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The competition has reached the fifth round (with a couple of fourth round replays).
Here are the breakdowns from two of last night's three matches. In order to provide a peek at the lower divisions, I have analysed the matches which pitted Premier League teams against League One opposition (which, being a Peterborough United man, I know quite well...).
Both Manchester City and Arsenal did notfield their strongest lineups.
Manchester City 5 Notts County 0 (4th Round replay - first match finished 1-1)
MANCHESTER CITY:
Started: 5 Whites (1 Englishman), 6 blacks
Finished: 6 Whites (2 Englishmen), 4 blacks, 1 mestizo
NOTTS COUNTY:
Started: 8 Whites (7 Englishmen), 3 blacks
Finished: 8 Whites (6 Englishmen), 3 blacks
The fashion for black strikers extends to the lower divisions - two out of the three blacks in the Notts County starting lineup were forwards: striker Karl Hawley and winger Craig Westcarr. Incidentally, County are managed by Paul Ince, the first black Premier League manager (fanfare), who was sacked by Blackburn Rovers after only 17 matches in charge (crickets).
Leyton Orient 1 Arsenal 1 (5th Round)
LEYTON ORIENT:
Started: 10 Whites (9 Englishmen), 1 black
Finished: 8 Whites (7 Englishmen), 3 blacks
Unfortunately, Orient's 89th minute equaliser was scored by black "French" substitute striker Jonathan Tehoue, which again makes a black the focus of media attention
, e.g. the BBC's match report photo below:
They also brought on the Congolese (Zaire)-born "Belgian" U-19 international Paul-Jose M'Poku (who happens to be on loan from Spurs) for the last few minutes...
ARSENAL:
Started: 6 Whites (No Englishmen), 4 blacks, 1 Arab
Finished: Unchanged ratio
In more black goalscoring publicity, the freakish Wes Brown, who looks like an albino who has fallen into a vat of cheap self-tanning lotion, scored Manchester United's winner against Conference League Crawley Town on Saturday
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Here are the breakdowns from two of last night's three matches. In order to provide a peek at the lower divisions, I have analysed the matches which pitted Premier League teams against League One opposition (which, being a Peterborough United man, I know quite well...).
Both Manchester City and Arsenal did notfield their strongest lineups.
Manchester City 5 Notts County 0 (4th Round replay - first match finished 1-1)
MANCHESTER CITY:
Started: 5 Whites (1 Englishman), 6 blacks
Finished: 6 Whites (2 Englishmen), 4 blacks, 1 mestizo
NOTTS COUNTY:
Started: 8 Whites (7 Englishmen), 3 blacks
Finished: 8 Whites (6 Englishmen), 3 blacks
The fashion for black strikers extends to the lower divisions - two out of the three blacks in the Notts County starting lineup were forwards: striker Karl Hawley and winger Craig Westcarr. Incidentally, County are managed by Paul Ince, the first black Premier League manager (fanfare), who was sacked by Blackburn Rovers after only 17 matches in charge (crickets).
Leyton Orient 1 Arsenal 1 (5th Round)
LEYTON ORIENT:
Started: 10 Whites (9 Englishmen), 1 black
Finished: 8 Whites (7 Englishmen), 3 blacks
Unfortunately, Orient's 89th minute equaliser was scored by black "French" substitute striker Jonathan Tehoue, which again makes a black the focus of media attention
They also brought on the Congolese (Zaire)-born "Belgian" U-19 international Paul-Jose M'Poku (who happens to be on loan from Spurs) for the last few minutes...
ARSENAL:
Started: 6 Whites (No Englishmen), 4 blacks, 1 Arab
Finished: Unchanged ratio
In more black goalscoring publicity, the freakish Wes Brown, who looks like an albino who has fallen into a vat of cheap self-tanning lotion, scored Manchester United's winner against Conference League Crawley Town on Saturday