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hi for those that did not watch the match, congrats, it was the most boring home match i have ever seen
here is the line up
austin ejide (bastia)
isaac okoroknwo (fc moscow) sub nwaneri (sion)
taye taiwo(marseille
rabiu afolabi
joseph yobo
osaze odemwengie
oba martins
kanu (utaka)
obodo
olofinjana (ayila)

i am happy there are people who have been following the game long before papilo went down to highbury, actually my official arsenal game as a commite follower was during the cup winners final against real zaragoza in 1995 which we lost 2-1 with the morocan born spanish player nayim scoring from almost the centre circle if i can recollect, that day i was baptised a gunner. i have a magazine ( shoot) from 1979 which featured charlie nicolas there and then because of the superlatives i was entralled. i have beign a gunner for 12 years now and i will be 30 come july 30th.
anyone that says there is no post kanu gunner should bite the dust. thanks for the thread
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its not really a bad thing to support a team, but the way chelsea fans are going about it is so annoying. last nite during the aston villa v arsenal game a guy sittin next to me at the pub kept shouting insults at arsena wenger and even claimed he was a pig? imagine, he made so much noise about chelsea and i asked him if he really loved football or he was all about chelsea which he answered in the affirmative, he kept shouting i could hardly keep up with the commentary, imagine a chelsea fan at an arsenal game and making or trading insults, i now asked him how much he new about the blues and he said he was an expert, asked who peter kenyon was and he could not but stammer, i apologised to him for taking the trouble to banter with him BECAUSE 90% OF CHELSEA FANS HARDLY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE TEAM BUT MAKE SO MUCH NOISE ABOUT AS IF THEY ARE GOD AND WE ARE ALL FOOLS, SHOW SOME RESPECT PLS, GUNNERS, RED DEVILS AND LIVERPOOL HAVE BEEN THERE DONE THAT. i also pray romans divorce will not make the cah flow cease
pray for chelsea, we still need the competition though

samson siasia is the national u23 coach, still need info on all the guys i asked, if u were and ardent league man ion the 89-90 you will know them, infact i was about 14 then but dad was always taking me to the staium so i got to know them i wish the glory days can come back so i can take my son to the stadium,
anyone withj info on taofik malik?, sam pam is in jos, sambo choji i heard is in malaysia, pls where can i locate patrick mancha ?

i have never really thiught of chelsea as worth yarning about, with all the cash spent over the years if he didnt win the leauge then i would think he is not a coach
imagine arsene wenger or sir alex with all that cash to burn, damn chelsea will be no where, i think the money that works for them will bring the same anger that is pervading mourinho and abramovich, imagine spending all the cash and no champions league win. i pray that mourinho wins the ecl so that his job will be secured

hey i am really impressed thank God there are guys that do have an eye for the league , to answer ur questions, aliyu madaka mohammed is at zulte waregem in the belgian league, so is blessing anyanwu of the japan 1993 fame, he is at gent in belgium, ah i loved that 1995 set at shooting stars
heard motairu momodu is having trials at kaduna united !
pls can u locate samson ozogula, clifford chukwuma, kenneth chukwu, mba agbai, clliford cassidy, chijioke muononye?

It is amazing how one seemingly-innocuous tug of a shirt can spark such a heap of trouble and completely change the thinking of what had been a wonderful Carling Cup final.

Up until Kolo Toure's over-reaction to Mikel Jon Obi's misdemeanour, Chelsea and Arsenal had served up a feast of football that was a fitting finale for what could be the last major cup final to be held in Cardiff's magnificent Millennium Stadium.

It was one of the best games I've ever had the privilege to watch.

Arsenal's much-hyped young Gunners had delivered on the big stage, with a mind-bogglingly impressive display of free-flowing football that left the fans and Chelsea's midfield breathless.

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Great game, shame about the journey,

James Clarke - BBC News
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Their pace and movement was a joy to behold and even the staunchest of Blues could not fail to admire their quality, typified by Theo Walcott's slick opener.

Chelsea started slowly and with Didier Drogba and Andriy Shevchenko struggling to keep their feet on the greasy surface for most of the first 15 minutes, Jose Mourinho's men couldn't get a foothold in the game.

But the champions battled back with a spirit and togetherness and more than a little bit of quality of their own to prove the team is still a strong unit even if the boardroom and manager are not.

Manager Jose Mourinho's parting shot after guiding his side to their fifth trophy in two-and-a-half years was a telling one.


Mourinho has now won five domestic trophies in his time at Chelsea

"The fans have been fantastic to me," he said. "We have known some very happy moments together and the players have been fantastic too."

And the board? "I have a contract until 2010 so they must be happy with me too," he said, but surely he should know?

Drogba's equaliser - fractionally onside or not - was scarcely deserved and Arsenal could and should have wrapped things up long before the Ivorian's glorious headed winner - his 28th goal of a wonderful season.

Wenger was certainly in no doubt: "We had chances to have won the game and didn't do it and we should have," he said.

"We had three or four clear opportunities but we lost our nerves with seven minutes to go."

That was when Toure reacted to Mikel's annoying shirt pull as if someone had threatened to kill his family.

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The melee wasn't great to see but neither was it a disgrace to football

RC
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Both teams waded in and in the complete chaos that followed, three players were sent off, both managers came running on to the pitch trying to restore order and any hope of the game being the main talking point vanished.

That was a shame because the game deserved more.

But it was still a great final.

Those poor souls who had to turn back halfway through a soul-destroying and ultimately pointless journey along the M4 may disagree, but not because of the football.

News: Train problems hold up 2,000 fans
Hundreds of supporters arrived late for the game because of the train chaos and the wisdom of sending 70,000 fans on the trek from London will once again be questioned.

The queues, cancellations and delays at Cardiff Central after the match were a nightmare and thousands endured a miserable end to their day.

Chelsea were thrilled with their victory and the players danced and jigged their way around the blue end of Cardiff.

It may only be the Carling Cup but it clearly meant a lot and Mourinho had plenty to smile about.

Petr Cech's return gives them genuine hope of success in any or all of the three competitions they are still competing in, Lassana Diarra gave another accomplished performance at right-back and Mikel and Arjen Robben both shone after coming on.

And thankfully John Terry recovered from the sickening accidental kick to the head he suffered in the second half to return from hospital in time to join in the celebrations.


Walcott slotted his first Gunners goal more than a year after joining

Wenger too had a great deal to celebrate despite the defeat.

Walcott - England's most hyped player since Michael Owen - scored a fabulous goal and despite his tender years, he is still just 17 remember, proved he has the ability and temperament to deliver when it matters.

Wenger felt it was time for Walcott to prove his worth and he did that with a scintillating display in Arsenal's midfield quartet.

"It was important to show a very good performance. He did that and scored a great goal too," said the Frenchman.

And he had no regrets about his decision to play his youngsters: "I had a vision for this competition and I was committed to it - I have no regrets."

Hopefully Toure has a few.

what do you think of the good old days of samson zion train ozogula, james tombiri and the rest of the cast, i cannot not forget james etokebe, uewn ekarika, dan abdullahi, adamu jeje et all, i am tired of all these guys dropping hulabaloos about what is this and that about foreign league most of em are rookies and they even question where i am from, i feel insulted, just becos i do not reside in lagos does not mean i am daft, i remember the earl and mid eighties where i save all my pocket money to pay roy of the rovers mag with hot shot hamish, and even sportsworld, match and shoot, where were they at then and all they can do is throw insults, so much for our beautiful game taken over by egoistic dudes who make so muchj noise and know very little, pls if youare a real football afficionado pls stand up

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i am an arsenal fan for about twelve years (yes) i fell in love with the club during the 1995 uefa cup winners cup final with real zaragoza.hen there was no dstv, we had to struggle to pay 50 naira, then i was 18 years old and a football nut. then all i had were friends that were rossonerri, nezaruzzi, red devils, or at worst from ajax amsterdam, we use to have wondeful conversatios, but now, we have chelsea fans screaming obsenities at us and they know little or nothing abut the club, who is peter osgood, they do not know, how about ed de goey or bjorn goldbaek, still they make so much noise that we cannot breathe, i know onlyone true chelsea fan allmy life, the rest are decampees, so pls we should advise them to learn all they can about club instead of making noise, u can send me questions or meet me online to ascertianmy football involvement. those of you around jos and bauchi might know me on the saturday sportshow "sportsextra"on nta.

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ghana's mauling of nigeria i s a wake up call to naija, no more disrespect to other countries, berti vogts has a big problem on his hands, our problem is not talent bu attitude, what do u think?

what do you think of the new salary scale, i am lecturer @ the federal college of education, kontagora in north central nigeria and the scale has caused a lot of motion and counter motion, do u think th tax is too much on the fifteen percent, i use to recieve about 46,000 naira after ta now from my calculations i should be hitting 64,000, what do u think

i am about a year old on my new job @ federal college of education, kontagora, niger state, north central nigeria, i lecture @ d dept. of fine and applied arts where i teach computer graphics and minor courses, the new salary scale has brought a lot of fumes down here, some saying the tax on d new scale is too hi and might even cause inflation
what are ur takes on that?

nigeria takes on ghana tommorow at brentfords staduim where sann sodje of reading layed last season, full squad available, how do you think the eagles should play and please nominate your lineup based on current form yep!