Charlton were good to me - winning on my birthday!

Boro beat Arsenal

Chasetown have beaten Port Vale in the FA Cup

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Oooh, have they? I like a good football giant-killing story!

Yep, they are now the lowest side ever to reach the third round!

Port Vale had two penalties as well, and couldn't score either...

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Well, Fabio Capello has been confirmed as the new England manager.

Would've preferred an English manager, but I suppose there wasn't really anyone available...

The question is... can England improve under Capello?

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Hope so. I think he'll do OK, whether he'll win us anything, I don't know.

Charlton play West Brom at the Hawthorns tomorrow. Important game, that...

Charlton lost that important game.

We were well beaten too.

But they did well, nevertheless.

cheers Andante.

Still half the season to go. I live in hope!...

Reading pull a goal back to equalise against Birmingham.

I hope we don't lose as it's possible all the teams below us (from Wigan upwards) to win...

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hehehe memories (sorry everyone a bit off topic )

I don't know whether I still have that photo

Leics = no comment..!

Just noticed there's me calling them Horsham YMCA when there is actually a Horsham as well as a Horsham YMCA...

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And in the big game today Arsenal are playing Spurs Charlton are playing Hull City.

Phew!

Was very nice of Spurs to miss that penalty for you, wasn't it?

Reading won!

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What an amazing win for Bolton!!!!

What a slightly underwhelming draw for Charlton...

Bolton appear to have turned the corner, I had them down as probable relegation candidates a few weeks ago...

I predict that Derby, Fulham and Sunderland will go down.

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Barring a massive turnaround of form, I think Derby are heading down. Who'll join them? Not sure, could be any of about seven or eight sides...

Well Derby look doomed. Fulham keep drawing rather than winning, and as for Sunderland, they sort of remind me of Sheffield United - they have good players, but seem unlucky with results and decisions.

Reading should stay up... providing our home record is still good and we collect more points away from home.

Moving , I noticed earlier today that AC Milan are lying 12th (out of 20) in Serie A and have yet to pick up a home win!

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Hmmm *watches as Leics. sink into relegation*

Charlton are coming to Leicester on Saturday!

We've got Norwich this afternoon...

Oh dear...Leicester have a nice ground, but they're just not very good

Chelsea 4-4 Aston Villa must've been an incredible game (it included 3 red cards and a last minute penalty by Villa).

Reading drew with West Ham despite playing most of the game with 10 men - pleased with a draw

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and Leics won

It's Leicester v Charlton today...

I don't know the score yet.... *goes to check*

But, the Tottenham vs. Reading match is mad - 5-4 so far and I've been listening for about 15 minutes and there has been about 3 goals.

Leicester 0-0 Charlton L


Bookings:
Iwelumo 12

My goodness, goals flying in everywhere.

6-4 to Tottenham now

and

1-0 to Leicester

"and at the Walkers Stadium, Charlton have a late equaliser..."


But apparently Leicester were better. Gah!

Spurs just won!! 6-4. what an incredible game, though. i just kept hearing the results.

Yes, Reading are at it again . We led three times as well...

*wonders what the FA Cup match against Spurs will be like*

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Well Leicester are doing their conceding a goal in the last minute trick again so it's nice to see there is some consistency!

Motherwell captain has died after collapsing.

Oh no!

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Reading lost 2-0 to Portsmouth

Charlton fell to a shock 2-1 home defeat to Colchester, while Leicester lost 3-1 to in-form QPR.

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Silly Leicester.

Any time Leicester are silly, Charlton can be sillier (lost 2-1 at home to EdGJ's Colchester, with two goals from an ex Charlton player...)

You want to bet eh Barry

Leicester just are ridiculous. Surely they need to realise that a game isn't over until the final whistle is over - the amount of times they've just thrown games away.

So, predictions for the FA Cup 3rd round ties? My predictions are:

Chasetown 0-4 Cardiff
Swansea 1-0 Havant & Waterlooville
Wolves 3-0 Cambridge Utd
Tottenham 3-1 Reading
Charlton 1-1 West Brom
Southampton 2-1 Leicester
Aston Villa 1-1 Man Utd
Chelsea 3-1 QPR
Burnley 0-2 Arsenal
Luton 1-2 Liverpool
West Ham 1-2 Man City
Sunderland 2-1 Wigan
Stoke 2-0 Newcastle
Ipswich 1-1 Portsmouth
Bristol City 1-1 Middlesbrough
Huddersfield 1-1 Birmingham
Everton 3-0 Oldham
Bolton 2-1 Sheff Utd
Derby 1-2 Sheff Wed
Fulham 2-1 Bristol Rovers
Blackburn 2-0 Coventry

I don't think all three non-league sides will make it through to the fourth round, but the team I feel has the best chance of going through would be Havant & Waterlooville. H & W's last two Cup ties have been away from home and I think they will give Swansea a good game. I can't see Cambridge Utd getting anything from Wolves and I think Cardiff will be too strong for Chasetown.

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You're being optimistic about Charlton there CE. On current form, West Brom will take Charlton apart

Well, would you believe it, Chasetown have taken the lead against Cardiff!

It's 1-1 now.

Won't be 4-0 then...

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3-1. Hard luck Chasetown

3-1 to Cardiff

Oops, Barry beat me to it...

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Cambridge 1-0 up. Perhaps there'll be an upset there instead...

Or even a Cupset: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupset

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1-0.

Funny how we've once again led a game against Spurs and conceded a goal three minutes later...

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