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Manchester United 0-1 Leeds United

Jermaine Beckford scored as Leeds United beat Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford in a famous FA Cup third round giant-killing. The League One side won a tumultuous encounter against their hated rivals to inflict Sir Alex Ferguson’s first FA Cup defeat against lower league opposition in 21 years as United manager. It will go […]

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FA Cup: Big boys all survive day of few shocks

FA Cup Third Round day did not supply its expected shock, if there can be such a thing, and the Saturday afternoon ties usually went with the club of higher league status on a day when Reading’s draw with Liverpool and Coventry City’s holding of crisis club Portsmouth were the only results containing any element […]

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Liverpool struggle to draw at Reading

Liverpool clung on to a 1-1 draw against Reading in an absorbing FA Cup third round tie at the Madejski Stadium. The Championship strugglers more than matched their illustrious visitors, and opened the scoring through Simon Church before Steven Gerrard’s 36th-minute equaliser. Neither side could conjure a winner and the consequence is a replay at […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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