Re: Footie Thread...................

[cherry1]

Bad luck Arsenal lost 2-1

Fantastic game by Walcott who nearly equalised!

[jd16]

Bad luck Arsenal lost 2-1

Fantastic game by Walcott who nearly equalised!

Will remain silent until 6pm

[cherry1]

Thats unlike you!


not feeling too confident then!

[jd16]

Thats unlike you!


not feeling too confident then!

No

[cherry1]

[cherry1]

Spurs 1 Man Utd 1

not bad result for Spurs jd

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Spurs 1 Man Utd 1

not bad result for Spurs jd

Who said Spurs were going to lose?

Who said Spurs lose games in the 90th minute?

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I think it was 92mins actually but well done anyway.Got to say that VanPersie dont miss a chance does he.

[cherry1]

That's cos he is an ex Gooner!

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Aston Villa 2-1 Bradford City. Bradford win 3-4 on aggregate in the league cup semi final and book a trip to Wembley,the first 'fourth tier' club to do that for donkeys years ! Well done to Bradford and hopefully Millwall dont get Villa on the rebound now !

And well done to Millwall Football Club and players for supporting the protest to keep Lewisham Hospital A & E open.

Millwall were due to play their fourth round FA Cup tie at home to Villa on Saturday but have moved their game to Friday night so that players and fans can take part in the 'protest' due to take place on Saturday at Lewisham Hospital........

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Should say well done to Villa for agreeing to that as well seeing as they just played last night.

[cherry1]

Great to see Millwall supporting the hospital, if it closed where would all their
fans go after their fights!

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Great to see Millwall supporting the hospital, if it closed where would all their
fans go after their fights!

Exactly !

So who are you supporting tonight ?

Ar$e v Hampsters

And also chelsea to loose tonight ? Think that is going to be close.

[cherry1]

Sadly one time I am not supporting the Hammers, Arsenal need the three points!


Lets hope Swansea thrash Chelsea tonight!

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Fat Franks playing and John Terrys on the bench.

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All level at half time.

But 3 quick goals for the Ar$e early in the second half look to have wrapped it up for Arsenal.Woolcott having good game.


Finished Arsenal 5-0 Bengal butlers

Swansea 0-0 Chelsea. Swans win 2-0 on agg' and play Bradford in the Final.

[cherry1]

ARSENAL 5 WEST HAM 1

FANTASTIC RESULT FOR ARSENAL

Arsenal produced a scintillating attacking display to record a first league win of 2013 in emphatic fashion with victory against West Ham.

But an entertaining game was marred by an injury to West Ham's Dan Potts.

Jack Collison volleyed West Ham ahead but Lukas Podolski equalised from distance as Arsenal took control.

Olivier Giroud poked in and Santi Cazorla's back-heel made it 3-1. Theo Walcott then fired in from a counter before Giroud side-footed home.

There was concern for West Ham towards the end of the second half when 18-year-old substitute Potts needed lengthy treatment on the pitch before he was stretchered off.

Back in April 2007, West Ham became the first side to beat Arsenal at Emirates Stadium when a solitary Bobby Zamora strike gave them a 1-0 victory.

For a brief spell, it looked as though a repeat of that scoreline might have been on the cards when the Hammers took an 18th minute lead courtesy of a fine strike by Collison.

A corner was only cleared as far as the edge of the Arsenal area where Collison charged in to smash a half-volley beyond a stranded Wojciech Szczesny.

Five-star Arsenal
Arsenal have scored five goals or more at Emirates Stadium on five occasions this season
Barely four minutes later an equally stunning strike from Podolski drew Arsenal level as Jack Wilshere found the German in space around 25 yards from goal and he drove the ball into the bottom-right corner of Jussi Jaaskelainen's goal.

Play continued to swing from one end to the other after that and a tremendous burst of pace from Theo Walcott should have brought Arsenal's second, but his cross was cleared by James Tomkins.

Arsenal were piling on the pressure and had another great opportunity midway through the half when a lovely move ended with Podolski prodding a shot towards goal but Joey O'Brien was well placed to clear off the line.

Aaron Ramsey then did likewise at the other end of the pitch when the Welshman lashed Carlton Cole's goalbound effort away to safety after the West Ham striker had peeled away from the Arsenal defence.

Barely two minutes into the second half and Arsenal were ahead. Walcott sent a corner towards the near post and Giroud ghosted in to stab a volley into the net.

From then on Arsenal were rampant and for the next 10 minutes almost every attack resulted in a goal.

First, Giroud and Podolski combined to set up Cazorla, who cheekily back-heeled the ball beyond Jaaskelainen and just one minute later Walcott was picked out at the far post by Podoloski's low cross and he rifled the ball home.

A stunned West Ham conceded a fifth just before the hour when Giroud poked in from Wilshere's ball.

Much to West Ham's undoubted relief, the pace of the game settled down after that, although Arsenal often looked capable of adding another goal whenever they attacked.

There was a break in play midway through the second half when Potts took a heavy knock and needed treatment for 10 minutes before he was stretched off the pitch.

By that stage, West Ham had used all their substitutes, meaning they had to play the remainder of the match with 10 men.

Due to the earlier injury to Potts, 12 minutes of injury time were needed after the 90 minutes were up and unsurprisingly Arsenal dominated with the man advantage.

Substitute Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain saw a shot blocked, before Cazorla's effort was tipped wide by Jaaskelainen, but no further goals were forthcoming before the final whistle.

[cherry1]

SWANSEA 0 CHELSEA 0 - CHELSEA BOOTED OUT OF CUP

Swansea City are into their first major Cup final after holding 10-man Chelsea to a scoreless draw in a controversial Capital One semi-final second leg at the Liberty Stadium.

The result gave them a 2-0 aggregate win, but was marred by the sending off of Chelsea's Eden Hazard after he appeared to kick a ball boy.

The Belgian midfielder was dismissed in the 80th minute after an incident behind the home side's goal.

The Swans face League Two Bradford in the final at Wembley.

Hazard's red card came after he tangled with a ball boy, who was slow getting the ball back into play. He appeared to lay on the ball and TV replays showed Hazard kicking him.

But the incident failed to take the edge off the celebrations at the Liberty Stadium, as the crowd sang their approval of Swansea's stubborn resistance.

It was in stark contrast to the Chelsea players, who trooped off heads down as the party started around them.

The result piled more pressure on interim manager Rafael Benitez as his side failed to maintain their recent good away form.

Like the first leg they had plenty of possession, but failed to turn it into a goal.

No one summed up Swansea's determination better than Michu. His industry was exhausting to watch as he ploughed a lone furrow up front and chased every lost cause.

Small wonder the Swansea management were delighted when he signed a one-year contract extension before the game.

Benitez made a statement before the game, dropping Fernando Torres to the bench with Demba Ba leading the attack.

Swansea, who were last in a major semi-final in 1964 when they lost 2-1 in the the FA Cup to Preston North End, welcomed back Chico Flores with Leon Britton coming in for Itay Shechter.

The game took off in the seventh minute when Ba went down under a challenge from Ben Davies claiming a penalty, but got only a corner for his trouble.

The Swans broke quickly at the other end with Jonathan de Guzman's goalbound shot brilliantly blocked by Cesar Azpilicueta, while Petr Cech had to save after Michu was put through on goal.

Chelsea hit back with Gerhard Tremmel forced into saves from Oscar and Ramires, though Gary Cahill went closest with a free header cleared off the line by Angel Rangel.

Ba blasted over just before the half-time whistle, which the Swans were happy to hear.

And the Senegalese striker was quickly into action after the break, curling a shot just past Tremmel's left-hand post.

Chelsea continued to probe, but their frustration grew and boiled over when Hazard tangled with the ball boy after another attack petered out.

Ba had to calm a clearly irate Swansea captain Ashley Williams and, after a long break, referee Chris Foy showed Hazard a red card.

Chelsea's threat evaporated, and it was the Swans egged on by a euphoric crowd who finished the stronger, with Nathan Dyer forcing a superb save out of Cech.

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Like the bit with the ball boy,if he'd done that at Millwall he'd have got nutted and sent to hospital.

[cherry1]

Typical Chelsea player, violent thugs, picking on a defenceless ball boy!

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They should have got Cyril the swan to beat him up.

[cherry1]

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Thats the one.There should be a vid somewhere of Cyril having a fight with Zampa the. Lion (He's called Zampa cos thats the name of the road leading up to Millwalls ground)

There's some kind of competition every year between all the mascots.

[jd16]

ground)There's some kind of competition every year between all the mascots.

I think this is funny

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