The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after the Football Association and usually refers to the English men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also held. Its current sponsored name is the FA Cup with Budweiser.
The FA Cup was first held in 1871–72. Entry is open to all teams who compete in the Premier League, the Football League and in steps one to five of the FA National League System, as well as selected teams in step 6. This means that clubs of all standards compete, from the largest clubs in England and Wales down to amateur village teams. The tournament has become known for the possibility for "minnows" from the lower divisions to become "giant-killers" by eliminating top clubs from the tournament and even theoretically winning the Cup, although lower division teams rarely progress beyond the early stages. The qualification rounds and a system of byes mean that the very smallest and very biggest teams almost never meet.
Frank James Lampard (born 20 June 1978) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Chelsea and the England national team. He also holds the position of vice-captain for his club side. He is considered to be one of the best English footballers of his time, and is widely regarded to be one of the best midfield players of his generation. Lampard is best described as a box-to-box midfielder known for "his work-rate, range of passing and goalscoring ability."
Lampard began his career at West Ham United, for whom his father Frank Lampard, Sr. had also played. He had secured a place in the first team by the 1997–98 season, and the following year helped the team finish 5th in the Premier League, their highest-ever Premier League placing. In 2001, he moved to rival London club Chelsea for £11 million.
From his debut onwards he was ever-present in the Chelsea first team, setting a record 164 consecutive Premier League appearances. He established himself as a prolific scorer at the West London club and was a key part of the sides which won back-to-back Premier League titles in 2004–05 and 2005–06 and a domestic cup double in 2007. He signed a new contract in 2008, becoming the highest paid Premier League footballer at that time, and scored in his first Champions League Final that same year. He won the FA Cup for the second time in 2009, scoring the winning goal in the final. In the 2009–10 season, Lampard won the Premier League title and FA Cup (domestic cup double) and also had his most prolific season with Chelsea, scoring 22 league goals and 17 league assists. In the 2011-12 season, Lampard captained Chelsea to their first UEFA Champions League title.
Matthew Charles "Matty" Fryatt (born 5 March 1986) is an English footballer who plays for Hull City as a striker.
Fryatt currently holds the record for fastest-ever goal scored by a Leicester City player when he scored after 9 seconds in a 2–1 defeat to Preston North End on 15 April 2006. He also holds the record for the quickest ever Walsall goal, also 9 seconds in a 2–1 defeat to Bournemouth in the 2004–05 season. Fryatt broke two further records during his time at Leicester in the 2008–09 season. His first was becoming the first player in 42 years to score 20 goals before Christmas, and another being the first in 83 years to hit hat-tricks in successive matches.
Born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, Fryatt rose through the ranks at youth level at Walsall. He made his first team debut as a substitute in a 3–1 League Cup defeat to Bolton Wanderers on 24 September 2003. On 18 December 2003, he moved to Carlisle United on loan for a month to gain vital first team experience. The move proved successful, and Fryatt's loan was extended by another month He was recalled to Walsall after two months as the 2003–04 season came to a close.
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro,OIH, (born 5 February 1985), commonly known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and is the captain of the Portuguese national team. Ronaldo became the most expensive footballer in history after moving from Manchester United to Real Madrid in a transfer worth £80 million (€93.9 million/$131.6 million). In addition, his contract with Real Madrid, in which he is paid €12 million per year, makes him one of the highest-paid footballers in the world, and his buyout clause is valued at €1 billion as per his contract.
Ronaldo began his career as a youth player for Andorinha, where he played for two years, before moving to C.D. Nacional. In 1997, he made a move to Portuguese giants Sporting Clube de Portugal. Ronaldo's precocious talent caught the attention of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, who signed him for £12.24 million (€15 million) in 2003. The following season, Ronaldo won his first club honour, the FA Cup. He also played at Euro 2004 with Portugal and scored his first international goal in the opening game of the tournament against Greece, in addition to helping Portugal reach the final. He was featured in the UEFA Euro All-Star Team of this competition.
I dreamt (that) I was driving away on a blue glass highway
I knew that this day was the day
And that's why I feel the way I feel
I'm still running, blue glass all over the place
My life seems nothing
You've got to push me today, push me baby
The brake's squeaks resound for a while increasing the violence
Of knowing it all comes to an end
And that's why I scream the way I scream
I feel like laughing, blue glass all over my face
My life was nothing
Feeding squirrels and drinking coffee
At the Meditation Park
No one knows this place, that seems to me.
Thousands of three-coloured leaves
Form a ground just made of trees
How long can they look this way for?
Now I'm picking references,
Without thinking anyway
To know the altitude more or less.
Well I see the Seymour Mountain
On the other side of the creek
Just in front of me snowy already.
Rotten ships remain anchored
There must be 25 or more
Where do they come from? What do they bring?
Aaaah. Only the air seems real
Aaaah... Not even me, and then
Aaaah... some remote voices I hear
Aaaah... Only the air
Now a sunbeam falls on me
Warm enough to feel its heat
I guess that now I must go to work
Aaaah... where do these voices come from
Aaaah... what do they say?
Aaaah... only the air
Red trams
Squeaking so much at the stops
Sparkling their electric horns
They have got those chill inner lights
As well as those immobile figures
Crestfallen bodies walking fast
In silence, giving out vapour
Avoiding stepping on the snow
I don't, I like its "crack"
Hating the whole life we've got to pass through
I tried so hard spending time with someone who could
Hear my voice beyond my voice but that's not real
Bacause they always smile too much
They smile too much to be sincere
That's what it seems to me
Unless I lock my door
Facing the other world
Every person has got the right to throw the pain away
But sometimes I wonder why we have such a plain brain
Must we turn back? Must we light a candle for the earth?
Must we kill? So, must we die to know the way we were?
Destination will be given to us
Passing away will make you free
Now sit back, and just relax
Don't remember anything to do
When the space came into light
I was sorry for that baby child
But I had no choice last night
Waving over green
That's my mission here
Have to wait for planes
They could raid today
Sing, sing, I've got to sing
Run, Run, I've got to run
A wary crowd looking after the sky
Don't leave me alone, if I can't watch the colours
Those sunny nights
Set the mood on the sky
Feel like a snowflake
So light that I could leave the wind
To lead my future
To gauge how long my fall will be
White gauzy backgrounds
Without this damned line that separates
2 worlds, 2 shines
2 times, 1 day
Setting fires, sweet sensation
When no one can share my mind at all
Angel of Night
Take me in your hands
Take it my life
Oh, my Lord of Darkness
Kill me slowly
Ready my mind
Drink my blood
And let me die
I want cry
Please be mine
For the rest of our life's
And then, My Love,
Heal my body
Give me the eternity
Conic dreams colliding with outer fields
Becoming time.
Very old thoughts roam still airtight
Waiting for a beam of light
Sounds in code grace new harsh unknow colours
While black storms spend their time emitting
Frequencies, testing our perceptions,
But again, we're not able to understand...
Budejovicka, metro station, February Chill wind, grey
snow Old ladies dragging their strained feet Facing the
endless avenue. Then, I identify her orange jacket And