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FA Cup 3rd round---
Burton Albion 0
Manchester United 0

Burton play in a stadium that is a smaller version of Blackbaud Stadium where the Battery play. Tim Howard in goal... Rooney and Ronaldo enter at the hour mark. Albion's keeper makes several stunning saves while Phil Bardsley clears two off the line for United after Howard had been beaten.

Leyton Orient 2
Fulham 1

When you read the soccernet.com articles, these two teams are labeled as "non-league members". As best as I can figure, they are part-time teams where the players hold down regular full time jobs and these teams are basically glorified adult league teams. The articel says that Albion are ranked 108 spots lower than Man. U. There are only 20 teams in the Premiership, 1st, 2nd and 3rd division. That still leaves another 28 teams until you get to Burton.

Well, at least Tim Howard did his job. The others, however........

And since you brought up Tim and Blackbaud, here's a little trivia nugget for you. Tim actually played at Blackbaud. The Battery mauled the Metros in the 2001 US Open Cup 4-1. Here's a dejected Howard:

Voice- There are actually 24 teams in the League Championship, League One, and League Two. Leyton Orient are 4th in League Two, where the players are full time players at their clubs. Burton Albion are in the division below this, the Nationwide Conference, and are currently 14th.

yeah that was a pitiful man u performance, i've never seen them play like that before (disgraceful in my opinion) it also just puts sir alex fergusons job in more jeopardy !!! i loved liverpool's 5-3 win that was awesome !!!!!!!!! it created the most viewers for the leage championship ever !!! like 8.5 million or something, read it on soccernet lol