January 8, 2017

WEEKEND WRAP: Friday, Saturday & Sunday - Features FA Cup 3rd Round & a Little Bit More


Its a new year, and as tradition dictates England gets busy with the FA Cup. Most of the minnow's have gone by the 3rd round and are replaced with new minnow's from 2nd,3rd & 4th divisions. The Premier League giants enter the competition and we get our newsworthy matches pitching them against lower league clubs with some surprising results. This year is no exception as in their first FA Cup appearances EPL clubs Everton, Stoke, Bournemouth, West Bromich and Swansea are all knocked out of FA Cup in 3rd round, with Liverpool, Southampton, Crystal Palace, Sunderland and Burnley drawing and set for replays. We had some American's playing in the FA Cup this weekend, notably Emerson Hyndman getting the start a Bournemouth, Brad Guzan getting his 2nd straight clean-sheet for Middlesbrough and Cameron Carter-Vickers starting for Tottenham. 

We did see some goals and assists as well in the lower leagues, so here is the list (Like last week its pretty short).

GOAL
Andrija Novakovich - England
Christian Pulisic - Friendly 
Aaron Schoenfeld - Israel

ASSIST
Andrija Novakovich - England
Jon-Paul Pittman (2) - England

SHUT OUT
Brad Guzan - England

And the full comprehensive list;

FRIDAY

Gedion Zelalem went 90 for Arsenal's U23 in their 2 - 1 victory over Derby U23 in England's Premier League 2 (Group 1)


Andrija Novakovich went 90, had an Assist on Reading U23's 2nd goal and Scored a PK (Reading U23's 4th goal) in their 4 - 2 win over Southampton U23 in England Premier League (Group 2)


SATURDAY


Danny Williams (90) and Reading were on the wrong side of a 4 - 0 drubbing by Manchester United at Old Trafford in the FA Cup 3rd Round


Jon-Paul Pittman goes 76 gets credit for 2 Assists as Harrogate starts the New Year with a 6 - 3 win over Alfreton in England's National League (North)


Gboly Ariyibi comes off the bench gives 27 minutes as Chelmsford fall 2 - 0 at Bradford. Chelmsford are now in relegation trouble, as they start the 2nd half of the season in England League One


Duane Holmes got a cameo (2) appearance for Scunthorpe in their 3 - 2 win over Bury in their League One match. Scunthorpe will be happy with the win, after 3 bad results, they are in 2nd adrift by 4 points


A 62nd minute goal by Boreham Wood gave the visitors a 0 - 1 win over GK Brendan Moore and Torquay in the English National League


Kris Scott was an unused sub as Nuneaton traveled to Darlington and got the win 1 - 2 in England's National League (North)


Russell Canouse (45) came on for the 2nd half in Bochum's 1-0 loss in a friendly vs FC Köln.


In FA Cup play, DeAndre Yedlin (90) for Newcastle as they traveled to Birmingham and Johnathan Spector, who played 44' in first half before being replaced (Injury?) and drew 1 - 1 - they will replay this one.


Christian Pulisic came on in the 2nd half (BVB changed their complete 11 at half-time). Christian had a good outing and scored for Dortmund as they faced off with PSV Eindhoven in a friendly. Dortmund won this one 4 - 1.


In FA Cup, Emerson Hyndman started and got 56 min in for Bournemouth, as they fall 3-0 to League One's Millwall, in one of the shocks of the competition. Note: this was Emerson's first start for Bournemouth


Geoff Cameron still missing from the line-up at Stoke (Injury) as they are beaten 0 - 2 by Championship side Wolves


Lyndon Gooch is also on the injured list for Sunderland as they drew 0 - 0 at home with Burnley


Eric Lichaj wore the captain's arm band and went 90 as Nottingham Forest fall 2-0 at Wigan, in the FA Cup 3rd Round. Eric had a PK saved in the 81st minute


In Scotland's Championship GK Danny Rogers and Falkirk traveled to Raith and won handily 1 - 4 and finally broke their period of bad form. Falkirk are in a good spot - 4th - in the league with a good chance of the promotional play-offs


Kevin Dzierzawski was an unused sub for Peterhead as they lost 2 - 3 at home to league leaders Livingston. Peterhead fell behind twice and fought back but the third time they ran out of steam


In New Zealand's Premier League, Ethan Dent came off the bench (73) for Hawkes Bay as they traveled to Waitakere, losing this one 1 - 0


Also in New Zealand, Matt Wiesenfarth came off the bench, as Canterbury visited Tasman and won 2 - 3 in the Premier League. Canterbury sit in 5th place, 3 points out of 1st (only 4 points separate the top 6 teams)


SUNDAY


Tim Ream (90) and Fulham traveled to Cardiff and came away with a 1 - 2 away win in England's FA Cup 3rd Round to move on to the nxt round


Shaq Moore went 90 for Levante UD in Spain's Segunda Division B (Group 3) as they visited Baleares and drew 1 - 1. A good result for Levante UD putting them at only 3 points from safety and relegation into obscurity


GK Brad Guzan got to play again today in Middlesbrough FA Cup 3rd round match against Sheffield Wednesday. The Premier League team had little problem, winning 3 - 0 with Brad getting the Shut-Out, his 2nd straight.


Antonee Robinson went 90 for Everton U23 in their Premier League 2 (Group 1) match at Sunderland U23. Everton won 0 - 1 and maintain their lead of the EPL2


Cameron Carter-Vickers started and went 90, helping Tottenham win 2 - 0 in the FA Cup 3rd round over Aston Villa.


In Israel's State Cup  H.Tel Aviv will enter the final 16 following a 1 - 0 win, on an Aaron Schoenfeld goal (the only goal) in a 1 - 0 win


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