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FA Cup News

• Leiston and Lewes will have to do it all over again at The Dripping Pan after drawing 1-1. Lewes led at half-time, but Leiston equalised straight after the break. Now if they draw Leicester, what a tie that would be
• Eastwood Town caused an upset by forcing Wrexham to a replay at Coronation Park after a 0-0 draw. No problems for Torquay, though, as they comfortably beat Chipstead ("The Chips") 4-1.
• Famous Havant & Waterlooville beat Conference high-flyers Crawley 3-0 to go into the draw for the 1st round proper.
• Evesham United caused one of the upsets of the round after beating Rushden 2-0. They beat Chasetown in the previous round. AFC Hornchurch also caused an upset after winning 2-1 at Weymouth.
• Bury Town beat Basingstoke 4-1 to book their place in tomorrow's draw, and a potential clash against Bury
• Unfortunately, Sheffield lost 3-1 to Blyth Spartans after leading 1-0 at half-time.
• York City and Mansfield have to face each other once again after a predictable 0-0 draw. They have already met twice at KitKat Crescent, and will meet at least three more times: in the FA Cup, Setanta Shield (at York) and in the league.

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Thought it would be fitting to mention Dundee United today who got a great attendance as a tribute to their late chairman, Eddie Thompson. He would have been proud of their three points today!
Lets hope United can go on to better things as a result of his dedication and input to the club.

Redknapp has replaced Ramos at Spurs. It was always inevitable that Ramos, Poyet, etc. were going to be sacked, but didn't expect Redknapp to take charge...

FA Cup 1st round draw - selected ties
Leiston/Lewes v Fleetwood Town
Leicester v Stevenage/Horsham
Leeds v Northampton
Colchester v Leyton Orient
Havant & W v Brentford
Harlow Town v Macclesfield
Sutton Utd v Notts County
AFC Wimbledon v Wycombe
AFC Hornchurch v Peterborough
Wrexham/Eastwood Town v Brackley
Torquay v Evesham United
Curzon Ashton v Exeter City
Luton v Altrincham
Darlington v Droylsden/Belper Town
Alfreton Town v Bury Town

Wasn't expecting to get Fleetwood, but a home tie is good. Now we've got to get past Leiston in the replay...

Some interesting ties there

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Chelsea's long unbeaten home league record has finally come to an end after a 1-0 defeat to Liverpool, who go 3 points clear at the top of the Premier League.

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Lewes lost 3-1 to Leiston at The Dripping Pan. Great chance to get to the 1st round again and maybe even beyond that, but we didn't take the opportunity

But good luck to Leiston - they've been in the competition since the very first round when they beat a team called Blackstones, and they look capable now of beating Fleetwood Town. Imagine Leiston drawing Manchester United in the third round?

Talking of wood towns, Eastwood Town pulled off a major upset by dumping Wrexham out of the FA Cup after winning 2-0. They now face Brackley Town - both teams have never reached the 2nd round - nor have Fleetwood Town I don't think...

Reading and Orient lost today as well

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Calling nicki_flute.

What's it like in League 1? *cries*

It's FA Cup first round weekend

Wonder how many Cupsets we will see today. It's a big day for smaller clubs such as Leiston, Curzon Ashton and Brackley Town who are still left in the competition, and it'll be interesting to see whether they will make it through to the second round for the first time.

At the moment, unpredictable Shrewsbury are losing 1-0 to Blyth Spartans who scored after only 26 seconds!

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2-0 to Blyth Spartans

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Blyth Spartans pulled off one of the shocks of the 1st round after beating Shrewsbury 3-1.

But the shock of the day goes to Curzon Ashton - the Unibond Division One North side survived a late Exeter comeback to win 3-2.

Histon also caused an upset after beating Swindon 1-0, while Leiston are in the hat for the 2nd round draw after forcing a replay against 10-man Fleetwood Town with a 0-0 draw.

There were also wins for Eastwood Town, Leyton Orient and Leicester, but both Burys are out after the more popular Bury lost to Gillingham and non-league Bury Town were defeated 4-2 by Alfreton Town.

Non-league sides Droylsden, Kettering, Altrincham, AFC Telford and Grays forced replays against their league opposition.


A win for Reading today , and nearly for Charlton as well...

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FA Cup 2nd Round Draw
Histon v Leeds United/Northampton Town
Bournemouth v Blyth Spartans
Kidderminster Harriers v Curzon Ashton
Scunthorpe United v Alfreton Town
Torquay United v Oxford United/Dorchester Town
Bradford City v Leyton Orient
Leicester City v Hereford United/Dagenham & Redbridge
Leiston/Fleetwood Town v Brighton & HA/Hartlepool United
Eastwood Town v AFC Wimbledon/Wycombe Wanderers
Eastbourne Borough/Barrow v Brentford
Notts County v Kettering Town/Lincoln City
AFC Telford United/Southend United v Luton Town/Altrincham
Forest Green Rovers v Barnet/Rochdale
Carlisle United/Grays Athletic v Crewe Alexandra
Chesterfield v Darlington/Droylsden
Port Vale v Macclesfield Town
Millwall v Aldershot Town/Rotherham United
Peterborough Utd v Accrington S/Tranmere R
Morecambe v Cheltenham Town/Oldham Athletic
Gillingham v Yeovil Town/Stockport County

Tough tie for Leyton Orient at Bradford...

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After Burnley's brilliant win at Chelsea, they now face Arsenal's youngsters at home in the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup. In other ties, holders Tottenham travel to Malky Mackay's (I like that name ) Watford, Stoke entertain Derby and Blackburn travel to Manchester United.

Reading beat Sheffield United today ... shame Charlton couldn't do us any favours against Birmingham...

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Another week, another comprehensive Charlton defeat. 5-2 at home to Sheffield United.

This is looking very likely to end in only one way. Relegation.

Reading lost their unbeaten home record today

But a good, and crucial win for Lewes

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Alan Pardew has now parted company as Charlton manager.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...tic/7744263.stm

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Woohoo!!!!!!!!!





and in case you missed it,

Lovely guy, Pardew, but that doesn't win you football matches...

Histon meet Cambridge United yet again in the FA Trophy 1st round. Any bets on it being 5-0 to Histon again?

Lewes go to Team Bath - a game we'll probably lose...

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I wonder if QPR are looking at our team sheet for tonight's match and thinking 'that's a guaranteed three points for us then'...

QPR won 2-1. Reading could only manage a 2-2 draw against Cardiff, while Leyton Orient achieved a third successive away win, at Huddersfield.

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Another dreadful performance from Charlton...

Good wins for Eastwood Town and Forest Green (and Barrow last night) in the FA Cup. Also good to see Orient in the third round as well.

Now, can Histon pull off a shock as well tomorrow? Or maybe even Kettering...

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Well, at least Charlton didn't lose yesterday...

Histon stunned Leeds, making it six non-league sides in the 3rd round!

FA Cup 3rd round draw
Cardiff v Reading
Leyton Orient v Sheffield United
Charlton v Norwich
Leicester v Crystal Palace

Middlesbrough v Barrow
Histon v Swansea
Forest Green Rovers v Derby
Torquay v Blackpool
Coventry v Kidderminster
Notts County or Kettering v Eastwood Town
Bournemouth or Blyth v Blackburn

Southampton v Manchester United
Chelsea v Southend
Preston v Liverpool
Arsenal v Plymouth

Portsmouth v Bristol City
Hull City v Newcastle
Sunderland v Bolton
Tottenham v Wigan
Manchester City v Nottingham Forest
Macclesfield v Everton
Gillingham or Stockport v Aston Villa
West Ham v Barnsley
Sheffield Wed v Fulham
Hartlepool v Stoke
West Brom v Peterborough or Tranmere

Birmingham v Wolves
QPR v Burnley
Ipswich v Chesterfield or Droylsden
Watford v Scunthorpe
Morecambe or Cheltenham v Doncaster
Millwall v Carlisle or Crewe


Not the tie I wanted for Reading, but Orient-Sheff Utd should be interesting.

After travelling to three non-league grounds last season, Swansea probably got one of the worst ties possible . Shame about Eastwood's tie - their reward for beating Wycombe could be a potential trip to Kettering (EDIT: just realised Notts County and Eastwood are only about 7 miles apart), but a good tie for Barrow.

Charlton v Norwich - that'll be interesting because I might plan to go and see a Norwich City game soon with my uncle and cousin (as they are Norwich supporters) possibly in January. The plan was that if Norwich get past the 3rd round and get a home tie in the 4th round, I could go to that match, otherwise it'll probably have to be the Barnsley game (as that's the only January home league tie at 15:00) which isn't that appealing...

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Chelsea - Arsenal is proving a good match, as expected. Blues are one up thanks to a series of mistakes by the Gunners.

But the Gunners win 2-1 to stay in contention for the title. Funny how Chelsea's home record is worse than Stoke's

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Well I can't help being please with at least one of today's FA Cup results.

Having Moved to Histon in 1977 shortly before my 8th birthday, and with the exception of time spent in Huddersfield and London, only offically moving out in 1997, when I changed from being MissC to MrsD, all I can say is....

1-0.

Good win for Reading, given the circumstances. Charlton are now bottom of the Championship after losing again...

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Totally deserved. Once again, Charlton were hopeless, and deserved to lose by more than the 2-0 they did.

I hope I'm wrong, but I think Charlton will go down without even the merest hint of a fight. Useless...

Reading win again , Charlton lose again...

Just shows the difference between the two teams at the moment, with Reading gaining 6/6 points and Charlton gaining 0/6 points against Coventry and Blackpool...

Lewes have their first away win of the season and are off the bottom of the BSP

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And a 2-1 win for Chelsea!

Yes, it does.

Charlton lost 2-1 at home to Coventry last night. Again, the better side won, Charlton once again were really poor.

Even at this relatively early stage of the season, I think Charlton will go down. I cannot think of a positive at all...

Charlton have taken the lead.

*faints*

Normal service has been resumed...

I was very pleased with Middlesbrough's draw against Arsenal the other day

Boro were unlucky not to get more really.

Charlton have now gone 2-1 up.

How on earth are they managing that?

Reading won and Birmingham lost at the weekend - just one point between both teams now, which sets it up quite nicely for the match at St Andrews on Saturday...

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Well, miracles do happen

Charlton conceded with the last kick of the game. 2-2.

Charlton have forgotten how to win

You wouldn't believe it - Derby have only gone and equalised in the very last minute...

A bit like Lewes - very predictable when it comes to conceding late goals...

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*cries*

The only consolation is that you're now off the bottom of the table

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well yeah, but 3 points were really needed. Will have to hope for them on Saturday, because Charlton, along with Notts Forest and Doncaster, are looking increasingly vulnerable...

thanks Babybird2

if Charlton ever win again, you'll hear the cheering all the way up where you are

ooo, who are Charlton not going to win against this weekend...aah, it's Norwich City...

If Reading win against Birmingham, it could be the turning point of our season. Just realised we play them on the last day of the season

I'd be happy with a point (unless we concede an equaliser in the 90th minute of course ) - staying close behind Birmingham may be a good thing as it keeps the pressure on them to stay in the top 2.

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*is happy with Leics. being top of league 1*

Birmingham 0-1 Reading

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Pleased with how Reading are doing now, at 3-1 up CE?

Indeed, yes

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A very satisfying way for you to clock up your 28,000th post CE