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!
I'll be starting the day extra early on the West Coast but an FA Cup semi-final Merseyside Derby is something to savor. We've also got a full slate of Premiership and Championship matches. Join me for a pivotal weekend in the domestic season.
posted by The Blue Devil @ 1:24 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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Right then, I'm up and reasonably fresh given that it's 4:22 am PST where I am. Here are the teams about to come out at Wembley for this semi-final:
Everton: Timmy, Little Neviller, Distin, Heitinger, Baines, Osman, Fellaini, Gibson, Guaye, Cahill, Jelavic. SUbs, Hahenmann, Hibbert, Jags, Straq, McFadden, Coleman, Anichebe.
Pool: Jones, Johnson, Carradona, Skrtel, Agger, Gerrard, Spearing, Henderson, Downing, Carroll, Suarez. Subs: Gullacsi, Enrique, Maxi, Kuyt, Shelvey, Kelly, Bellamy.
Great post BD. I will watch Norwich vs Citeh on ESPN 2 as an NBa match is about to finish and the semi on the usual link. I just made it up to the room in time as there are lots of bloody students and I had to have the employee put out coffee.
Teams being introduced to each other now - fantastic atmosphere. King Kenny is rolling the dice by asking Carroll to come up big again alongside Suarez.
Morning, MUR - thanks for giving me early morning company.
Good morning BD.We have the blimp flying over Wembley and Ian at Carrow Road.
Great to have you. Andy Carroll scored a late winner at Ewood Park on Tuesday. A reward for that?
A moment of silence now for the 96 killed in the Hillsborough tragedy. I blame the city of Sheffield, of course.
I suppose so, MUR. Carroll has a brief reprieve because of that vital goal.
The 6 AM wake up call was at 6:03 and at the ooposite end of the roomwhen there was a phone next to me on the night stand.
Jelavic and Cahill over the ball and the Toffees will get us underway in this first semi-final.
We're off from Wemberley
It soun ds like all Liverpool fans. Sad , but true about Sheffield.
You must be up too early for brekkies.The things we do to watch footie matches. We are bombarded with students getting ready for a robotics competition.
Just a reminder that AZ Kicker and Yellows (AZ Kicker) and you (Everton) are the ones still in with a shout of the 8 points for the FA Cup in the PPP. Big stakes today.
Great run by Andy Carroll and just over by Jay SPearing.
Too early for brekkies. I'll hit the shower at half-time of this one and then will grab some coffee and a pastry at the end of it.
Jelavic is fouled just outside the box. Odd from Agger
Good early free kick chance for Baines.
That would be America's #1, mate.
OH! Just over by Baines from the free kick. The Fake Brad looked Bloody clueless.
OH - you mean Brad Jones. Sorry, early morning brain working here.
He's the real Brad and this one on show today is the fakle Brad.
Yellows and I say
COME ON YOU CANARIES.
The teams are out of the tunnel at Carrow Road as there was a superb overview of Norwich from the stadium. A beautiful picturesque city.
I'd love to see Yellows here on the blog.
The wife and kids are down uin the lobby . I brought a bgel and cream cheese with coffee up to the room.
The Canaries theoretically could leapfrog both Fulham and Liverpool today, albeit with a big, big 10-0 win against Citeh. Unlikely.
Me too. I know he lives in Idaho and does lots of travelling.
We're off from Carrow Road
COME ON YOU CANARIES!
Now it's Pool with a chance after Suarez is fouled by Distin.
Agger slams it into the wall. Poor.
If I lived in Idaho, I'd do lots of traveling as well. Boom boom!
Ian and Macca say that Grant Holt should play for England . I opt for Gary Hooper of Celtic. He's been in fine form the last two seasons.
Me to.
BOOM BOOM
zABALETTA WINS AN EARLY cITEH Corner and Lescott had a header cleared off the line.
OH! ABOUT six inches wide from Pilkington on the resulting break.
Suyperb save by Ruddy from Silva from point blank range.
Hart punches away a Norwich corner.For some my reason my link buggered for five minutes and now it's back.
Jelavic with an outrageous overhead effort there.
Tev is booked for diving by Chris Foy and rightly so , to ruin great work by Silva. Stupid Macca says itr was a penalty and he was hard done by.
BUY SOME GLASSES AND SHUT IT MACCA!
The dive was so poor it made me sick to me stomach
Noe Aguero goes down easily and Norwich fans are not one bit happy about it.
GOAL! Jelavic opens the scoring after a Keystone Kops moment in the Pool defense.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!
GOAL JELAVIC AS CARRADONNA MADE THE DFENSIVE BLUNDER OF THE SEASON AND JELAVIC TAKES ADVANTAGE WITH A GREAT FINISH!
Real blunder there from Carradonna as he plays it into his pal Agger. The ball falls to Jelevic and the in form striker slams home.
1-0 Toffees!
A corner from, Bennett is headed away and Bradley Johnson has a shot deflected for a corner
OH! Grany Holt had a header cleare dopff the line from the next corner by Lescott as Hart was completely outjumped.
That shows that Caradonna is past it.Why did Kenny start him?
It's been all Norwich the past five minutes.
The link buggered again
Starting to fade. I need that shower to refresh myself.
Grant Holt's Granny is playing up front for Norwich today? Well, I never!
BUGGER!
TEV GIVES CITEH THE LEAD WITH A SUPERB FINISH AS DAM DRURY COUHGED UP THE BALL IN MIDFIELD , SILVA AND AGUERO PLAYED A ONE-TWO, THEN TEV SCORED WITHA ROCKET JUST OUTSIDE THE BOX INTO THE ROOF OF THE NET.
Nearly a second for Tev as he has a shot deflected just wide, but Ruddy catches the corner
Oh dear - that will tighten things at the top ahead of your match. Two points separate the Manc sides now.
Quite right, BD. The laptop is her agent!
That's right. We need a win vs Villa tomorow when I am on the road.
OH DEAR! a mix up in the Cnaries defense as Ruddy was out and Aguero got out of position as he was through and the ball ran out of play.
Useless pass from Agger
USeless shot from Stevie G.Distin is booked for a BLOCK ON sUAREZ. iT SEEMED RATHER SoFT.
BUGGER !NASRI PUTS CITEH 0-2 UP. TEV PUT NASRI THROUGH DOWN THE LEFT,THEN THEY PLAYED A SUPERB ONE TWO, THEN NASRI SCORED WITH A GREAT FINISH.
KNOCK IT OIFF CITEH!
Hey Boys,
I am just here to make a couple of comments
How lucky are we that we have both matches on the TV... I bet you my brother won't be able to see both of them!
Glad to see what is happening at Wembley but not so much at Carrow Road!
I fear Citeh are going to win this title? United have been crap all year and Citeh have their mojo again. Could you see United dropping points to Vila, Everton, Citeh, Swansea and Sunderland... I CAN
Oops - nodded off there. Shocking behavior.
Downing wins a Liverpool corner.
Downing wins a Liverpool corner.
Downing wins a Liverpool corner.
What are you doing on the West Coast??? You go 3000 miles east one week and 3000 west the next!
Good morning UWS. I agree 100%. Citeh are peaking at the right time.
Citeh are two up!
I split the difference as I am in Dallas on hotel blog day
Just wide by Jelavic off the free kick.
What happened to Norwich... they gave a fight to United when they came east... they just outplayed and beat Spurs last week!
BLOODY HELL
Now a Norwich player has a bloody eye and Zabaletta is diown
Wilbrahaham has a bloody eye, but it seemed accidental by L:escott. Into stoppage time at Wembley
Good morning from Dallas, UWS.
Halftime and 1-0 to Everton thanks to an assist from Caradonna
I am off now
TTFN
Holt shoots straight at Hart from a great pass.
Cheers, UWS.
Wilbraham shoots straight at Hart bfrom long range.
Hi and bye, UWS!
Back from the loo and srill 0-2 at Carrow Road
UWS and kids are picking golf over footie.
SHOICKING BEHAVIOR AND STRICTLY PROHIBITED ON LOB!
Two minutes of stoppage time from Carrow Road.
Useless pass from Gareth Barry
Nasri was booked and then Holt dove just outside the book and was not booked.
Into sroppage time at Carrow Road.
Great through ball from Tev to AGuero, but great Norwich defending
That is appalling behavior from the Nocito family.
HaLFTIME AND cITEH LEAD 0-2 AT cARROW rOAD.
Ban him for going to St. Andrews!
We're back on at Wembley and Carroll has blown a huge chance at the back post. What a terrible header.
Liverpool are definitely out of the traps here. Looking much better. Spearing almost connected with Suarez but too much on the pass.
Got another bagel and cream cheese and coffee and we're five minutes into the seocnd half at Wemberley.
The Fake Brad misjudges a free kick ancd concedes a corner
You're taunting me with brekkies now. I am getting pretty peckish.
Just wide by Andy Carroll.
It's crowded due to the robotic competition. Sorry Bob.
Just wide by Jelavic.
The goalscorer Jelavic tries one from distance.
Leon Osman shoots straight at the Fake Brad.
I exoect a full reprt from the Nocito Sportscenter on the events at ST. Andrews.
The second half is underway from Carrow Road.
Coming up on the hour mark - surely time for some changes from King Kenny.
Wes Hoolihan ius on foir Bradley Johnson.
Wes Hoolihan ius on foir Bradley Johnson.
Wes Hoolihan ius on foir Bradley Johnson.
I'm hoping for a blackout on NocitoSportsCenter today. Shocking.
GOAL !!! 1-1 SUAREZ TIES IT UP FOR LIVERPOOL
A shocking back pass from Distin as both goals were gifts due to defensive blunders
GOAL! Another defensive blunder! This time it's Distin who lets in Suarez and he makes no mistake.
1-1 Game on!
Useless pass from Downing and stupid foul by the Neviller on on Suarez by the corner flag. Stevie G has a shot deflected for a corner.
YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!
ANDREW SURMAN SCORES FOR NORWICH THANKS TO A BLUNDER FROM HART!
SURMAN PLAYED DRURY DOWN THE LEFT, HIS CROSS WAS DROPPED BY HART AND SURMAN TOOK ADVANTAGE.
Norwich back in it!
Weak punch by the Fake Brad.
Seamus Coleman is on for Magaye Gaye!
Hard working grafter Seamus Coleman has replaced Guaye.
Now it's all Citeh . Heitinga is down, but it did not seem a serious foul by aNDY cARROLL.
Twenty minutes left to play at Wemberley.
ANother driopped cross by the Fake Brad.
Should I text UWS the scores?
Henderson is yellow carded for running his yap.
Yeah - why not.
Jordan Henserson has been booked for dissent and Ryan Benneet has been booked for fouling Tev on the break.
Superb block by Ruiddy from point blank range from Zabaletta after a supoerb through ball from De Jong.
Maxi is on for Henserson, who still has trouble controlling his temper.
Tev blocks a rocket from Aguero!
OH! Just wide by Andy Carroll and Seamus Coleman is booked for an earlier challenge.
The reception is blurry on ESPN 2 as the weather is deteriorating.
The reception is back to normal.
Steve Mrison is on for Aaron Wilbraham and Jelavic has a shot land in the side netting after Wilbraham had a shot blocked.
Great tip over by Ruddy from Zabaletta.
How many chances is Andy Carroll going to need this afternoon?
Ruddy catches the corner from Silva.
Bellamy is on for Downing. I agree with you about Andy Carroll. He better not be in the EURO squad.
Tev was offside with just Ruddy to beat.,
Bellamy is on for the last five minutes (and perhaps extra time).
Coleman's riding a fine line with the referee now.
Bellamy wins a corner off of Osman.Bellamy took the corner, it was headed away by Hair Bear, and Coleman fouls Stevie G just outside the box. Coleman lucky to be on the pitch.
GOAL! Fourth time lucky for Andy Carroll! He's almost surely won it for Pool!
2-1 Pool!
GOAL !!!! 2-1 NLIVERPOLL AS ANDY CARROLL HEADS THE FREE KICK FROM BELLAMY.HAS HE WON IT FOR LIVERPOOL?
Great ball in from the supersub Bellamy and Carroll beat his marker to head it in off the back of his bonce. Great finish from the big man.
BUGGER !!!! TEV HAS SCORED HIS SECOND AS HE OUT JUMPS A DEFNDER TO HERAD PAST RUDDY AND CITEH LEAD 1-3.
Oh Suarez nearly laid #3 on a plate for Maxi. Great save, Timmy!
bloody hell!! AGUERO MAKES IT 1-4 DRIBBLING HALF THE LAENGTH OF THE PITCH AND SCORES WITH A GREAT FINISH PAST RUDDY.
Adam Johnson on for Silva and Anichebe for Baines. The answer to yuor question was that Carroll needed opne more chance.
Some fans leaving - what's their rush?
Aguero is catching up on RVP. I think that may be close to 20 for him.
Four minutes of stoppage time as Heitinga commits a foul just outsiden the box.Great save by Timmy from Suarez.
Basiocally over atCarrow Road with two goals in a minute.
Suarez wins a corner.
Nearly over now. Sorry, mate. It looks like it's AZ and Yellows with a chance of picking up the 8 points now.
BLOODY HELL !TEV COMPLETED A HAT-TRICK AS HE ROUNDED RUDDY TO MNAKE IT 1-5 AS NORWICH WERE CAUGHT OUT BY A LONG BALL AND A BACXK PASS AND IT WAS TOO EASY FOR TEV.
That's it - Liverpool through to what could be a domestic cup double. And that still might not be enough for the Yank owners.
Off for a shower!
iT'S OVER AND lkIVERPOOL WIN 2-1 AS THEY ARE IN THE FINAL AGAINSTR A lONdon club.
iT'S OVER AND lkIVERPOOL WIN 2-1 AS THEY ARE IN THE FINAL AGAINSTR A lONdon club.
Cheers BD. I will do the same in a few minutes,.
Audacious skill from Aguero but he can't beat the fourth man!
OH! Off the bar by Adam Johnson as Drury was caught in possession by Zbaletta, he passed to Aguero, and he opassed to Johnson.
Off the post by AGuiero as there are four minutes of stoppage time.
A superb solo run by Richards was stopped by a superb tacklr by Drury
GOAL 1-6 AS ADAM JOHNSON MAKES IT 1-6 AS aGUERO PUT IN A SUPERB CROSS.
It finishes 1-6 at Carrow Road.
Crikey - I'm just back from a shower and Citeh have won 1-6! A hat-trick from bad boy Tevez! Cor!
Now my eyes are on Elland Road where I'm hoping for a 0-8 drubbing at the hands of Peterboro. Come on, you Posh!
Kick off time!
Oh dear - Donny are already 1-0 up in the relegation dogfight. Pompey will be relegated if they do worse than Bristol City today.
And West Ham are 1-0 up over Brighton early doors.
Bloody hell - Donny are 2-0 up! Dark days on the south coast.
Wahay - Colchester are 1-0 up over Wednesday. Charlton would go up if they win and Wednesday lose today.
2-0 West Ham! Vaz Te with both goals.
West Ham are 3-0 up inside 15 minutes!
Hull are 0-1 up over Watford.
No goals yet in the Premiership in the first fifteen minutes.
Watford have levelled it.
Wahay - Leyton Orient have taken the lead away to the Blades. Both Sheffield clubs losing!
I am back BD. Ha dto walk to the mall to bring back Melanie due to a fracar bewteen the sisters. Are you on the Gilette Soccer Special?
I like it - we're back down to 14th again. I'd love it if Ipswich were to win today and shove us down to 15th. Then the board would wake up to the fact that Warnock is not the man.
I am - here it is:
http://www.firstrowsports.eu/watch/118878/1/watch-soccer-saturday.html
I hear you, BD. Send Warnock to the Nocito golf outing.
Cheers, BD. I am on it.
I'd like to see that, especially if Evil Neil got caught in a sand trap or fell in the pond.
Got it and it's good old Jeff.
Twenty minutes in and no goals in the three Prem matches. Not good quality for entertainment there.
Burnley have just taken the lead vs Coventry.
Burnley are 1-0 up over hapless Coventry who could easily go down this season.
Leyton Orient lead at Bramall Lane. LOVELY JUBBLY!
First goal in the Prem. The Baggies are 1-0 up against QPR.
And Bristol City have taken the lead at Brum. That result would relegate both Donny and Pompey!
The First EPL goal oif the day as Graham Dorrans gives Wesyt Brom the lead vs Evil QPR'.
LOVELY JHUBBLY
Bristol City take the lead at Brum and Millwall take the leaD VS lEICESTER.
Plymouth drtawing 0-0 at Swindon in a tough match
What was the scire in the SOtton vs Reading match yesterday.
UWS said falling in the water would be a more severe punishment than falling in the water
Evil Millwall are unfortunately 1-0 up over Leicester.
Hibs defeated Aberdeen 2-1 in a Scottish Cup semi.
It diesn't matter both teams are safe and will not make the playoffs. Still 0-0 at ER
Swansea have taken the lead against Blackburn. Not good for the bottom clubs so far.
Bristol City now lead 0-2 at Brum. Bleak for Donny and Pompey. Sorry UWS. Jon Stead scored. Sigurdsson gives Swansera the lead vs Blackburn.
Bristol City are now 2-0 up. Looking grim for Donny and Pompey.
Jeff goes bonkers Hartlepool take the lead vs Chjesterfield. That would relegate Chesterfield today. Gary Little with the goal
JEff's happy - Hartlepool are 1-0 up.
Did you see that UWS repsonded to the sand trap remark?
No - where was that?
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