| Da dicembre, dopo oltre vent'anni, ho ripreso a giocare a Subbuteo; potendoci dedicare 2-3 ore a settimana senza grande regolarità ho deciso - come da ragazzino - di farlo "simulando" un vero e proprio torneo... Anche la mia scelta, come per qpr, è caduta sulla FA Cup che offre al giocatore solitario indubbi vantaggi, oltre ad un grande fascino, ogni partita è decisiva e le sorprese sono nell'anima stessa della manifestazione che si mantiene avvincente anche con l'uscita delle più blasonate protagoniste... Per non parlare poi del sorteggio! Tutte le gare le gioco con tempi unici di 15 minuti (così posso fare più gare in una serata) senza usare la mossa difensiva. Ho deciso di concederla, solo prima del tiro, alle sole squadre "favorite" (in questo caso ho scelto come tali Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester Utd, Chelsea e, in onore a Mancini, Manchester City). Questi i risultati dei due turni che ho terminato (qualcuna vs contro qualche mio amico, la maggioranza immaginario...  ): The FA Cup - Third Round Proper
Swindon Town vs Blackburn Rovers 0-1
Jacobsen 42.
Leeds United vs Scunthorpe United 1-0
Becchio 66.
Southend United vs Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1
Ibehre 1, Bennett (BHA) 38, Laurent 75.
QPR vs Bolton Wanderers 1-1
Lee (BW) 16, Hall 90+.
Doncaster Rovers vs Millwall 1-3
Martin 22, Dunne 35, Laird 48, Oster (DR) 55.
Crystal Palace vs Arsenal 0-1
Eduardo 68.
Plymouth Argyle vs Hull City 1-1
Hunt (HC) 63, Fallon 82.
Barnsley vs West Bromwich Albion 3-0
De Silva 11, Bogdanovic 36, De Silva 55.
Sheffield United vs Middlesbrough 3-2
Ward 1, Hoyte (M) 63, Ward 70, Arca (M) 77, Quinn 84.
Portsmouth vs West Ham United 1-0
Finnan 62.
Brentford vs Birmingham City 1-1
Jerome (BC) 59, Strevens 85.
Wigan Athletic vs Carlisle United 1-0
Scotland 76.
Leicester City vs Oldham Athletic 0-3
Parker 19, 46, 90+.
Huddersfield Town vs Peterborough United 2-1
Bennett (PU) 13 og, Griffiths (PU) 16, Peltier 77.
Colchester vs Aston Villa 0-3
Heskey 10, Downing 49, Petrov 63.
Leyton Orient vs Fulham 0-0
Bristol City vs Blackpool 2-2
Vaughan (B) 35, Skuse 59, 79, Bouazza (B) 86.
Tranmere Rovers vs Derby County 1-1
Hendrie (DC) 14, Curran 76.
Nottingham Forest vs Stoke City 2-3
McKenna (NF) 17, Tuncay Sanli 61, McGugan (NF) 82, Etherington 89, 90+.
Sheffield Wednesday vs Watford 4-1
Varney 26, Graham (W) 30, Spurr 57, 83, Tudgay 89.
Preston North End vs Everton 2-3
Fellaini 9, Bilyaletdinov 16, Hibbert 76, Sedgwick (PNE) 83, Chaplow (PNE) 90+.
Norwich City vs Sunderland 0-1
McCartney 32.
Manchester City vs Bristol Rovers 3-0
Petrov 51, Baldwin (BR) 68 og, Tevez 76.
Exeter City vs Swansea City 0-4
Orlandi 26, 72, Van der Gun 87, Orlandi 90+.
Stockport County vs Manchester United 1-2
Rooney 51, Berbatov 83, Raynes (SC) 90.
Ipswich Town vs Southampton 0-0
Cardiff City vs Reading 1-0
Whittingham 78.
Chelsea vs Gillingham 1-2
Maher 47, Mikel (C) 88, Fuller 90+.
Tottenham Hotspur vs Wolverhampton W. 2-2
Defoe 17, Friend (WW) 48, Huddlestone 74, Maierhofer (WW) 90.
Charlton Athletic vs Newcastle United 0-4
Harewood 32, 50, Guthrie 80, A Sodje (CA) 90+ og.
Hartlepool vs Burnley 2-2
Jones 55, Elliott (B) 59, Eagles (B) 72, Bjornsson 90.
Liverpool vs Coventry City 3-0
Benayoun 27, Lucas 70, Insua 89.
Replay
Bolton Wanderers vs QPR 1-2
Taylor (BW) 35, Simpson 43, Gorkss 90.
Hull City vs Plymouth Argyle 0-1
Mackie 40.
Birmingham City vs Brentford 2-2 OT (3-2 pen)
Jerome 57, O’Connor (B) 64, 119, Jerome 120+.
Fulham vs Leyton Orient 4-0
Zamora 18, 35, Murphy 49, Zamora 84.
Blackpool vs Bristol City 0-0 OT (7-6 pen)
Derby County vs Tranmere Rovers 2-0
Buxton 17, Hulse 28.
Southampton vs Ipswich Town 3-1
Lallana 10, Schneiderlin 29, Hammond 39 og, Antonio 57.
Wolverhampton W. vs Tottenham Hotspur 1-0
Mancienne 83.
Burnley vs Hartlepool 3-2
Boyd (H) 19, Fletcher 36, McSweeney (H) 41, Jordan 77, Eagles 90.
The FA Cup - Fourth Round
Stoke City vs Sheffield Wednesday 1-0
Diao 90.
Manchester City vs Southampton 2-0
Ireland 3, Robinho 87.
Leeds United vs Gillingham 3-1
Hughes 35, Kisnorbo 84 og, Beckford 89, Snodgrass 90+.
Plymouth Argyle vs Oldham Athletic 2-0
Kari Arnason 40, Fallon 84.
Everton vs Huddersfield Town 2-1
Fellaini 45, 74, Roberts (HT) 90+.
Manchester United vs Barnsley 1-1
Fletcher 22, Carrick 88 og.
Wigan Athletic vs Aston Villa 2-1
Sinclair 37, Petrov (AV) 41, Rodallega 53.
Wolverhampton W. vs Fulham 1-1
Jarvis 62, Murphy (F) 70.
Blackpool vs Millwall 1-3
Martin 43, Martin (B) 60, Grabban 67, Robinson 90+.
Cardiff City vs QPR 0-2
Faurlin 48, Agyemang 83.
Newcastle United vs Swansea City 2-0
Lovenkrands 4, Butt 78.
Birmingham City vs Sunderland 2-2
Ferguson 2, Malbranque (S) 23, Bent (S) 46, McFadden 90+.
Portsmouth vs Blackburn Rovers 1-2
Brown (P) 58, Van den Borre (P) 84 og, Salgado 90+.
Sheffield United vs Southend United 4-1
Moussa (So.U) 21, Quinn 34, Cresswell 51, Quinn 63, Cresswell 87.
Burnley vs Derby County 1-0
McDonald 61.
Arsenal vs Liverpool 1-2
Arshavin (A) 41, Ngog 72, Kuyt 90+.
Replay
Barnsley vs Manchester United 0-3
Rooney 14, Valencia 32, Rooney 44.
Fulham vs Wolverhampton W. 1-4
Ebanks-Blake 30, Zamora (F) 51, Ebanks-Blake 59, Jarvis 70, 88.
Sunderland vs Birmingham City 3-2
Murphy 24, Larsson (BC) 33, McCartney 47, Larsson (BC) 66, Malbranque 88.
Questi gli accoppiamenti per il prossimo turno...
The FA Cup - Fifth Round
Manchester City vs Millwall
Wigan Athletic vs Sheffield United
Newcastle United vs Stoke City
Wolverhampton W. vs Blackburn Rovers
Manchester United vs Everton
Plymouth Argyle vs Leeds United
Burnley vs Liverpool
Sunderland vs QPR
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