Tuesday, 08 January 2002
F.A. Cup - 3rd Round
Selhurst Park
Attendance: 6,885
Ref: Steve Bennett
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Wimbledon 0 (0) - (0) 0 Middlesbrough
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26 -- 14 25 Mark Crossley 27 Robbie Stockdale 5 Gianluca Festa 29 Jason Gavin 6 Gareth Southgate 37 Frank Quedrue 12 Jonathan Greening 9 Paul Ince 7 Robbie Mustoe 19 Hamilton Ricard 26 Noel Whelan -- 24 Phil Stamp (29) 15 Marlon Beresford 20 Dean Windass (26) 8 Szilárd Németh (19) 28 Colin Cooper |
Perhaps it was the icy temperatures, perhaps the players froze at the prospect of playing Manchester United, but in the end a game of few chances ended in a strangely predictable result. These sides had met in this competition three times before, the first occasion 25 years ago to the day before this, and each tie has gone to a replay, the first game always ending 0-0. Wimbledon will claim a moral victory, but Middlesbrough so nearly secured a Riverside reunion between Steve McClaren and his former club with a flurry of late and long overdue opportunities. First Trond Andersen was inches from turning the ball into his own net, then from the resulting corner Gareth Southgate volleyed against the bar before Paul Ince headed over. [ --- www.theguardian.com] |
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