Manchester City Reach Final After 30 years
England, April, 17-2011:Paul Scholes saw red as Manchester City ended Manchester United’s treble bid by booking their first FA Cup final appearance since 1981.
Man-of-the-match Yaya Toure was City’s second-half matchwinner, seizing on a catastrophic blunder by Michael Carrick before finishing [...]
Birmingham 2-3 Bolton
FA CUP,England,March,13-2011:After success of Carling cup hope has been down by Bolton at last minute.Lee Chung-yong earned Bolton their first FA Cup semi-final spot after a 3-2 win against Birmingham City. Johan Elmander and Kevin Davies twice put Bolton in front only for Cameron Jerome and Kevin Phillips [...]
Manchester United Pull Down Arsenal
FA CUP,England,March,13-2011:Wayne Rooney second goal gave Manchester United victory over Arsenal 2-0 at home ground(Old Trafford).Arsenal’s depressing fortnight took another disastrous downturn as they lost 2-0 to Manchester United.
A fortnight ago, Gunners fans were talking optimistically of [...]
Manchester City 3-0 Aston Villa
FA CUP,England,3-2011:Manchester City are just a win over Reading away from their first FA Cup semi-final since 1981 after beating Aston Villa.
Gerard Houllier must bear the brunt of the Villa fans’ ire after making eight changes to his latest Premier League starting line-up for a game against [...]
FA CUP:Arsenal 5-0 Leyton Orient
FA Cup,England,March,3-2011:Arsenal set up a clash against Manchester United in the last eight of the FA Cup with a 5-0 thrashing of Leyton Orient.
The Gunners showed no sign of a hangover from the shock of losing to Birmingham at Wembley on Sunday as the npower League One side were brushed aside in [...]
Birmingham Lift Carling Cup 2011
Carling Cup,February,28-2011:Arsenal’s six-year quest for a trophy goes on after Birmingham’s dramatic last-minute winner in the Carling Cup final at Wembley.
Substitute Obafemi Martins swept home after a terrible mix-up between goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny and centre-half Laurent Koscielny.
It [...]
FA CUP:Everton Thrash Chelsea
England,Februry,20-2011:Everton crash the dream of Chelsea at fourth round replay match after victory at penalty shootout.
Phil Neville scored the winning spot-kick after Nicolas Anelka and Ashley Cole both missed for the Blues, whose quest for a historic hat-trick of cup wins lay in tatters.
Chelsea [...]
FA CUP:Manchester United 2-1 Southampton
England,January,30-2011:Tremendous Javier Hernandez and Michael Owen back glory at second half after beating Southampton.Anders Lindegaard was handed his Manchester United debut in the FA Cup fourth-round tie against Southampton.
The Danish goalkeeper, who joined the Red Devils earlier in the transfer [...]
FA CUP:Aston Villa 3-1 Blackburn
England,January,30-2011:Aston Villa outclassed Steve Kean’s Blackburn Rovers in a 3-1 victory during their FA Cup clash.Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier made six changes for the FA Cup fourth round clash with Blackburn at Villa Park.
Record signing Darren Bent was cup tied, James Collins, Richard [...]
FA CUP:Chelsea 1-1 Everton
England,January,30-2011:Chelsea earned replay match against Everton after equilizer at home ground of Everton.Salomon Kalou came off the bench to maintain Chelsea’s hold on the FA Cup during a 1-1 draw against Everton.
The holders and winners for the past two seasons appeared to be heading for [...]
FA CUP:Manchester City 4-2 Leicester
England,January,19-2011:Sven-Goran Eriksson failed to beat his former club as Manchester City booked a fourth-round trip to Notts County.
Eriksson’s Leicester outfit battled gamely, levelling an early opener from Carlos Tevez through Paul Gallagher’s penalty and then halving the deficit after [...]
FA CUP:Wolves 5-0 Doncaster
England,January,19-2011:Wolves cruised into the fourth round of the FA Cup after brushing aside Doncaster’s relatively feeble challenge.
Stephen Fletcher set Wolves on their way in the fifth minute with his sixth goal of the season, and although Rovers remained in the hunt up until the hour mark, [...]
FA CUP:Stoke 2-0 Cardiff
England,January,19-2011:Stoke booked an FA Cup fourth-round trip to Premier League rivals Wolves after beating Cardiff City in extra-time.
Jon Walters struck just 100 seconds into extra-time following a miserable, scoreless 90 minutes, and then added a second goal during the closing stages.
The Cardiff [...]
FA CUP:Third Round Preview
England,January,18-2011:Several sides clash on Tuesday for their FA Cup Third Round Replays!
Manchester City vs Leicester
Citizen boss Roberto Mancini has admitted that he is not pleased with having another fixture to play instead of having an opportunity to rest his players during the midweek.
Yet, [...]
Manchester United 1-0 Liverpool
England,January,10-2011:Manchester United condemned Kenny Dalglish to a losing start as Liverpool manager with a 1-0 FA Cup triumph.
Dalglish can take heart from the way his side battled back following Ryan Giggs’ controversial second-minute penalty and the dismissal of captain Steven Gerrard for [...]
Leeds 1-1 Arsenal
England,January,10-2011:Captain Cesc Fabregas came off the bench to net a last-minute penalty against Leeds United which kept Arsenal in the FA Cup.
It had looked as if the Gunners were heading out at the third round stage for the first time since 1996 after Robert Snodgrass’ penalty early in the [...]
