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My guys from Arsenal showed what they are made of. We fell behind 2-0 to Villa. Instead of folding up like a cheap tent my Gunners manned up and scored three-second half goals to win 3-2.

Two PK’s by Robin van Persie and a goal from Theo Walcott sent the boys into the next round of the FA Cup.

My Gunners started out fast but couldn’t convert.

Aston Villa struck first in the 33^rd minute. Richard Dunn rose above the fray and nailed a powerful header. Stiliyan Petrov set this sucker up with a well-placed corner kick.

Villa made 2-0 on a goal by Darren Bent in the 45^th minute.

The guys came roaring back.

This win showed the guys have the fortitude to come back from adversity.

The FA Cup weekend is over. Chelsea, Liverpool, Bolton, Stoke City, Norwich City, and Birmingham from the EPL advanced. Newcastle lost to Championship side Brighton 1-0.

League Two Crawley Town pulled the biggie-upset city of the day beating Hull City 1-0.

Stevenage defeated Notts County 1-0. Boro is in League Two while Notts County is League One.

So far in the FA Cup there have been a few surprises but most of the big boys have passed on through except for when EPL clubs battled each other like Liverpool-Man U, West Brom-Norwich City, Bolton- Swansea City, Chelsea- Queens Park Rangers.

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The FA Cup is in full swing. On Wednesday Queens Park Rangers defeated Milton Keyes 1-0. The Swans advanced to the next round. Daniel Gabbidon scored in the 73^rd minute to send the MK Dons packing.

Leicester killed Nottingham Forrest 4-0.

It’s on to the fourth round for the Foxes.

This sucker was over from the start. George Boateng’s own goal sealed Forrest’s doom.

A hat trick by Jermaine Beckford led the way for the Foxes.

Bolton advanced with a 2-0 win over Macclesfield.

Millwall destroyed Dagenham and Redbridge 5-0.

Darius Henderson led the way with a trifecta for the Lions.

The Daggers were completely outclassed.

Dagenham and Redbridge are playing in League Two.

The Daggers are one step from being sent down to the English Conference.

The Lions are through to the next round.

On Thursday Birmingham defeated Wolverhampton 1-0 to get a get outta jail free card.

The match winner came in the 74^th minute when Wade Elliot tickled the twines.

Wrexham and Brighton played for 120 minutes. Nothing was settled. Both sides were tied at one all. Thus it came down to a PK shootout. Brighton wins in the PK shootout 5-4. The choke artist for the Red Dragons was Dean Kates.

Brighton gets their ticket punched as well.

The FA Cup is the oldest competition in the world.

England began the competition in 1872.

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My guys from Arsenal picked up a 1-0 win over Leeds in the FA Cup.

Thierry Henry scored the only goal of the match in the 78^th minute.

Arsene Wenger used mostly second stringers in this encounter.

The win propelled the guys into the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Henry’s triumphant return to Arsenal gave us what we needed.

A “W” baby.

He is Arsenal’s top goal scorer.

Henry has ripped the twines 227 times for my Gunners

Henry left for Barcelona in 2007 and then moved on the MLS where he plays for the New York Red Bulls.

Henry is on a six-week loan with the guys.

There will be a full slate of matches this weekend in the EPL.

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Sir Alex and the boys are not dead. The demise of Man U is vastly over exaggerated. The Red Devils are on the ropes yet they willed themselves to a huge 3-2 win over City in the FA Cup.

The Rooney man hit the daily double.

Man U was on fire from the outset.

This caused the Citizens a ton of trouble.

Rooney started out the hit parade when he nailed a powerful header top shelf in the 10^th minute.

This puppy was set up by a Valencia’s dribble drive to the rack.

He made a perfect pass to Rooney.

This was all she wrote.

Vincent Kompany was set off in the 12^th minute.

This changed the tone of the match.

Danny Welbeck scored in the 30^th minute.

Rooney closed out the scoring when he missed a PK in the 40^th minute but his put back of the rebound gave Man U a 3-0 lead.

City made it close by scoring two-second half goals but it wasn’t good enough.

Both City and Man U used most of their best players.

The mighty boys from Old Trafford came limping into this baby.

However the Red Devils proved why they are one of the top futebol clubs in the world.

Sir Alex said this about his funky star player the Rooney man- ”Wayne Rooney is a headline-maker, good or bad,” said Ferguson. ”It is the situation that existed many years ago with Paul Gascoigne. ‘We have seen the good stuff today but any flaws will be absolutely annihilated by the press. That is what they are like. That is what we are dealing with. Today was a magnificent performance.”

Even though Man U won Sir Alex wasn’t all that happy with the guys performance.

”It was ridiculous,” said Ferguson. ”We got careless and made City better than they were. They went defensive in the second half and waited for us to make mistakes – and we made them.

”Fortunately we scrambled away with a victory. From a position where we should have battered them.”

City’s boss man Roberto Mancini said this – ”This evening is important for the league,” he said. ”Now I think we can win the league because of the character we showed. United is a top squad in England. At Old Trafford, with 10 men for 40 minutes, they lost 6-1. Today we played for 80 minutes with 10 players, scored two goals and didn’t concede any chances.”

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Chelsea destroyed Portsmouth 4-0.

Sheffield Wednesday defeated West Ham 1-0.

Sunderland shut out Peterborough 2-0.

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The FA Cup weekend has started off with flying colours.

The upset special of the day was Swindon Town defeated Wigan 2-1.

Birmingham and Wolves were knotted at nil-nil.

There will be a replay in their future.

Spurs took care of business and shut out Cheltenham Township 3-0.

Jermain Defoe, Roman Pavlyuchenko, and Giovani Dos Santos tickled the twines for Tottenham.

Aston Villa destroyed Bristol Rovers 3-1.

Queens Park Rangers tied with Milton Keyes one all.

Swansea City defeated Barnsley 2-1.

Bolton tied with League Two side Macclesfield two all.

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I am still on the road doing hoops play by play. The FA Cup is in full swing this weekend. The biggie that everyone is waiting for is the Man City-Man U match up on Sunday. This will be a war. Give City the edge. The Citizens destroyed Sir Alex and the boys in their first encounter. City has the Red Devils number so we will see what happens. The ones to watch today are Wolves Birmingham, Queens Park Rangers-Milton Keyes, and Swansea City-Barnsley.

On this fine Saturday, two sides were crowned champions. We can call Manchester the city of champions.

Man U eked a one all tie with Blackburn while Man City scored a 1-0 win over Stoke City to win The FA Cup.

Way to go garoto.

The mighty boys from Old Trafford needed just a tie to win a record 19^th EPL crown.

The Rovers scored first in the 20^th minute off a deadly close range strike by Brett Emerton.

The Red Devils applied the pressure. Finally, a great ball fired into the box. Chicharito chased it down however Rovers keeper Paul Robinson was forced to challenge the play.

Robinson clearly fouled Javier Hernandez.

PK was awarded.

The Rooney man nailed this sucker in the 73^rd minute.

Game, set, and title to Man U.

The Citizens on the hand had four first half chances to ram the ball into the back of the net.

Stoke City keeper Thomas Sorenson kept the door closed.

The entire pitch was tilted in City’s favour.

In the second half the Potters kept it close but Man City was able apply the pressure once again.

In the 74^th minute Gneri Toure Yaya rammed home a rebound to give City their first title in 35 years.’

In other key matches saw Blackpool defeat Bolton 4-3.

Wolves destroyed Sunderland 3-1.

There are two key match to be played later today.

West Ham and Wigan will battle it out.

Birmingham battles Fulham.

The Hammers and the Wigs guys are at the butt end of the table.

If the Latics win this will give them 39 points and keep them with a shot at moving out of the you’re outta here zone.

If West Ham wins this will give them 36 points but the Hammers need to win and hope for a miracle to move out of the bye-bye zone.

The butt end of the table looks like this.

West Ham is dead last in 20^th place with 33 points.

Wigan is in 19^th place with 36 points.

The Seasiders are in 18^th place with 39 points.

Birmingham is one step above stink in 17^th place with 39 points.

Blues have a minus 21 while Blackpool is a minus 23.

Wolverhampton may be outta danger in 16^th place with 40 points.

One match left in the season.

Oh what a day.

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With the EPL all over but the shouting, the English futebol world turns its attention to the oldest competition in the world The FA Cup.

The big question is this.

Will Man City win their first title in thirty-five years or will City be bridesmaids once again.

The Citizens last title was 1976.

City takes on Stoke City at Wembley Stadium today.

City last won The FA Cup in 1969.

The Potters returned to the EPL in 2009.

Stoke City was sent down in 1985.

The Potters languished for many years in the lower divisions before rising like the Phoenix in 2009.

Man City has the same horrible history. City blew a title in 1972. The Citizens sunk to an all time low when they were given their walking papers in 1996.

It got so bad that Man City’s fall from grace landed them in division three futebol in 1998.

City began a long hard fight to return to the EPL.

The Citizens finally dug their way out of the hellhole in 2001.

Can you say you’ve come a long way baby.

Both City and Stoke City have a long history of failure in the top division but on this day, they will have the entire attention of the English futebol world.

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Man City is seeking to end their 35-year trophy drought. City defeated Man U 1-0.

Gneri Toure Yaya hit the match winner in the 52^nd minute to send Man City into the FA Cup finals.

Sir Alex had this to say about the loss- “The first 15 minutes after half-time cost us the game,” Ferguson said. “Slack moments. Edwin (van der Sar) had a bad kick out and Michael Carrick couldn’t hold it and it was a goal.

“From then on, they were defending apart from a couple of counter-attacks. It’s disappointing as we should’ve been ahead in the first half as we were the better team.

“The chances that Dimitar missed – there was a great save by the keeper but the second chance, from under the bar, if he’d have scored there, I had a feeling whoever scored first would win the match.”

In the EPL Chelsea defeated West Brom 3-1.

Blackpool lost to Wigan 3-1 and now the Seasiders are in voce via zone.

With the win Wigan, the wig guys moved into the 16^th spot in the table while Blackpool fell to the 17^th position.

Wigan has 34 points while The Seasiders have 33.

Wolves are still at the butt end of the table with 32 points.

The race is on to see who will get the heave-hoe.

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Man City finally was able to crack the code in the 74^th minute to move City into the semifinals of the FA Cup against cross-town foe Man U.

Micah Richards header off a set piece sealed the deal for City.

Mate David Silva nailed a corner kick into the center of the box.

Bing, bam, boom into the back of the net.

Reading put up a hell of fight.

The choo-choo guys had several scoring chances but couldn’t hit the winner.

This should be a wild affair at Wembley Stadium between City and Man U.

Stoke City defeated West Ham 2-1 to advance to the semifinals também.

Danny Higginbotham rifle of shot bounces off the keeper Robert Green and squeezes just inside the post in the 63^rd minute to lift the Potters to the win.

Stoke City will take on Birmingham in the other semifinal match.

Up next is a Champions League for Sir Alex and the boys and Chelsea.

Man U battles Marseille at Old Trafford while Chelsea tackles Copenhagen at Stamford Bridge.

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