FA Cup Shocks!

9 March 2008, by Heavens Paradox

Last night I was in total amazement at what had just unfolded beneath my eyes. Earlier in the day Manchester United had just been knocked out of the FA Cup by Portsmouth. It might not be the biggest cup upset in history, but it meant that only 1 team out of the top four (Arsenal, Man Utd, Liverpool and Chelsea) were still left in the FA Cup.

That team was Chelsea who were playing Barnsley.

Now, you can imagine the buzz that people will get from knowing that none of the top four would be left in the Semi Finals of the FA Cup, but no one really expected Barnsley to win.

However, Barnsley threw everything at Chelsea from the start and nearly scored in the first half. However, at half time the score was 0-0 and many people at the pub I watched the game at thought that Chelsea would come out in the second half and cruise it. How wrong we were. Barnsley came out and played exactly as they had done in the first half, yet got a goal to show for their efforts, through a striker who only two years earlier had being terroising my teams defence. Odejayi headed home a brilliant cross and wild scenes started at Oakwell.

They held out and their was, as usual the much debated pitch invasion by Barnsley fans.

Now the FA Cup is wide open and with only one Premier League side guaranteed a place in the next round and only Middlesbrough left to play from the Premier League there is a chance for a lower league club to get to the Final and possibly win it.

Now that is what FA Cup games are all about. Barnsley beating Liverpool the round before, draw Chelsea in the next round and beat them. Manchester United getting knocked out in the same day as Chelsea,…i’m exstatic…great day for football!

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