SkyNews and SSN are reporting that Titus Bramble has been arrested on suspicion of rape.

Shawcross was not totally innocent in that challenge. The other one you refer to was far more dangerous, but there was an element of risk on the Ramsey one. What wound me up more about that was Pulis and his cronies saying "he's not that type of player". He was a dirty get at United and Stoke have built on that. Defend him all you like, if that challenge had been on someone at a small club like Carlos Tevez or Wayne Bridge, the reaction would've been the same.

Thats a first, a player making the news for the wrong reasons AFTER leaving our lot at St James's.

Have Citeh had 2 other players injured with broken legs in the last few years? I don't think they have, so it'd be pretty difficult for Citeh to be jumping up and down about how they were being targeted by hatchetmen and not allowed to play their football if they didn't have the other incidents to whine about as well.

Arsenal did. And boy did they complain about it.

I just don't believe the reaction would've been the same with the majority of other clubs. IMO it was an unfortunate accident but these things happen in football. But the instant reaction from Arsenal players was to jump up and down over it (literally) and rush at Shawcross and the referee as though it was a clearly malicious tackle.

I don't give a **** if Shawcross is a dirty player. Every team has them. Some of them, for example Roy Keane at United or Patrick Viera at Arsenal, go on to achieve legend status while doing it. Just because Shawcross is never going to become a Keane or a Viera doesn't mean that Stoke should be banned from ever having that type of player. Being at Stoke just means that their clogger won't have many of the extra qualities that the Viera's and Keane's have, but that doesn't mean that Stoke set out to kick sides off the park.

Dont know if its been mentioned previously but wheres Fergie tonight?

And why the feck are Man Utd/Shorpe fans singing we all hate Leeds scum?

Watching Valencia vs Athletico.

And Leeds are scum, that clearly, we all hate.

But this challenge was against a Fulham player. And it isn't just one player, it's a team thing. The only reason I raised the point about Shawcross being a dirty player was due go Pulis' reaction - "he's an honest lad and not that type of player". Rubbish.

You clearly have something against Arsenal which is fine. I don't partucularly like them. I just hate the Stoke thugs.

Ah I see.



I dont like the football team either

I'll look out for him in the crowd [size=50it's live on Catalan television[/size.

Madrid are god awful to watch this year. Won 3-0 last night, thanks to one of the worst refereeing performances I've seen in a long long time, yet the crowd were still whistling.

Aupa Athletic!!!

Its live on Sky Sports 3 too,so no need to go all way over there to watch it

He was on just before kick off, 'Seer Alex Feergoosun'.

Atletico all over Valencia.

Liverpool 1-1 Northampton in Extra Time.

Liverpool 1-2 Northampton. Jacobs just scored!

Liverpool 1-2 Northampton in Extra Time!

Great to see Anderson back and Bebe make his debut. Park was excellent and Macheda did well without much luck, glad to see Owen back in the goals and Smalling looked good too.

2 2 now

Liverpool lose to Northampton Town 4-2 on penalties.

4 2 wasnt it?

Yeah sorry, just edited it.

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Liverpool

Having experienced the VIP hospitality at the Mestalla myself I hope Fergie took full advantage of it tonight and consequently didn't notice David De Gea's performance!

chelsea

I thought Park was one of the worst players on the pitch it wouldn't suprise me if his pass completion was in single figures tonight, Macheda struggled infront of a poor midfield tonight and was unlucky on a few ocassions and i agree about Smalling he looks so comfortable and cool with the ball at his feet probably the one shining light of tonights game.

Premier League Champions. FA Cup winners.

I would have preferred to win tonight. I'd prefer that we won all 4 trophies on offer. But if we were going to lose a game in the next few weeks/months, I'd have chosen this game to lose.

Liverpool went out to North****inghampton, at home. They are presently sitting 16th in the league. They have a new manager who desperately needs to prove his worth or he could be in for a short reign indeed. Losing to Northampton is

















Citeh have spent, or committed to spend, £1bn. They have won nothing for that investment. They have won nothing in over 30 years. And they go out to West Brom. That's











If you're going out of a cup, coming back from 3-1 down with 10 men to get level, only to lose out in injury time is one of the best ways to go out. Seeing some young players show exceptional skill to introduce them to the first team is a bonus from tonight. The major downside to the night was possible injuries to Kalou and Benayoun, not going out of the cup.