Saturday, January 27, 2007

FA Cup:West Ham United (1-0)

The Hornets move on to the Fifth Round Proper of the 2006-2007 FA Cup by holding on to their halftime lead. I counted 6 saves by Foster and Stewart, Demerit, and McNamee all looked like they were having great games (at least as seen from a PC half a world away and filtered through the BBC).

Joining Watford in the next round are:

Ipswitch Town (Championship)
Tottenham Hotspur (Premier)
Plymouth Argyle (Championship)
Reading (Premier)
Derby County (Championship)
Preston North End (Championship)
Manchester United (Premier)
Blackburn Rovers (Premier)
Fulham (Premier)

The remaining 6 spots will be determined with tomorrow's matches . . .:

Wolverhampton Wanderers * (Championship) v. West Bromwich Albion (Championship)
Chelsea (Premier) v. Nottingham Forest (League One)
Manchester City (Premier) v. Southampton (Championship)
Arsenal (Premier) v. Bolton Wanderers (Premier)

. . . or replays of earlier drawn ties:

Bristol City (League One) v. Middlesbrough (Premier)
Norwich City (Championship) v. Blackpool (League One)

* on a business trip to Madison, WI last week, my cabbie had a decidedly British accent. When I asked where he was from, he said " a little town called Wolverhampton; you've probably never heard of it." I think I hurt his brain when said, "Oh - the Wanderers". I may have hurt it worse when I told him I was a Watford fan.

League Cup

Since Watford bowed out, I've been bad about updating League Cup results but:

Chelsea is in the finals after defeating Wycombe in the second leg 4-0 -and-

Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal play Jan. 31 in their second leg after drawing the first.


Next Watford match is Wednesday against Fergie's Manchester United at Old Trafford. Kickoff is 1:45 pm St. Louis time.

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