IT’S NO WAY FOR JOSE!
SIR TOM FINNEY 1922— 2014
JOSE MOURINHO’S mind games failed to pay off last night.
Manchester City sent Chelsea spinning out of the FA Cup to keep their hopes of a domestic Treble on track, and put the Portuguese manager’s gas at a peep.
Goals from Stevan Jovetic and Samir Nasri gave City victory at the Etihad and put paid to Jose’s jibes.
When his side went to City in the League, they gave them a tactical lesson.
Afterwards Mourinho came up with his “little horse” description. But, the little horse was never at the races this time.
City captain Vincent Kompany said: “We wanted revenge today.
“Twelve days ago we had a really bad game. Today we just adapted, they played the same and it was comfortable for us.
“It’s a big win against a strong team. We love the FA Cup, and I think this was a great game for the competition.”
SIR TOM FINNEY was an England legend who had a soft spot for Scotland.
The Preston North End icon passed away on Friday, aged 91, a one-club hero.
He played 473 games and scored 210 goals for Preston, as well as representing England 76 times, adding30 international goals to his name.
Yet with Preston having such a strong Scottish tradition, it was no wonder their greatest-ever player had so many connections north of the border.
My late father, Jimmie, was Preston’s chief scout for 25 years. He unashamedly used the aura of Finney to persuade so many Scots to sign at Deepdale, even long after Sir Tom had hung up his boots.
Finney signed for his hometown team in 1939, but didn’t make his debut until 1946, due to the Second World War.
A year before Finney signed, Preston won the FA Cup with an incredible eight Scots in their ranks.
It would have been 10, but for injuries to regulars Jim Milne and Jimmy Dougal.
Bill Shankly played in that Final. Years later, when Liverpool manager, he paid Finney a huge compliment when asked if one of his Liverpool players was as good as Sir Tom.