FA Cup Final 2000/1 (replay)

TRUSTED BY MILLIONS 1
Hreidarsson 90

VS

YOU KNOW YOUR BOSTON ROCK FC 1
Ferdinand 47

At The Millennium stadium, Cardiff   
Attendance: 73,500; 3 clean sheets cancelled off each team

The 2000/2001 WSFFL FA Cup replay between Trusted By Millions and You Know Your Boston Rock FC ended in another stalemate, after another last-minute equaliser by Beef’s spirited Trusted team, following another hard-fought game at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

Trusted manager Beef shuffled his defensive pack slightly from the first game, making Gerry Taggart his captain for the game, and bringing Steve Gerrard into the starting line-up from the bench, whilst Boston Rock boss Sheriff brought Harry Kewell into a potent looking midfield, recalling Marian Pahars into the starting line-up.

The opening exchanges set the tone for the first half, as the defences held sway, and Trusted’s frequent incursions into the Boston Rock half, led by their twin strikeforce of Kevin Phillips and Michael Owen, crumbled on the rock that was Rio Ferdinand. A titanic performance from the England centre-back was capped early in the second half with a superb looping header from a Harry Kewell cross, deceiving Schwarzer in the Trusted goal.

Trusted continued to push forward leaving themselves susceptible on the break, and it was one such Boston Rock break which earned a penalty, Taggart sending Scholes tumbling. Scholes himself took the penalty kick, only to blast horribly wide.

This galvanised Trusted’s efforts, and they were duly rewarded when Hermann Hreidarsson blasted home a deserved last-gasp equaliser, to force the game into another replay.

Trusted By Millions: Schwarzer; Barry, Carragher, Hreidarsson, Taggart (capt.); Eustace, Gerrard, Hutchinson, Taylor; Owen, Phillips

Subs: Bosnich; Matteo; Kinsella; Bothroyd

Boston Rock FC: Royce; Craddock, Delaney, Ferdinand, Fish; Bowyer, Kewell, Lampard, Scholes; Ameobi, Pahars
Subs: Flowers; Song; Tessem, Smith