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English FA Cup \ FA Cup 2009/10 \ Manchester City \ Middlesbrough
Manchester City ease past Middlesbrough
A weakened Manchester City side progressed to the FA Cup fourth round with a 1-0 win against Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium. Benjani Mwaruwari scored late in the first half with his only meaningful contribution to a drab encounter that lacked any of the FA Cup’s fabled magic. Roberto Mancini fielded a shadow side, handing […]
Carlisle United \ English FA Cup \ Everton \ FA Cup 2009/10
Everton survive scare to beat Carlisle United
Brave Carlisle were given a standing ovation at Goodison Park for their fighting display against last season’s beaten FA Cup finalists Everton but they ultimately lost 3-1. Everton had been frustrated for long period by Greg Abbott’s defiant League One side in this third round tie. And two late goals gave Everton a very flattering […]
Aston Villa \ Blackburn \ English FA Cup \ FA Cup 2009/10
Aston Villa ease past 10-man Blackburn Rovers
Goals from Nathan Delfouneso, Carlos Cuellar and John Carew earned Aston Villa a place in the fourth round of the FA Cup for only the third time in nine seasons as they beat 10-man Blackburn 3-1 at Villa Park. Delfouneso struck his first goal of the campaign and Cuellar (pictured) added a second before Rovers […]
English FA Cup \ FA Cup 2009/10 \ Niko Kranjcar \ Peterborough \ Tottenham
Niko Kranjcar brace as Spurs beat Peterborough
Tottenham Hotspur made light work of Championship strugglers Peterborough United as they ran out 4-0 winners in the FA Cup third round clash at White Hart Lane. Niko Kranjcar scored a brace with goals either side of half time, before Jermain Defoe and Robbie Keane added a goal apiece, the latter from the penalty spot. […]
England \ English Premier League \ EPL 2009/2010 \ Sam Allardyce
Warning on England’s future after EPL match with no Englishmen
ENGLAND’s national team face a bleak future, Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce warned after Wednesday’s game between Portsmouth and Arsenal became the first in the top flight not to feature an English player in the starting line-up. “For the national team in the future it is looking very, very bleak,” Allardyce said at a news conference […]
English FA Cup \ FA Cup 2009/10
The English FA Cup competition must prove its worth again
HOW much the FA Cup still matters is a much discussed topic of conversation among English football fans. It is a subject brought into even sharper focus at this time of year when the world’s oldest senior knockout football tournament reaches the third round stage, the point when teams from England’s top two divisions enter […]
Alex Ferguson \ English Premier League \ EPL 2009/2010 \ Manchester United
Fergie delighted with precocious youngsters
ALEX Ferguson enters a new year and new decade as manager of Manchester United confident the future of the club is in safe hands. A new generation of young stars have been given their opportunities in the first half of the current campaign and Ferguson has promised he will retain his policy of using a […]
English FA Cup \ FA Cup 2009/10 \ Manchester United \ Michael Carrick
Carrick relishes first taste of ‘War of the Roses’ against Leeds
MICHAEL Carrick is relishing Manchester United’s FA Cup clash with bitter rivals Leeds here tomorrow and feels Alex Ferguson’s side are on the verge of a fine burst of form. United go into the new year two points off the Premier League leaders Chelsea, safely through to the knock-out phase of the Champions League and […]
English FA Cup \ FA Cup 2009/10 \ Liverpool \ Rafael Benitez
Liverpool’s Cup of hope
RAFA Benitez insists the FA Cup is more important than ever to Liverpool as they battle to avoid a fourth successive season without a major trophy. Having fallen way off the pace in the race for the Premier League as well as being eliminated from the Champions League, the FA Cup represents one of Liverpool’s […]
Arsenal \ Arsene Wenger \ English FA Cup \ FA Cup 2009/10
Arsene not interested in FA Cup chase
ARSENE Wenger admits he is ready to sacrifice Arsenal’s FA Cup hopes to keep their Premier League title challenge on track. Wenger’s side make the short trip across London to face West Ham in the third round of the Cup tomorrow in a derby clash that would usually be treated with the utmost respect by […]
Carlo Ancelotti \ Chelsea \ English FA Cup \ FA Cup 2009/10
Ancelotti gets first taste of FA Cup romance
CHELSEA manager Carlo Ancelotti will have his first taste of FA Cup football this weekend and the Italian is already aware it has a markedly different flavour in England compared to his homeland. There, domestic knockout competitions are all but ignored, with even clubs like AC Milan and Juventus, who have both had spells with […]
Kaka \ La Liga 2009/2010 \ Real Madrid \ Spanish Primera Liga
Kaka on road to recovery and is back in training
REAL Madrid’s Brazilian midfielder Kaka touched the ball during a training session on Thursday for the first time since he was sidelined at the end of November with a hernia, the Spanish club said. “Kaka appears to have recovered from his sports hernia and today got his first feel for the ball in several weeks. […]
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