FA Cup

[Greasy Chap Butty]

Our route to Europe, save waiting a season after auto promotion and 6th place PL.

 

[radio]

Don't forget " no replays" each tie played to a finish on the day

 

[S64 Blade]

Are they doing those shit midweek games again?

Remember freezing my tits off and getting frostbite in my feet for the Cardiff game, last season.

 

[Gin&Juice]

Who’s sponsoring it now? Watney?

 

[CrookesBlade]

The last time we were drawn as ball 33 was in 1915. Lucky omen?

Seriously? I’d have put my house on us being ball 33 the most out of any ball.

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

Pigs at home would be great. 25/26 treble season.

Normally I would hate this suggestion, but after the away game I'd quite like to play them again but at home, and it would mean Wilder would put out a full strength team.

 

[Super Furry Blades]

FA Cup draw is apparently not on free to air terrestrial TV , TNT are saying it will be on their YouTube channel , I can't see where either Radio 5 or Talksport are covering the draw live ,, and the time of the draw is " approximately" 640pm ,,, it SHOULD BE 1230pm on the radio

I used to remember running home from school at dinner time to listen to draw on radio ....
Its been ruined like every thing else

 

[Super Furry Blades]

I went there in 2002, it was in the 3rd qualifying round when they were playing Harrogate Town, I was living near Harrogate at the time when in the Army, my mate was a Stanley fan, it was a 0-0 draw at their place in front of a decent crowd of over 1,100 (this was for 2 back then Unibond Premier League sides) then went to the replay at Harrogate midweek which Harrogate won in an entertaining 3-2 win, that had about 600 there and to be fair it was a near on 50/50 split on the crowd. Now both teams are playing in League 2!

Which mob were you in ?

 

[Lord Eddard Muir]

Bit surreal not having it on proper telly this season. Could be what finally kills off interest from casual fans

 

[mattbianco1]

The FA Cup section on BBC website has a lot of reports and highlights, but nothing in relation to the draw tonight, or what balls each team is. Very weird

FA Cup - Latest news, draws & results - BBC Sport

The home of FA Cup on BBC Sport online. Includes the latest news stories, results, fixtures, video and audio.

www.bbc.co.uk

I did find it though in the "Ask me Anything" section. Hidden away

FA Cup: When is the third round draw, ball numbers and prize money

BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team looks at the details of the FA Cup third round draw

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Tickhill Blade]

Glad I've seen in this thread that the draw is not on tv. Saved me sitting through half an hour of the One Show!

 

[mattbianco1]

Glad I've seen in this thread that the draw is not on tv. Saved me sitting through half an hour of the One Show!

Here's the link to the live draw on YouTube

 

[CrookesBlade]

FA Cup draw is apparently not on free to air terrestrial TV , TNT are saying it will be on their YouTube channel , I can't see where either Radio 5 or Talksport are covering the draw live ,, and the time of the draw is " approximately" 640pm ,,, it SHOULD BE 1230pm on the radio

My memory of it (90s) was always on a Sunday afternoon on the box. Graham Kelly and Bert Millichip drawing the names from a velvet bag in a wood panelled room and putting the balls into a holster thing afterwards.

Moving into the 00s as the FA Cup lost some of its prestige and the focus became more on the tradition and Everyman appeal then you’d have ex-players doing their draw from a non-league club house.

Moving this small bit of nostalgic fun behind a paywall is an absolutely rancid move.

 

[brownblade]

Is there any reason to not "go for it" this season? We've got a pretty good sized squad and it's not going to derail an automatic promotion race or a relegation fight.

If the draw goes our way we could easily add to our healthy record of going deep

But yes I'd choose Wednesday at home to give them a proper hiding, not this tame 3-0 nonsense.

 

[mattbianco1]

Is there any reason to not "go for it" this season? We've got a pretty good sized squad and it's not going to derail an automatic promotion race or a relegation fight.

If the draw goes our way we could easily add to our healthy record of going deep

But yes I'd choose Wednesday at home to give them a proper hiding, not this tame 3-0 nonsense.

I think that now replays have been banished, it makes no sense whatsoever to not go for it.

To get to the final you literally play 6 extra games

 

[dingledog]

My memory of it (90s) was always on a Sunday afternoon on the box. Graham Kelly and Bert Millichip drawing the names from a velvet bag in a wood panelled room and putting the balls into a holster thing afterwards.

Moving into the 00s as the FA Cup lost some of its prestige and the focus became more on the tradition and Everyman appeal then you’d have ex-players doing their draw from a non-league club house.

Moving this small bit of nostalgic fun behind a paywall is an absolutely rancid move.

...and they wonder why supporters are putting their hard earned cash behind their own paywall and not attending the FA cup games!! Its been killed by the greed of the FA, who cares about it really, as a Blade we have absolutely no chance of ever winning it.

 

[Gimli]

Are they doing those shit midweek games again?

Remember freezing my tits off and getting frostbite in my feet for the Cardiff game, last season.

Whoever decided a Thursday night was a good time for an FA Cup game needs to be sent directly to jail, do not pass go and do not collect £200.

 

[SwitchBLADE Smiles]

It’ll be Swansea away on a Wednesday night. Calling it now.

 

[djbaldken]

There is only any one of four teams who will win the cup. And we are not one of them.
It used to be THE highlight of the season.
Now it's been so devalued who cares!I
And apart from any money it generates I don't think there are that many managers that care either. ( Wilder being one of them)

 

[brownblade]

My memory of it (90s) was always on a Sunday afternoon on the box. Graham Kelly and Bert Millichip drawing the names from a velvet bag in a wood panelled room and putting the balls into a holster thing afterwards.

Moving into the 00s as the FA Cup lost some of its prestige and the focus became more on the tradition and Everyman appeal then you’d have ex-players doing their draw from a non-league club house.

Moving this small bit of nostalgic fun behind a paywall is an absolutely rancid move.

It's free on YouTube. But I get your point.

 

[Upton_Blade]

There is only any one of four teams who will win the cup. And we are not one of them.
It used to be THE highlight of the season.
Now it's been so devalued who cares!I
And apart from any money it generates I don't think there are that many managers that care either. ( Wilder being one of them)

I agree with you but do you think Palace felt like that last year?

 

[djbaldken]

I agree with you but do you think Palace felt like that last year?

Wellllll, they are a Prem team. Not necessarily a team you would expect to win it. But once in a while such things do happen. Rarely. But they do happen.
But never to us!

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

I agree with you but do you think Palace felt like that last year?

Palace winning it last year was one of the greatest things to happen to the competition in years.

 

[Balham]

There is only any one of four teams who will win the cup. And we are not one of them.
It used to be THE highlight of the season.
Now it's been so devalued who cares!I
And apart from any money it generates I don't think there are that many managers that care either. ( Wilder being one of them)

The last 6 FA Cup finals, and 8 of the last 10, have been won by different teams.

 

[mattbianco1]

There is only any one of four teams who will win the cup. And we are not one of them.

And yet the past 6 years have provided 6 different winners

EDIT - Balham beat me to it

 

[Grey Blade]

There is only any one of four teams who will win the cup. And we are not one of them.
It used to be THE highlight of the season.
Now it's been so devalued who cares!I
And apart from any money it generates I don't think there are that many managers that care either. ( Wilder being one of them)

In the past being drawn against the likes of Liverpool, Man U, Spurs, Arsenal was something to look forward to and be excited about - I'm talking of the 60s and 70s when the only live football on TV was the FA Cup Final and being drawn against such teams was a novelty.
Now we can watch all these teams live on TV every weekend so there's little or nothing to anticipate.

 

[coaxingstar71]

Be nice to get Donny or Barnsley away. Not far to travel, biggish crowd and a reunion with either Billy or Didzy.
Naturally Wilder won't take it seriously and he'll put out a complete 2nd string and we'll lose.

 

[Racing Blade]

I disagree about the lack of appeal of The Cup. Sure, there are games where one or both clubs play weakened teams and aren't particularly keen to progress, but the draw can still throw out a real spectacle.

What it has over league football is the opportunity for a big away following. A couple of seasons back, there were some belting games..... Sunderland v Newcastle, Man United v Liverpool, where the atmosphere was way up on any league encounter between those sides.

 

[radio]

For tonight's draw we are Number 33 , in order to align their cup campaign with their league situation our neighbours will be ball number 'minus 34'

 

[Woodthorpe blade]

Oxford United away. Or something equally as interesting