FA Cup: Steele Gets Wembley Start After All

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Posted Mar 23rd 2008 10:00AM by David J. Warner
Filed under: Soccer, Premier League, Soccer Posts

Looks like Barnsley and West Bromwich Albion are going to give Luke Steele his day in Wembley after all.

The goalkeeper who shut down Liverpool and Chelsea in consecutive FA Cup rounds has rejoined Barnsley on loan for the rest of the season and will start in goal for Barnsley in the club's FA Cup semifinal match against Cardiff in Wembley Stadium in two weeks.

Barnsley and West Brom had been unable to come to a deal to extend Steele's loan, which forced him to return to West Brom last week. This new loan deal will ensure that Steele will walk out of the tunnel and onto England's biggest stage.

However, because Steele is still under contract with West Brom, the loan deal ensures that Steele could not play in a West Brom v. Barnsley FA Cup final. Portsmouth got caught in the same trap this week with Jermain Defoe, who initially moved from Tottenham Hotspur to Portsmouth on loan at the end of the transfer window and thus couldn't play for Portsmouth in their 2-0 loss on Spurs on Saturday.

Previously at FanHouse:
West Brom Denies Barnsley Its Steele

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