The Magic of the Cup

The 4th round is here.
How do you see things panning out this weekend, any shocks on the cards?

Weekend Fixtures:

Saturday, 29 January 2011
Everton v Chelsea
Swansea v Leyton Orient
Aston Villa v Blackburn
Birmingham v Coventry
Bolton v Wigan
Burnley v Burton Albion
Sheff Wed v Hereford
Stevenage v Reading
Torquay v Crawley Town
Watford v Brighton
Southampton v Man Utd

Sunday, 30 January 2011
Arsenal v Huddersfield
Wolverhampton v Stoke
Notts County v Man City
West Ham v Nott'm Forest
Fulham v Tottenham

Everton beating Chelsea 1-0
Saha on 62 mins.

20 mins left, should be interesting.

spoke too soon.
Kalou comes off the bench and grabbs an equalizer with 15 mins left.

typical Chelsea, would love it for Everton to sneak a late winner!

Great Cupset here though!

Swansea 1 Leyton Orient 2

An extraordinary own goal from Swansea City captain Alan Tate gifted Leyton Orient a FA Cup fourth-round victory.

Jimmy Smith gave Orient the lead, heading past Yves Ma-Kalambay as the goalkeeper flapped at a free-kick.

Swansea equalised moments before half-time when Darren Pratley's chip picked out Cedric van der Gun to flick home.

Orient hung on thanks to keeper Jamie Jones and a replay seemed imminent, but two minutes from time Tate swung at a cross and sliced into his own net.

it was indeed a great o.g watched it on s4c(welsh channel)

coventry taken the lead against birmingham through marlon king

man u to win 4-0

thats my score line out the window
need nani on

Sat - 29th Jan 11
The FA Cup Weekend results
Everton 1 - 1 Chelsea
Swansea 1 - 2 Leyton Orient
Aston Villa 3 - 1 Blackburn
Stevenage 1 - 2 Reading
Bolton 0 - 0 Wigan
Birmingham 3 - 2 Coventry
Sheff Wed 4 - 1 Hereford
Burnley 3 - 1 Burton Albion
Watford 0 - 1 Brighton
Torquay 0 - 1 Crawley Town
Southampton 1 - 2 Man Utd
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Todays game watch the Arsenal game now
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Sun - 30th Jan 11
Arsenal 1 v 1 Huddersfield with over 70 minutes played and Arsenal down to 10 men
13:00 The FA Cup Wolverhampton vs Stoke
14:00 The FA Cup Notts County vs Man City
14:00 The FA Cup West Ham vs Nottm Forest
16:30 The FA Cup Fulham vs Tottenham

Arsenal win 2-1 Fab's pen in the 86 minutethe
Notts County and Man City game just started on ITV

It's all about Crawley Town baby! Incredible day out.

Still hanging like Chris Benoit.

Marky wrote:It's all about Crawley Town baby! Incredible day out.

Still hanging like Chris Benoit.

great win against Torquay yesterday

Marky wrote:Still hanging like Chris Benoit.

Brilliant Marky :lol:

I hope you get an easier draw if you know what I mean so your cup run can continue!

Notts County v Man City, (depth of history versus depth of pocket). Not much magic here.

Hailmary wrote:Notts County v Man City, (depth of history versus depth of pocket). Not much magic here.

Still 0-0 and 5 minutes into the second half

West Ham 3 V 2 Nottm Forest
great game on the net gameday screen

sharky066 wrote:

Hailmary wrote:Notts County v Man City, (depth of history versus depth of pocket). Not much magic here.

Still 0-0 and 5 minutes into the second half

Notts County up 1 nil good goal

sharky066 wrote:

sharky066 wrote:

Hailmary wrote:Notts County v Man City, (depth of history versus depth of pocket). Not much magic here.

Still 0-0 and 5 minutes into the second half

Notts County up 1 nil good goal

Good goal indeed! Man City will have to draft in their most expensive now.

Hailmary wrote:

sharky066 wrote:

sharky066 wrote:

Hailmary wrote:Notts County v Man City, (depth of history versus depth of pocket). Not much magic here.

Still 0-0 and 5 minutes into the second half

Notts County up 1 nil good goal

Good goal indeed! Man City will have to draft in their most expensive now.

just took out Jo and Silva is on

Helluva goal finished off by Dzeko to bring City back to 1-1 with 10 minutes to go

Davie wrote:Helluva goal finished off by Dzeko to bring City back to 1-1 with 10 minutes to go

Hope it goes to a replay at the City ground

sharky066 wrote:
Hope it goes to a replay at the City ground

I thought Forest played at The City Ground

Well tbh i was going to start a new topic which was decrying the value of the FA cup,and please give me credit i know we got knocked out by Villa yesterday but that does not change my view on the demise of the FA cup,lets look at what i mean,clubs invariably field squad players in there line ups,prices are droped and yet attendances are very low,you dont feel any excitment at the games not even like it was in the early 90s, and possibly before that,when you couldnt wait for the KO, now its just took as a distraction from the league games,we need more money put into this competition and a euro spot to kick some life back into it.
Or could it just be the fact that maybe only 3/4 clubs have a realistic chance (the luck of the draw will let in others i will admit) of winning the FA cup.

Was having this conversation whilst watching Notts County v Man City. Whilst you have to love the the FA Cup for being a no airs or graces, lose and your out competition, you can't help but get the feeling that it's totally overshadowed by the league games. Also a bit humbling to see a squad that collectively probably makes no where near the same amount of money in a month as one overpriced and underwhelming Man City player.

Dexter Morgan wrote:

Marky wrote:Still hanging like Chris Benoit.

Brilliant Marky :lol:

I hope you get an easier draw if you know what I mean so your cup run can continue!

Didn't quite work out that way did it

Roverblue wrote:Well tbh i was going to start a new topic which was decrying the value of the FA cup,and please give me credit i know we got knocked out by Villa yesterday but that does not change my view on the demise of the FA cup,lets look at what i mean,clubs invariably field squad players in there line ups,prices are droped and yet attendances are very low,you dont feel any excitment at the games not even like it was in the early 90s, and possibly before that,when you couldnt wait for the KO, now its just took as a distraction from the league games,we need more money put into this competition and a euro spot to kick some life back into it.
Or could it just be the fact that maybe only 3/4 clubs have a realistic chance (the luck of the draw will let in others i will admit) of winning the FA cup.

Good points raised. Cup Final day used to be very special, with shows like Grandstand and Saint & Greavsie doing cup final specials. There was the itinerary; 12.30 - teams leave hotel, 1.00 Meet the Bosses, 1.15 the cup story so far etc etc. Then around 2.30 there would be interviews with celebrities at Wembley, (if your team was involved the nerves had really kicked in by this point). Sadly, money has tarnished just how special the occasion is while sterile cup final wins by Chelsea each year do nothing to reignite the old magic.

Well here we are, months down the line and the final is Stoke v City, how'd thought it? Wonder what the odd's would of been on that.

mighty hammers will get there this year

FA Cup 1st Round draw was made yesterday.

Crawley Town's last FA Cup tie was a brave 1-0 defeat at Old Trafford. Now we've drawn Bury away.

Back to Manchester it is I guess...

Round 3 draw today.
Who are you hoping you get?

Ipswich

that would be a tight game though tooze.

but it would give us a local derby this year. as well we were promoted to the prem and they werent

haha thought might have been the reason

Crawley Town away to Arsenal/Chelsea please!

Come on Wrexham! Get Man City, home or away it doesn't matter!

Shef Utd or a Prem team for us (Leeds) please!

Wow!!!!!!!
City v Utd

Leeds away to Arsenal.

Time for revenge for the Carling Cup

That's exactly what my Mrs said Chruchy!

I wouldn't be as up for revenge had the ref not been on Blackburns side and then Kean saying that he forfeited the next rounds game instead of admitting they were Poopie and not good enough.

I'd like to see a young team given a chance and still be able to knock a couple past them.

Todays 3rd round matches:

Barnsley v Swansea
Birmingham v Wolves
Brighton v Wrexham
Bristol Rovers v Aston Villa
Coventry v Southampton
Crawley Town v Bristol City
Dag & Red v Millwall
Derby v Crystal Palace
Doncaster v Notts County
Everton v Tamworth
Fleetwood v Blackpool
Fulham v Charlton
Gillingham v Stoke
Hull v Ipswich
Macclesfield v Bolton
Middlesbrough v Shrewsbury
MK Dons v QPR
Newcastle v Blackburn
Norwich v Burnley
Nott'm Forest v Leicester
Reading v Stevenage
Sheffield Utd v Salisbury
Swindon v Wigan
Tottenham v Cheltenham
Watford v Bradford
West Brom v Cardiff

Can you see any upsets on the cards?

Cardiff to take West Brom to a reply and then beat them

Would Crawley beating Bristol be considered an upset?

gazzyD wrote:Cardiff to take West Brom to a reply and then beat them

Would Crawley beating Bristol be considered an upset?

Apparently not.

Crawley Town of League 2 v Bristol City of the Championship, and Crawley were the bookies favourites. It seems we were expected to beat a side two leagues above us!

I can't wait for the draw and our home banker against Tottenham

brilliant result for swindon yesterday, and now city are out.