Posted on May 3, 2008 by The Guru
Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp is said to be puzzled by the Welsh FA’s decision to overturn the red card Darren Purse received for putting a nice hole in Andy Cole’s leg, thus making him now available for the FA Cup Final:
I do not want to see the boy missing the FA Cup final but it [...]
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Posted on April 25, 2008 by The Guru
They’ve well and truly done it this time. The bottlers at the Football Association have, in their infinite wisdom, come to two ridiculous decisions:
Should Cardiff win the FA Cup next month, they will represent England in the UEFA Cup next season.
The Welsh National Anthem will be played before the game.
The first point annoys me slightly, [...]
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Posted on April 12, 2008 by The Guru
The Welsh Sports Minister (I know, I didn’t know they had one either) Rhodri Glyn Thomas has called for “common sense to prevail” and for the Welsh National Anthem to be played before the FA Cup Final.
He said:
I hope the FA is going to be sensible about things because there will be great disappointment [...]
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Posted on April 5, 2008 by The Guru
My record on predictions hasn’t been too hot lately, but I can’t let an occasion like the FA Cup Semi-Finals go by without having a go can I?
West Brom vs. Portsmouth (Live on BBC1 from midday today): When the draw was made I was kind of hoping that this would be the final, but alas [...]
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Posted on March 11, 2008 by The Guru
Just when you thought all was well in the world and the FA Cup had regained it’s magic, the Sun’s Shaun Custis says that Manchester United and Chelsea being knocked out has resulted in the cup being “killed stone dead“.
Custis says he is concerned that the progress of so-called “lesser” teams could have a negative [...]
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