FA CUP SPECIAL EDITION (3rd Round)
The FA Cup has a special place for me, and the 3rd round is when it really gets to be fun. The survivors from the lower and amateur leagues now get the opportunity to face off against the top flight teams. The FA Cup started in 1871 and it is still one of the most popular Soccer tournaments in the world.
The picture above was taken in 1967, the gentleman in the stripes (Millwall) was my uncle, Len Julians. (scoring one of his many goals)
Millwall plays today, but we will not be following them, but we do have 11 games in the cup and a few in other leagues to follow. Stoke and Geoff Cameron will be visiting London and Crystal Palace, Dempsey and Friedel will be welcoming Coventry to White Hart Lane and Aston Villa will host Ipswich at Villa Park. These are just 3 of the games that we are following that hold promise of excitement and goals. The late game, West Ham with Sebastian Lletget hosting Manchester United will certainly be tense, and West Ham will hope that they will be playing at Wembley in the Cup Final (they are possible moving to Wembley as their home ground)
We will have also have matches from Spain as both Malaga with Oguchi Onyewu and Racing Santander with Carlos Bocanegra will square of against league foes Deportivo La Coruna and Ponferradina respectively.
On Sunday, Roma and Michael Bradley travel to Napoli, as Serie A #5 take on #6. Then in the evening Mexico Liga MX kicks-off the Clausura in earnest, and the Ascenso MX has a full menu of games.
So, as usual your chat, comments, questions and interaction is encouraged.
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Racing Santander takes the lead (82)
Racing Santander 2 – 1 Ponferradina (82)
Full Time:
Racing Santander 2 – 1 Ponferradina
Carlos Bocanegra and Santander get a valuable win and 3 points to help salvage the season
West Ham still holding on to lead – but, well, you know, Man. U always seem to find a way – just once it would be good to see the other team hold on till the end
Malaga just announced their team for this PM game and Oguchi Onyewu is not in the starting 11 (waiting on subs)
Oguchi Onyewu not in 18 today for Malaga
Nooooo!!! Manchester United score – its just so predictable!!!!! (90)
West Ham 2 – 2 Manchester United (90)
Well that’s that at Upton Park. Manchester come back at 90+1 to tie things up – they paid a boatload of money for RvP and they’re getting their money’s worth…So they will do it all again shortly. Good to see Joe Cole getting involved for the Hammers.
Final Score: West Ham 2 – 2 Manchester United
Well that’s it for me today…lot of good stuff.
Highlight: Clint Dempsey brace for Tottenham over Coventry
Lowlight: Will Packwood’s injury. Lets hope the prognosis is good
Remember all the highlights and news from today is here at Socceroverthere.com, check back often
Thank You for the chat and your participation today, and I look forward to being back on The Thread soon.
Cheers
FA Cup 4th Round Draw – Games Played January 26th
Teams with US OT interest;
Derby v Blackburn
Middlesbrough v Aldershot
Millwall v Aston Villa
Leeds or Birmingham v Tottenham
Crystal Palace or Stoke v Manchester City
West Ham or Manchester United v Fulham or Blackpool
Huddersfield v Leicester
Bolton or Sunderland v Cheltenham or Everton
Any match-ups you fancy?
FA Cup 3rd Round Replay dates announced:
US OT Interest (only)
January 15th
Leeds v Birmingham
Crystal Palace v Stoke
Bolton Sunderland
January 16th
West Ham v Manchester United
Roma team v Napoli:
Piris, Burdisso, Castan, Balzaretti; Pjanic, De Rossi, Bradley; Lamela, Destro, Totti.
Kick-off in 15 minutes
OK we’re off in Napoli
Good News from Will Packwood:
Surgery went well this morning! Need to head back to Birmingham for another op tomorrow. My leg looks like bionic man!
From @WPackwood on Twitter: (40 minutes ago)
Early goal from Napoli (4)
Napoli 1 – 0 Roma (8)
No change in Napoli. Roma have been peppering the Napoli goal, but all from outside the penalty area.
Factoid. Roma have failed to score only once this season
Napoli 1 – 0 Roma (20)
Tony Taylor did not make today’s 18 for Estoril’s game v Benfica
Roma 62% possession, Shots/on goal 8/2
Napoli 38% Shots/on goal 3/2
Half Time:
Napoli 1 – 0 Roma
Hmmm! Roma well on top of Napoli except where it counts
Possession: Roma 64% Napoli 36%
Shots/On goal: Roma 12/4 Napoli 3/2
Saves: Roma 1 Napoli 4
Napoli start the 2nd half like the fist (48)
Napoli 2 – 0 Roma (51)
Napoli 3 – 1 Roma (72)
Well Roma has their goal
Roma are a man down and 2 goals – #fading away
Statistically way ahead of Napoli
Roma still has advantage in possession 65% to 35%
Shots / on goal 21/7 to 6/4
wasted chances!!!!!
Napoli 4 – 1 Roma
Not a good Day for Bradley and Company
So Bradley went the 90 in this losing effort – not the best way to end the weekend.
See you all next week, as always thanks for bring here
cheers