The other day I took William to play for his new local team in Leicester and he surprised them a bit

“The other day I took William to play for his new local team in Leicester, and he surprised them a bit by running out in his Blackburn kit.”Kelly acknowledges that, even without William and George cheering for Black-burn, the Premiership side are favourites since Mark Hughes refashioned a few attitudes “Mark has got them very well organised. “Blackburn is where they were born, so that’s who they support,” Kelly explained. Having gone to Charlton and won in the last round, Leicester City travelled north last night with brimming confidence for this afternoon’s FA Cup quarter-final with another Premiership club, Blackburn Rovers. First, the Forest defender Wes Morgan scythed down Bent for a penalty, which Miller converted on 64 minutes. Three minutes later, Kuqi sent the crowd into raptures as he scrambled home a fifth and Bent duly obliged those demanding a sixth on 71 minutes as he shot low under a helpless Gerrard.And as Ipswich eased off the pressure so as not to completely humiliate their opponents, the crowd entertained themselves with a rare Mexican wave as Portman Road revelled in the unexpected carnival atmosphere.”We have to accept this and hope it is a one-off,” Megson said “But we looked very sluggish at times. Hopefully we can put this behind us and focus on the next 10 games.”.

“It is a massive confidence boost but I am not getting carried away But I do not want to go over the top. The way that we played and kept the ball was very impressive. In his programme notes, Joe Royle seemed desperate to remind supporters that a team, and with that he meant his own Ipswich Town side, does not become bad overnight. It was cold comfort for those that had seen the push for automatic promotion, and indeed the Championship title, seemingly derailed by three successive defeats at an important point in the season.
But against a lacklustre Nottingham Forest side yesterday, they ended their barren spell with a confident six-goal victory, the manner of their win showing that their goal drought was over but still leaving more important questions as to whether the Championship title would be making its way to East Anglia come May.”When the first goal went in, you heard a lot of hissing as the pressure came out of the players,” Royle said.

He raced away from Ward before beating Marshall to take Wigan a step nearer to the Premiership The question is, will all the policemen be joining them?. He almost put his side ahead, turning the ball over the bar from eight yards after good work from Danny Dichio, but minutes later it was he who conceded the decisive penalty.Ellington converted with his usual panache, and with eight minutes to go he turned provider, sending Roberts through on goal. “We had a quiet word with the lads at half-time to gee them up,” said Hutchings. “I think we’d only had one corner and one shot at that stage, so we needed to improve.”Millwall are without several senior players at the moment, and one of the youngsters promoted to first-team duty is the Scotland Under-21 winger Peter Sweeney. Dave Whelan, Wigan’s chairman, last week agreed to meet what he believes are excessive policing costs for the remainder of the season, but it is easy to share his misgivings about why the club should be paying so much more than the likes of nearby Preston and Bolton, especially with fewer than 10,000 fans at the ground yesterday.In an opening half devoid of excitement, Millwall were marginally better, if only because the onus was on Wigan to do more attacking. “You would expect a side with that many goals from their forwards to be top of the League.”It remains to be seen how much the Greater Manchester Police charged for their services yesterday, but after two bumper crowds – by Wigan’s modest standards – to see the recent games against Leeds and Ipswich, this was a distinctly lower-key occasion. In truth, this was not one of The Duke’s better afternoons, perhaps due to a shoulder injury that continues to trouble him and necessitated the wearing of a support yesterday.Nevertheless, by putting through Jason Roberts, his equally impressive strike partner, to add a second late on, he had still scored one and made the other.Between them, Ellington and Roberts have now scored 40 goals this season.