Portsmouth Win The FA Cup

This years FA Cup has been strange with so many premiership clubs falling by the wayside even at a relatively early stage although many football fans will not have been too sympathetic at seeing the bigger clubs get knocked out as there is a feeling that some managers have been a little guilty of not taking the Worlds greatest cup competition as seriously these days by fielding under strength or weakened teams.

It is still hard to believe though that so many premiership clubs missed out on a golden opportunity to not only win a major trophy but also the experience of competing in front of a crowd of 80,000 people at the new Wembley stadium.

The match itself was always going to be tight with Cardiff City providing stubborn opposition and it was a scrappy goal scored by Kanu in the first half that proved to be the winner and settled the game 1-0.

Harry Redknapp has been around for some years and he is deserving of this major trophy and the subsequent European adventure that comes with it in the UEFA cup next season.

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The Year Of FA Cup Shocks

The FA Cup this year has seen quite a few shocks, upsets and giant killings as some of the old romance of the competition seems to have returned Barnsley are arguably the story of this years competition thus far after dumping the mighty Liverpool out of the competition at Anfield in the last round they then proceeded to knock Chelsea out at Oakwell winning 1-0 again although the game itself was entertaining enough it was not quite like watching Brazil as their song goes.

The other shock from yesterday came at Old Trafford where Man Utd lost to Portsmouth 1-0 who would have thought that Man Utd and Chelsea would both end up being knocked out in this round i wonder what sort of odds you could have got on that outcome prior to kick off?

Sir Alex was not a happy bunny in the slightest and roundly criticized the referee's performance as well as the referees chief Keith Hackett for not doing his job properly his anger seemed to center around the no nonsense treatment Portuguese star Ronaldo is getting from opposition teams and the lack of protection Fergie feels referees are giving him.

Maybe one or two decisions could have gone their way but it is not often that you see a referee award a penalty to the away team at Old Trafford and there have been many stonewall penalties waved away over the years with the refs usually bottling it.

I have a feeling that it may well be Harry Redknapp's men that are destined to lift the FA Cup this year.

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