Blackburn Hopes for an FA Cup Shocker When They Face Arsenal in Saturday Semifinal; Live Coverage Begins at 7 a.m. ET On Fox Soccer Channel.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- It's been over 75 years since Blackburn Rovers brought the FA Cup trophy home to Ewood Park Ewood Park is a football stadium in Blackburn, Lancashire and the home of Blackburn Rovers football club. The stadium, which opened in 1890, is an all seater facility which holds 31,367 people and has a pitch size of 115 x 76 yards. . On Saturday, Blackburn will clash with Arsene Wenger and his Gunners, who are playing in their fifth consecutive FA Cup semifinal, at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium UEFA 5-star rated football stadia • • [ . Fox Soccer Channel Fox Soccer Channel is a United States digital cable network, owned by News Corporation, that specializes in soccer. The channel took its current name on February 7, 2005; before then, the network was known as Fox Sports World, Launched Nov. 1, 1997. will have live, exclusive coverage of Saturday's much anticipated match starting at 7 a.m. ET. Arsenal's Freddie Ljungberg helped his team advance to the semifinals by scoring his third FA Cup goal this season, giving the Gunners a 1-0 victory over Bolton Wanderers, who were playing a man down for all but 10 minutes of their quarterfinal match. The North London North London is a part of London, England which has several possible definitions. River & geography The part of London north of the River Thames (illustrated). side heads into Saturday's battle against Blackburn with a long and successful FA Cup history, having won the trophy nine times, including back-to-back triumphs in 2002 and 2003. Arsenal hopes to erase the memories of last year's heart-breaking defeat at the hands of Manchester United in their classic semifinal clash. Blackburn Rovers qualified for the semifinals after a dramatic 1-0 victory over Leicester City. In the 82nd minute, Blackburn was awarded a questionable penalty, and Paul Dickov Paul Dickov (born November 1, 1972 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish footballer, currently on loan at Crystal Palace from Manchester City. Dickov started his career with Arsenal, but was never a first team regular and in 1996 he moved to Manchester City, who were then in converted to give his team the victory against his old club.
Who: Arsenal vs. Blackburn Rovers
What: The 2005 FA Cup Semifinals
When: Saturday, April 16 live at 7 a.m. ET; repeats at 5 p.m. ET
Where: Fox Soccer Channel
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