Cardiff 0 Portsmouth 1
Kanu’s first-half goal won the FA Cup for Portsmouth against Cardiff City in a low-key final at Wembley. The Nigerian scrambled home the winner at the near post eight minutes before half-time after Cardiff keeper Peter Enckelman fumbled John Utaka’s cross. Cardiff enjoyed possession but rarely posed a serious threat, although Glenn Loovens had a [...]
West Brom 0-1 Portsmouth
A second-half goal from Kanu was enough to send Portsmouth through to their first FA Cup final in 69 years. Ex-West Brom striker Kanu side-footed an easy chance to see off the Baggies after Dean Kiely had denied Milan Baros and Zoltan Gera had failed to clear. Baros, who looked to have handled in the [...]
Middlesbrough 0-2 Cardiff
Goals from Peter Whittingham and Roger Johnson helped Championship side Cardiff dump Middlesbrough out of the FA Cup at the quarter-final stage. Premier League strugglers Boro were poor throughout and went behind on nine minutes when Whittingham curled home. And 13 minutes later Roger Johnson headed in Whittingham’s free-kick to leave Boro with a huge [...]
Man Utd 0-1 Portsmouth
Harry Redknapp’s FA Cup curse struck Manchester United again as Portsmouth won a dramatic quarter-final clash. Sulley Muntari scored the winner from the spot with 12 minutes left after Milan Baros was upended by United’s substitute keeper Tomasz Kuszczak. Kuszczak, who replaced Edwin van der Sar at half-time, was sent off and Rio Ferdinand took [...]
Barnsley 1-0 Chelsea
Kayode Odejayi’s second-half header dumped holders Chelsea out of the FA Cup and gave Championship side Barnsley a shock place in the semi-finals. The striker netted the winner from six yards out after connecting with Martin Devaney’s superb right-wing cross. Odejayi also had a shot saved by Carlo Cudicini, while team-mate Istvan Ferenczi’s half-volley hit [...]
Man Utd 4-0 Arsenal
Wayne Rooney delivered a virtuoso solo display as Manchester United outclassed Arsenal in the FA Cup fifth round. Rooney headed United in front from close range after 16 minutes and Darren Fletcher provided another headed finish from Nani’s cross four minutes later. Michael Carrick set up Nani for a third as United turned on the [...]
Liverpool 1-2 Barnsley
Barnsley sent Liverpool crashing out of the FA Cup thanks to Brian Howard’s dramatic injury-time winner at Anfield. Ryan Babel set up Dirk Kuyt to put the Reds ahead and only some super saves by Luke Steele kept Barnsley in the game. The Tykes levelled when Stephen Foster headed home Martin Devaney’s cross and, although [...]
Chelsea 3-1 Huddersfield
Frank Lampard scored twice and set up a goal for Salomon Kalou as Chelsea eased into the FA Cup quarter-finals. Scott Sinclair had a shot cleared off the line before Lampard’s low drive put Chelsea ahead on 18 minutes. Huddersfield hit back and Nathan Clarke had a header cleared off the line, before Michael Collins [...]
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