I had two goals for the 2007/08 season: Get promoted to the Premier League and win the FA Cup. I ended up second in the Championship (3 points behind Blackburn) and got promoted. Yay! I also really wanted to win the FA Cup so I would get a place in the UEFA Cup the next season. I had a really easy way to the semi-final, but then I was up against Liverpool. LFC had knocked me out each year so far, so revenge was really wanted. It was a very tight game, 2-2 after extra time, but I got lucky in the penalty shootout and advanced to the final. In the final Aston Villa waited. Easy, 3-0. So this gave me a spot in the UEFA Cup next year. Yay! yay!
So, as usually the league winner meets the cup winner in the Charity Shield before the season starts. I was up against Arsenal. Thought I would be lucky if I got away with a 0-1 or 1-2 loss, especially since I had 3 or 4 regular starters out because of either injuries or the Olympic Games. And therefore I was a little surprised by the result:
Maybe I should have posted more pictures instead of all this writing, but… yeah, done is done. I’ll post pics if you want to see though.