He was actually born in Hampstead, which should probably make him an Arsenal fan. Clearly he's just another one of the millions of bandwagon-jumping Stoke glory hunters.
He's released into the area down the inside-left by a lovely rolled pass from De Jong, but with Balotelli and Silva waiting in the middle, he puts his boot through the ball, hoping to beat Sorensen from a tight angle.
The effort flies straight into the side netting, an appalling waste. Nothing comes of it, but his right peg is holding up well if that's anything to go by. A long throw from Delap down the left eventually ends up at the feet of Pennant on the right-hand edge of the Manchester City area, after a few seconds of pandemonium. He's got time to set the ball up for a lash, but still manages to slice his effort horribly into a thicket of players.
He looks jiggered, to be honest. But he's hobbling on for the moment. That's one lucky escape apiece, then. He's told to calm down by the referee. From the set piece, Etherington finds a bit of space to the right of goal, but instead of shooting tries to cut the ball back; it's cleared.
Tevez draws Whelan and Wilson out right, spins and sends Silva clear into the Stoke area. The Spaniard takes far too much time to set himself up for a shot, though, and the ball's spirited away from his toe. What a chance spurned. He's been very profligate, the wee man.
A real sense that there's a goal coming along soon. Who wouldn't love to see Sepp Blatter there? Lescott faffs around under it, allowing Jones to nip in ahead of him and scoot clear into the area. He's one on one with Hart, but hammers his shot straight at the star-jumping keeper. Has that belted his front tail? For the poor man's sake, I do hope I was seeing things there. But either way, what a save!
That hamstring injury was just too much for him to recover properly from, and he makes way for Whitehead. Balotelli wants a piece of the action. So too does Tevez. But it's Balotelli who wins that argument. He slams a poor effort straight into the wall, but after a melee it breaks in the area to Richards, who really should have taken a first-time shot from 12 yards out just to the right of goal.
But he checks back, and the chance is gone. Delap flings a throw into the area from the right. Then Pennant, working on the left, buys a free kick by running into Richards. Stoke load the box, but Pennant can't clear the first man. It's not much pressure, admittedly, but I'm paid to work so there's no point me keeping totally quiet. Manchester City Stoke City. Yaya Toure - who arguably shouldn't be on the pitch after that tackle on Wilkinson - repeats his heroics of the semi-final against Manchester United, scoring at the same end.
Silva turns on a sixpence to the left of the goal, laying the ball back for Balotelli. The Italian's shot is blocked, but the loose ball eventually finds its way to Toure, who lashes home past Sorensen from the penalty spot.
What a power strike. No keeper could have stopped that. Wembley is rocking in the wake of that goal. They can't string anything together, giving the ball away repeatedly in midfield. Johnson scampers down the right, reaches the byline, and cuts the ball back for Silva, but a Stoke boot gets in the way just before the striker can pull the trigger from six yards. It's wasted. City are containing Stoke very well since scoring their goal. Sorensen parries the ball out, but there's nobody there for City.
They reach the semi-finals, losing out narrowly to North Korea. England senior team win the Cyprus Cup, beating Canada in the final to win their first international trophy. Arsenal beat Chelsea in the inaugural match at Tooting and went on to lift the title. After 15 years and matches as England head coach, Hope Powell left her role. The FA celebrated years of running football and also marked 20 years of supporting the women's game. Fara Williams set a new England appearance record when she helped the Lionesses defeat Sweden in Hartlepool on her record-breaking th cap.
A record Final crowd of 30, watched Chelsea edge Notts County The Lionesses rounded off another hectic year by attracting 77, fans to Wembley Stadium for a defeat by Germany on 9 November.
It was a record crowd for an England Women's match. Though City are United's true enemy, they've never monopolised focus. The pursuit of glory has always been our central aim, its success nurturing similarly toxic rivalries with Liverpool and Leeds. We've also had more serious off-field issues to address — or at least we've taken them more seriously — making City but one of several receptacles for our disgust. They, on the other hand, have nothing else; their identity is shaped, defined and characterised in opposition to us.
We look at them with dismissive haughtiness, they regard us with bitterness and jealousy, and understandably so: there are things about United it's impossible for any sane person not to admire.
I simply cannot begin to comprehend their burden in living with that every day. Everything they do we do better. A Welsh club, Cardiff City won the Cup in No Scottish clubs have won the tournament with Queen's Park, reaching the final twice, nearest a victory. The competition should not be confused with semi-professional competition FA Trophy.
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