By Chris Wright

Despite not actually scoring 50% of their goals themselves, Liverpool tonked Brighton 6-1 in the FA Cup yesterday afternoon and, bless him, it was all too much for Jonjo Shelvey who had to be removed from the field in a flood of tears having removed all his clothes in a pique of ecstacy at the final whistle.

By Chris Wright

Despite not actually scoring 50% of their goals themselves, Liverpool tonked Brighton 6-1 in the FA Cup yesterday afternoon and, bless him, it was all too much for Jonjo Shelvey who had to be removed from the field in a flood of tears having removed all his clothes in a pique of ecstacy at the final whistle.

P TIMES PG J 1 Reading 88 44 2 Southampton 85 44 3 West Ham United 80 44 4 Birmingham City 72 44 5 Blackpool 71 44 6 Cardiff City 71 44 7 Middlesbrough 67 44 8 Hull City 65 44 9 Brighton & Hove Albion 64 44 10 Leicester City 63 44 11 Burnley 61 44 12 Leeds United 60 44 13 Derby County 60 44 14 Watford 60 44 15 Ipswich Town 58 44 16 Crystal Palace 55 44 17 Millwall 53 44 18 Peterborough United 48 44 19 Nottingham Forest 47 44 20 Barnsley 47 44 21 Bristol City 45 44 22 Portsmouth 40 44 23 Coventry City 40 44 24 Doncaster Rovers 33 44

As there are three teams promoted and four teams relegated from League One, seventeen sides spent the entirety of 2011 in the third tier. Of these teams it was League One play-off finalists Huddersfield Town that ended the year with the best record. It was only everyone's favourite franchise MK Dons that won the same number of games during 2011.

44 year-old Gus Poyet is a good up and coming manager who was a great player at Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur. Gus Poyet an up and coming manager The Uruguayan has been Assistant manager under Dennis Wise at Leeds United and Assistant manager at Tottenham under the short one year reign of Juande Ramos.

Nothing beats knocking a Premier League side out of the FA Cup when you are a lower league side. Brighton did that by knocking out Newcastle 1-0 over the weekend. The fun of the Cup was shown by Brighton's Adam El-Abd as he dances with an FA Cup mascot after the win. This is my favorite moment of the weekend.

It seems as though every week we say it all over again: The next three games could decide whether Liverpool have a chance of making this at times infuriatingly uneven season a successful one in the end. And this time around we mean it. At least as long as Liverpool come out with three wins signifying advancement to the FA Cup quarter-finals, their first trophy in six years, and victory over a rival for fourth that could conceivably see them one point out of a Champions League spot.

P TIMES PG J 1 Reading 89 45 2 Southampton 85 44 3 West Ham United 80 44 4 Blackpool 74 45 5 Birmingham City 73 45 6 Cardiff City 72 45 7 Hull City 68 45 8 Middlesbrough 67 44 9 Brighton & Hove Albion 65 45 10 Leicester City 63 44 11 Derby County 63 45 12 Burnley 61 45 13 Leeds United 61 45 14 Watford 61 45 15 Ipswich Town 58 45 16 Millwall 56 45 17 Crystal Palace 56 45 18 Peterborough United 49 45 19 Bristol City 48 45 20 Nottingham Forest 47 45 21 Barnsley 47 45 22 Portsmouth 40 45 23 Coventry City 40 45 24 Doncaster Rovers 36 45

By Chris Wright

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You may be of the opinion that Arsenal failed to win anything during 2011/12, but we're here to tell you that you're so goddamn wrong that it's actually a little embarrassing just how wrong you are.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard admits he will be glad to see the end of a year which has seen him sidelined with injuries for long periods.
Last season ended prematurely because of a groin problem in March which required surgery and his comeback in the new campaign was delayed by an infection.

Matches in the Third Round of The FA Cup frequently draw attendances that are lower than they would be otherwise. The simple fact that tickets are not usually provided as part of annual season tickets combined with the possibility of people feeling the pinch in the weeks after Christmas is usually enough to keep many away.

When it comes to blunt, outspoken support for Liverpool's Luis Suarez, Brighton manager and fellow Uruguayan Gustavo Poyet has been El Pistolero's most passionate advocate, but he may be about to pay for publicly criticising English football's alleged Governing body.After Suarez was banned for 8 games, Poyet rubbished the decision and called it 'Incredible, shocking and disproportionate', and it

If one remembers the instant relegation Brighton and Hove Albion suffered on the last occasion they ascended to English football's second level, it's been a heartening first half of the season for the Seagulls. Many expected them to do well given the verve they showed in cantering to the League 1 title in May and a position just four points off the play off zone constitutes real progress.

If one remembers the instant relegation Brighton and Hove Albion suffered on the last occasion they ascended to English football's second level, it's been a heartening first half of the season for the Seagulls. Many expected them to do well given the verve they showed in cantering to the League 1 title in May and a position just four points off the play off zone constitutes real progress.

P TIMES PG 1 West Ham United 51 2 Southampton 50 3 Cardiff City 47 4 Middlesbrough 45 5 Hull City 40 6 Derby County 40 7 Blackpool 39 8 Burnley 39 9 Reading 40 10 Leeds United 39 11 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 12 Birmingham City 37 13 Crystal Palace 37 14 Barnsley 36 15 Leicester City 35 16 Watford 31 17 Portsmouth 32 18 Peterborough United 31 19 Bristol City 27 20 Millwall 26 21 Ipswich Town 26 22 Nottingham Forest 24 23 Doncaster Rovers 23 24 Coventry City 19

There is, perhaps, little surprising in the fact that the most confusing tie of the Third Round of the FA Cup should involve Wrexham. The Blue Square Premier club the last non-league club still involved in this year's competition have had possibly the most convoluted twelve months of any side in the entire English league system, and this extended into the arrangements for this match against Brighton & Hove Albion, following their 1-1 draw at The American Express Community Stadium a week and a half ago.

Newcastle United will play at Brighton & Hove Albion in the 4th round of the FA Cup a week on Saturday. Brighton beat Wrexham last night in the 3rd round replay, but the game ended 1-1 after 90 minutes and that was the score after extra time, and Brighton eventually won 5-4 on penalties. That's the very closest you can get [.

Rockin' Robins Non-league Wrexham were a whisker away from pulling off an FA Cup shock after taking Championship side Brighton to a penalty shootout in their third round replay. Goalkeeper Joslain Mayebi did his best to put off the Seagulls' penalty takers with a bizarre goal-line dance. But it didn't have the desired effect as [.

The big story in football this evening is that six players have been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman. Five Brighton players and a Bournemouth player are being questioned about an attack in July last year. The Brighton players are an 18-year-old man, a 19-year-old, two men aged 20 and one aged 24.

Two matches in the Blue Square Premier brought together four clubs from directly opposite ends of the football spectrum yesterday and, while the results of those matches were hardly unexpected, it was difficult not to feel at the end of this week that these were not as important as the fact that the matches had taken place in the first place.

P TIMES PG 1 West Ham United 54 2 Southampton 50 3 Cardiff City 50 4 Middlesbrough 45 5 Hull City 43 6 Blackpool 42 7 Reading 42 8 Leeds United 42 9 Brighton & Hove Albion 41 10 Derby County 41 11 Birmingham City 40 12 Burnley 40 13 Crystal Palace 37 14 Barnsley 36 15 Leicester City 35 16 Portsmouth 32 17 Peterborough United 31 18 Watford 30 19 Bristol City 30 20 Millwall 29 21 Ipswich Town 26 22 Nottingham Forest 24 23 Doncaster Rovers 23 24 Coventry City 22

Newcastle's capitulation on Saturday could become a useful thing if it never happens again to Newcastle this season. Alan Pardew we cannot switch off at Brighton Whenever Newcastle have a good first half from now on, or when they are on top in any game, they should realize that the game is not won.

Haris Vuckic has been interviewed by the Newcastle web-site while he was in Tenerife, with the rest of the Newcastle squad. Haris Vuckic FA Cup is important for Newcastle The lads returned last night to continue their preparation for the FA Cup 4th round game at Brighton on Saturday a game Newcastle will [.

Venue: Amex Stadium, Brighton Date: 28th January 2012 Kick Off: 5.15pm Referee: Lee Probert It's the 4th Round of the FA Cup and we're still in it! Added to that some notable teams such as Manchester City have already left the competition, and the so-called "big boys" keep getting drawn against each other for a [.

For the second game in a row Newcastle let their fans down badly, as they went down 1-0 to Brighton & Hove Albion at the Amex Stadium this afternoon in the 4th round of the FA Cup. The game had been very even in the first half and then in the first 20 minutes of the second half Newcastle raised their game, but [.

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Alan Pardew rightly thought his side were not threatening enough in front of goal this afternoon at Brighton , when Newcastle went out of the FA Cup with a late own goal by Mike Williamson. Alan Pardew we did not take our chances Pardw felt his side lacked any threat in front of goal, and he's right about that, because Shola Ameobi and Leon Best didn't look at all sharp [.

Venue: Amex Stadium, Brighton Date: 28th January 2012 Kick Off: 5.15pm Referee: Lee Probert Quite simply, this was a game United should not have lost. Even with the cautious tactics employed by Pardew we were clearly a class above, dominated 75% of the game and had a penalty appeal for a blatant handball turned down.

The draw for the FA Cup's fifth round was held earlier today. A reunion with Gus Poyet (via Brighton) wasn't in the cards, with Chelsea being drawn against Birmingham.

Not bad. The Championship club will pose a threat, but not to the extent that traveling to Anfield would have. Ties will be held 18/19 February.

Liverpool have been drawn to play Brighton at home in the FA Cup fifth round after their 2-1 victory over Manchester United. Championship side Brighton should not be taken lightly after they upset Newcastle United in the forth round.

Kenny Dalglish's side will be looking to go all the way in the FA Cup this year since they are not competing in Europe and are off the pace in the league this season.

Liverpool have been drawn to play Brighton at home in the FA Cup fifth round after their 2-1 victory over Manchester United. Championship side Brighton should not be taken lightly after they upset Newcastle United in the forth round.

Kenny Dalglish's side will be looking to go all the way in the FA Cup this year since they are not competing in Europe and are off the pace in the league this season.

The Daily Mirror and other papers are reporting that Newcastle midfielder Yohan Cabaye could face a three match ban. Yohan Cabaye - in collision with El-Abd Brighton defender Adam El-Abd was left with a slightly cut lip ( with the emphasis on slightly), after the second-half collision the two had down the right wing.

A report in yesterday's "People" newspaper contains pictures and an account of Newcastle United's Tenerife trip last week, as Alan Pardew and his squad prepared for last Saturday's ill fated FA Cup clash with Brighton. It contains a bawdy tale of late night binge drinking and €20 lap dancers as Pardew and the players celebrated [.

Alan Pardew is hoping that Demba Ba and Papiss Cisse will be back in time to be able to take part at Blackburn on Wednesday evening. James Perch in action at Brighton That's the first game after the transfer window closes at 11:00 pm tomorrow night, so let's hope we don't lose any of our [...]

We were hoping this woukd not happen. But today Newcastle United midfielder and French International Yohan Cabaye has been charged with violent conduct. It follows the referee in that game reviewing some video of a collision between Cabaye and Brighton's El-Abd. The incident happened during Brighton's FA Cup tie at the Amex Stadium on Saturday [.

Newcastle seemed to be coasting along far too much at Brighton on Saturday. Alan Pardew - disappointed about Saturday While they did try to get into a higher gear at the beginning of the second half, it didn't last very long, and then after the rather lucky goal that Brighton got after the ball bounced off Mike Williamson into the net, that was it.

Fabricio Coloccini as expected is back in the starting line-up for Newcastle at Ewood Park tonight. Coloccini missed Saturday's FA Cup 1-0 defeat at Brighton with a slight groin strain, but he comes straight back into the Newcastle side for a tough game against Blackburn Rovers. Ryan Taylor comes in for Yohan Cabaye in central midfield, and he did so well there in the QPR game, when Cabaye [.

Luis Suarez is back from his suspension, Manchester United's tired of having 3,000 Liverpool supporters out-sing 70,000-odd United fans whenever the clubs meet at Old Trafford, and it turns out Liverpool signed an attacking player over the January transfer window after all. And also it's Friday, so let's get busy wasting a bit of time.

Liverpool have been drawn to play Brighton at home in the FA Cup fifth round after their 2-1 victory over Manchester United. Championship side Brighton should not be taken lightly after they upset Newcastle United in the forth round.

Kenny Dalglish's side will be looking to go all the way in the FA Cup this year since they are not competing in Europe and are off the pace in the league this season.

Liverpool have been drawn to play Brighton at home in the FA Cup fifth round after their 2-1 victory over Manchester United. Championship side Brighton should not be taken lightly after they upset Newcastle United in the forth round.

Kenny Dalglish's side will be looking to go all the way in the FA Cup this year since they are not competing in Europe and are off the pace in the league this season.