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Millwall 1-0 Burnley [Full Time]
(Dichio '70)
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Text Commentary:
Burnley to kick-off.
1' Blake knocks the ball back to Wood with his sparkling new white boots.
2' Grant with a ball forward, knocked out by Lawrence and a throw-in for Burnley.
2' Blake fed Little, up against Ryan and some strength shown by Little, gets a good ball in... Chaplow! Header just wide. Good chance and a good start.
3' Harris coming forward for Millwall, McGregor wins the ball and then a throw-in.
3' Camara clears under pressure after an underhit pass.
5' Wise in ever so strongly on Blake, and a bit of dissent shown there by Wise. Clearly trying to unsettle Blake. 40 yard out from goal, swung in by Wood - Moore trying to flick it on but he can't. Cleared.
6' Cahill coming forward for Millwall, but Wood did well and halted the attack.
7' Dichio penalised for a handball. Wise appears to be man marking Robbie Blake.
7' Grant tried to find Chaplow but he couldn't, the pass was well cut out.
9' Little looking lively in this early stage, now Blake on a run - gets by Wise easily and plays the ball out wide for Camara, with a ball in for Little who scuffed his shot.
10' Good ball through the middle Harris with a chance to get in, Jensen does really well and came out quickly.
10' Long ball from Jensen, causing all sorts of problems - Moore chasing it down, squares for Little - now Wood can he take it down, no he can't - falls for Blake but he loses out at full stretch.
11' McGregor caught his man there, Ifill got past him. Very lucky to get away without a booking. 30 yards out, and it will be Dennis Wise here; Jensen needs a couple of bites of the cherry there... was infringed anyway.
12' Blake, surging forward, Blake into the box is that a penalty asks just about everyone NO says the referee, Ryan lunged in and Moore looks disappointed.
14' Oh dear, Moore in real trouble perhaps - he ran into his man (Lawrence), and the initial shout was that Moore was going to be on his way. Thankfully the referee just gave Mooro a talking to. Something of nothing perhaps, but a heart-wrenching moment.
17' Trying to make sense of a lot of nonsense at the moment, claims for some racial abuse perhaps - don't know what's going on, lets not worry about that speculation - a Football game going on here.
17' Ooh and Grant pushed his man over there, he's into the book - that's his 5th yellow.
18' JENSEN! Made a fantastic save from Ifill, left foot on the turn - ripping save. Corner for Millwall, nodded back inside and eventually over the bar. Jensen bailed us out then.
19' Camara being booed - now my guess is a good as yours. Disgraceful.
20' Ifill with a real chance, but Chaplow did really well to hook it clear at the back then. Moore clattered his man again, accidently. Seems an ugly game.
22' Flick on for Harris, looking for Ifill now but Camara got in ever so well to send it cleared.
22' Oh a real chance for Millwall, to the back post for Dichio, trying to head it down - cleared by Roche.
23' Camara heads clear from a Livermore ball. Corner. Headed away strongly by May.
24' Bird reveals that there will be some super news from Turf Moor at 7PM.
24' Ball in from Harris for Dichio, Jensen takes a good catch.
25' Moore with a real chance, into the box, shoots it's blocked - working hard is Moore but it just won't fall.
25' Terrible miss from Dichio, should have scored with a free-header. Cross from Muscat, but Burnley were let off then.
26' Jensen with an uncharacteristic poor kick, out of play.
27' Wise with a ball into the centre from a free-kick - and it JUST went wide, deflected wide - corner for Millwall.
27' Dichio turns it over, Wood with the BALL FOR MOORE AND A REAL CHANCE FOR MOORE!! ON HE GOES, GOT RYAN FOR PACE...GO ON MOORO OH HE'S MISSED IT.. it was a really good save by Gueret. Oh, what a chance.
28' Millwall with some pressure in the 6 yard box, Chaplow gets it clear.
29' Harris, oh he caught Little there in the face - Bird believes it was a body check. Little will be okay, and Harris will get away with it I think.
31' Little skips inside, tries a ball for Chaplow - cleared by Ryan.
31' Burnley coming through now through Wood, tried the shot but scuffed it - still around in the area though, out for a goal kick though.
32' Camara just tugged Ifill back there. Free-kick from Wise, the ball came in and headed away by a Millwall player.
33' Blake trying to turn, Livermore cut it out... and Ifill coming away, can he keep it in - no he can't. Well he got away from Camara then, Burnley were lucky it went out.
34' Grant looked to be all over his man, but won the ball - Granty is playing a dangerous game.
35' Burnley offside. Blake was passive, Moore surging forward and Blake penalised for offside! Another dubious offside decision - Moore clearly wasn't offside.
36' Chaplow caught by Livermore there. Lawrence under pressure, heads it back to Gueret.
37' Grant - oh dear - oh he caught Wise... Oh he's got away with it. Ternent needs to get Grant off here, or he'll get himself sent off. Surely his last warning, no movement on the bench though.
38' McGregor intercepts the cross, and gets it away.
39' Little trying to get inside Wise and Livermore, but the latter robbed it off him. May manages to head it clear.
39' Livermore, takes a shot but it was well blocked by Chaplow.
40' Long kick from Jensen, Millwall win the ball though.
40' Roche with the ball now, Burnley pressing now. Eventually rolls through to the Millwall 'keeper.
41' Grant in well, won the ball but still playing a dangerous game.
41' Dichio offside.
41' Wood trying to get a ball in but it hits Ifill.
42' Little with a cross looking for Chaplow, but it's headed away by Ward.
44' Little caught in the face for a second time, 40 yards from goal. Wood will take the resulting free-kick. Ball in, headed behind by Millwall. Corner taken quickly by Wood, put out by Millwall for a throw.
45' Harris had a great chance, tried the right foot shot, but it didn't dip for him and just went over the bar.
45' 2 minutes of time added on.
46' Jensen makes another good save from close range in the centre.
46' Wise, finds Muscat - Millwall looking to press now.
Half Time: 0-0
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Second Half
Millwall to get us underway in the second half.
46' Millwall win a corner almost immediately, the ball hit against Camara. Wise will take it - flicked on OH GREAT SAVE BY JENSEN! It came from Lawrence, and within 40 seconds Jensen made a great save to his right.
47' Moore, broke the offside trap, a man on him though and Gueret made a good challenge.
47' Chaplow in strongly on Ryan, but he gets away with it with just a warning.
49' Camara does well up against Ifill, turned his man and managed to clear it.
50' Ifill trying to get down the touchline and Camara closes him really down really well.
50' Cross in from wide on the right for Dichio but he was offside. Poor header anyway.
51' Blake away from his man for the moment, Chaplow with a header - Ryan knocked it out for a corner. Blake takes the corner, May won the header but it went over the bar.
53' DIRTY challenge from Wise on Grant - he clattered Grant there and deserves a yellow. And he has gone into the book. Patted Grant on the head, really trying to wind everyone up is Wise. Ugly game.
55' This is getting out of hand. Wood booked for allegedly collecting Wise. I won't go further into this.
57' May in well to clear.
58' Little trying to turn inside with a bit of trickery, but loses it.
58' McGregor in really well on his man, saved a dangerous ball being played in then. A lot at stake here.
58' Ifill HIT THE BAR! Jensen was diving to his right, but Ifill with some magic hit the bar. Has been unlucky has Paul Ifill.
59' Roche just caught his man there, concedes a free-kick.
59' Lawrence in the area, Roche clears... Jensen can't keep it in. Corner for Millwall. Swung in, Jensen punches it away well.
60' Ball back in, flag gone up - Harris shot and Jensen made a good save anyway.
61' Millwall coming forward through Ifill - good ball in, calamity in the box and Chaplow on hand to clear it.
62' Substitution for Millwall - Harris off for Branner.
63' Substitution for Burnley - and an odd one perhaps - Blake off for Weller.
63' Little on a run, played a good ball in for Weller and just cleared off his toes.
64' Great chance for Burnley through Little, needed to hit it but knocked if for Moore and then Wood - first time shot caught easily by the keeper.
65' McGregor in to clear Dichio's flick-on.
67' Braniff coming forward for Millwall, but Wood cuts it out and tries to build something forward. Little catches his man.
68' Ward with a ball forward, it'll fall for Cahill - now Ryan trying to get a ball in but Chaplow pinches it away.
70' Lawrence with a ball inside for Ifill, cleared for Muscat, cross in Dichio... that's a GOAL it's Dichio. 1-0 Millwall...
70' Ryan off, Sweeney on. For Millwall.
73' WELLER SENT OFF. PUNCHED WISE IN THE MOUTH. Don't know what to say.
75' Dichio caught his man, a poor challenge on Wood and he's going into the book deservedly.
76' Cross in from Little, terrible ball - keeper catches unchallenged.
77' Dichio with the shot, blocked and Wise nudging his man. Free-kick Burnley.
78' Chadwick on now for Roche.
80' Great chance for Little, but he took way too long and had his pocket picked.
80' Millwall come down and win their 6th corner of the game. Ball in, and headed away by McGregor.
81' Braniff working hard to get forward for Millwall, but Camara was in really well and snuffed it out.
82' Sweeney, with a run at McGregor fires a shot and Jensen made a good save to his left. A corner. Ball in, Jensen fouled.
83' Burnley attack comes to an end, Little can't get on the end of a cross.
83' Dichio caught offside.
84' Braniff surging forward again, tries another shot and fantastically saved again by Jensen. Millwall corner comes to nothing.
85' Chaplow turned it over midfield, Millwall launched another attack.
86' McGregor off for A Moore.
86' Jensen makes another good save, as we now have just 2 at the back. Corner, headed away here goes Burnley... Livermore clears.
88' Not going right for Burnley at all as anything we try comes to nothing.
89' Little tries a shot, high wide you name it... whatever could go wrong did go wrong. David May is up.
90' Chaplow, with the ball for Little, can he get a ball in yes he CAN AND IT'S A GREAT BALL!! IAN MOORE HEADS IT BACK... ALAN MOOOOORE! OH HE MISSED IT. HE BLOODY MISSED IT. It's what dreams are made of. But he missed it.
93' Free-kick to Burnley. Last chance for Burnley... JENSEN COMES FORWARD, whipped in...where is it, it's been cleared. Foul by May.
It's over.... the dream has ended.
Pre-Match Notes:
Thanks for joining me this afternoon for this crucial match in the fifth round of the FA Cup. It's Valentine's day, and you know what they say about the romance of the cup...
No place for West or Arthur, with the only change being A Moore to the bench for Blake.
Last 4 games with Millwall have been draws, never met in this competition though.
600 Clarets made the trip this afternoon.
Teams:
Burnley to kick-off.
1' Blake knocks the ball back to Wood with his sparkling new white boots.
2' Grant with a ball forward, knocked out by Lawrence and a throw-in for Burnley.
2' Blake fed Little, up against Ryan and some strength shown by Little, gets a good ball in... Chaplow! Header just wide. Good chance and a good start.
3' Harris coming forward for Millwall, McGregor wins the ball and then a throw-in.
3' Camara clears under pressure after an underhit pass.
5' Wise in ever so strongly on Blake, and a bit of dissent shown there by Wise. Clearly trying to unsettle Blake. 40 yard out from goal, swung in by Wood - Moore trying to flick it on but he can't. Cleared.
6' Cahill coming forward for Millwall, but Wood did well and halted the attack.
7' Dichio penalised for a handball. Wise appears to be man marking Robbie Blake.
7' Grant tried to find Chaplow but he couldn't, the pass was well cut out.
9' Little looking lively in this early stage, now Blake on a run - gets by Wise easily and plays the ball out wide for Camara, with a ball in for Little who scuffed his shot.
10' Good ball through the middle Harris with a chance to get in, Jensen does really well and came out quickly.
10' Long ball from Jensen, causing all sorts of problems - Moore chasing it down, squares for Little - now Wood can he take it down, no he can't - falls for Blake but he loses out at full stretch.
11' McGregor caught his man there, Ifill got past him. Very lucky to get away without a booking. 30 yards out, and it will be Dennis Wise here; Jensen needs a couple of bites of the cherry there... was infringed anyway.
12' Blake, surging forward, Blake into the box is that a penalty asks just about everyone NO says the referee, Ryan lunged in and Moore looks disappointed.
14' Oh dear, Moore in real trouble perhaps - he ran into his man (Lawrence), and the initial shout was that Moore was going to be on his way. Thankfully the referee just gave Mooro a talking to. Something of nothing perhaps, but a heart-wrenching moment.
17' Trying to make sense of a lot of nonsense at the moment, claims for some racial abuse perhaps - don't know what's going on, lets not worry about that speculation - a Football game going on here.
17' Ooh and Grant pushed his man over there, he's into the book - that's his 5th yellow.
18' JENSEN! Made a fantastic save from Ifill, left foot on the turn - ripping save. Corner for Millwall, nodded back inside and eventually over the bar. Jensen bailed us out then.
19' Camara being booed - now my guess is a good as yours. Disgraceful.
20' Ifill with a real chance, but Chaplow did really well to hook it clear at the back then. Moore clattered his man again, accidently. Seems an ugly game.
22' Flick on for Harris, looking for Ifill now but Camara got in ever so well to send it cleared.
22' Oh a real chance for Millwall, to the back post for Dichio, trying to head it down - cleared by Roche.
23' Camara heads clear from a Livermore ball. Corner. Headed away strongly by May.
24' Bird reveals that there will be some super news from Turf Moor at 7PM.
24' Ball in from Harris for Dichio, Jensen takes a good catch.
25' Moore with a real chance, into the box, shoots it's blocked - working hard is Moore but it just won't fall.
25' Terrible miss from Dichio, should have scored with a free-header. Cross from Muscat, but Burnley were let off then.
26' Jensen with an uncharacteristic poor kick, out of play.
27' Wise with a ball into the centre from a free-kick - and it JUST went wide, deflected wide - corner for Millwall.
27' Dichio turns it over, Wood with the BALL FOR MOORE AND A REAL CHANCE FOR MOORE!! ON HE GOES, GOT RYAN FOR PACE...GO ON MOORO OH HE'S MISSED IT.. it was a really good save by Gueret. Oh, what a chance.
28' Millwall with some pressure in the 6 yard box, Chaplow gets it clear.
29' Harris, oh he caught Little there in the face - Bird believes it was a body check. Little will be okay, and Harris will get away with it I think.
31' Little skips inside, tries a ball for Chaplow - cleared by Ryan.
31' Burnley coming through now through Wood, tried the shot but scuffed it - still around in the area though, out for a goal kick though.
32' Camara just tugged Ifill back there. Free-kick from Wise, the ball came in and headed away by a Millwall player.
33' Blake trying to turn, Livermore cut it out... and Ifill coming away, can he keep it in - no he can't. Well he got away from Camara then, Burnley were lucky it went out.
34' Grant looked to be all over his man, but won the ball - Granty is playing a dangerous game.
35' Burnley offside. Blake was passive, Moore surging forward and Blake penalised for offside! Another dubious offside decision - Moore clearly wasn't offside.
36' Chaplow caught by Livermore there. Lawrence under pressure, heads it back to Gueret.
37' Grant - oh dear - oh he caught Wise... Oh he's got away with it. Ternent needs to get Grant off here, or he'll get himself sent off. Surely his last warning, no movement on the bench though.
38' McGregor intercepts the cross, and gets it away.
39' Little trying to get inside Wise and Livermore, but the latter robbed it off him. May manages to head it clear.
39' Livermore, takes a shot but it was well blocked by Chaplow.
40' Long kick from Jensen, Millwall win the ball though.
40' Roche with the ball now, Burnley pressing now. Eventually rolls through to the Millwall 'keeper.
41' Grant in well, won the ball but still playing a dangerous game.
41' Dichio offside.
41' Wood trying to get a ball in but it hits Ifill.
42' Little with a cross looking for Chaplow, but it's headed away by Ward.
44' Little caught in the face for a second time, 40 yards from goal. Wood will take the resulting free-kick. Ball in, headed behind by Millwall. Corner taken quickly by Wood, put out by Millwall for a throw.
45' Harris had a great chance, tried the right foot shot, but it didn't dip for him and just went over the bar.
45' 2 minutes of time added on.
46' Jensen makes another good save from close range in the centre.
46' Wise, finds Muscat - Millwall looking to press now.
Half Time: 0-0
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Second Half
Millwall to get us underway in the second half.
46' Millwall win a corner almost immediately, the ball hit against Camara. Wise will take it - flicked on OH GREAT SAVE BY JENSEN! It came from Lawrence, and within 40 seconds Jensen made a great save to his right.
47' Moore, broke the offside trap, a man on him though and Gueret made a good challenge.
47' Chaplow in strongly on Ryan, but he gets away with it with just a warning.
49' Camara does well up against Ifill, turned his man and managed to clear it.
50' Ifill trying to get down the touchline and Camara closes him really down really well.
50' Cross in from wide on the right for Dichio but he was offside. Poor header anyway.
51' Blake away from his man for the moment, Chaplow with a header - Ryan knocked it out for a corner. Blake takes the corner, May won the header but it went over the bar.
53' DIRTY challenge from Wise on Grant - he clattered Grant there and deserves a yellow. And he has gone into the book. Patted Grant on the head, really trying to wind everyone up is Wise. Ugly game.
55' This is getting out of hand. Wood booked for allegedly collecting Wise. I won't go further into this.
57' May in well to clear.
58' Little trying to turn inside with a bit of trickery, but loses it.
58' McGregor in really well on his man, saved a dangerous ball being played in then. A lot at stake here.
58' Ifill HIT THE BAR! Jensen was diving to his right, but Ifill with some magic hit the bar. Has been unlucky has Paul Ifill.
59' Roche just caught his man there, concedes a free-kick.
59' Lawrence in the area, Roche clears... Jensen can't keep it in. Corner for Millwall. Swung in, Jensen punches it away well.
60' Ball back in, flag gone up - Harris shot and Jensen made a good save anyway.
61' Millwall coming forward through Ifill - good ball in, calamity in the box and Chaplow on hand to clear it.
62' Substitution for Millwall - Harris off for Branner.
63' Substitution for Burnley - and an odd one perhaps - Blake off for Weller.
63' Little on a run, played a good ball in for Weller and just cleared off his toes.
64' Great chance for Burnley through Little, needed to hit it but knocked if for Moore and then Wood - first time shot caught easily by the keeper.
65' McGregor in to clear Dichio's flick-on.
67' Braniff coming forward for Millwall, but Wood cuts it out and tries to build something forward. Little catches his man.
68' Ward with a ball forward, it'll fall for Cahill - now Ryan trying to get a ball in but Chaplow pinches it away.
70' Lawrence with a ball inside for Ifill, cleared for Muscat, cross in Dichio... that's a GOAL it's Dichio. 1-0 Millwall...
70' Ryan off, Sweeney on. For Millwall.
73' WELLER SENT OFF. PUNCHED WISE IN THE MOUTH. Don't know what to say.
75' Dichio caught his man, a poor challenge on Wood and he's going into the book deservedly.
76' Cross in from Little, terrible ball - keeper catches unchallenged.
77' Dichio with the shot, blocked and Wise nudging his man. Free-kick Burnley.
78' Chadwick on now for Roche.
80' Great chance for Little, but he took way too long and had his pocket picked.
80' Millwall come down and win their 6th corner of the game. Ball in, and headed away by McGregor.
81' Braniff working hard to get forward for Millwall, but Camara was in really well and snuffed it out.
82' Sweeney, with a run at McGregor fires a shot and Jensen made a good save to his left. A corner. Ball in, Jensen fouled.
83' Burnley attack comes to an end, Little can't get on the end of a cross.
83' Dichio caught offside.
84' Braniff surging forward again, tries another shot and fantastically saved again by Jensen. Millwall corner comes to nothing.
85' Chaplow turned it over midfield, Millwall launched another attack.
86' McGregor off for A Moore.
86' Jensen makes another good save, as we now have just 2 at the back. Corner, headed away here goes Burnley... Livermore clears.
88' Not going right for Burnley at all as anything we try comes to nothing.
89' Little tries a shot, high wide you name it... whatever could go wrong did go wrong. David May is up.
90' Chaplow, with the ball for Little, can he get a ball in yes he CAN AND IT'S A GREAT BALL!! IAN MOORE HEADS IT BACK... ALAN MOOOOORE! OH HE MISSED IT. HE BLOODY MISSED IT. It's what dreams are made of. But he missed it.
93' Free-kick to Burnley. Last chance for Burnley... JENSEN COMES FORWARD, whipped in...where is it, it's been cleared. Foul by May.
It's over.... the dream has ended.
Pre-Match Notes:
Thanks for joining me this afternoon for this crucial match in the fifth round of the FA Cup. It's Valentine's day, and you know what they say about the romance of the cup...
No place for West or Arthur, with the only change being A Moore to the bench for Blake.
Last 4 games with Millwall have been draws, never met in this competition though.
600 Clarets made the trip this afternoon.
Teams: