The Onion says it best ...

The classic Onion headline read "Holy Fucking Shit", and never has that phrase been more appropriate. With Aston Villa up 4-1 with 21 minutes to play, Spurs, and Alison, seemed dead and buried. But Spurs, it seems, have some cojones after all, and Alison has ... well, let's just say she has gumption.

The result, then, is that Doc is gone, once again, in the first round, while Alison moves on to the SEMIfinals of the world's greatest CUP competition!!! Here is the box score:

Here goes!

The phony war of words is over. Now it's time for ACTION. Here are this week's PREDICTIONs, courtesy of Doc Goodwin and Downers Grove's AMcD:
Birmingham v Man Utd, G: 0-1, A: 0-2
Chelsea v Fulham, G: 2-1, A: 1-1
Derby v Bolton, G: 1-1, A: 1-1
Man City v Newcastle, G: 2-1, A: 2-1
Portsmouth v Reading , G: 2-0, A:0-0
Sunderland v Blackburn,G: 0-0, A: 1-0
West Ham v Arsenal, G: 1-3, A: 2-2
Wigan v Liverpool, G: 0-2, A: 0-3
Everton v Middlesbrough, G: 1-0, A: 2-0
Tottenham v Aston Villa, G: 0-2, A: 2-2

Amazingly, neither of them predicted the 7-4 result from Fratton Park yesterday. Perhaps even more amazingly, and certainly even more EXCITINGLY, this round will be decided by Monday's game between Spurs and Villa. Hang on to your hats, cos this PREDICTION CUP is about to blow!!!