"I think the only people we have not been involved with in going through from the qualifying rounds to the semi-final are NATO." David O'Leary.

"Honest to God, it's hard to believe some of the things that have happened." Striker Andy Thomson - he left Gillingham for Queens Park Rangers in March and in the space of six weeks the club went in to administration, were relegated and entered merger talks with Wimbledon. Apart from that it's been a fairly uneventful spell for him at Loftus Road.

"I am sure that next year we are going to be the champions of the Premier League." Fulham owner Mohamed Fayed cracks a joke. He is joking, isn't he?

"There are no easy games in the Scottish Premier League." Rangers' Bert Konterman cracks a joke. He is joking, isn't he?