FA Cup

The glorified half of the domestic cup double and billed as the most prestigious domestic cup competition in football by… the English press. Winning the FA Cup is a matter of great prestige, and while you’ll see some teams fielding weakened sides in the cups, there’s not doubt that once again, for many clubs, this is the only outside chance of silverware. You can also watch the FA Cup live.

Also see: FA Cup Fixtures | FA Cup Statistics.

Watford 1-4 Manchester United – 2007 FA Cup Semi Final

By Ahmed Bilal on April 14th, 2007.

Manchester United skipped, strolled and sauntered past Watford without as much as a hint of discomfort (despite the bloody EVDS nose and the Rio groin tweak) and are now in the FA Cup final, again.

Lampard attacked by Tottenham fan (video)

By Ahmed Bilal on March 20th, 2007.

The match itself was quite pedestrian (apart from THAT goal by Shevchenko, who’s on a roll), so I’ll skip the boring match report (you can hit ChelseaBlog or BBC for it) and get down to the real business – vidoes.

Middlesbrough’s sour grapes hide Manchester United’s inadequacies

By Ahmed Bilal on March 20th, 2007.

The FA Cup quarter final replay was boring – Manchester United tried and tried to break Boro down and Boro just wouldn’t let them.

Boateng complains but Boro have no case against Styles or Manchester United

By Ahmed Bilal on March 13th, 2007.

Does George Boateng really have a case against Rob Styles?

Reading 2-3 Manchester United (Goal Videos)

By Ahmed Bilal on February 28th, 2007.

Manchester United had a fantastic start to the game, with Heinze scoring what can be called a lucky goal and Saha and Solskjaer nipping in with smash & grab goals, both well taken and owing a lot to the initial passes (Ferdinand and Richardson, respectively). For a second-string team (Only Rio and VDS (and Saha,…

Rooney can be better than Cantona for Manchester United

By Ahmed Bilal on January 28th, 2007.

Yes, he can. He’s got the anger, he’s got the swagger, and he’s got the talent. The thing he has over Cantona is time, and while he might not have the wisdom, he will gain it in that time. But enough about Rooney – on to Manchester United.

FA Cup Draw – 3rd Round – 2006-2007

By Ahmed Bilal on December 5th, 2006.

A quick roundup of the FA Cup 3rd round draw.

An Open Letter to Jose Mourinho

By Ahmed Bilal on April 24th, 2006.

Newsflash for Mr. Mourinho – if a team always played according to its potential, then it would be preciously rare for any team to lose. In the aftermath of Chelsea’s defeat at Old Trafford this season (thanks to that weak looping header from Fletcher), Mourinho managed to keep his composure but hinted strongly that his…