McShane to give Wigan a 2-0 lead against Sunderland. Oh dear oh dear, Keano won't be pleased.
Carlisle have got one back - I'm hoping that Port Vale can hang on for a win there.
Upsets are on the cards everywhere at the moment! Elliott Ward runs up and fires a commanding penalty-kick past Friedel to put Coventry 2-0 ahead against Blackburn at Ewood Park.
Dagenham are now 2-1 up against Southend.
Oldham have taken the lead against Everton thanks to a 30 yard thunderbolt from Gary McDonald. That would be the shock of the day if the score stays as it is!
Southend have battled back quickly against Dagenham and have equalised thanks to Dean Morgan's strike.
Nugent's hit the top of the crossbar now. What a supersub!
More Premier League clubs in trouble now, including Blackburn, Bolton, Everton, Boro and Sunderland. Birmingham are not out of the woods either at 1-1. West Ham and Citeh still 0-0. And Villa and United are still to come so there may be as many as eight Premiership clubs out by tonight.
Dan Shittu's header has doubled Watford's lead against Crystal Palace.
Bugger! Carlisle have tied it up. We're level on 40 points with them now, but with superior goal difference. Still third.
Charlie Lee has struck to put Peterborough 3-1 ahead against Colchester. A shock looks very much on the cards at Layer Road.
Micah Richards' header is cleared off the line by the West Ham defence as Manchester City look to grab the lead at Upton Park.
David Wheater rises to head home to give Middlesbrough the lead at Bristol City. Gareth Southgate's side have done really well to come from behind at Ashton Gate.
Fifteen minutes left at Elland Road and we're still 2-0 up and all over Northhampton.
Andy Bishop's header puts Bury 1-0 up against Norwich, while Simon Francis has fired home to put Southend 3-2 up against Dagenham.
Well, well, well. Stephen Hunt scores his second goal of the afternoon to pull Reading level against Tottenham. When these two sides meet you can guarentee goals at the moment.
Wish we were watching that Spurs-Reading match. This one died with that red card in the first half.
Bloody Port Vale have allowed Carlisle to steal the match - it's 3-2 now and we're back to fourth.
Wigan now 3-0 up against the hapless Sunderland. How long can Roy Keane hang on as the manager of the Black Cats?
This Counago bloke up front for Ipswich is hopeless, bloody hopeless.
Great save by Calamity James keeps the Pompey lead.
About five minutes left in most matches. Blackburn, Bolton, Everton, and Sunderland still in big trouble.
Coventry are now 4-1 up at Ewood Park. A remarkable score.
Huddersfield have taken the lead again against Birmingham, so that's a fifth Premier League club in trouble.
Reading and Tottenham have finished 2-2 and will need a replay.
Another astonishing shot stop by Calamity James there. Even better than the first.
And Coventry have taken the first Premiership scalp of the 07/08 Cup - they've beaten Blackburn 4-1 away!
Too bad for Ipswich. It was really fun seeing a full Portman Road even it is posh beyond belief now.
Ipswich were beaten as much by the astonishingly inept refereeing as they were by their own lack of class. You're right to single out Counago who had chance after chance to do something in good space. The bloke's more comically one-footed than Heather Mills. Campbell, Johnson, and Distin just waited for him to switch the ball to his good foot and nicked it off him every time.
What saddened me further is the realization that were the Tractor-boys to be promoted this year, on this sort of form, you could only count on them to give Derby a game. They would have to bring in at least half a team to have any chance of survival in the Prem. Which makes the loss of this cup match doubly sad.
Pompey on the other hand spurned chance after chance and allowed Ipswich some real opportunities. Where was that in our game with them?
Youngster Curtis Weston - who I've never heard of - has come off the bench to complete a 3-0 win for Leeds today. Lovely jubbly!
Another thing...
Calamity showed today exactly why it would be a horrible step backward to even consider him for the national side again.
Yes, he still possesses the reflexes that give him that tremendous shot-stopping ability, but he just cannot deal with back-passes, coming for crosses, and decisions to leave his area. He went walk-about and worse time and time again today and a better bunch of strikers than Ipswich has to count on would have punished him badly for it.
Never again.
Well done Leeds! That's a real victory.
Now if los hijos/les garcons can handle Burnley tomorrow, it'll be a really good weekend.
I agree with you about Calamity. He's a great shot stopper, no doubt, but he is wobbly on crosses and corners and don't even get me started about how he handles backpasses. It only takes one of those catastrophes to ruin a qualifying campaign, as we've seen recently.
More Premiership sides out of the Cup today:
Birmingham have lost to Huddersfield.
Bolton have lost to the Blades.
Sunderland have been thumped by Wigan.
Citeh and the Hammers and Spurs and Reading will replay.
Villa have kicked off against United at Villa Park. Here are the sides:
Aston Villa: Carson, Mellberg, Laursen, Davies, Bouma, Petrov, Reo-Coker, Barry, Young, Carew, Agbonlahor
Subs: Taylor, Moore, Knight, Gardner, Maloney
Man Utd: Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Park, Anderson, Carrick, Giggs, Ronaldo, Saha
Subs: Heaton, Hargreaves, Rooney, Nani, O'Shea
I've just heard an interesting statistic. The winners of the FA Cup get £1 million whereas the club who finish bottom of the Premier League get £30 million. No wonder some of the magic has been lost.
Still 0-0 at Villa Park in the 53rd minutes. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Typical bloody United. Bore us to death for 80 minutes and then nick a goal through the Portugeezer. 1-0.
Rooney! 2-0! Clinical. Game over. Villa are the sixth Premier League side to fall today.
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