Northern Ireland are ten minutes away from their finest victory. There's 15 minutes to go here.

Not the first half you might have expected, even though the score might suggest that it was

The unexpected is always likely to happen.

Northern Ireland were in white, which was quite appropriate because three inches of snow had to be cleared from the pitch before kick off

For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all-yellow strip.

And I suppose they [Spurs] are nearer to being out of the FA Cup now than any other time since the first half of this season, when they weren't ever in it anyway.

The game is balanced in Arsenal's favour.