The FA Cup Thread

[Marked Ox]

We were shit and always lose at Port Vale. That is all.

 

[ValiantRob]

We were shit and always lose at Port Vale. That is all.

You don`t always lose but the rest of the statement was true.

 

[Wibbin]

A very professional victory over Aldershot. Seems United stopped Henderson playing so maybe he's doing something in January? Not sure how our season long loan sits with that...anyone know?

 

[Bobbin']

Beat Truro 3-1.

Typical Charlton making it more difficult than it should be but at least we've avoided the banana skin and made it through. All that matters.

 

[T.A]

Bad performance but we managed to get a replay out of Woking! Seems like we've got a lot of work to do to get anywhere near a good team.

Think we have StokeU21 in the shit cup and Gillingham on Saturday. Big week for Lowe.

 

[Deepcut Cobbler]

Shan't bother with Tranmere away on a Tuesday night...

Likewise to Scunny, especially as we have them again on the 18th!

 

[SF_]

That Boreham Wood result was delightful.

 

[Camborne Gills]

Beat Truro 3-1.

Typical Charlton making it more difficult than it should be but at least we've avoided the banana skin and made it through. All that matters.

Any idea of away numbers? BBC reckoned it was about 1000.

 

[Bobbin']

Any idea of away numbers? BBC reckoned it was about 1000.

996

Fantastic effort for a Sunday afternoon. Feel sorry for Truro, missed out on that extra revenue by not being on a Saturday and we were never going to get a huge crowd.

Crowd of 4,494 in total. Hopefully with the sale of programmes etc they will have taken around £20-23k from the game. I assume they will receive a small cut for being on the Beeb yesterday?

 

[Liam_SWFC]

996

Fantastic effort for a Sunday afternoon. Feel sorry for Truro, missed out on that extra revenue by not being on a Saturday and we were never going to get a huge crowd.

Crowd of 4,494 in total. Hopefully with the sale of programmes etc they will have taken around £20-23k from the game. I assume they will receive a small cut for being on the Beeb yesterday?

Why are games like this played on Sunday? Especially when not televised, Saturday 3pms are a thing of the past these days we've only had 1 all season at home.

 

[Indian Dan]

Well, our game was televised live for overseas audience yesterday. Got a decent stream, too.

 

[bantamigo]

Why are games like this played on Sunday? Especially when not televised, Saturday 3pms are a thing of the past these days we've only had 1 all season at home.

Were the BBC doing their shit Final Score focusing on a few games between league and non-league sides that weren’t good enough to be on TV? We’ve been involved in a couple. Unfortunately teams can’t really turn the money down.

 

[Camborne Gills]

Gills v Carlisle in R2. Meh for both sides I guess.

 

[The Southbank]

Great draw for Slough, that'll be a hostile place to go on a Friday night (should it be on TV).

 

[bantamigo]

Fylde v Wigan will be on TV surely.

 

[Silver Stone]

So how many MK fans can we expect at our tie?

 

[joethegill]

Gills v Carlisle in R2. Meh for both sides I guess.

Good chance of getting through though, that's the important thing.

 

[NorthernSoul]

Exactly the draw I wanted and a lot of Wigan fans. 1,200 tickets apparently so will have to go and queue early. Nailed on Friday night BBC game. Non league v League, derby and the most recent FA Cup winners.

Gateshead v Luton and Slough v Rochdale on BT I would expect. The only 3 appealing ties really. Rest are non league away at league or all non league ties.

 

[Lamby]

F*ck off Wombles, shite tie even though they belong in non league

 

[WilsdenBantam]

Better draw for us than Plymouth, fair enough too any fan coming up for both games.

 

[RobboPOSH]

Woking or Bury away. It's a shame Lee Clarke isn't still there to mastermind Bury's exit from the FA cup and give us a trip to Woking.

 

[Camborne Gills]

F*ck off Wombles, shite tie even though they belong in non league

Localish derby, what more do you want?

 

[Lamby]

Localish derby, what more do you want?

Not a boring team in the same league

 

[SMH]

TV tie against a lower league team the best we can ask for. Means I can enjoy it from home rather than get on a rail replacement bus to Lytham on a Monday night.

 

[Bobbin']

Why are games like this played on Sunday? Especially when not televised, Saturday 3pms are a thing of the past these days we've only had 1 all season at home.

Ours was because Millwall were at home on the Saturday, we never play at home on the same day. There is also the firework display at Blackheath which may have also been a factor although not as quite a big one.

You're right though, it's ridiculous. Heybridge Swifts for example having to go all the way to Exeter for a 2pm kick-off. It's madness.

As for the draw tonight, Wimbledon away is about as 'meh' as it gets.

 

[White Army]

Woking or Bury away. It's a shame Lee Clarke isn't still there to mastermind Bury's exit from the FA cup and give us a trip to Woking.

Also a shame you’re not there yet.

 

[RobboPOSH]

Also a shame you’re not there yet.

I'm under no illusion that we'll lose to Tranmere, just getting excited about the potential to go to a new ground. There's not a lot to look forward to at Posh at the minute, least of all a night game in Lancashire...

 

[GTFCfish]

Gateshead v Luton and Slough v Rochdale on BT I would expect. The only 3 appealing ties really. Rest are non league away at league or all non league ties.

Gateshead v Luton an appealing tie?
It has about as much appeal as an invite to Harvey Weinsteins hotel room.

 

[PuB]

Gateshead v Luton an appealing tie?
It has about as much appeal as an invite to Harvey Weinsteins hotel room.

I didn't realise Michael Gove posted on here.

 

[ProfessorGreen]

Just about the worst draw we could have had. Bradford away twice in a month.

Oh well at least we'll be able to 'concentrate on the league'.