A belated well done to the England Rugby team. It was like a well written book or film, just leave it right to then end, it put me off my a darts though lol :o)

Indeed congrats the the England Squad :o) (although I bet after hearing T Blair is gonna have them in number 10, they will wish they lost ROFLMAO)

They are just talking about that on Radio Berkshire Aragon lol

They were here to on a local station, wierd one LMAO

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Quarter-final draw

Bolton v Southampton

Aston Villa v Chelsea

West Brom v Arsenal

Spurs v Middlesbrough

Apart from Arsenal & Chelski I think there are some very boring teams left in the cup...they will probably be nil-all matches! Would like to see West Brom do it as they are the only 1st Div team left, and they are flying too!

Who's your team MM?

GO SAINTS !!!

Chelski ROFL@M4tt
I have to say i have always been Arsenal. Could be a tough game after watching West Brom the other night, i don't think we will be putting the reserves out again like we did against Wolves (even though we did win 5-1 lol).

lol yeh your reserves looked very impressive! it will be very interesting to see what team Arsenal put out against West Brom...should be a cracking game! I dont mind Arsenal, they play great attacking football & Henry is awesome, he should come to Anfield to partner Owen, you can have Heskey if you want!!?? lol :)

Today we make history! For the first time in the Portuguese Football, one Team has draw at Home of Real Madrid in Santiago Barnabéu Stadium. First Goal was from Real, but still in first part we draw with a penalty Kick from Derlei. In the Second Half the best chance was ours, again Derlei with the goal open, misses... :-( But Vitor Baia (Goal Keeper of Porto) did the best defense of the night! At the end and to the history
Real Madrid - 1 F C Porto - 1

I want to congratulate all the teams that passed to the next phase, the best of luck for tomorrow, and looking for the games on the next phase in February, with the team that is going to be draw next Friday.
POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

to the next phase, too!!!
Hope the Friday's draw will bring us some weak teams like F.C. Porto or something... ;D
What d'ya think, Ferjo?

Well 93' minute, what a lucky team! I don't think i want to play against with such a lucky team... :-))))
But congratulations for geting through!

Im soooooo depressed about the champions league because we, Liverpool, did not even qualify...its a tradgedy, we are just not good enough! Well we have a wonderful UEFA cup draw to look forward to! :( Bring on Barca!! :D

Congratz to all the champions league teams that made it through to next stage, except for Manchester United!! BOOOOOOOOOO!! lol

I would love to agree with you M4tt, but that would be biased (and im never that lol - Man who ???).
Well done to all who got through, mainly to Arsenal who won there group. Three matches ago they were bottom & you could get 66-1 on them winning the Championship. Have to just wait till Friday for the draw now :o)

Champions League draw:

Celta Vigo v ARSENAL
VfB Stuttgart v CHELSEA
FC Porto v MANCHESTER UNITED
Real Sociedad v Lyon
Bayern Munich v Real Madrid
Sparta Prague v AC Milan
Deportivo v Juventus
Lokomotiv Moscow v Monaco

Match dates:
The first-leg matches will be played on 24/25 February with the return legs on 9/10 March. The first knockout round will be followed by the quarter-finals, semi-finals and then the final, which will be played in Gelsenkirchen, Germany on 26 May.

Yeh Arsenal looked dead and burried but what a come back, played great stuff too...they look good to progress further than they have done previously, though Celta will be a tough game I expect Arsenal to do it.

I'll take a guess at who will be in the Quarter finals:

Arsenal
Chelsea
Man United (hope not! come on Porto!!)
Real Sociedad
Real Madrid
AC Milan
Deportivo
Monaco

Arsenal
Chelsea
Manchester United
Lyon
Real
Sparta
Juventus
Monaco

ok then, lets see who gets it :

Arsenal
Chelsea
Manchester United
Real Sociedad
Real Madrid
AC Milan
Juventus
Monaco

Ey! I'm not liking those guessings!.... :-]

So my guess is and i want a revolution of the no favourits

Celta Vigo (You see they are my neighbours!)
Estugarda (F. Meira plays for Estugarda)
FC Porto (No admit even discussions here)
Real Sociedad (The only Real which is going to get through)
Bayern Munich (They are going to be the surprise of this stage)
Sparta de Praga (And I think i'm going to have many Czech friends)
Juventus (Sorry Deportivo, the italians are too much defensive)
Monaco (In the begin of the season the french were broke, so they need the money to pay Principe Albert)

wow football fans :) that's right.
What footballer is best.....?

I think Im watching him right now on tv...it has to be Zidane! he's a magician and always has an end product to his skills, which is very rare.

Close to Zidane I would go for Thiery Henry..he is awesome..he destroys teams single handed & he is possibly gonna be the world player of the year tomorrow night!

My all time best player is Maradona...he won the world cup single handedly in more ways than one! he was a different class for over a decade!

I know Pele is the best to some, but I havnt seen enough of him to say...but people round here in my home city of Preston will say that Tom Finney was the greatest player in the world..He is a Preston lad too and he lives near me!! Good old Tom!

!!! ► Pavel Nedvěd ◄ !!!
Best footballer? No Henry, no Zidane and other, but Pavel Nedvěd
Face up :) Go to Portugal 2004 ☺☻☺

Yes Pavel Nedvid is a great player and is playing very well for Juve..BUT this european award he has won has been voted by journalists...I say no more! ;)

Henry, Zidane, and Ronaldo are still the best players for me & also for all the top football coaches who voted them last week!

No Nedvid but Nedvěd :(
he has won at internet. WorldSoccer : 35%!!!

Rabbit Cesar aka Ronaldo will always be
topscorer and a favorite for the WorldBall.

I had bet on Henri but Pavel Nedved deserved it too. Zidane is comfortable with rank 5 this year.
Beckham doesn't belong to the top ten imho.

Congrats to the USA on winning the Musconi Cup 11 - 9, it was great to watch.

& by the way Henry will be Number 1 next year (unless Ozzy Osbourne gets there first LOL)

Hey MM did you stop up to watch it? I did, it was great to watch!...just a shame it didnt go down to the last match coz I would have loved to see that cocky Earl Strickland get pasted by the current world champion!

Yes Henry should be No 1 next year if he continues the way he's doing, but the scary thing is that Zidane hasnt been playing at his best but still wins it!

your voting won't be valid anyway.
What about elephantes polo? interested?

I misspelled Thierry as well. Sorry.
But Nedved is Nedved. Ask Fencer.

I'm so fed up with americans and their
lacking ability to spell in english that
I thought I have an easy goal. Sorry brits. :D
From IYT I should have known that Matt has
at least a tiny bit clue of football *grin*

Yes, i watched it all Matt. It was a shame, but Europe tried there best & your are right, tthat would of been a great end :o)

Well, happy Ney Year to all.
The Board has been a touch quiet lately (can't think why, Debate Board has been mad lol).
So come on, there is lots of stuff coming up.
World darts is on at the moment & of course Superbowl will be soon, but the main thing is that Arsenal WILL win everything this year :o)
Oh and of course the Berkshire cricket team are on tour LOL

Very good LongJohn, now who wants to talk about RUGBY ;-)

It was a great World Cup for us. One team i think that are going to come back to there old selves are Wales though, they were great to watch in the 70's.

I usually wait to watch til Play off, but Näslund is always fun to watch :)

I would like to send good luck to Andrew Martin from Berkshire (where i live lol) who is going to try to break some record by playing 300 simultaneous games of Chess.
I have trouble with one LOL

FULL DRAW

Manchester City or Leicester v Tottenham
Swansea v Preston or Reading
Northampton or Rotherham v Manchester United
Kidderminster or Wolves v West Ham
Arsenal v Middlesbrough
Coventry v Accrington or Colchester
Ipswich v Sunderland
Luton v Tranmere or Bolton
Liverpool v Newcastle
Burnley v Gillingham
Nottingham Forest v Sheffield United
Portsmouth v Barnsley or Scunthorpe
Everton v Fulham
Telford v Millwall
Southend or Scarborough v Watford or Chelsea
Birmingham v Wimbledon or Stoke

Third Division Northampton will play 10-times FA Cup winners Manchester United in the fourth round if they can beat Rotherham in a replay next week.

Conference side Scarborough could face a home clash with Premiership glamour team Chelsea if both sides overcome replays against Southend and Watford respectively.

Elsewhere there were four all-Premiership ties - the pick of them being
Liverpool against Newcastle at Anfield.

Cup holders Arsenal are at home to Middlesbrough, Everton will play Fulham and Tottenham will travel to play Leicester or Manchester City.

Telford are at home to First Division Millwall in the fourth round, with ties to be played on the weekend of January 24 and 25.

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Arsenal are the team for me MM! did you see them rip leeds apart...amazing stuff! As for us, Liverpool, its a great draw! I love the Newcastle games!

Hey MM did you see the darts final Sunday night!? it was amazing...sudden death play off after nearly 4hrs of sluggin it out! Great stuff!

I agree on the FA Cup M4tt. I think Arsenal will do it for a 3rd time in a row (as long as Man U don't win lol).
Liverpool v Newcastle is the tie of the round though, but i would love to see Telford & Reading (coz they are local) go further.

I missed the final as i have had a rotten cold, but watched most the other rounds. Who won ?

Yeh Im like that with Preston North End coz I live in Preston...We have a tough replay at Reading though..it should have been avoided! Yeh as long as Manure dont win it! lol! they were serious too against Villa! :(

Phil 'The Power' Taylor won again for the eleventh time! he's amazing! However, Kevin Painter was the better player, even Phil admitted this..its just that Phil pulled the shots off that were most important...Success is all about doing it at the right moment..thats what Phil has done for the past 13 years!

on no - so its Me (Reading) Vs You (Preston), wont be as easy as a spider game for you LOL.

Phil, is an amazing player. I love to watch him, just a shame i was not up to going out to, as i dont have Sky in doors. Saying that, the TV aint to hot lol

lol yeh that is a very tough spider game..and your white too! arrgh! lol! its gonna be tough for us to win down there...I fancy penalties! lol
Whoever wins goes away to Swansea...no disrespect to Swansea but you would have to fancy Reading or Preston progressing to 5th round!

Bolton 1-2 Man Utd
Everton 1-1 Arsenal
Newcastle 1-0 Leeds
Tottenham 4-1 Birmingham
Wolverhampton 2-2 Blackburn
Middlesbrough 2-1 Fulham
Southampton 0-0 Leicester
Man City 1-1 Charlton

Chelsea 0-1 Liverpool

Chelsea need goalkeeper..... :-)

Glad you put thaty Pedro. I don't know how i forgot to put that down as i was listening to that on the radio LOL *makes a note*

How could you forget the result of the night MM?? ;) lol

0-1 to the Mighty Reds!!! Who would of thought that! Im so shocked, but so happy too! I would have given least odds of finding Elvis on the moon than Bruno Cherou scoring the winner at Chelsea! :)