FA Cup Semi-Final

• omgukilledkenny

  6 Apr 08, 05:29

  Did anyone bother to watch?

  It ended Portsmouth 1-0 WBA btw.

  Other semi final will be played later today, Cardiff City vs Barnsley.

• BadzMaro

  6 Apr 08, 07:07

  nope.

• omgukilledkenny

  7 Apr 08, 01:07

  Barnsley 0-1 Cardiff

  Joe Ledley scored the only goal to end Barnsley's FA Cup run and send Cardiff through to a final against Portsmouth.

• kopiosatu

  7 Apr 08, 01:08

  oh well, i think harry redknapp might get his silverware.

• sand king

  7 Apr 08, 09:10

  GO CARDIFF!

• sebosebo

  7 Apr 08, 09:45

  wow if Portsmouth qualify for UEFA Cup thru league position, Cardiff would be going to europe man

• a-Lost-9uY

  7 Apr 08, 10:01

  

  Cardiff

  Cardiff's hopes of securing a place in Europe were given a boost after UEFA spokesman William Gaillard suggested they could be given a wild card next season.

   

   

  Under the current rules the FA Cup finalists will not be nominated to play in the UEFA Cup because they are a Welsh club playing in an English league.

   

   

  However, with the team reaching next month's Wembley final after a 1-0 victory over Barnsley today the issue of the Bluebirds playing in Europe has already been raised.

   

   

  'We understand there was an agreement from the beginning when Cardiff joined the English league that if it happened they gained a European place they would not represent the English Football Association,' Gaillard said

   

   

  'We understand this agreement but at the same time we feel from a sporting point of view Cardiff deserve to play in the UEFA Cup.

   

   

  'What will be submitted to the executive committee if Cardiff win the final is the possibility of giving them a wild card.''

• zocoss

  7 Apr 08, 10:43

  How ironic that Barnsley beat the likes of Chelsea and Liverpool to get so far and ended up losing to Cardiff... In a way they have done Cardiff a big favour by clearing away the hard teams...

  Talk about luck...