Official 6th Round Results

• West Ham United beat Manchester City [2 - 1]
• Liverpool beat Birmingham City [7 - 0]
• Chelsea beat Newcastle United [1 - 0]
• Middlesbrough beat Charlton Athletic [(0)(4) - (0)(2)]

Semi-final fixtures [played to conclusion at neutral venues]

• Chelsea versus Liverpool (17:15 22/04/06)
• Middlesbrough versus West Ham United (16:00 23/04/06)

(Resp|Exp)irers

+------------+-------------------+
|   Alive    |        Dead       |
+------------+-------------------+
|    256     |      ambrosen     |
| ammoniacal |     BadDoggie     |
| Dr H0ffm4n |       blixco      |
|   gazbo    |      Breaker      |
|  IEFBR14   |      DullTrev     |
|   ks1178   |     Gedvondur     |
|  MrPlough  |       hulver      |
|  nebbish   |   Imperial Mince  |
|   Phage    |     pinkcress     |
|   stark    |    sasquatchan    |
|    TPD     |      sL1mB0y      |
|  TurboThy  | TheophileEscargot |
|            |    yicky yacky    |
+------------+-------------------+

Semi-final head-to-heads.

+------------+---+------------+
| Liverpool  |   |  Chelsea   |
+------------+---+------------+
|    256     |   | ammoniacal |
| Dr H0ffm4n |   |   gazbo    |
|  IEFBR14   |   |   ks1178   |
|    TPD     |   |  MrPlough  |
|            |   |  nebbish   |
|            |   |   Phage    |
|            |   |   stark    |
|            |   |  TurboThy  |
+------------+---+------------+

+---------------+---+-----------------+
| Middlesbrough |   | West Ham United |
+---------------+---+-----------------+
|       -       |   |        -        |
+---------------+---+-----------------+

Note

At this stage, it is certain that there will be no reconfigured competition, as it is guaranteed that at least one HuSer-backed team will reach the final. Unfortunately, only one of the teams in the final will be HuSer-backed, so this leaves all inter-Huser competition to be completed at the level of scores, opponents and goal times. After the semi-finals are completed, the post-round update will outline all the permutations for those still competing.

The semi-final line-up reflects both the aforementioned predictability and unpredictability of the F.A. Cup: Two of the "Big Three" at the start of play are still in, and yet nobody predicted either of the other two. As a "neutral", I find the situation thoroughly repugnant, and am hoping for a shock upset from somewhere.