FA Cup Final | Crystal Palace (N) | Sat 17 May 4:30pm

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big gaz said:
No " Its a knockout" then ;-) Or coach leaving the teams Hotel .
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Haha

The draw for the Third Round used to be an event in itself, and strangely it went shite from the moment Ted Croker and the pompous anonymous blazers with the velvet bag were replaced by Terry Venables and Bruce Forsyth trying to be funny

All the games being played at the same time gave the day a sense of occasion

Then there were the epic replays (Sheffield Wednesday v Arsenal 1979 etc) and I remember attending heartbreaking Second Replay defeats to Watford and Millwall

Semi Finals at Villa Park or Hillsborough and (quite often in the 70s) Maine Road.

Whoever reached the Final would promptly put all their eggs in one basket and lose all their remaining league fixtures

Bournemouth 9 Margate 0 and Ted McDougall
Chris Kelly aka the Leatherhead Lip scoring at Filbert Street
The invasion of the parkas at Edgar Street.
Dickie Guy saving a penalty
Brian Talbot and John Wile literally spilling blood for the cause.
White pitches and orange balls.
Elland Road and "This game will be finished even if it takes till midnight"

I'm guessing the last real Final was the Gazza self inflicted injury farce, but since then the competition has been diluted and bastardised to such an extent that I've actually missed a few and would struggle to remember which team ultimately won.
 
Scaring Europe to Death said:
Haha

The draw for the Third Round used to be an event in itself, and strangely it went shite from the moment Ted Croker and the pompous anonymous blazers with the velvet bag were replaced by Terry Venables and Bruce Forsyth trying to be funny

All the games being played at the same time gave the day a sense of occasion

Then there were the epic replays (Sheffield Wednesday v Arsenal 1979 etc) and I remember attending heartbreaking Second Replay defeats to Watford and Millwall

Semi Finals at Villa Park or Hillsborough and (quite often in the 70s) Maine Road.

Whoever reached the Final would promptly put all their eggs in one basket and lose all their remaining league fixtures

Bournemouth 9 Margate 0 and Ted McDougall
Chris Kelly aka the Leatherhead Lip scoring at Filbert Street
The invasion of the parkas at Edgar Street.
Dickie Guy saving a penalty
Brian Talbot and John Wile literally spilling blood for the cause.
White pitches and orange balls.
Elland Road and "This game will be finished even if it takes till midnight"

I'm guessing the last real Final was the Gazza self inflicted injury farce, but since then the competition has been diluted and bastardised to such an extent that I've actually missed a few and would struggle to remember which team ultimately won.
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Wasn’t all good - didn’t the rags win a couple of semis at our place. Sat in our seats, celebrating on our pitch.

I’m pleased that doesn’t happen anymore
 
Been onto my contact at the Durham County FA to see about getting tickets. He no longer works for them as the Fa have done away with their councillors in preparation of the regulators being imposed. He is now getting in touch with any contacts he has. So, it looks like I will miss this game. Mind you I have always been against all these tickets not going to proper match going fans so really can't complain.
 
richardtheref said:
Been onto my contact at the Durham County FA to see about getting tickets. He no longer works for them as the Fa have done away with their councillors in preparation of the regulators being imposed. He is now getting in touch with any contacts he has. So, it looks like I will miss this game. Mind you I have always been against all these tickets not going to proper match going fans so really can't complain.
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It should go to members I reckon…
 
All pubs near Wembley are horseshit, without exception. JJ Moons is a bog standard Spoons, therefore shit. So many good places to drink in London. Get the tube to Wembley Park as late as possible.
 
If the Dippers were in the final, there'd be a much bigger stink about kick off time and ticket prices.
You have to admit that when it comes to PR the Dippers have it nailed.
City need to get their PR team into gear.
 
Edghill OG said:
Players still recovering from celebrating the title win. No way they'd have done/been allowed to do that if the league was still on the line the following week or it was the Champions League final and not the FA Cup final the following week. Very annoying when you spent hundreds of pounds going to it and setting off in the wee hours and getting back about 20 or so hours later when the players hadn't even prepared properly.
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It is what it is. They created history a week before, so I can forgive them.
 
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