The Warrior!

Shearer does it again, hits a crisp, left footed drive into the back of the net to take Newcastle on to the next round of the Carling Cup...

Justin Whittle, a 4th division defender had the nerve to lay a forearm on wor Al, who required 4 stitches... A red card offense right? Nope, not even a free kick!

Ah well, no worries, he'll heal alright and we move on to the next round... 9 Premiership sides are already knocked out (Chelsea, Tottenham, Man City, Liverpool, Everton, West Ham, Sunderland, Portsmouth and Fulham), here are the 16 teams that remain in the competition...

1. Aston Villa
2. Crystal Palace
3. Doncaster
4. West Brom
5. Millwall
6. Arsenal
7. Wigan
8. Blackburn
9. Reading
10. Birmingham
11. Leicester
12. Charlton
13. Newcastle
14. Bolton
15. Middlesbrough
16. Man United

5 Non Premiership teams still left, so a fair chance of getting another winnable match and making it to the Quarter-Finals... Hopefully Man United and Arsenal will field weak sides and get knocked out next round, and then who knows!! If we're fit, we've got a chance... No European distraction this year! Draws for the next round are on Saturday...

¶ 9:52 PM