Hang on, what division are Northwich Victoria in? The FA Cup, 2009/10

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Gonna give my heart away
Leave it to the other girls to play

Anyone watching Rochdale-Luton on ITV4 at the moment? It's quite good - Rochdale are an exceedingly nifty bunch.

Also, the Luton fans have realised that, with the stadium being pretty sparsely attended, anything they chant will be heard on air. So they've just been chanting for Iain Dowie, who's on co-commentary duty tonight (and is not at all bad at it).

And Rochdale have just been done by the outside of Kevin Gallen's boot, Luton 1-0 up on the hour.

Finally, something goes right for Morrissey.

Tottenham v Peterborough
Middlesbrough v Man City
Notts County v Forest Green
Chelsea v Watford
West Ham v Arsenal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/8384168.stm

lol final fixture = heated balls

nicely done, fa cup organisers

Leeds vs. Kettering is on ITV4. Kettering just equalised. 1-1. This Is Quite A Good Game Of Ball Ball Ball Footy Footy Footy.

It's extra-time. Kettering are right in this aside from Anthony Elding being basically immobile by this point.

*&%$#!!!!

^^^wait for his reaction when Charlton overhaul 'em in the league

Might watch the rest of extra-time now...

There was something so inevitable about the TV remote not working, it taking 10 minutes to get the TV working, and then Leeds to score within 30 seconds of me getting the TV working.

The TV was then turned off, btw

:( it was good while it lasted

*Whew*

btw man u will beat u 6-0

and u will be fined £tens of thousands for chanting abt munich air disaster

Yeah, very possible but we could still use the cash from an Old Trafford match.

this is true

it's gonna be a long old championship relegation battle next season ;-)

hahahahaha leeds you utter bastards

It would be beneath me to respond to your provocations, you know that, right? ;)

Yeah, NOW they show wwith the goals. Jeeze.

Well, there's a decent chance of my own club being involved in that same relegation scrap next season too! Provided Norwich don't overhaul us.

Is four goals for one team in a single half of extra-time a record?

I'm sorry, I can't recall who you support.

it's true, every club below* leeds in the league is a goddamn nobody

*even if it is 4 points

:P

Oh, so you're a Charlton fan? I've got nothing against Charlton at all. I was always a fan of them in the PL under Curbishley.

Unfortunately, we are a completely different club and team now. Much like your good selves. I don't know whether I'd rather have been in a CL semi-final this decade and now be in this position, or not!

I was in Paris in 2001 when they lost to Valencia. Not a good memory.

the days of stephen 'epic' mcphail and harry 'too' kewell 'for school'

I'll always have a soft side for Kewell after that stunning goal that cost Arsenal the league in '98-99 (I think).

MUCH more recent than that:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc1NN6JOrt8&feature=related

I notice that ITV aren't at all Big Four biased. They're not about to show three complete non-events. The sooner this channel is exterminated forever, the better. Capitalism failed, guys.

you're lucky you've got the games at all. in Scotland we've got Batteries Not Included.

lol ITV looking more and more otm with every passing minute

lol CRISIS

"only rooney can do that" as he sticks a 20-yard shot two yards wide of the post = please die soon, clive

We should do a sweepstake on what minute Wes Brown gets sent off, who's in

"...and that SURELY would have been game set and match!" Man U coming from two behind with 15 minutes to go? Impossible to contemplate!!

argh he just said it again ffs

l

Did they show Mani at the end there?

Oof

2010 will be a year of the sweetest lols

Thank fuck they won't be around to knock us out this year.

kinda disappointed about how first teamy our xi is.

blimey i thought john hartson died

Thank fuck they won't be around to knock us out this year.

I know right

Breathing fractionally easier now there's been at least one big upset this weekend.

hell with that, would've much preferred Spurs Villa final

I'm going to be the second person to say 'bent farce of a game' in two days.

kinda feel like the plucky little Portsmouth jizzing will probably overshadow that aspect of it in the press coverage

I suppose the first semi did have that whole attempted murder thing to add to the story though

I hope they slip into the Conference and never grace the league again.

dear alan wiley,

xpost

Agreed. They cd take Colin fucking Murray with them.

Avram Grant is kind of awesome though, maybe he should manage Man City or something

Yeah I like Avram, anybody who gets completely fucked over by Chelsea has gotta be doing something right.

-_-

yeah I like Grant too, he should take over when NV assassinates Big Mick!

Big Mick is fam for life now tbh

or at Everton when Moyes gets the United job n.b. this might actually happen

Moyes would bring the necessary psychotic My-Team-Right-or-Wrong mentality for Manyoo, it's true.

Decent draw that. Chelsea-Pompey final I reckon, Pompey going all Palace/Brighton/Boro in the end.

― Ismael Klata, Sunday, February 14, 2010 6:17 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Pompey fielding a weakened team would be just brutal viewing.

Yeah, any comedy value from this result kind of evaporates when you envisage John Terry heading his fourth goal of the day in the final, kissing his badge and mouthing "thass wot it's orl abaht"

^^^this was in my head pretty much as soon as I realised Spurs wouldn't just, like, win comfortably

Shit yeah, the mental horrors are mounting - Stanley Matthews' legendary hat-trick eclipsed by Terry, Kalou and Sturridge each notching four; sundry new ministers showing their Chelsea colours; Lampard and Drogba forming a pity guard as Avram trudges up for his losers' medal...

um stanley matthews legendarily assisted 3 goals, mortensen got the hat-trick

I realised that soon as I clicked, but my version is actually better because you just know that's how it'll be reported

guys pompey might beat chelsea YOU NEVER KNOW

more chance of england winning the world cup

Wonder how much Portsmouth's creditors would they get if they win the cup?

Pompey collected £900,000 today, £900,000 more if they lose the final and £1.8mn if they win it.

Are Spurs still owed money? They could do well out of this.

And I bet 'arry 'ad a flutter 'imself.

I'll be the third person in two days to lament this bent farce of a game.

Dawson, lol, waiting to happen all game.

Ref knew his place. Pompey in the final, never in doubt.

Palacios misses next two games. Perfect.

Crouch.

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I hadn't thought about Palacios. So he's out against Arsenal and Chelsea?

Expectations for season revised down from 'finish above Liverpool' to 'finish above Villa'.

yeah, although he was pretty bad again today he's still absolutely our best option to balance midfield, particularly against those two.

bale- awesome, again.

We have another good option to balance midfield but unfortunately he spent this afternoon sitting on the ITV panel rooting for Portsmouth.

bale was amazing. really missing lennon.

bentley just will not deliver the ball quickly- so frustrating to watch, even now that he's looking motivated again.

i'm being harsh on dawson but his positioning just breaks my heart.

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Ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for Pompey...

STV have decided to show Runaway Bride instead of this? Fair enough.

He's got tattoos on his legs too? *scrubs brain*

Lampard would've been well worth two goals already, this is very ominous

woof. "why on earth do we not use the technology" to make decisions that the linesman got right and the commentators wrong? alrite.

This is all getting a bit Sunderland 1973, isn't it?

I did enjoy watching Didsy Droggs beating up on the frame of the goal.

Oh, hello.

Gah.

ok less than a minute before that i was about to post here "portsmouth to get penalty in 5..4.."

and what's more, i knew it would be saved.

(ffs)

whoa

Tyldsley really embarrassing himself now: 'in 1981, no one died'.

Little taster of the World Cup to come there.

Almost thought you were referring to Terry lifting a trophy, there.

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I was watching the real cup final, and flicked over to this one three times. Coincidentally, and with barely believable luck, this allowed me to see Solomon Kalou missing a sitter, Didier Drogba punching and rattling the goalposts in anger, and Fwank missing a penalty. Happy day, except for the whole Chelsea winning thing. Did I miss anything else?

Chelsea hit the woodwork five times in the first half, Ailsa. And Pompey missed a pen at 0-0, immediately before Drogba slammed a free-kick in (off the post, inevit). So you were lucky in your channel-hopping but the first 45 was pretty incident-packed.

First 45 of the Scottish Cup Final was dull as ditchwater an' all, so bah.

least romantic set of cup finals ever

it's a fucking disgrace.

Is there a thread for this season's FA Cup? Stevenage equalised in the 95th minute against MK Dons. ET!

What little FA Cup discussion there has been so far this season is on this thread:
Billy Paynter's Excellent Adventure: Football League, Blue Square and Beyond, 2010/11