[kopiteinkc]

FA Cup matches today:

Bournemouth v Southend
Northampton v Cambridge
Rochdale v Bristol R.

Thursday:
Carlisle v Scunthorpe

[kevbrunton]

Bournemouth 3-2 Southend
Northampton 0-1 Cambridge
Rochdale 3-2 Bristol R.

Thursday:
Carlisle v Scunthorpe

[kevbrunton]

This was posted prior to the crash and we had some good discussions about it.

One thing that I had posted was what division each club was from and where they currently reside in the standings. For each team I show the division that they're from along with their current position within the table. P = Premiership, C = Conference, 1d, 2d & 3d = 1st, 2nd & 3rd division respectively.


1 Leicester City (1d-2) v Bristol City (2d-2)
2 Scunthorpe (3d-10) or Carlisle (3d-22) v Leeds United (P-16)
3 Gillingham (1d-16) v Sheffield Wednesday (1d-24)
4 Chelsea (P-3) v Middlesbrough (P-9)
5 Ipswich Town (1d-18) v Morecambe (C-5)
6 Preston North End (1d-14) v Rochdale (3d-15)
7 Manchester City (P-12) v Liverpool (P-5)
8 Shrewsbury Town (3d-18) v Everton (P-4)
9 AFC Bournemouth (3d-3) v Crewe Alexandra (2d-5)
10 Plymouth Argyle (2d-12) v Dagenham & Redbridge (C-11)
11 Cambridge Utd (3d-7) v Millwall (1d-17)
12 Bolton Wanderers (P-19) v Sunderland (P-17)
13 Darlington (3d-16) v Farnborough Town (C-9)
14 Walsall (1d-18) v Reading (1d-6)
15 Fulham (P-14) v Birmingham City (P-13)
16 Stoke City (1d-22) v Wigan Athletic (2d-1)
17 West Ham United (P-20) v Nottingham Forest (1d-3)
18 Charlton Athletic (P-11) v Exeter City (3d-20)
19 Sheffield United (1d-5) v Cheltenham Town (d2-23)
20 Aston Villa (P-15) v Blackburn Rovers (P-10)
21 Cardiff City (2d-3) v Coventry City (1d-12)
22 Wolverhampton Wanderers (1d-7) v Newcastle United (P-6)
23 Southampton (P-8) v Tottenham Hotspur (P-7)
24 Norwich City (1d-4) v Brighton & Hove Albion (1d-23)
25 Arsenal (P-1) v Oxford United (3d-9)
26 Grimsby Town (1d-21) v Burnley (1d-13)
27 West Bromwich Albion (P-18) v Bradford City (1d-19)
28 Rotherham United (1d-8) v Wimbledon (1d-15)
29 Brentford (2d-6) v Derby County (1d-11)
30 Blackpool (2d-11) v Crystal Palace (1d-10)
31 Manchester United (P-2) v Portsmouth (1d-1)
32 Macclesfield Town (3d-19) v Watford (1d-9)

[kevbrunton]

I think there are some matches of particular interest.

Some teams that are hunting promotion get shots at teams from the next league up.

In EPL vs. 1st Division teams, Nottingham Forest gets to match up against relegation bound West Ham and Portsmouth gets a taste of the big boys vs. Man. United.

In 2nd Div vs. 1st Div teams, top spot Wigan gets relegation bound Stoke City. 2nd spot Bristol City gets to see how it matches up against Leicester City and 3rd spot Cardiff gets Coventry.

Three Conference teams are left: Morecambe gets 1st Division Ipswitch Town, Crewe Alexandra gets 2nd Division Bournemouth and Farnborough Town gets 3rd Division Darlington. None of them are at home.

Another interesting tidbit... There were 20 Premiership, 24 First Division, 8 Second Division, 9 Third Division and 3 Conference teams in the draw. That meant there was a 30% chance that an EPL team would draw another EPL team. However, 60% of the EPL teams drew another EPL team.

[DennisM]

I think because Wigan is leading the Div 2 that they will beat Stoke City who are struggling. The other two Div 2 teams will have it harder because they are playing two teams that have been doing fairly well this season. Forest is also playing well too. They may beat West Ham especially if David Johnson is on target. Portsmouth over Man U would be great.

[JoBeck]

Today's 3rd round results (as of this post):

FT Manchester U. 4 - 1 Portsmouth
FT Arsenal 2 - 0 Oxford U.
FT Aston Villa 1 - 4 Blackburn R.
FT Blackpool 1 - 2 Crystal Palace
FT Bolton W. 1 - 1 Sunderland
FT Bournemouth 0 - 0 Crewe Alexandra
FT Brentford 1 - 0 Derby County
FT Cambridge U. 1 - 1 Millwall
FT Cardiff C. 2 - 2 Coventry C.
FT Charlton Athletic 3 - 1 Exeter C.
FT Chelsea 1 - 0 Middlesbrough
FT Darlington 2 - 3 Farnborough T.
Postp. Gillingham - Sheffield W.
FT Grimsby T. 2 - 2 Burnley
FT Ipswich T. 4 - 0 Morecambe
FT Leicester C. 2 - 0 Bristol C.
FT Macclesfield T. 0 - 2 Watford
FT Plymouth Argyle 2 - 2 Dagenham & R'bridge
FT Preston North End 1 - 2 Rochdale
FT Rotherham U. 0 - 3 Wimbledon
FT Scunthorpe U. 0 - 2 Leeds U.
FT Sheffield U. 4 - 0 Cheltenham
FT Shrewsbury T. 2 - 1 Everton
FT Stoke C. 3 - 0 Wigan Athletic
FT Walsall 0 - 0 Reading
FT West Bromwich A. 3 - 1 Bradford C.
FT West Ham U. 3 - 2 Nottingham F.
Susp. Norwich C. 0 - 0 Brighton & Hove A.


Spurs-Southampton later
Norwich-Brighton was suspended when the power went out. Gillingham-Sheff. Wednesday was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

[Peakite]

Originally posted by JoBeck

FT Shrewsbury T. 2 - 1 Everton

Definitely one I hope they're just about to show highlights from

[JoBeck]

Definitely

One more result: Southampton 4-0 Tottenham

[DennisM]

Too bad about Wigan. Stoke City have played fairly well in the last couple of weeks and I just missed that. Go Shrews. Good performance by the Saints though. Surprised that Brentford and Rochdale won. Cardiff always plays tough even though Coventry is a team that is doing fairly well a division above them.

[gbtbag]

does anyone know the name of the song setanta played at half time of the man. utd. v. portsmouth f.a. cup tie over the montage of former f.a. cup winners?

it sounded like stone temple pilots but i don't think it was. the lyrics included something like "I'm free" and "I'm alive."

i've heard the song before but don't know its title or the group's name...

thanx.