Draw for the first round tomorrow lunch time and Stevenage are quite lucky to even be in it.We drew 2-2 with Ryman league side Horsham this afternoon, dreadful performance from us.First half we didn't start off too bad and even went in front via a nice finish by Mitchell Cole.But about a minute after we scored we just fell to pieces, Luke Oliver just gave the ball to Sigere who only had the keeper to beat, we were 2-1 down just before half time after more dithering by the defence.

Second half gave me neck ache with all the aimless long balls we were playing and it took what looked like a mis-hit cross from Scott Laird to get us back level with just under 10 minutes to go.We could have won it but totally wasteful finishing leaves us with a replay on Wednesday night.I'd be tempted to change most of the team after that shambolic performance but the replacements probably won't be much better.

FA Cup 1st round draw:

Colchester United vs Leyton Orient
Havant & Waterlooville vs Brentford
Blyth Spartans vs Shrewsbury Town
Sutton United vs Notts County
Torquay United vs Evesham United
Oxford United vs Dorchester Town
Bury vs Gillingham
AFC Wimbledon vs Wycombe Wanderers
Chester City vs Millwall
Carlisle United vs Grays Athletic
Team Bath vs Ashford Town or Forest Green Rovers
Eastbourne Borough vs Barrow
AFC Hornchurch vs Peterborough United
Yeovil Town vs Stockport County
Leiston or vs Fleetwood Town
Accrington Stanley vs Tranmere Rovers
Walsall vs Scunthorpe United
AFC Bournemouth vs Bristol Rovers
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Hartlepool United
Aldershot Town vs Rotherham United
Morecambe vs Grimsby Town
Huddersfield Town vs Port Vale
Alfteton Town vs Bury Town
Kidderminster Harriers vs Cambridge United
Leicester City vs Stevenage Borough or Horsham
MK Dons vs Bradford City
Darlington vs Droylsden or Belper Town
Chesterfield vs York City or Mansfield Town
Northwich Victoria or AFC Telford vs Southend United
Hinckley United or Curzon Ashton vs Exeter City
Durham City or Histon vs Swindon Town
Kettering Town vs Lincoln City
Barnet vs Rochdale
Hereford United vs Dagenham & Redbridge
Cheltenham Town vs Oldham Athletic
Luton Town vs Newcastle Blue Star or Altrincham
Crewe Alexandra vs Woking or Ebbsfleet United
Wrexham or Eastwood Town vs Brackley Town
Leeds United vs Northampton Town
Harlow Town vs Macclesfield Town

Very tough game for us if we get through.

We beat Horsham 4-1 in the replay, finally pulled our act together after going in a goal down at half time.

And there ends our interest in the cup for another year.Leicester City 3-0 Stevenage Borough.No complaints with the result really, just got outplayed by a better side, which I expected to be honest.First twenty minutes we played really well and Morison should have put us a goal up but once they scored it was pretty much one way traffic.We did have a good spell in the last 10 minutes of the game and once again Morison missed a good chance.

Thats how we should have played the first time around!

This Histon v Leeds game is providing me with more entertainment than the Man City v Man Utd game

Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Histon!

3rd round draw

FA Cup third round draw:

Portsmouth v Bristol City
Sheffield Wed v Fulham
Preston v Liverpool
Birmingham v Wolves
West Ham v Barnsley
Middlesbrough v Barrow
Hull City v Newcastle
Hartlepool v Stoke
Chelsea v Southend
Manchester City v Nottingham Forest
Cardiff v Reading
Ipswich v Chesterfield or Droylsden
Charlton v Norwich
West Brom v Peterborough or Tranmere
Torquay v Blackpool
Leyton Orient v Sheffield United
Southampton v Manchester United
Millwall v Carlisle or Crewe
Histon v Swansea
Forest Green Rovers v Derby
QPR v Burnley
Leicester v Crystal Palace
Tottenham v Wigan
Morecambe or Cheltenham v Doncaster
Arsenal v Plymouth
Notts County or Kettering v Eastwood Town
Bournemouth or Blyth Spartans v Blackburn
Macclesfield v Everton
Watford v Scunthorpe
Sunderland v Bolton
Coventry v Kidderminster
Gillingham or Stockport v Aston Villa.


Very dull form a CAFC standpoint, who have Leeds got?

Third round time is here again!

Terible first half, good cup-tie like second. Well played by Wigan but the more clinical play by Spurs deserved the win there.

And we surely have a contender for comedy of the year already:

- Zokora getting one in the knackers from Dawson's driven clearance

- Modric with the earliest dive for a header in history with the second

and best of all

- The huge cheer that Ghastly got when he put his tracksuit top back on!

Good performance today by Arsenal. Nuff said.

If I were Mark Hughes I'd fill in my Job Centre application right now.

First half we were great! But after Parkinson's half time talk and his substitutions, which resulted in us not having a striker I am not 50% sure that he shouldn't be our manager, expect this figure to rise considerable.

JK wrote:Good performance today by Arsenal. Nuff said.

If I were Mark Hughes I'd fill in my Job Centre application right now.

I sense the board stalling on his purchases for a few days, after which they suddenly unveil a new manager.

Indeed. People are saying give him a chance since he has money to burn but several problems spring to mind.

Firstly, none of the big names are going to join a club which is in the shadow of a much larger rival, has no real history to speak of, is in Manchester, and is currently in the midst of a relegation scrap.

Secondly, given that this is, on paper, a better team than Sven had to work with last year and he had a solid season whilst Hughes has led this team headfirst into the toilet, do you really want Hughes to be given say over who joins the club?

Christ almighty...give Hughes some time!

Poor managers...only 6 months into a job and people are calling for his head!

He knows what needs to be done so if any of you are City fans, get behind him and whoever he brings in.

I hate the merry go round that goes about in football today.

I'll next game is against Forest. We've now beaten our most games without a win record and seem quite focused on getting relegated. Have to comment on the Narwich fans, 3,500 turned up and they never chanted after kick off, very poor.

The FA Cup fourth round draw in full:

Liverpool v Everton

Southampton or Manchester United v Tottenham

Hull or Newcastle v Millwall or Crewe

Sunderland v Blyth or Blackburn

Hartlepool v West Ham

Leyton Orient or Sheffield United v Charlton or Norwich

Cardiff v Arsenal

Portsmouth or Bristol City v Histon or Swansea

Chelsea or Southend v Ipswich

Cheltenham or Doncaster v Aston Villa

West Bromwich Albion or Peterborough v Queens Park

Rangers or Burnley

Torquay v Coventry

Kettering vs. Fulham

Watford vs. Leicester or Crystal Palace

Derby vs. Nottingham Forest

Birmingham or Wolverhampton vs. Middlesbrough

Come on charlton you can beat Narwich!!! tut tut

Cheslea away!!! prob gonna lose, but nice to face a top team for a change in the FA cup, so looking forward to that!!

Arse! Cardiff were last year's upset team!

Routine win for United today i would like to have seen a few more goals though but that would probably have been cruel on Southampton. Its a pity on the Saints the way they have fallen but i like the way they are pushing their young talent although i suppose they dont have any other choice.

Spurs next then.....

Really expecting nothing this year from Newcastle, but what I am hoping for is Blyth to turn Blackburn over. Not only does it give a kick in the balls to Big Sam, but it sets up the Spartans v Blunderland. The Spartans are based in Blyth, which is a few miles north of Newcastle. It'll be an invasion if they get past Blackburn for a trip to the Village of the Damned.

Fecking united AGAIN!

Plus should we beat them in the cup, you just KNOW Fergie will start taking the League cup seriously and put out the full team against us in that final...

I would love it if Spurs didn't make the Carling Cup Final...

ShowStealer wrote:I would love it if Spurs didn't make the Carling Cup Final...

Agreed

IOV wrote:

ShowStealer wrote:I would love it if Spurs didn't make the Carling Cup Final...

Agreed

Come ON THE SPURS!!!!

Just to shut up my Burnley mate who seems to think now that they are the best club in the championship by a mile and so do most of there fans! and need to be brought down a peg or two...

then again Burnley in the Final and against Man United and thrashed 12-0 would be HILARIOUS!!

That one was for you Rooq!!

ShowStealer wrote:That one was for you Rooq!!

Woooo thanking you and Charlton!

hehe skanky Norwich!!!!

Good to see Palace were able to break the 6k barrier (just), and that's for £15 tickets and 1k Leicester fans!

Very poor support.

After watching that, I once again question the logic of midseason friendlies. Only thing is that usually refers to internationals nbot FA cup ties.

I know both sides were a bit pieced together, but neither tried at all in that game really. Tevez and Dawson seemed to be the only two who really worked. Both did what was asked and little more. If either team had actually put in an effort it would have been a cake walk.

Much happier with Alnwick and Gunter this time out, nice to see Giovanni given a run, and it's beginning to look like Harry is going to start using Taraabt(although ironically that was the weakest performance of his I've seen to date)

Arsenal V Cardiff has been cancelled.

Incase anyone is going to that one...

You would think with the amount of money they spent on the stadium they would be able to deal with snow.

ShowStealer wrote:Arsenal V Cardiff has been cancelled.

Incase anyone is going to that one...

You would think with the amount of money they spent on the stadium they would be able to deal with snow.

The ground is fine and playable, they don't want to endanger fans traveling to the match.