FA Cup 26/1/2008 - Mansfield vs Middlesbrough

The FA Cup fairytale could continue in this exciting live commentary and play by play soccer match between lower division Mansfield and English Premier League club Middlesbrough. Although Middlesbrough has traditionally done well in cup competitions, but due to their fluctuating league form, they are always susceptible to losing to a team which is equal to their strength, or lower. This is the main problem Boro has to fix before they can dream of doing well in the English Premier League and not having to stave off relegation worries every season. Gareth Southgate the Boro manager appears to be slowly getting a grip of things after securing the typical good results against the top English Premier League teams and then subsequently decent results against the mid table teams as well.

Their star players Stewart Downing and Jonathan Woodgate are also now transfer targets of the top English Premier League teams but they might still feature in this live radio broadcast and TV telecast of this FA Cup fourth round clash between Mansfield and Middlesbrough. Woodgate in particular is carrying a shin injury again so it is touch and go for the defender, who has again shown his mercenary side by wanting to leave for Newcastle after Middlesbrough have done so much to help him rehabilitate through his injury ridden years and lost potential. A word of caution for Newcastle seeing how their club is injury jinxed, they might not want to spend any more money on a defender like Woodgate who gets injured if you just so much as touch him. Then again Newcastle is known for making boo boos so this might not be too big a deal for them by spending or wasting more money on Woodgate.

This live commentary and radio broadcast soccer match will feature Mansfield trying to achieve a FA Cup shock and they just might be able to do so, as they play at home and will have a vociferous home crowd behind them. If Gareth Southgate chooses to field a weakened team due to priorities or injuries and suspensions, then it is likely that they will fall to a Mansfield team all pumped up and looking to put one over their English Premier League opponents and enter the history books as one of the Goliath killing Davids. However, Mansfield have their own problems and are missing two regular defenders themselves so that will leave spaces open for Boro forwards to exploit, but only if they can do so and score off the chances that surely will come. We expect many goals for this live commentary and TV telecast FA Cup game between Mansfield and Middlesbrough.