The FA Cup

Saturday 3pm. The Bolyen Ground, Upton Park E13.

West Ham Utd v. Middlesborough.

FA Cup 5th Round.

Until our defeat in the '05/'06 Final stolen by the Scousers, West Ham had not reached an Cup final since 1980. But this year there will be no trip to the Millennium stadium, and hopefully no Steven Gerrard scoring in Injury time or nasty Francophone African treading in Marlon to keep Lucas Neil's hands off the FA Cup.

First however we must dispose of Middlesborough, a team who haven't managed a win in 13 games in the Premiership, and that we have beaten in our last two meetings in the Cup.

West Ham's only serious problem is a late fitness test on Valon Berhami, some might say the Hammer of the Season so far, but Kovac or Savio, January signings both, are ready to step in should Valon not make it.

The other fixtures are:

Swansea City v Fulham

McCabe's losers v Hull Fishy

Blackburn v The Cov

Watford v Chelsea.

Everton v Villa

Derby v the Munichs

and a weird threesome between Arsenal, Cardiff City and Burnley

Come on Watford!