F.A. Cup 4th Round
Chelsea visit Scarborough tomorrow in the fourth round of the F.A. Cup. This is just the sort of game that Chelsea used to struggle in. Scarborough actually beat Chelsea in the League Cup in 1989.

so, taking that into consideration, plus cold and wet weather, non-league players psyched-up for the biggest game of their careers, a noisy partisan crowd in a small ground and Chelsea's millionaires over-confidence - I predict a score-line of Scarborough 0 Chelsea 6.

Well there wouldn't be much point of me saying anything else would there? not much at stake if I say, 'Chelsea will shade a tough game against gritty opponents 2-1'. And if I just wait 'til tomorrow afternoon and say, 'yeah i reckoned we'd win easily', where's the fun in that?

So, six-nil it is, with a Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink hat-trick.
Well done boys, a very professional result.


For friends and fellow bloggers my (rubbish) predictions for your teams are...

Wolves 2-2 West Ham
Liverpool 1-2 Newcastle
Nottm Forest 0-7 Sheff Utd (unlucky Tonino!)
Northampton 2-2 Man Utd
Birmingham 4-1 Wimbledon
Man City 4-4 Tottenham

Nothing too controversial there I think.

BTW. Win or lose, Scarborough should make £500,000 out of the game, plus Abramovich's gift of £25,000. They expect that to fund them for 2 years. Imagine if they get a draw, beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge then get Manchester United in the next round - they could buy Scottie Parker!