F.A. Cup 2011

F.A. Cup 2011

Lets start with a question.
How many New Zealanders(if any) have scored an F.A. Cup goal ?

Fourth round  draw.

Torquay v Crawley Town
Watford v Brighton
Bolton v Wigan
Arsenal v Huddersfield
Fulham v Tottenham
Everton v Europa League side Chelsea
Southampton v Manchester United
Swansea v Leyton Orient
Burnley v Burton
Birmingham v Coventry
Wolves v Stoke
Notts County v Man City
Stevenage v Reading
Aston Villa v Blackburn Rovers
West Ham v Nottingham Forest
Sheffield Wednesday v Hereford

non-kiwi but related kind of; paulm2011-01-20 11:37:57

Do you know the answer sanday or your just asking?

what about fallon, has he got any?

Wiki says Fallon has one for Swindon.
I need a better source than that.

Just asking.

Looks like an 83rd minute penalty in a 4-1 first round replay away loss to Boston Utd in 2005.
http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=470256

Yes News Mulligan has two for Doncaster.
Now i think about it was one of them a screamer?
Both against Boston Utd in the same season as Fallons.
sanday2011-01-20 12:07:08

So we can add Killen to the list.He has four all for Oldham including a hat trick v Orient. His first against Thurrock was on 14112004.
So was this the first FA Cup goal by a New Zealander?

the FA Cup starts well before the first round, so I would guess that there are a few other players who have NZ connections have scored.

That is what i was thinking.Some tenth tier team in a qualifying game in front of five people.

No. Leo Bertos scored on 8/11/2003 for Rochdale v Bury.

Also Chris Wood scored for West Brom v Huddersfield last season and one this season for Brighton v Portsmouth..

sanday2011-01-21 11:50:18

Considering this is the oldest running football cup in the World, is it possible that players considered Kiwis have been scoring goals at some level of the cup for decades?

Does an English born player in a Sunday league team with a NZ passport and been in NZ for 41 years count?

A fair assumption Oska.
Yes poolmister it does.

The FA Cup has a total of 12 rounds then Semi Finals and Final.
I don't know if you can count all of the Preliminary rounds.

OK, how about we make it players who have represented New Zealand at senior level.
So we could be looking at a player who came from the UK after playing at a good level and then went on to play for New Zealand.
Ken Armstrong could be a possibility.

Then sounds better as I can't see me scoring for a school Old Boys team ranks with say a Ryan Nelsen goal in the final.

Maybe this will be Ryans year?

West Ham v Burnley

Nice reward for Crawley and Orient.Manu and Arsenal will also be happy.


I see Winston got a game this morning. Got fouled for the winning pen.
But it sounded like the West Ham defending was a bit shakey.

Time for an edit.
sanday2011-01-31 06:20:10

good effort by crawley, almost snatched a replay

Nice cash reward for Leyton Orient getting the return leg at Gooners.

Sixth Round - Saturday, 12 March 2011:
Stoke v West Ham
Man City or Aston Villa v Everton or Reading
Birmingham v Bolton
Man Utd v Leyton Orient or Arsen

The semis are Live on Sky Sport.

did they show the semi's last year?

Semi-final 1 is on the 17th of April at 4am SS2, replayed 18th at 9am SS3.
Semi-final 2 is on 18th of April at 3am SS1, replayed on 18th at 5am SS2.

well done SKY!!!

Good work indeed !!!

Noah's getting a bit depressing

oh god what a terrible article

Downey262011-04-20 11:57:43

Couldn't be bothered reading it. Does he mention Red Bull again?

What exactly is so terrible about the article?

Should be a good final if stoke can bring another performance like that with them. Ok, Bolton didn't show but Stoke really excelled themselves.

 
oh i just felt it was a bit poorly written and unnecessary. to claim the fa cup isn't as good now and use this years final as an example is a bit silly. to have a team in the final that has never made it in over 100 years and another team in its first final in 30 odd years. i mean to me that is what the fa cup is all about.

and then to go and compare it to the copa final seems a pointless thing to do.

oh and also to have a go at squad rotation in the early rounds. thats just the nature of the game with such congested fixtures and the need to blood young talent against good opposition.

anywho, thats just my thoughts


Downey262011-04-21 09:50:21

He also mentions the top teams not wanting to go out in the early rounds. Liverpool had to face Man Yoo in the 3rd round if I remember rightly, The Arse played Man Yoo in the quarters and United went out to Citeh in the semi's. Hardly early rounds.

Good news, Final is on sky 15th May on SS2 at 1:45am, then replayed at 8:30am SS2

they've also got the NPower Champship promotion final on 31st May, SS2 at 1:30am LIVE

Massive ups

Massive. Thanks George. If my roster stays cyclic, FA Cup final number 28 in the can for me.

http://tvnz.co.nz/football-news/martin-devlin-cup-means-sweet-fa-4170053

good to see SKYTV LTD (good guys of the universe - subtle positive reinforcement) showing the play off final

w**kers didn't when CITY!! went up!! - but hey forgive and forget (in that case = former w**kers ;)

He's only complaining cause He supports Manchester United. I reckon if United were in the final that blog would not of even been written. I support United aswell and just cause we're out of the competition it doesn't mean that it's worth "sweet FA". Devlin's just a bit of a cock imo.

He is! I've known him since he was about 15. Always was a smart mouth. I have not seen any change in him over the years on the radio or TV. He's been a United fan since around the 1975/76 season so in fairness to him, he's not a glory hunter fan.