bout time they beat arsenal and a good thrashing as well.

Yeah im pleased they won,i just hope everton beat Chelsea tommorow night


A Everton-Tottenham final would be great with a Everton win

It would make a change to have a a non top 4 final.

Yeah thats what im hoping for and i love it Everton win if they get to the final ill probably be going as my mates will get me a ticket

Didnt you guys get beat by like a 2nd league team for the second straight year?

About time Spurs won a game. And I give them credit, they played pretty well and with pretty much no mistakes. But oh well, the CC is lame anyways.

Yep.

Im laughing at the score line. Not that you got beat..

BREAKING GOSSIP
Liverpool midfielder Mohamed Sissoko believes he could complete a move to Juventus by the end of this week. (1038 GMT - Gazzetta dello Sport)

Manchester City have denied that Micah Richards is about to sign a new long-term contract. (0903 GMT - Manchester Evening News)


TRANSFER RUMOURS
Javier Mascherano could add to Liverpool's woes and leave the club for Italy in the summer. (Sun)

Kevin Keegan is interested taking striker Dean Ashton to Newcastle for West Ham. (Mirror)

Keegan is also keen on Liverpool defender John Arne Riise. (Mirror)

Tottenham manager Juande Ramos is interested in Argentina's Ezequiel Garay who currently plays for Racing Santander. (Sun)

Former Manchester United keeper Roy Carroll is desperate to join Derby County from Rangers. (Mirror)

Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp is trying to lure Milan Baros back to English football. (Various)

Villa could also lose Luke Moore to Scottish outfit Rangers. (Guardian)

Kevin Keegan has been told to keep his hands off Blackburn's David Bentley. (Daily Star)

Reading are set to sign Mali Jimmy Kebe from Lens for £400,000. (Sun)

Watford striker Marlon King is hopeful his transfer to Fulham will still go ahead. (Guardian)

Ipswich have tabled a fresh £1.75m for Plymouth's David Norris. (Guardian)

Ipswich have also offered Coventry £1m for striker Leon Best. (Mail)

Tottenham are close to signing Portuguese midfielder Tiago and Brazilian defender Gilberto. (Telegraph)

Ajax keeper Maarten Stekelenburg has pledged his future to the club despite reported interest from Spurs. (Independent)

Birmingham hope to sign Gary Cahill from Aston Villa. (Daily Mail)

OTHER GOSSIP
Glen Hoddle is believed to be the favourite to replace George Burley at Southampton if as expected he becomes the new Scotland manager. (Mirror)

Cardiff manager Dave Jones and out of work Billy Davies are also thought to be on the short-list. (various)

Micah Richards is set to end speculation over his Manchester City future and sign a new contract at the club. (Daily Mai)

Frank Lampard has suffered a fresh setback in his return from a thigh injury. (Daily Star)

Come on you Toffees!!!!!!!!!!1

Wednesday, 23 January 2008
Carling Cup
Everton 0-1 Chelsea (agg 1-3)

Coca-Cola Football League One
Millwall 2-2 Nottm Forest

Scottish Cup
Cove Rangers 2-4 Ross County
Rangers 6-0 East Stirling

Forest wankers scored 2 in the last 6 mins..

Dont worry i cant stand forest fuckin scabs

shit sorry De Niro i forgot you were from notts no offence

why?

Cos every blames Notts miners for going back to work in the eighties while the rest of us were on strike and most people blame notts miners for everyone losing there jobs thats why they are known as scabs

thats funny cause my dad was a minor in the 80's and he went to work during the strike, had a family to support.

Well all my family and friends didnt because they were striking for a reason as were thousands across the country and lots of people went without and all im saying is if Notts hadnt have gone back they would have won the strike

oh well,thats history.

I agree stupid thing to talk about


fuck it

anyway up the blades,let's hope we stuff city on saturday



Shoreham boys we are here, shag your women drink your beer

What does this mean?

I have seen Bentley's name a couple of times in trade rumors. I don't want Bentley to leave Blackburn, he is my favorite player!

I can't see him leaving don't worry, hes better off where he is, and i think he's just signed a new contract, but that means nothing nowadays.

BREAKING GOSSIP
Rangers boss Walter Smith is hoping Fifa will ratify Daniel Cousin's move to Fulham and Amdy Faye's switch to Blackburn soon.

Fifa do not generally allow players to play for three different clubs in one season, but Gers are hoping Carlos Tevez's move from Corinthians to West Ham and then to Manchester United sets a precedent. (1234 GMT - Rangers club website)

Manchester City have offered a trial to 17-year-old Filippo Mancini - son of Inter Milan boss and Italy legend Roberto. (1159 GMT - Setanta Sports)

Tottenham boss Juande Ramos has admitted he would be interested in signing Spain international David Albeda on a free transfer, if the midfielder can resolve a dispute with his club Valencia. (1111 GMT - Spanish sports daily 'AS')

Groningen captain and former Manchester United striker Erik Nevland has pleaded with the club to allow him to join Fulham this month. (1036 GMT - skysports.com)

Sevilla striker Luis Fabiano - who has been strongly linked with Manchester City - says negotiations for him to "join an English club are at an advanced stage". (1016 GMT - Sporting Life)

Wigan manager Steve Bruce is keeping tabs on Motherwell striker Ross McCormack. (1003 GMT - Press Association)

Liverpool midfielder Momo Sissoko claims he is just "days away" from joining Juventus, who are funding the deal by selling Tiago Mendes to Tottenham. (0836 GMT - Gazzetta dello Sport)



TRANSFER RUMOURS
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is considering sending Theo Walcott, who cost the club £12m as a 16-year-old, out on loan as the forward's struggles at the Emirates continue. (The Sun, Daily Mail)

Tottenham are set to complete the signing of Juventus midfielder Tiago Mendes this week, with Middlesbrough winger Stewart Downing and Rangers right-back Alan Hutton to follow. (Daily Mail)

Manchester City have targeted Sevilla's £9m-rated Brazilian striker Luis Fabiano after failing to land Bayern Munich frontman Lucas Podolski (Daily Mail)

Although City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson could look to Real Zaragoza frontman Diego Milito instead. (The Times)

Wigan hope to beat Fulham to the signing of Watford striker Marlon King with talks between the player and the London club continuing to stall. (Daily Mail)

Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan hopes to make Middlesbrough centre-half Jonathan Woodgate his first signing, warding off interest from Tottenham in the process. (Various)

Keegan is also keen on Dynamo Zagreb's £15m-rated Croatia international midfielder Luka Modric. (The Sun)

As well as Lazio forward Goran Pandev, who claims Newcastle have launched a bid for him. (The Times)

While Boro boss Gareth Southgate could use the money received for Woodgate to launch a £13m bid to sign Heerenveen striker Afonso Alves. (The Sun, The Times)

Middlesbrough are also interested in out-of-favour Tottenham keeper Paul Robinson, with Blackburn Rovers and Everton also keeping tabs on the player. (The Times)

Sunderland have made a third and final offer of £5m for Reading midfielder Stephen Hunt. (The Times)

Leicester manager Ian Holloway has been told he must pay £2m if he is to sign David Norris from former club Plymouth. (Daily Star)

Watford boss Adrian Boothroyd wants to sign Fulham striker Collins John on loan for the rest of the season. (Guardian)

Bristol City hope to complete the £750,000 signing of Celtic striker Derek Riordan in the next 24 hours. (Guardian)

West Brom and Watford are battling it out to sign Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Glenn Whelan. (Daily Star)

QPR will make a bid for out-of-favour Aston Villa keeper Thomas Sorensen after shelving plans to sign Dutchman Stefan Postma. (Various)

Leeds' offer of £250,000 for forward Jason Puncheon has been turned down by Barnet. (The Times)


OTHER GOSSIP
Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov has pledged to stay at the club until at least the summer, claiming their victory over Arsenal on Tuesday proved they can break into the Premier League's "Big Four". (Various)

Wigan manager Steve Bruce will hold "heart-to-heart" talks with error-prone defender Titus Bramble before deciding whether to risk him in Saturday's FA Cup tie at Chelsea. (The Sun, The Times)

Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan is pressing ahead with plans to play Joey Barton in Saturday's FA Cup fourth-round match against Arsenal, even though the midfielder has to be back at Champneys Health Spa in Hampshire - where he is receiving help for problems with alcohol - before 1900 GMT. (Daily Star)

Southampton fans would welcome Glenn Hoddle back to the club as manager, as long as he apologises for quitting the Saints for Tottenham in 2001. (Daily Star)

However, Southampton could opt instead for former Fulham and Real Sociedad manager Chris Coleman instead, with George Burley set to take over as the new Scotland boss. (Daily Mail)


AND FINALLY
Tottenham sporting director Damien Comolli has apologised to Arsene Wenger after the Arsenal manager was sprayed with champagne by Spurs players during his post-match interviews following Tuesday's Carling Cup semi-final.

Assistant Spurs manager Gus Poyet is believed to have been the intended target for Jermain Defoe and two other players. (Various)

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has accused Liverpool's owners of lacking "class" in revealing they approached Jurgen Klinsmann over succeeding Rafael Benitez as manager at Anfield. (Various)

And the Scot believes the situation will not only impede the Reds' hopes of making new signings, but has already cost them the title this season. (Various)

Thomas Bendtner, father and agent to Arsenal striker Nicklas, has hit out at Emmanuel Adebayor following the Togo striker's clash with his son against Spurs on Tuesday, saying: "It's sad that he doesn't take his head with him onto the field." (Various)

Penalty kings Bristol Rovers have offered to share their spot-kick expertise with the country after dispatching Crystal Palace, Leyton Orient and Fulham in shoot-outs this season. (Daily Express)

Bentley is a good player but i would never want him after he turned his back on England last year in the under 21's

Any true Englishman could never NEVER turn his back on his country,there is no excuse

lol. And so true.

It's really bad though head butting your team mate argue between yourselves in the dressing room but not on the pitch

TRANSFER RUMOURS
Kevin Keegan is planning to snatch David Bentley for £10m - but that planned raid could be ruined by Blackburn's proposed takeover. (The Sun)

Portsmouth and Spurs have declared an interest in Fenerbahce's former Chelsea striker Mateja Kezman, who would be available for a fee of around £5m. (The Guardian)


Despite reports of a possible transfer window move to Manchester City, Luis Fabiano wants to remain at Sevilla for at least the rest of the season. (The Independent)

Middlesbrough face the prospect of losing both Stewart Downing and Jonathan Woodgate before the end of the month with Spurs and Newcastle interested in the England pair. (Daily Star)

Dean Ashton is a £7m target for Manchester City and West Ham may sell their striker if they can land Darren Bent from Spurs. (The Sun)

Tottenham have given Tiago until Sunday to agree to a move or they will withdraw from a deal to sign the Portugal midfield player from Juventus. (The Times)

Olof Mellberg is set to quit Aston Villa to join Juventus by the end of the month. (Daily Star)

Portsmouth are attempting to sign Milan Baros on loan from Lyon, but the forward feels the deal has become complicated and has yet to make up his mind. (The Times)

Spurs coach Juande Ramos admits he wants to sign midfielder David Albelda on a free transfer from Valencia this summer. (Daily Mirror)

Aston Villa have sounded out Argentine club River Plate about their Colombian striker Radamel Falcao. (Daily Mirror)

Reading's £7m valuation of Leroy Lita appears to have priced him out of a move. Middlesbrough, Portsmouth and Sunderland were all interested in the forward. (The Times)

Pascal Chimbonda has stunned Tottenham by declaring he wants to leave the club for a lucrative contract under Kevin Keegan at Newcastle.

Saturn Moscow's Jan Durica's agent says Celtic have had a £3m offer rejected for the defender. (Various)

Portsmouth are poised to launch a £2.5m offer for Celtic left-back Lee Naylor. (Daily Express)

Celtic's hopes of signing Tottenham midfielder Teemu Tainio could be thwarted by the London club's cash demands. (The Times)

Celtic are poised to pay the £1.25m asking price and beat Burnley to the signature of Dundee United's Barry Robson. (Daily Mirror)

Dundee United goalkeeper Grzegorz Szamotulski is set to sign for Borussia Dortmund. (Daily Mail)

Roy Carroll has refused to return to Rangers after the goalkeeper's move to Derby was held up by the Glasgow club. (The Sun)

Derby manager Paul Jewell is angry that Rangers are not allowing Roy Carroll to move until they have signed a replacement. (Various)

Belgium midfielder Thomas Buffel wants to leave Rangers in January because of his lack of first-team opportunities. (Various)

Gillingham have agreed to sell 15-year-old striker Luke Freeman to Arsenal. (The Times)

Stoke manager Tony Pulis has lined up a £600,000 bid for unsettled Sheffield United midfielder Nick Montgomery, who has revealed he wants to leave Bramall Lane. (Daily Star)

Sheffield United boss Bryan Robson, meanwhile, is contemplating a £400,000 move for Brighton skipper Dean Hammond. (Daily Star)

Derby and Reading are interested in Coventry winger Julian Gray, who has a £1m get-out clause in his contract. (The Sun)

MK Dons boss Paul Ince could move for striker Stefan Moore after he was released by QPR. (Daily Star)

Morton are demanding £250,000 from Motherwell for winger Jim McAlister. (Daily Express)

Hearts have joined the race to sign Livingston winger Graham Dorrans. (Daily Express)

Midfielder Russell Duncan will quit Inverness in the summer unless he receives an improved contract offer. (Various)


OTHER GOSSIP
Match-fixing claims have rocked the African Nations Cup after Benin coach Reinhard Fabisch claimed he was approached about manipulating their match against Mali, which they lost 1-0. (Various)

Much-maligned keeper Paul Robinson does not expect to be named in Fabio Capello's first England squad after bring dropped for Spurs. (Daily Mirror)

Liverpool's American owners are ready to signal their commitment to the club by finally signing Javier Mascherano on a long-term contract for £17m. (Various)

New Scotland boss George Burley is to court controversy by asking former England captain Terry Butcher to become his assistant. (The Guardian)

Saturday, 26 January 2008
Barclays Premier League
Aston Villa v Blackburn, 15:00

The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON
Arsenal v Newcastle, R4, 15:00
Barnet v Bristol Rovers, R4, 15:00
Coventry v Millwall, R4, 15:00
Derby v Preston, R4, 15:00
Liverpool v Havant and W, R4, 15:00
Mansfield v Middlesbrough, R4, 12:30
Oldham v Huddersfield, R4, 15:00
Peterborough v West Brom, R4, 15:00
Portsmouth v Plymouth, R4, 15:00
Southampton v Bury, R4, 15:00
Watford v Wolverhampton, R4, 15:00
Wigan v Chelsea, R4, 17:15

The Coca-Cola Football League Championship
Bristol City v Blackpool, 15:00
Burnley v Scunthorpe, 15:00
Coca-Cola Football League One
Luton v Leeds, 15:00
Port Vale v Bournemouth, 15:00
Tranmere v Yeovil, 15:00
Walsall v Gillingham, 15:00

Coca-Cola Football League Two
Chester v Rotherham, 15:00
Darlington v Macclesfield, 15:00
Grimsby v Shrewsbury, 15:00
Lincoln City v Dag & Red, 15:00
Milton Keynes Dons v Rochdale, 15:00
Morecambe v Notts County, 15:00
Wrexham v Bradford, 15:00
Wycombe v Chesterfield, 15:00

havant have just scored. get in there i love the FA Cup