Carlisle United Hold On For Wembley Trip

Carlisle made hard work of reaching Wembley yet again in the JPT losing their second leg at Huddersfield Town 3-0, but held on for a 4-3 aggregate win.

Huddersfield took the lead after 30 minutes, but despite having the better of the play they couldn’t add a second until the 70th minute when Alan Lee scored the first of his double. His second in the 81st minute led to a nervous finale but overall Carlisle who did have a few chances of their own just about deserved their overall win.

Now Carlisle, who reached last year’s final only to lose heavily to Southampton, will now meet Brentford who overcame Exeter in the Sourhern Area Final.

The final will be played at at Wembley on Sunday, 3 April 2011.

Official attendance 6,528

Carlisle Close in on Wembley Visit With 4-0 Win

Welcome sign at Brunton Park, home of Carlisle...
Image via Wikipedia

Carlisle United took a massive step towards another Wembley appearance last night taking a 4-0 lead in the first leg of the JPT Northern Final last night at Brunton Park. Although Carlisle only managed 6 shots on goal their finishing was clinical and when Tom Taiwo added their second goal after 23 minutes the game was effectively over given Huddersfield lack of attacking ambition. A repeat trip to Wembley will give Carlisle the chance to exorcise the memory of last seasons final which ended in a 4-1 humiliation against Southampton.

Should they progress they will face either Exeter or Brentford who drew 1-1 in the 1st leg of the Southern area final.

Enhanced by Zemanta

Whitley Bay Retain the FA Vase With Record Win

FA Vase
Image via Wikipedia

In front of a crowd of 8920 Whitley Bay retained the FA Vase Trophy with an emphatic 6-1 win over Wroxham who were sadly out classed. The writing was on the wall for Wroxham within 30 seconds of the kick off as Paul Chow headed Whitley Bay into the lead with one of Wembley’s fastest ever goals and although Wroxham fought back to equalise an unfortunate own goal meant that Whitley Bay went in 2-1 up at half time.
(more…)

Tottenham V Portsmouth FAC Semi Final Preview

Portsmouth Football Club Crest
Image via Wikipedia

To Portsmouth fans it must seem like an eternity ago that they lofted the FA Cup in 2008 after beating Cardiff City 1-0 at Wembley.  Since there has been a near endless string of bad news which cumulated in the club being forced into administration. However today they finally have something to get excited about and a win today against Spurs would go a long way towards rewarding their loyalty.  
(more…)

Social Widgets powered by AB-WebLog.com.