Semi-final draw: City v Arsenal 3pm Sunday confirmed

The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
Next season if Spurs get to the semi final will it have to be played somewhere other than Wembley, as it's supposedly a neutral venue? That's without wondering what'll happen if they get to the final. In fact, they could end up playing every cup tie at Wembley, which doesn't sound quite right...
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I'd love to think the FA have considered this and the Spuds will be made to play their cup ties elsewhere - damn I already see the flaw, the FA and a thought process.
 
The anti-climax of winning the semi then realising you have won nothing and have to return in a months really puts me off going again.

£6 a pint of insipid beer, day full of hassle is on the cards also. I am hoping for Chelsea and Arsenal in the final.
 
Corky said:
The anti-climax of winning the semi then realising you have won nothing and have to return in a months really
puts me off going again.

£6 a pint of insipid beer, day full of hassle is on the cards also. I am hoping for Chelsea and Arsenal in the final.
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This reminds me of the euphoria of beating the Chavs in a semi final then the awful let down of losing the final to relegated threatened Wigan and getting pissed wet through in leaving the ground. Still not got over that game when our team did not turn up and the atmosphere, due to the rumours of Mancini being sacked, was pretty acrid. Add to that Zaba being sent off and a last minute goal. What a day. Typical City lived that day.
 
Bentheblue said:
This reminds me of the euphoria of beating the Chavs in a semi final then the awful let down of losing the final to relegated threatened Wigan and getting pissed wet through in leaving the ground. Still not got over that game when our team did not turn up and the atmosphere, due to the rumours of Mancini being sacked, was pretty acrid. Add to that Zaba being sent off and a last minute goal. What a day. Typical City lived that day.
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Everything about that day was shite, just shite and getting drenched leaving was the icing on the cake.

What I do remember though are Wigan fans in the tube queue, we were out quite sharpish but they were quite a bit in front of us. Wigan win the fa cup and some of them leg it and wouldn't have seen it lifted. Something they'll almost certainly not get chance to see ever again.
 
blue b4 the moon said:
Everything about that day was shite, just shite and getting drenched leaving was the icing on the cake.

What I do remember though are Wigan fans in the tube queue, we were out quite sharpish but they were quite a bit in front of us. Wigan win the fa cup and some of them leg it and wouldn't have seen it lifted. Something they'll almost certainly not get chance to see ever again.
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I remember a certain chairman going on about a broken leg and has never stopped since, shit day that soaked sat on a minibus wishing I was at home
 
blue b4 the moon said:
Everything about that day was shite, just shite and getting drenched leaving was the icing on the cake.

What I do remember though are Wigan fans in the tube queue, we were out quite sharpish but they were quite a bit in front of us. Wigan win the fa cup and some of them leg it and wouldn't have seen it lifted. Something they'll almost certainly not get chance to see ever again.
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If memory serves me, the last train back to Wigan that day was earlier than the last train back to Manchester so the Wigan fans booked on trains had no chance but to do one straight on full time. It was bad enough for us fretting about whether we'd make the last train home and if it had gone to extra time and penalties we'd have all been fucked.

The FA don't give a shit about the travelling fan by having the final kick off at teatime. They try to cover themselves by urging fans to travel by coach instead of train, but once they've got you on Wembley's coach park it's just a free for all getting off afterwards with no escort to the motorway and it can take fucking hours just to get out of the area. The year of the Wigan final, we travelled to the Chelsea semi on one of Bredbury's coaches. Never again. The match ended just before 6pm - we got back to our coach and then had to wait about half an hour or so for 3 or 4 gimps who had gone AWOL before setting off, at which point we were virtually the last coach off there and straight into a load of standing traffic. At 9pm we could still see the fucking Wembley arch through the window. I'd consider a coach/minibus option if it was parking up elsewhere, ie: Watford, but not one that parks there.
 
M18CTID said:
If memory serves me, the last train back to Wigan that day was earlier than the last train back to Manchester so the Wigan fans booked on trains had no chance but to do one straight on full time. It was bad enough for us fretting about whether we'd make the last train home and if it had gone to extra time and penalties we'd have all been fucked.

The FA don't give a shit about the travelling fan by having the final kick off at teatime. They try to cover themselves by urging fans to travel by coach instead of train, but once they've got you on Wembley's coach park it's just a free for all getting off afterwards with no escort to the motorway and it can take fucking hours just to get out of the area. The year of the Wigan final, we travelled to the Chelsea semi on one of Bredbury's coaches. Never again. The match ended just before 6pm - we got back to our coach and then had to wait about half an hour or so for 3 or 4 gimps who had gone AWOL before setting off, at which point we were virtually the last coach off there and straight into a load of standing traffic. At 9pm we could still see the fucking Wembley arch through the window. I'd consider a coach/minibus option if it was parking up elsewhere, ie: Watford, but not one that parks there.
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Didn't realise they had train issues, fair enough then for them to make an early dart.

We've normally gone to Wealdstone by coach and then underground with a large beer stop in Ruslip each way, wouldn't dream of the car park at Wembley, did it once for the CS raggy game, never again.
 
blue b4 the moon said:
Didn't realise they had train issues, fair enough then for them to make an early dart.

We've normally gone to Wealdstone by coach and then underground with a large beer stop in Ruslip each way, wouldn't dream of the car park at Wembley, did it once for the CS raggy game, never again.
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Yeah, it's a joke mate. I did the coach to Wembley for that CS game too so should've realised what the Chelsea game would be like. Then again, I travelled with a different branch to the CS and heard Bredbury got back an hour or more earlier than our branch did so wrongly assumed by travelling with Bredbury that they'd have a quicker route home mapped out!
 
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