Keane's Up for the Cup


Up for the Cup

By Chris O'Brien
March 18 2004

Reds skipper Roy Keane has confirmed how important the F.A Cup is to Manchester United, and insists winning the great competition would not be seen as a consolation prize. The Irish midfielder has already won four F.A Cup's as a Red Devil. New Page 3

Keane's Up for the Cup
Manchester United skipper Roy Keane knows that his team's best chance of winning silverware this season is the F.A Cup, and insists the team will not see the great competition as a consolation prize should they be victorious at the Millennium Stadium in May.

Keane's words follow a nightmare week for the Red Devils. Defeat last Tuesday against Porto on aggregate eliminated United from the European Cup, and then the derby day loss on Sunday kept us 12 points behind Arsenal, ending realistic chances of a ninth Premiership crown.

"We know we have not played well as a team throughout the season - the table doesn't lie, and we are out of Europe. We are still in the FA Cup, but at the start of the season the European Cup and the championship were our major priorities." said Keane.

"Now people are looking at the FA Cup as a consolation prize - but it is still a competition we want to win. As the manager said we need to get back to playing well and hopefully that will start on Saturday."

A reduced allocation of 17,000 United supporters will make the journey to Villa Park for the semi-final clash on April 3rd.

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