Not Exactly The Kop
This is what the Hawks are used to playing in front of!!!!
The FA Cup is back!! Villa and Rovers also have a Premiership match up and the Mighty Leeds need to get their fingers out at Luton!!
I won't be around for the morning because I have three boys that never stop playing sports!! I will read the blog when I am around.
Dave
posted by United We Stand @ 9:01 AM
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Morning, Dave! Thanks for the posting. I'm looking forward to the pleasure of your company during the breaks in your boys' sporting day.
I'm getting settled in to watch Mansfield vs. Boro.
Plymouth have taken a shock early lead at Portsmouth.
Oh my! Havant and Waterlooville have taken the lead at Anfield. What romance!
Richard Pacquette got his head to a Havant corner and sent the ball past Charles Itandje at his right-hanhd post. What a start for the side from the Blue Square South!
Andy Keogh runs onto a long ball behind the Watford defence and fires home to give Wolves a 1-0 lead.
Oldham and Huddersfield both beat Premier League sides to reach the fourth round of the FA Cup, however Huddersfield will now be the happier of the two sides as Luke Beckett has put them ahead in the match between the sides.
Mansfield appear to be trying to kick there way into the 5th round; some quite agricultural challenges so far.
Chris Brown cuts the ball back to Karl Hawley inside the Derby box. The Preston striker takes control before slotting the ball home to give the Championship side a 1-0 advantage.
Liverpool still 0-1 down; why aren't we watching that match?
West Brom are 0-2 up against Peterborough. Interestingly, all of the goals in the Cup so far have gone to the away team.
It has been a quiet start to the game in this afternoon's only Premier League match between Aston Villa and Blackburn.
Finally a home side has scored. It's Coventry 1 Millwall 0.
Havant come close to a second goal at Anfield! Charles Itandje flaps at a long ball into the box and it falls for Neil Sharp who blasts his shot just over the bar.
Scotty Carson has saved a Matt Derbyshire penalty in the one Premier League fixture on today. Still 0-0.
Liverpool are finally level much to Rafa Benitez's relief after Leiva Lucas' stunning curling shot from outside of the box finds the top corner of the Havant net. 1-1.
The mighty Leeds have taken the lead at Kenilworth Road through Paul Huntington, who I have to admit I've never heard of. Still, we've vaulted into second place again on the strength of that goal.
What on earth are Liverpool playing at? Havant and Waterlooville have taken the lead again! 1-2!
Robert Huth picks up a yellow for what I can only describe as a balletic version of the patented Eric Cantona kung fu kick.
Could their be a shock brewing at Pride Park! Preston, who are struggling in the Championship, are now 2-0 up against Derby thanks to Simon Whaley's strike.
Lassana Diarra strike a dipping effort towards the Portsmouth goal, which takes a wicked deflection, and finds the back of the net to draw Plymouth level against their Championship opponents.
Eight Premier League sides are already out of Cup this season. Will we have more knocked out today. Liverpool and Derby are in trouble and Wigan take on Chelsea later in the day. Newcastle and Arsenal still at 0-0.
Mansfield rifle one against the bar - their closest effort yet.
Liverpool work a neat passing move to give Benayoun a shooting opportunity in the Havant box. The Israeli midfielder slots the ball past Scriven to pull Liverpool level.
A bit of comic relief here at Mansfield. The ball goes out and some wag behind the stand starts peppering the pitch with a hefty supply of fake match balls. Nice one!
Portsmouth break into the Plymouth half to allow Niko Kranjcar to shoot into the back of the net to give Harry Redknapp's side a 2-1 lead.
Preston are 3-0 ahead against Derby at Pride Park! Karl Hawley fires home his second goal of the afternoon to give Alan Irvine's side a commanding advantage.
Can Havant and Waterlooville take the lead a third time at Anfield. I would luv it!
Half time whistles going around the grounds. Arsenal still 0-0 with Newcastle. The last thing they need is to add another match to their busy schedule.
Second halfs starting and Richard Lambert's powerful header puts Bristol Rovers ahead against Barnet in the FA Cup.
Boro fans are amusing themselves with a couple of rounds of "Daydream Believer" with the lyric "Cheer up Kevin Keegan." Meanwhile King Kev's side are drawing Arsenal at the Emirates.
Scratch that. Emanuel Adebayor has just struck a sweet volley to give the Gunners a lead. 1-0 to the Arsenal.
Some handbags breaking out here in Mansfield. The referee will have to get control of this one in a hurry.
Elliott Ward strikes the foot of the Millwall post, however, unlucky for the London side, the ball drops to Michael Mifsud who scores to give Coventry a 2-1 lead.
Liverpool are finally in the lead! And it's Yossi Benayoun who's made the breakthrough. The Israeli is certainly saving Benitez's blushes today. 3-2 Liverpool.
Derby have got one back against Preston but it'll take a lot of work for the Premier League side to salvage this one. 1-3.
Kevin Phillips steps up and slams a powerful effort past Joe Lewis in the Peterborough goal from the penalty spot to give West Brom a 3-0 lead. Craig Morgan was sent-off for conceding that spot-kick.
Thirty minutes left for Leeds to protect their slender lead at Luton. Come on you Whites!
Ryan Babel's effort is parried into the path of Benayoun by Scriven. The Liverpool midfielder's rebound finds the back of his net to complete his hat-trick and give the Premier League side a 4-2 lead against Havant. The Reds are running riot now.
The Egyptian striker Mido is coming on for Boro looking as if he's been tucking into the baba ghanoush a little too heavily. They do like their hefty strikers in Boro, don't they?
Roque Santa Cruz's clever finish gives Blackburn a surprising 1-0 lead against Aston Villa in the day's only Premier League game.
Matt Jarvis lays the ball across the face of the Watford six yard-box to Jay Bothroyd, who strikes his effort into the back of the bet to give Wolves a 3-0 lead.
Ashley Young's curling free-kick from 35 yards beats Brad Friedel and goes into the top right-hand corner of the Blackburn goal to draw Aston Villa level in the day's only Premier League match.
Southampton have broken the deadlock against Bury thanks to Andrew Surman's deflected shot which gave goalkeeper Provett no chance.
Fifteen minutes left - Leeds still one up at Luton. Come on!
Southampton are home and dry now after Grzegorz Rasiak forced the ball home at the third attempt after Provett saved his penalty before also blocking his initial rebound attempt.
A hilarious own goal there from Mansfield skipper Paul Buxton finishes them off. Boro now 0-2 in the lead and home and dry certainly.
Adebayor has added a second against Keegan's Newcastle and they're certainly through to the 5th round now.
The same two sides play again Tuesday night in the Premier League.
Down to about five minutes left between Luton and Leeds. It would be nice to have the cushion of a 2-0 lead. Come on you Whites!
Cesc Fabregas' free-kick is deflected into the back of the Newcastle goal by Nicky Butt. Arsenal now lead that match 3-0.
Boro have completed their 0-2 win against a Mansfield side struggling to stay in the Football League. A professional performance.
The final whistle has gone at Pride Park and Preston have surprisingly beaten Derby 4-1. Remember Preston are struggling in the Championship this season. Derby then are the ninth EPL club to be knocked out of the Cup this season, with Newcastle looking very much like the tenth. With two more all Premiership clashes to come, we're assured to be down to eight EPL clubs left in the tournament in the 5th round. That may give some other lesser clubs a chance to shine.
Bugger! We've thrown away two points at struggling Luton Town in the 92nd minute. With Wisey debating an assistant's position at Newcastle, things are not looking bright all of a sudden at Elland Road.
Havant are being applauded by everyone in Anfield as they walk round the pitch after they lost 5-2 to Liverpool.
Half time: Wigan 0 Chelski 0. Chelski under Avram Grant are better than Ambien - a reliable sleep inducer without the side effects of temptation to eat or gamble.
GOAL! Nicolas Anelka has struck for the first time in Chelski colors, a neat finish from a Belletti through ball. Wigan are claiming offside, but it looked like Titus Bramble was playing him onside.
GOAL: 2-0 Chelski. Anelka unselfishly squares it to SWP for Chelski's second.
GOAL: 2-1! Game on! Sibieski cracks a spectacular volley and finally Cech is beaten.
I am here.
Wigan are back in it.
Shame about Leeds and Havant.
Every tie has been won so far. Not one replay on the books yet. Just this one and three tomorrow.
I wonder if that has ever happened.
Bent screams one off the bar in extra time - that was close!
Was that saved or off the bar!!
It was the bar
Nice to see you, Dave. To see you, nice.
I love the Que Sera song!!
Do you think it has ever happened with no replays?
Final score: 1-2 Chelski.
It's clear that Chelski's success under Grant is all about nicking the odd goal or two through their quality strikers such as Drogs and Anelka and then relying on their superb backline to keep the goals out.
Dunno, Dave. I'll look into it. Well, by my count Wigan are the eleventh Premier League side to be knocked out of the Cup this season. Will it be ManYoo or Spurs tomorrow?
Shut it!!
Spurs to drop for sure!!!
PS I am actually quite nervous. Spurs look good
I think 12 Prem teams have bitten the dust!!
Still in it
1 Arse
2/3 ManU Spurs
4 Chelski
5 Liverpool
6 Portsmouth
7 Boro
8? Citeh Shef Utd
I'm only asking....
I'm off to get back to some proper work. I'll check in with you tomorrow. Cheers, mate.
So, two more Premiership teams are out of the Cup.
Only six Prem teams left.
No Fourth Round game ended in a draw!! There are no replays!! Has that EVER happened before?
From the Beeb
For the first time since 1957, there are no fourth-round replays on the horizon after every match was decided at the first time of asking.
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