FA cup Thread

[Bullitt]

Manchester United travel to Liverpool following the FA Cup fifth round draw at The Football Association's Soho Square headquarters.

United defeated Liverpool 1-0 at Old Trafford recently but there was controversy over Gary Neville's goal celebrations and Rio Ferdinand's late winner handed Sir Alex Ferguson's side a rather fortunate win.

League Two side Colchester United will be delighted with their trip to either Chelsea or Everton, while there is an all-London affair at The Valley between Charlton Athletic and Brentford.

John Salako and Ian Rush conducted the draw which also includes Bolton Wanderers versus West Ham, a repeat of the first-ever Wembley final.

Newcastle United's Alan Shearer takes on former club Southampton at St James' Park in his farewell season.

Aston Villa meet Manchester City and Birmingham City or Reading will travel to Stoke City. There is a lot of doubt over the first tie out of the hat as Preston or Crystal Palace will take on Coventry City or Middlesbrough.

Preston or Crystal Palace v Coventry City or Middlesbrough
Newcastle United v Southampton
Aston Villa v Manchester City
Everton or Chelsea v Colchester United
Charlton Athletic v Brentford
Liverpool v Manchester United
Bolton Wanderers v West Ham
Stoke City v Reading or Birmingham City

The ties will take place on the weekend of February 18.
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Ah bollocks.

http://www.myfilestash.com/userfiles/teh_mite/neville7gm.gif

*thats better*

[St Helens RLFC]

Revenge is a dish best served cold. Here's a very good chance to get it quickly. Rob you must be delerious - at home to a team from the Fizzy Pop Championship?!

[An Tarbh]

Southampton at home, couldn't be better really, no media coverage for that match either, just leave the players get on with their job and a quarter final place will be their's

[SaintsFan_Webby]

Originally posted by Teh Mite@Jan 30 2006, 04:27 PM
Aston Villa v Manchester City
Could have been a better draw. http://www.therugbyforum.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mellow.gif

Villa have been alright recently, but hopefully we can get a result.

[St Helens RLFC]

City could have had harder, could have had easier. You can go there and win. I also can&#39;t see Mrs SHRLFC being too unhappy with her draw either...

[The TRUTH]

Thats a pretty rough draw

OH WELL............Looks like you Mancs are gonna be out of another Cup early http://www.therugbyforum.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

[St Helens RLFC]

Originally posted by The TRUTH!!@Jan 31 2006, 04:54 AM
Thats a pretty rough draw
If honestly happy about it, I am still very angry when we were undeservedly knocked out in 1999...... http://www.therugbyforum.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/encoler3.gif

[The TRUTH]

Originally posted by St Helens RLFC+Jan 31 2006, 05:02 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (St Helens RLFC @ Jan 31 2006, 05:02 AM)</div>
<!--QuoteBegin-The TRUTH!!@Jan 31 2006, 04:54 AM
Thats a pretty rough draw
If honestly happy about it, I am still very angry when we were undeservedly knocked out in 1999...... http://www.therugbyforum.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/encoler3.gif [/b]
Dont get me wrong im more than happy playing Mancs , im still pissed about our last game with them let alone 99

[St Helens RLFC]

As I said earlier, it&#39;s a great chance for us to get our own back, let&#39;s just hope we take it!

[The TRUTH]

The only thing im worried about is the fact we&#39;ve got Chav$ki,Gooners and Manure all in the space of 2 weeks in Feb.

[An Tarbh]

I think that&#39;s a good thing, keep the players sharp and focused, they won&#39;t lose any concentration whereas if they were playing some middle of the road premiership team then their focus might not quite be at 100%

[Ripper]

Newcastle will score 8 times, Given to get a hat trick.

[An Tarbh]

and Woodturd to choke on his brown ale.

[An Tarbh]

Expect Gary Neville to get a warm welcome at Anfield today when Man Utd go to Anfield for their fifth round tie. Liverpool should overcome a shocking cup record against their rivals having not won in 85 years.

[Saint N Sinner]

I&#39;m hoping Villa can go through by giving Man City a jolly thrashing...

They haven&#39;t gotten this far for a while...

GO ON VILLA!

[SaintsFan_Webby]

Originally posted by Air Ben@Feb 18 2006, 11:29 AM
I&#39;m hoping Villa can go through by giving Man City a jolly thrashing...

They haven&#39;t gotten this far for a while...

GO ON VILLA!
Man City > You



2-1 City, Vassell and Barton to seal the win before Baros pulls one back late on.

[The TRUTH]

What a great day in sport today/tonight.....

Force v Canes
Reds v Crusaders
Waratahs v Stormers

and..

Liverpool to thrash those Mancs.........YNWA

http://www.ave-it.net/mancbadge4.jpg

http://www.ave-it.net/mancbadge5_small.jpg

(to bruce springsteen&#39;s "born in the usa")

SOLD TO THE USA ..
U MANCS WERE..
SOLD TO THE USA.. :lol:

[getofmeland]

HES BIG HES RED HIS FEET STICK OUT OF BED PETER CROUCH PETER CROUCH

1 - 0 to Liverpool... 20 Mins Into the game

[The TRUTH]

Yep 1-0 half time

I dont see us losing this, manchester have the worst midfield in the EPL

If we can keep Shrek and Horseface quiet theres no way we should lose this match.

[getofmeland]

Liverpool 1 - 0 Man U.....

FINAL Score

Just hope Alan Smith is ok for the mancs looked pretty bad accident

[The TRUTH]

United out of another cup :D

anyone here what the damage is with Smith&#39;s left leg?? looked pretty bad

[getofmeland]

havent heard anything yet... hope it aint career threatening

EDIT


Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson expects Alan Smith to be out for a "long time" after he suffered a horrific leg break against Liverpool.

Midfielder Smith collapsed in agony after he went to block a John Arne Riise free-kick in United&#39;s 1-0 defeat.

A grim-faced Ferguson said: "It&#39;s a bad injury and he will be out for a long time. It&#39;s a bad blow for us and it sums our season for us."

Smith had come on as a substitute for Darren Fletcher in the 76th minute.[/b]

Just found this, he did look in a lot of agony...

[St Helens RLFC]

Pick that out you horrible rioting Manc c***s.

[The TRUTH]

Originally posted by St Helens RLFC@Feb 19 2006, 04:24 AM
Pick that out you horrible rioting Manc c***s.
:lol: :lol: :lol: someone&#39;s fired up

[St Helens RLFC]

I am so, so angry.

[getofmeland]

Why Mate???

[St Helens RLFC]

Originally posted by getofmeland@Feb 18 2006, 05:25 PM
Why Mate???
The behaviour of the animals in the away section. Chanting "murderers" all game because they got outplayed and can&#39;t handle the fact we&#39;ve won it 5 times. And then at full time, in their haste to cause trouble, charged the police and the stewards in a bid to escape the stadium.

Bellends.

[SaintsFan_Webby]

Originally posted by St Helens RLFC+Feb 18 2006, 09:40 PM-->
<!--QuoteBegin-getofmeland@Feb 18 2006, 05:25 PM
Why Mate???
The behaviour of the animals in the away section. Chanting "murderers" all game because they got outplayed and can&#39;t handle the fact we&#39;ve won it 5 times. And then at full time, in their haste to cause trouble, charged the police and the stewards in a bid to escape the stadium.

Bellends. [/b]
Not that the Liverpool fans were also winding them up in any way. :rolleyes:

Pots and kettles spring to mind...

[St Helens RLFC]

No matter how much you wind someone up you shouldn&#39;t resort to violence. There was no bother at Old Trafford a few weeks ago, when we were being wound up by not only fans but PLAYERS!

The animosity is all Gary Neville&#39;s fault. Prick!

[SaintsFan_Webby]

Originally posted by St Helens RLFC@Feb 18 2006, 09:46 PM
No matter how much you wind someone up you shouldn&#39;t resort to violence.
We&#39;re talking about football fans here. Wave a red rag in front of them and they&#39;re boung to react because they don&#39;t know any better.

[St Helens RLFC]

Had we lost 1-0 today, I wouldn&#39;t have gone outside looking for bother. Sure I would have been pissed off but I would have just left the ground and gone home, muttering.

[SaintsFan_Webby]

Originally posted by St Helens RLFC@Feb 18 2006, 09:56 PM
Had we lost 1-0 today, I wouldn&#39;t have gone outside looking for bother. Sure I would have been pissed off but I would have just left the ground and gone home, muttering.
You&#39;re used to watching rugby though. As opposed to being an idiot every week. Every football club in England has sections of violent morons, they all wind each other up, and fighting and riots ensue. They&#39;re all as bad as each other.

[St Helens RLFC]

I have been going to Anfield most weeks for 11 years and that&#39;s the first bother I&#39;ve seen. I&#39;m just as used to football crowds as rugby crowds.

[Saint N Sinner]

Man City > You



2-1 City, Vassell and Barton to seal the win before Baros pulls one back late on.[/b]

You&#39;d have a job...it&#39;s not played yet...:P

[SaintsFan_Webby]

Originally posted by Air Ben@Feb 18 2006, 11:46 PM
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE
Man City > You



2-1 City, Vassell and Barton to seal the win before Baros pulls one back late on.

You&#39;d have a job...it&#39;s not played yet...:P [/b][/quote]
Which is why I used the future tense. :wall:

[Saint N Sinner]

Which is why I was being sarcastic... :unsure:

[Bullitt]

Well, at least Smith isn&#39;t going to be out for life with this injury. It just means United have exactly no midfield talent left. (Giggs is old and Ronaldo can f*** off. And Fergie is too bloody senile to see Park Ji Sung is onr of the best midfielders in the country.)


Originally posted by sky sports
Smith career not under threat

http://images.skysports.com/images/playerpics05_06/Premiership/ManUtd/smith_injured.jpg

Alan Smith&#39;s agent Alex Black has played down suggestions the Manchester United midfielder&#39;s career is under threat.

The 25-year-old suffered a horrific injury after coming on as a substitute during United&#39;s FA Cup fifth round exit at Liverpool on Saturday.

After blocking a John Arne Riise free kick, Smith landed awkwardly and dislocated his ankle, which in turn caused his leg to break.

He faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines, while Red Devils boss Sir Alex Ferguson commented the injury was &#39;one of the worst I&#39;ve ever seen&#39;.

But Smith&#39;s representative Black is confident that the former Leeds United ace will play again, although he is unsure when the England international will return.

"Certainly, from speaking to Alan, that&#39;s not been indicated to him at all (the injury being career threatening)," Black told Sky Sports News.

"He is a pretty tough character and is already talking about it. It is frustrating, but he will try and get back to fitness as soon as he can."

Smith has already had his ankle pushed back into place, while he is undergoing an operation on his broken leg on Sunday morning.

Black expanded on the injury situation and also conceded it will be around two months before the player can seriously commence his rehabilitation.

He added: "The latest situation is that everything went fairly well last night and they were able to put the ankle back in.

"They had the chance to X-ray and have a look at the break on the leg, which is being operated on this morning.

"It&#39;s hard to tell exactly how bad the damage will be to the ligaments on the ankle until it has all calmed down.

"The two injuries in themselves certainly aren&#39;t career threatening, but a combination of the two is a problem for the rehabilitation.

"He will be in a pot for six-to-eight weeks and won&#39;t be able to do a lot on rehab until after that when he will be starting on the road to recovery, hopefully.

"It looks like when he was landing, and put all the weight on his ankle, that&#39;s when the dislocation happened, and the force of that broke his leg. That&#39;s what I think happened."

Black revealed that Smith also wanted to pay tribute to the assistance he received from Liverpool and United staff, in addition to both clubs&#39; fans.

He continued: "Even though he was a little bit delirious as he was coming off, he was able to recognise that not just Man United fans, but a lot of Liverpool fans, were giving him a round of applause.

"All the staff and various doctors have been fantastic and he wanted to say thank you to all those people."

I&#39;ll admit that the bloody theeving scousers outclassed United today.

Still, we&#39;ll finish 2nd in the league and Chelsea will win the FA Cup! :P

[SaintsFan_Webby]

Originally posted by Air Ben@Feb 19 2006, 11:39 AM
Which is why I was being sarcastic... :unsure:
You&#39;re not good enough at it for it to work.

[Saint N Sinner]

Villa are 1-nil up as it stand with about 5 minutes to go...

[getofmeland]

1 - 1 Final Score

Last Minute Goal and what a goal well done City......

[Saint N Sinner]

NOOOOOOOOO...

Finished 1-1.....94th minute equalizer... :cryy:

[Groen_en_Goud]

:cheers:

Blue Moon..
You saw me standing alone
without a dream in my heart
without a love of my own

[St Helens RLFC]

Thoroughly deserved equaliser from Man City, it would have been the biggest trvesty of justice since we lost to Sao Paulo in December.

[SaintsFan_Webby]

20+ shots away from home deserves a replay at the very least.

Baros is such a cock. Great finisher, but he was climbing all over, pulling shirts, scratching, eye gouging (some of these may be slightly exaggerated) City&#39;s defense by the end. Should have got at least a yellow for being an idiot.

[St Helens RLFC]

That&#39;s Baros for you. Great finisher, just a very petulent footballer.

[saintgoodie]

Villa fans perspective we didnt deserve to even get a draw, City played well and as for Baros he is a lazy arsshole where as Luke plays with heart and trys for the team and Super Kev is just a magician on the ball, Juan Pablo is good coming off the bench and scores a few crackers.

[Saint N Sinner]

I found the game to be very slow indeed.

Man City I think deserved a draw at least I must say, if not the QTR final spot.

I thought it was ver boring as the ball was very slow moving all over the park, it took Villa 40-50 mins to get there arses into gear...

[loratadine]

as a utd fan the fa cup has little interest for me - i expect liverpool or newcastle to win it.

[The TRUTH]

Originally posted by loratadine@Feb 21 2006, 11:38 AM
as a utd fan the fa cup has little interest for me - i expect liverpool or newcastle to win it.
I guess your not interested in Champs League either :D

[Bullitt]

Originally posted by The TRUTH!!+Feb 21 2006, 05:48 AM-->
<!--QuoteBegin-loratadine@Feb 21 2006, 11:38 AM
as a utd fan the fa cup has little interest for me - i expect liverpool or newcastle to win it.
I guess your not interested in Champs League either :D [/b]
A shame yourboys are going to finish the year worse than us! ;)

[St Helens RLFC]

Originally posted by Teh Mite@Feb 21 2006, 08:06 AM

A shame yourboys are going to finish the year worse than us! ;)
I don&#39;t think so!

You have lost out on a fortune by missing out on the Champions League group stages. Money you can&#39;t afford to miss out on, what with having over half a billion quid&#39;s worth of debt!

You&#39;re out of the FA Cup, you have no chance in hell of catching Chelsea, you&#39;re likely to have problems because of your midfield. You will probably win the booby prize, though that&#39;s just an embarassment and it won&#39;t save your season.

You might win more, you might finish higher, but this has been a disaster of a season for United.

[The TRUTH]

Originally posted by Teh Mite@Feb 21 2006, 08:06 PM
A shame yourboys are going to finish the year worse than us! ;)
http://www.youtube.com/?v=37EEUfkynCs

http://media.putfile.com/5-Times

[getofmeland]

By the Way, we already have a piece of silverware this season!!! We have been in 2 Finals already as well this season!!!! Something united would like to say but wont be able to....

So therefore have achieved more than United already.... and also the fight for second place isnt over yet... we are 3 points behind you...

[loratadine]

united should finnish second - they are as a squad stronger than liverpool

[An Tarbh]

And these injured players will all magically return somehow? Don&#39;t think so, where&#39;s the midfield?

[An Tarbh]

Anyway save this for the premiership thread,

here&#39;s the draw for the Quarter Finals and with it goes any chance of silverware for Newcastle having been handed an away tie at Cheslea, Liverpool have got the handiest draw again with a tie at Birmingham who would more than likely have one eye on survival rather than this cup tie, Middlesbrough take on Charlton while Aston Villa or Man City take on Bolton or West Ham.

What&#39;s the story with the dates for these ties though, says they&#39;re on March 20-23, that would be a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday? Is this some sort of experiment by the FA?

[The TRUTH]

Originally posted by loratadine@Feb 22 2006, 01:03 AM
united should finnish second - they are as a squad stronger than liverpool
You guys dont have a squad.......all you got is Rooney,Ruud and Rio, the rest of ya players are shizenhouzen.

[St Helens RLFC]

Originally posted by An Tarbh@Feb 21 2006, 01:14 PM


What&#39;s the story with the dates for these ties though, says they&#39;re on March 20-23, that would be a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday? Is this some sort of experiment by the FA?
Part of Sven&#39;s plan to get the England squad together quicker.

[An Tarbh]

Well anything that helps England to win the world cup then... :P

[SaintsFan_Webby]

I&#39;d have preferred &#39;Boro or Birmingham at home, but I&#39;l take Bolton or West Ham once we&#39;ve finished with Villa.

[An Tarbh]

I&#39;ll admit it would have been nice had Liverpool and Chelsea drawn each other but not to be, would have kept our slim European hopes alive as well.

[St Helens RLFC]

Originally posted by SaintsFan_Webby@Feb 21 2006, 04:35 PM
I&#39;d have preferred &#39;Boro or Birmingham at home, but I&#39;l take Bolton or West Ham once we&#39;ve finished with Villa.
Ready to play crossbar challenge with Bolton again?

[SaintsFan_Webby]

Originally posted by St Helens RLFC+Feb 21 2006, 09:26 PM-->
<!--QuoteBegin-SaintsFan_Webby@Feb 21 2006, 04:35 PM
I&#39;d have preferred &#39;Boro or Birmingham at home, but I&#39;l take Bolton or West Ham once we&#39;ve finished with Villa.
Ready to play crossbar challenge with Bolton again? [/b]
I think 6 is a reasonable target this time around. Sibierski is my favourite for a hat-trick off the bar. :rolleyes:

[DC]

ill tell you what i just saw some still pics of alan smith&#39;s leg, its gruesome!

i have the pics, there all over the web if youguys want to see them just go to google and put in "alan smiths leg"

[Bullitt]

Originally posted by The TRUTH!!+Feb 21 2006, 09:27 AM-->
<!--QuoteBegin-Teh Mite@Feb 21 2006, 08:06 PM
A shame yourboys are going to finish the year worse than us! ;)
http://www.youtube.com/?v=37EEUfkynCs
[/b]
"fook off Neville you horrible little c***..."

I guess he doesn&#39;t undarstand the concept of irony. :rolleyes:

[An Tarbh]

Jesus Liverpool chewed up, spat out, and repeated the event against Birmingham, even the non league teams don&#39;t get thumpings like that and it should have been Liverpool who were the more tired.

[getofmeland]

It seems we have found the net now, and its really enjoyable to watch Liverpool play with so much confidence... they could of quite easily stopped at 4 - 0 but the carried on looking for goals...

Well Done Liverpool.... LETS PUT 5 PAST EVERTON!!!!

[An Tarbh]

Just a shame it came a bit late in the season.

Christ we&#39;re looking a bit clueless, bubble is well and truly burst now.

[Ripper]

So many close calls Shearer... At least he won the Premiership in the early days with Blackburn, it would&#39;ve been a shame to retire without him at least having those.

Hopefully he sticks around the Newcastle Organistation as a Coach/Asst Manager and he can at least win some Silverware.

[St Helens RLFC]

I hope we&#39;ve saved some goals for Everton....

[SaintsFan_Webby]

Shearer was useless last night. I switched on for the second half and didn&#39;t even realise he was on the pitch until the 70th minute. Should have hung up the boots at the end of last season really, his body doesn&#39;t seem to be able to cope in the same way as someone like Sheringham.

[el_tk]

Originally posted by SaintsFan_Webby@Mar 23 2006, 04:55 PM
Shearer was useless last night. I switched on for the second half and didn&#39;t even realise he was on the pitch until the 70th minute. Should have hung up the boots at the end of last season really, his body doesn&#39;t seem to be able to cope in the same way as someone like Sheringham.
I was wondering exactly the same thing about Shearer myself. Newcastle are crap though, I can&#39;t remember the last good player they bought.

[Ripper]

Originally posted by el_tk+Mar 24 2006, 09:57 AM-->
<!--QuoteBegin-SaintsFan_Webby@Mar 23 2006, 04:55 PM
Shearer was useless last night. I switched on for the second half and didn&#39;t even realise he was on the pitch until the 70th minute. Should have hung up the boots at the end of last season really, his body doesn&#39;t seem to be able to cope in the same way as someone like Sheringham.
I was wondering exactly the same thing about Shearer myself. Newcastle are crap though, I can&#39;t remember the last good player they bought. [/b]
So, whats it like living under a rock?

[The TRUTH]

Originally posted by el_tk+Mar 24 2006, 08:57 AM-->
<!--QuoteBegin-SaintsFan_Webby@Mar 23 2006, 04:55 PM
Shearer was useless last night. I switched on for the second half and didn&#39;t even realise he was on the pitch until the 70th minute. Should have hung up the boots at the end of last season really, his body doesn&#39;t seem to be able to cope in the same way as someone like Sheringham.
I was wondering exactly the same thing about Shearer myself. Newcastle are crap though, I can&#39;t remember the last good player they bought. [/b]
Yeah Owen is shit isn&#39;t he http://www.big-football-forum.co.uk/forum/images/smiles/slap.gif

[An Tarbh]

Given, Carr and Dyer are no mugs either.

Semi final draw has just been made, crap draw Chelsea play Liverpool and Charlton or Middlesbrough face off against West Ham, great draw for those lot with the winners guaranteed European football.

[The TRUTH]

Damn , Liverpool v Chelsea final would have been HUGE!!

[Bullitt]

Oh well, no final for the Kop than...


darn.

[St Helens RLFC]

Originally posted by Teh Mite@Mar 24 2006, 03:16 PM
Oh well, no final for the Kop than...


darn.
Closer to the final than you, you sniping Manc bastard.

[Bullitt]

Close doesn&#39;t count for shit when you don&#39;t win it! ;)

[St Helens RLFC]

Originally posted by Teh Mite@Mar 25 2006, 04:10 PM
Close doesn&#39;t count for shit when you don&#39;t win it! ;)
There&#39;s no guarantee that we won&#39;t.

[The TRUTH]

Originally posted by Teh Mite@Mar 24 2006, 11:16 PM
Oh well, no final for the Kop than...


darn.
Think again, 2-1 Reds

The Cup is as good as ours :cheers:

[SaintsFan_Webby]

Graham Poll had a wonderful game <_<

:rolleyes:

[An Tarbh]

Was a bit too keen to impress ahead of the world cup, in a game this big there&#39;s no doubts the FIFA bigwigs would have had someone watching it to assess him ahead of the Summer. No way in the ordinary run of the mill would he have given that high foot against Terry, bad call.

[St Helens RLFC]

It was a bad call. But as far as I&#39;m concerned, it equalled out the decision early on when Drogba was allowed to go clean through when miles offside, and the blatant penalty when Cudicini clattered Crouch.

We fully deserved our win, and I&#39;m delighted to be going to Cardiff.

[getofmeland]

Right I need to try and find out when the tickets for the FA Cup Final are released...

[SaintsFan_Webby]

Originally posted by St Helens RLFC@Apr 22 2006, 07:53 PM
and the blatant penalty when Cudicini clattered Crouch.
The blatent penalty when the keeper got his hand to the ball?

Or am I thinking of the wrong incident?

[St Helens RLFC]

Crouch got there first, and then Cudicini ran straight into him.

[SaintsFan_Webby]

The ball obviously defied the laws of physics in the process then. It managed to shoot straight up in the air rather than in the direction of Crouch&#39;s momentum.

[St Helens RLFC]

It shot up off the big fella&#39;s foot.

[SaintsFan_Webby]

I know his feet are huge, but not even he could have kicked underneath it having sprinted forwards to get there.

[getofmeland]

If YOU actually watched the replay the ball was there to be won, Crouch won the ball then got taken out but Cudicini... Even the commentators said that....

[SaintsFan_Webby]

Originally posted by getofmeland@Apr 22 2006, 08:22 PM
If YOU actually watched the replay the ball was there to be won, Crouch won the ball then got taken out but Cudicini... Even the commentators said that....
Apart from Mark Lawrenson saying that both got the ball at the same time. Which is what I&#39;ve been saying. It was a legitimate 50/50 ball, which both got a piece of. No way was it a penalty.

[St Helens RLFC]

Well, it&#39;s cost me £65 but I shall be there. Bastardus robbingus.

[SaintsFan_Webby]

For one weekend only I shall be forever blowing bubbles... ;)

[Bullitt]

Michael Jackson has made a lifetime of that.

[St Helens RLFC]

D&#39;OH!

I think my ticket was nicked! Looks like I won&#39;t be going.

[Bullitt]

Ouch! Gutting.

[St Helens RLFC]

Scratch that guys. It&#39;s here. :D

[The TRUTH]

Half Time 2-1 West Ham

West Ham got a little lucky(thats football) but i&#39;ve been impressed with some of there play.

It&#39;s turning into a great final

Go Reds!!!!

[The TRUTH]

Kewell injured!!! :cryy: :cryy: :cryy: :wall:

[The TRUTH]

GERRARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a goal :bana: :bana: :bana: :bana: :bana:

[The TRUTH]

Liverpool win on penalties in one of the greatest FA Cup finals ever

I feel sorry for West Ham they played great





I http://www.liverpoolfc-newkit.co.uk/iB3_html/non-cgi/emoticons/hearts.gif Gerrard

[getofmeland]

Fantastic Final, The best for years...

Just a shame that someone had to lose,

Liverpool played fantastic, West ham played fantastic, Stevie G was emmence.....

[SaintsFan_Webby]

Gerrard is looking in fantastic form for the World Cup.

Why is Reocoker not going instead of Hargreaves? He was immense today for West Ham.

Great match to watch a neutral/one day Hammer. West Ham must be gutted to have the victory snatched away from them at the very end, but you can&#39;t really argue with a strike like Gerrard&#39;s.

[An Tarbh]

Without a doubt the best FA Cup final I&#39;ve ever seen, fantastic stuff from both teams, sickener for the Hammers to have one hand on the trophy but Liverpool just have that annoying never say die attitude and Reina delivered the goods in the shootout so fair play.

[wigan_rlfc]

If only West Ham won.

[BigTen]

Wow - what a perfect night of sport for me. The Hurricanes won to deny the filthy drug-cheating Waratahs their so-called "right" to host the semi-final. And not only did Liverpool win the FA Cup but Kewell got himself injured again. Ha-ha!

Nah just kidding - Kewell&#39;s injury isn&#39;t that serious. I have heard that he will be back in under two weeks. Could have been a lot worse.

Stevie G was massive, he set up two goals (one of them was wrongly not awarded) and scored two. His second, and Liverpool&#39;s third was stunning.

Gerrard is like a tactical nuclear weapon - when he goes off he just lays absolute waste to opposing teams.

[St Helens RLFC]

Best cup final I can remember, it was great to be a part of it. You do have to feel for West Ham, who were superb.

The third goal from Liverpool is without question the goal of the season.