Lewes lost 3-0 . Eastbourne are out of the FA Cup too

Orient drew 1-1

Good results for Harrogate Railway, Horsham, Havant & Waterlooville, Barrow, Staines Town and Chasetown.

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Good result for Charlton too...

FA Cup 2nd Round draw

I see Swansea have been handed another away tie with a team from the Ryman Premier League

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We're getting towards an important few days for both England and Scotland.

Do you think either or both of them'll qualify for Euro 2008?

England probably won't. Scotland have got a really good chance - hope they qualify.

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Well England have beaten Austria, but now Michael Owen will miss the Croatia game...

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Scotland haven't done it

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What has to happen for England to go through?

If Israel win against Russia (which they are at the moment), England will only need to draw against Croatia to go through. Any other result for Israel and England will need to beat Croatia (assuming that Russia will beat Andorra). If Croatia lose against Macedonia tonight and Israel fail to win, England will need to beat Croatia by a 3-goal margin to go ahead of Croatia based on their head-to-head record and will qualify with Russia.

EDIT: And just as I say that, Russia equalise...

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OK...*thinks she gets it*

Thanks...

Gutted....absolutely gutted.

Stupid linesman and ref.

Well Israel have won, so England only need a draw to qualify...

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AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's funny, that's just what my son has said!!!

To be fair, England were awful tonight. Scotland played much better on Saturday...

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Looks like Steve McClaren is about to be sacked.

A joke doing the rounds now goes something like:

What's the difference between the FA and Lewis Hamilton?

Lewis Hamilton is sticking with McClaren.

The phrase "snatching defeat from the jaws of victory" springs to mind again.

On a positive note, at least we are spared the agony of watching England lose in a penalty shoot-out!

Given the way they've been playing recently they just didn't deserve it.

So McLaren looks like he's going to be sacked.

Football is a team game not a game where a bunch of Primo uomos and their WAGS strut their stuff. Whem my great uncle chas RIP played for Spurs there was no money in it and they played as a team. England produces great players. Unfortunatley they are over paid and all say "look how great I am" rather tahn working with the other 10 men on the pitch to win the game.

Hello, Barry..

Last night when I was driving in town, I saw a Charlton sticker in the back of a car!! Good to know you are not alone!

**Unless you were in my neck of the woods last night, of course!**

yes he has gone
but there was talk of £2.5million pay off! Not bad for not doing the job successfully

get your application in fast jod.

Rumour has it that the FA are considering any candidate who meets the following criteria:

1. Has seen at least 45 minutes of live football in the last three years
2. Knows what 4-5-1 is
3. Will contribute to the umbrella fund set up in 1962
4. Has experience of Championship manager, preferably on PC

There's someone with good taste!

Staines Town (the team nearest where I live) have just beaten Stockport on penalties in the FA Cup

Ooh, how exciting

Woo! That's quite a surprise!

Reading conceded a 94th minute goal against Man City

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West Bromwich Albion for life

Best football team in the world.

ooo look, promotion competition!!!!

Charlton won yesterday at Preston - which means West Brom will have to avoid defeat against Wolves to get second place back from us...

At 3pm today it's the World Cup qualifying draw.

Wonder who England'll get?....

I predict England will get:

Portugal
Denmark
Lithuania
Armenia
Luxembourg

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I'm not very good at predictions, so I'll wait, and hopefully be pleasantly surprised...

England have drawn Croatia and Andorra again!

Good draw for Scotland - could've been worse.

Group 1: Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Albania, Malta
Group 2: Greece, Israel, Switzerland, Moldova, Latvia, Luxembourg
Group 3: Czech Republic, Poland, NORTHERN IRELAND, Slovakia, Slovenia, San Marino
Group 4: Germany, Russia, Finland, WALES, Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein
Group 5: Spain, Turkey, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Armenia, Estonia
Group 6: Croatia, ENGLAND, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Andorra
Group 7: France, Romania, Serbia, Lithuania, Austria, Faroe Islands
Group 8: Italy, Bulgaria, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, Cyprus, Georgia, Montenegro
Group 9: Holland, SCOTLAND, Norway, FYR Macedonia, Iceland

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Interesting draw for England - let's hope they do better against Croatia this time round...

My two nearest teams Tranmere Rovers and Chester City were doing really well after first few games, apart form Tranmeres loss to leeds. Now they are both slipping down the leagues a bit.

As far as the England job goes, I'd like to see Harry Redknapp give it a go.

Ross County won on Saturday!
Could have been much worse, I suppose.

Any Middlesbrough supporters?

Maybe the wrong thing to ask after losing to Villa (and generally not winning anything..)

Well, we've got to play you next

Lewes have been paired with Grays once again (this time in the FA Trophy 1st round)

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5 wins out of 5 for Man Utd after a late goal against Sporting Lisbon.

Charlton lose 3-0 at home to Sheffield United, while Norwich win 3-1 away at Blackpool

Leyton Orient are winning 3-2 in extra-time in their FA Cup replay at Bristol Rovers despite being down to 9 men...

EDIT: And Orient lose 6-5 on penalties...

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3-0 . Just when Charlton were doing so well...

Horsham YMCA managed to hold off Swansea for 40 minutes before they scored (considering Horsham have only had 26% of the possession so far).

Wonder how many non-league sides will make it to the third round of the FA Cup. Hopefully more than one!

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Willing to guess Staines have a decent chance of unseating Peterborough...

I think Torquay, Forest Green and Burton Albion have a good chance.

Harrogate Railway may shock Mansfield (Mansfield have yet to win away this season) - their cup run may have been tempted by their first victory against Esh Winning

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Horsham have earned a replay!

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Want to change your mind?

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If you support Charlton, you need, on occasion, a good sense of humour...

3-1. Arrrrgggghhhh!!!!!!

Reading drew 1-1

The shock of the FA Cup 2nd round belongs to Havant & Waterlooville, after winning 1-0 at Notts County. A local derby against Portsmouth would be a good tie for them in the next round.

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Waterlooville is just the best place name ever

FA Cup 3rd Round Draw
Preston v Scunthorpe
Port Vale/Chasetown v Cardiff
Colchester v Peterborough
Bolton v Sheffield United
Blackburn v Coventry
Brighton v Mansfield
Northampton/Walsall v Millwall
Charlton v West Brom
Watford v Crystal Palace
Luton/Nottingham Forest v Liverpool
Plymouth v Hull
Aston Villa v Manchester United
Tranmere v Hereford
Tottenham v Reading
Burnley v Arsenal
Bristol City v Middlesbrough
Fulham v Bristol Rovers
Huddersfield v Birmingham
Horsham/Swansea v Havant & Waterlooville
Sunderland v Wigan
Oxford/Southend v Dagenham & Redbridge
Everton v Oldham
Derby v Sheffield Wednesday
Southampton v Leicester
West Ham v Manchester City
Ipswich v Portsmouth
Wolves v Cambridge
Barnsley v Blackpool
Chelsea v QPR
Stoke v Newcastle
Swindon v Burton Albion/Barnet
Norwich v Bury

Not pleased with getting Tottenham... look like we won't get a cup run...

Luton/Forest-Liverpool, Bristol City-Middlesbrough and Ipswich-Portsmouth should be interesting ties.

Swansea must be getting tired of playing non-league sides...

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Charlton won last night

Well would you believe it. Reading are winning 3-1 against Liverpool - considering Liverpool haven't yet lost in the league this season

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