English FA Cup 2011/2012

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next game
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Sheffield Wed v Blackpool, R4R, 19:45
Southampton v Millwall, R4R, 19:45

Saturday, 18 February 2012
Chelsea v Birmingham, R5, 15:00
Crawley Town v Stoke, R5, 15:00
Everton v Blackpool/Sheff Wed, R5, 15:00
Liverpool v Brighton, R5, 15:00
Millwall/Southampton v Bolton, R5, 15:00
Norwich v Leicester, R5, 15:00
Stevenage v Tottenham, R5, 15:00
Sunderland/Middlesbrough v Arsenal/Aston Villa, R5, 15:00

berehat jap la EPL pas ni
pastu UCL lak

 

[NEMO]

FA CUP FIFTH ROUND DRAW IN FULL*

Liverpool v Brighton & Hove Albion
Everton v Blackpool/Sheffield Wednesday
Chelsea v Birmingham City
Crawley Town v Stoke City
Stevenage v Tottenham Hotspur
Norwich City v Leicester City
Sunderland/Middlesbrough v Arsenal/Aston Villa
Millwall or Southampton v Bolton Wanderers

 

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FA CUP FIFTH ROUND DRAW IN FULL*

Liverpool v Brighton & Hove Albion
Everton v Blackpool/Sheffield Wednesday
Chelsea v Birmingham City
Crawley Town v Stoke City
Stevenage v Tottenham Hotspur
Norwich City v Leicester City
Sunderland/Middlesbrough v Arsenal/Aston Villa
Millwall or Southampton v Bolton Wanderers

rajin abam NEMO update skrg

 

[NEMO]

Gus Poyet labels FA Cup 'best in the world' after Brighton knock out Newcastle

The manager was pleased with the result moreso than his side's performance, but was happy nonetheless and looking ahead to the next round of the competition he called the best in the world.

"It's special, this cup; it's beautiful," he told reporters. "I've said before I play, after I've played, it's the best cup in the world.

"It would be a dream [to lead the team to the FA Cup final]. I think right now we will look at the draw tomorrow. Depending on who we get we might celebrate, but I won't tell you who for.

"It was a great night. We have so many great games so far at the AmEx, it's incredible. It's unbelievable we've only been here for six or seven months.

"It's massive. It's true that we beat Sunderland this year, but I think it was a different time in the season, and Newcastle have been better this year than Sunderland which just shows that it's been a very difficult game."

The Seagulls were on the backfoot for long periods of the match, and took their goal against the run of play as Newcastle looked to grab a winner with the game heading towards a replay.

And Poyet admitted they were lucky, not only because of the outcome, but due to who was available to his opposite number, Alan Pardew.

He added: "There were no silly mistakes, no silly risks. They're quicker than you, stronger than you, read the game better, so it was a game that we needed to be spot on, especially in our half and we did that. That gave us the chance to go on and win the game.

"I saw players today from Newcastle, the ball was coming from another planet and they were bringing it down easily. The quality was there, the strength was there; they were unbelievable in the air and it was very difficult, so credit to the players.

"We got lucky. It was the best time to play Newcastle. Everybody knows that Mr. [Demba] Ba is on fire this season, and he was not here.

"I like to see every good player on the pitch. When I watch games on Sunday, I like to see the top players on the pitch. When they're against me, I would like them to stay at home," he joked. "So we were lucky in that too because of the timing of the game.

"Result-wise, that was the best. Performance, no. We've played better than today.

"Putting everything into consideration, especially the opposition and the strength, the way that we work - we really believe in the system and the way we play - it's probably up there and one of the best days at the AmEx."

Poyet also praised Buckley for the role he has played in the team since his arrival in the summer, and stated that he had already paid off his transfer fee with good performances.

"[Will Buckley] was doing a few things every now and then," he continued. "A few times he went past the left-back, then he switched positions. But right now he's incredible. He tries and somehow it goes in. We need to use him, and that's why he plays 90 minutes every game and why he's so important for us now.

"It was a big decision [to sign him] in the summer, a lot of money. But last week I said he's already paid the money back. He's going plus now!

"I didn't [know Buckley was a Newcastle fan], I'm gonna have a word with him tomorrow," Poyet said with a smirk.

"It happens sometimes when you play against your team. For some reason you get that luck. Did he celebrate? Just checking, haha."

Looking ahead to the next round, Poyet said they he doesn't mind who his team face, though a Sussex derby with local League Two team Crawley Town was an attractive prospect.

"For me? Seriously, it doesn't matter [who we get in the next round]," he said. "The players, they want the biggest teams away. Pff. They want me suffering a bit. That's what they want, me to have a heart attack somewhere.

"[Crawley away] could be a massive game, that could be an unbelievable game! Whatever happens, we'll take it and think about after the next couple of games.

"Spurs away, Chelsea away… not sure. I would like to go back but… I know the players would enjoy that, but it depends on what you're looking at in the cup. I'm looking to win every game."

 

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Sunderland 1 - 1 Middlesbrough

Campbell back with a bang

Fraizer Campbell emerged from his latest bout of injury misery to keep Sunderland's FA Cup dreams alive with a 1-1 draw against Middlesbrough.

The former Manchester United striker was introduced as a half-time substitute, in the process making his first senior appearance since August 2010 as a result of two serious knee injuries.

He needed just 18 minutes to make an impact, sliding the ball past Boro keeper Danny Coyne from James McClean's pinpoint pass to cancel out Barry Robson's first-half opener.

The Black Cats had earlier seen a Craig Gardner strike controversially ruled out, but their npower Championship neighbours were good value for a replay after a full-blooded fourth-round contest in front of a crowd of 33,275.

Sunderland were dealt a major blow ahead of kick-off when skipper Lee Cattermole, who made his name as a teenager at Boro, was ruled out by a hamstring injury, a misfortune which was to prove significant before the break.

Gardner took his place in the middle of the field, but without Cattermole's bite, the Teessiders were able to prosper as Rhys Williams, Marvin Emnes and Robson, aided when not in possession by Faris Haroun and Scott McDonald, made life intensely difficult for their counterparts.

The visitors started brightly and Black Cats keeper Simon Mignolet was relieved to grasp McDonald's third-minute volley to his chest after it has initially threatened to squirm from his grasp.

Sunderland gradually worked their way into the game and might have gone ahead seven minutes later, only for Sebastian Larsson to head wastefully wide after Stephane Sessegnon had tricked his way past Robson and crossed from the right.

Boro had a lucky escape three minutes later when defender Seb Hines headed a David Vaughan corner straight at team-mate Haroun and saw the ball loop just over Coyne's crossbar.

But it was they who took the lead in spectacular style with 16 minutes gone.

Emnes made life difficult for defender John O'Shea, captaining Sunderland in Cattermole's absence, and he could only loop a weak header towards Robson on the left side of the penalty area.

The former Celtic midfielder needed no second invitation and unleashed a stinging volley which flew past Mignolet's despairing dive and into the bottom corner.

The travelling fans behind Coyne's goal were in raptures, but as the half worse on, it was they who started to see far more of the ball than they would have liked.

Coyne got down well to block McClean's 23rd-minute shot and was in the right place at the right time to claim the winger's close-range header seconds later.

However, the game erupted into controversy with six minutes of the half remaining after the Black Cats thought they had dragged themselves back into it.

Gardner controlled Kieran Richardson's cross with a hint of handball and fired home off the inside of the far post with striker Connor Wickham watching the ball home at close hand.

But the celebrations were ended abruptly by a flag, and after consulting his assistant, referee Kevin Friend ruled out the effort, apparently for offside against Wickham, despite the fact that he had not intervened.

Sunderland's mood might have darkened further on the stroke of half-time when Lukas Jutkiewicz found himself in on goal, but Mignolet saved his initial effort and when Haroun fed the rebound back to him, he fired harmlessly across goal.

Campbell replaced Wickham at the break, although it was Boro who enjoyed the better openings during the early exchanges.

Emnes volleyed just wide with 50 minutes gone and Robson curled a free-kick a yard past the post with the visitors refusing to sit on their lead.

The home side's fortunes took a turn for the worse when defender Wes Brown limped off after landing awkwardly following an aerial challenge with Emnes.

However, the 10 men levelled in stunning style as Michael Turner prepared to replace him.

McClean ran on to Robson's poor back-pass before squaring for Campbell, who slipped his shot unerringly past Coyne to send a sigh of relief around the stadium.

O'Neill's men tore into their opponents as the momentum swang firmly their way, although Boro continued to make a real fight of it.

Play switched rapidly from end to end, but neither side was able to find the killer blow in a rousing finale during which Williams was perhaps fortunate to see yellow rather than red for a wild challenge on Vaughan.

 

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FuLL Time ResuLT

FT Chelsea 1 - 1 Birmingham C.
FT Everton 2 - 0 Blackpool
FT Millwall 0 - 2 Bolton W.
FT Norwich C. 1 - 2 Leicester C.
FT Sunderland 2 - 0 Arsenal

 

[seether]

go scousers!

 

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12:00 Crawley ? - ? Stoke C.
14:00 Stevenage ? - ? Tottenham H.
16:30 Liverpool ? - ? Brighton & Hove A.

 

[Sony_Boy]

Three own goals aid Reds, Spurs held

Kenny Dalglish's Liverpool side head to Wembley in a week's time to contest the Carling Cup final with Cardiff, and they will hope for a quick return to the capital after beating Brighton 6-1 to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals. Strikes from Martin Skrtel, Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez, in addition to three own goals, did the damage for the Reds, who could and should have had more.

Dalglish handed a start to Luis Suarez just a week after his controversial outing at Old Trafford, when a rejected handshake by the Uruguayan with Patrice Evra forced the club to make a public apology. And five minutes was all it took for the Merseysiders to puncture their Championship opposition, Skrtel heading home Steven Gerrard's corner at the near post for an early lead.

For a Brighton team who had not won an away FA Cup tie against a top-flight side since beating Newcastle in 1986, it was a horror start for Gus Poyet's men. However, their response was quite breathtaking - restoring parity just 11 minutes later. Kazenga LuaLua was the man to line up a free-kick 30 yards from goal, and he drilled a ferocious drive through the wall to beat Pepe Reina low to his right-hand side.

Liverpool looked for an instant reply and almost found one through Stewart Downing, who turned the ball past the goalkeeper but his effort lacked direction. Suarez then went even closer when he beat the keeper but saw his shot miraculously cleared off the line.

Carroll was next to threaten, sending a free header over the bar when he should have scored, but Liverpool did lead before half-time thanks in no small part to Suarez. It was his deft control that forced keeper Peter Brezovan into a save, and Glen Johnson's resulting header ricocheted in for a Bridcutt own goal.

Although fortunate, it was a lead Liverpool richly deserved, firing in 18 shots at goal inside the first 50 minutes alone, and their superiority was confirmed when Carroll buried Downing's cutback just before the hour. The unlucky Liam Bridcutt then deflected his second own goal into the net for Liverpool's fourth, his desperate attempt to stop Gerrard scoring only resulting in the ball ricocheting into the top corner of the Brighton net.

The most embarrassing own goal was still to come, though, when Lewis Dunk inadvertently converted Suarez's cross. Dunk controlled the ball, kneed it up and then cleared only once the ball had crossed his own line in what is sure to make it onto future bloopers DVDs.

Still there was time for one more sub-plot though as Dirk Kuyt won a penalty at the Kop end, only for Suarez to see his effort saved. The Uruguayan did finally register Liverpool's six, however, heading in from close range from Carroll's nod across goal.

Stevenage defied the odds and put on an impressive display to hold Tottenham to a goalless draw in the FA Cup fifth round clash at the Lamex Stadium.

The home side created their fair share of chances throughout the match, with Chris Beardsley and Luke Freeman both failing to really test Carlo Cudicini - who nevertheless had a couple of hairy moments.

The Boro rode their luck on occasions, however - no more so than when Saha thought he had opened the scoring midway through the second half. The Frenchman was in the right place to lash his shot over goalkeeper Chris Day and towards goal from six-yards - but linesman Darren Cann noticed the ball had clipped Scott Parker on the line as it went in, correctly ruling it for offside.

The last few seconds of the game saw both sides threaten with a winner, but in the end a replay was fair reward for Stevenage's efforts.

Stoke City comfortably booked their place in the sixth round of the FA Cup on Sunday, beating Crawley Town 2-0 despite being reduced to ten-men following Rory Delap's sending off.

Delap was given his marching orders by referee Mark Jones for a poor tackle on David Hunt after just 15 minutes. The incident failed to have a galvanising effect on the League Two hosts, however, as Jonathan Walters converted from the penalty spot shortly before half-time to ease the pressure on Tony Pulis' men.

Peter Crouch then finished off a straightforward chance shortly after the interval to effectively seal the victory, as the Potters moved into the quarter-finals.

Crawley manager Steve Evans was vocal before the match about his hope of causing an upset against the Premier League visitors, but any advantage his side gained from Delap's dismissal was erased shortly afterwards as Stoke were awarded a soft penalty for Kyle McFadzean's foul on Ryan Shawcross.

Walters stepped up, and made absolutely no mistake as he buried the ball to on-loan debutant Rene Gilmartin's right.

The second half saw Stoke complete the job, and it came through Crouch. The striker used his height to meet Glenn Whelan's clipped cross, easily beating Gilmartin to allow his side to start thinking of the quarter-finals.

Crawley left it late to respond - with Danny Collins perhaps fortunate not to concede a penalty for what appeared to be handball on the line - but were unable to force their way back into the contest, as Sanchez Watt and Tyrone Barnett were among a number of players guilty of wasting decent openings throughout the 90 minutes.

 

[Sony_Boy]

Quarter-final draw

Sunderland's reward for knocking Arsenal out of the FA Cup is a trip to Everton, while Stevenage will face Bolton at home if they can overcome Tottenham in their replay.

Chelsea or Birmingham also face a replay with the winner staying at home to host the conquerors of Norwich: Leicester, while Stoke will face Liverpool or Brighton on the road after beating minnows Crawley.

Games to be played weekend of March 17
Liverpool v Stoke
Chelsea or Birmingham v Leicester
Stevenage or Tottenham v Bolton
Everton v Sunderland​