Arsenal will face Reading at Wembley in the FA Cup semi-final after the Championship side saw off Bradford 3-0 at the Madejski Stadium this evening.
It meant the Yorkshire side’s cup fairytale was ended, but they’ll always have that hilarious day when they beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and we all pointed and laughed.
Two goals in the first 10 minutes gave Steve Clarke’s side a strong hold on the game, and a second half strike from Jamie Mackie sealed the game and set up the semi-final against Arsenal.
The last time the two sides met in a cup competition was the amazing 7-5 win in the Capital One Cup when the Gunners came from 4-0 down to win in remarkable fashion.
The teams also met in the Premier League that season with Arsenal running out 4-1 winners at home and 5-2 in the reverse fixture.
The game will take place on the weekend of April 18th.
Confident we will win with a professional performance.. it would be a mistake to underestimate them.
Shame really. I wanted revenge against Bradford and then Blackburn. World being round, poetic justice and all that.
and what an amazing game of football that 7-5 comeback was! Theo at his devastating best.
Would be a mistake to underestimate the challenge though. Comebacks as enjoyable as the conclusion of the matter be, are really deppressing to live through. Get ze job done early and fast. Bring on the mugsmashers at the final.
Wow. I’m just sick of everyone everywhere really underestimating Tactics Tim. Villa for the final!
I have this intuition it will be Arsenal Villa final.
Here’s hoping for smooth passage to the final but you never know in cup matches.
Up the arse
Not often you see “smooth passage” and “up the arse” in such close proximity. But this is xxxrob, after all.
Brilliant.
I aim to please
Again, no pun intended. 😉
Coming back from 4-0 down. Do you hear that Monaco? COYG!
yeah mate, I hope they all readin this. COYG
I think you’re Reading too much into that comment.
That’s How Bradford had already printed their “Bradford returns to wembly” shirts without getting to wembly!
Reading would be a good test apparently But I still fancy Oliver tearing them apart. I just can’t forget the last 7-5 debacle with the game drawn at 4-4 After 90 minutes and Our French bloke handed his Jersey to a fan, not aware of the rules the match will proceed to extra time.
He had to begged the fan for his shirt back.
funny funny moment it was for me, Even till date
We’ve scored 16 goals in our last three matches with Reading. But we’ve allowed 8. So I predict a 12-6 win. We’ll be down 0-6 in the first ten minutes because the referee will be Mike Dean, but he’ll suffer a hamstring injury and be replaced by a pantomime horse. The pantomime horse will get every decision correct, and we’ll get hat tricks from Sanchez, Giroud, Ozil, and Walcott on the way to the Cup final!
To be fair to Mike Dean, he did do a proper job in his latest two time refereeing our games (Man City away and Boro at home)
“to be fair to Mike Dean”…. nope. Not getting that at all. Or do you mean by “to be fair” sticking him in an orange jumpsuit and blindfold him before handing him over to a CIA rendition team? *That* makes more sense.
yeah but ONE MICHAEL OLIVER, THERE’S ONLY ONE MICHAEL OLIVER
ooooh hooooo!
I want to thumb this up twice because I really need to see the pantomime horse.
i think i had several years of my life expectancy knocked off by that ridiculous 7-5 game. up there with the 5-3 comeback over boro during the 49 streak and the first of the 5-2 hidings over those who shall not be named as the greatest games of pure chaos i’ve seen. sometimes the eventual table standing and trophy haul doesn’t tell the full story, as i think we’ve made huge progress since 2012 and that team itself was much improved on previous seasons. while we might not always have our swagger back, i do believe we have our back… Read more »
Anyone know when the date and time of the kick off will be announced?
the banter I’m going to have with my family and friends who are ardent READING supporters. ohh weeee, I can’t wait!
Being the rightful heir, we are going to continue our reign from the iron throne in FA cup. Now to dislodge the usurpers from the top of the table.
we should recall chamakh on a 1 day loan spell for this one plus someone needs to remind our cock to refrain from throwing his top at the crowd as there s no second leg.
Commentators kept banging on about Bradford’s run putting the magic back into the FA cup.
It would seem on the strength of last night that “magic” is pundit speak for “rabid thuggery”.
Highlight was the Bradford fans toward the end singing: ” You’re getting fucked by the Arsenal.”. Let’s prove ’em right.
Up the arse!
Best possible draw as we have a 100% record against Reading. They couldn’t beat us with a 4 goal advantage!
We fans may think that way but we’re doomed if our players think the same way.
COYG!!!! Win and keep the Cup
Reading….no worries. The lads will do the job. I still would prefer Bradford….but then again Reading will still be very interesting.
But have full confidence of going to the Finals again
Easy fuckin’ peezy!