FA Cup Semi Final | Southampton | Sat 25th, 17:15

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Has any club been in 4 consecutive fa cup finals ?

Wanderers (1876, 77 and 78), Old Etonians (1881, 82 and 83), Blackburn Rovers (1884, 85 and 86), West Brom (1886, 87 and 88), Arsenal (1978, 79 and 80), Everton (1984, 85 and 86), United (1994, 95 and 96), Arsenal (2001, 02 and 03), Chelsea (2020, 21 and 22) and City (2023, 24 and 25) have all achieved three FA Cup final appearances in-a-row.

Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers are the only clubs from that list to win all three of their three in-a-row.

Nobody has achieved four in-a-row.

 

[manclad]

Has any club been in 4 consecutive fa cup finals ?

No, I posted a few days ago.
Wanderers did 3 consecutive finals in the 1870s, didn't make the final the next season but then did 2 more.
So they did 5 out of 6 (albeit about 150 years ago) , but not 4 on the bounce.
If we do beat Southampton,it won't be another record that City will have broken.

 

[youngbob]

This says 3.15? Was there an error?

 

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This says 3.15? Was there an error?

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[foggy1974]

5.15pm on a Saturday. Fuck off with that stupid time. Been so many times and wanted to go again but 17.15pm... joke

Werent many other options seeing as theres a full program of fixtures, so the 3pm blackout will be in use

 

[youngbob]

The silly buggers at City.

 

[Gingers Dad]

Train booked so hopefully no extra time or penalties.

 

[foggy1974]

The opposite side to the league cup final

So the shit pubs

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

It's doable but you need a decent pair of running shoes and you have to be on your toes straight after the final whistle has sounded

We had this issue for the Wigan final in 2013. Instead of looking forward to the match all week, we were fretting about making the 9pm train home - which every fucker and his dog seemed to be booked on going off the comments on this forum at the time - if it went to ET and pens. As we know, the pie-eating twats eased any worries on that score and we were back at Euston for about 8.15pm. Sure, with ET and pens it really would've been cutting it fine but we also learnt that day that there was an unadvertised contingency train on standby that was scheduled to depart at around 9.15pm. I'm guessing because they don't want hundreds or thousands of fans stranded and milling about Euston station, they pull out extra stops to get everyone back home on the day. Obviously, if you're going to rock up at Euston really late because you've been dawdling or have stopped off for a pint somewhere then they won't hang around forever and you might have to end up kipping on the tiles instead!

But, this is a semi final and, unlike the final, unless someone is 4-0 after an hour, everyone leaves at virtually the same time.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Has any club been in 4 consecutive fa cup finals ?

Not yet…

 

[gazinho]

That last train is going to be a push if it goes to extra time.

The Carabao cup kicked off at 16:30 we stayed to watch the trophy lift and a bit of the celebrations (probably about the same time as ET would take at a guess) and managed to just about make the 20:12 from Euston

 

[youngbob]

At least the Southampton fans won't all be racing back to Euston with the City lot. It'll be Waterloo for them.

 

[pride in battle]

No, I posted a few days ago.
Wanderers did 3 consecutive finals in the 1870s, didn't make the final the next season but then did 2 more.
So they did 5 out of 6 (albeit about 150 years ago) , but not 4 on the bounce.
If we do beat Southampton,it won't be another record that City will have broken.

Will or won't be ?

 

[fathellensbellend]

So the shit pubs

go into london, who would drink around wembley, so boring

 

[Mike Brock]

That last train is going to be a push if it goes to extra time.

The Carabao cup kicked off at 16:30 we stayed to watch the trophy lift and a bit of the celebrations (probably about the same time as ET would take at a guess) and managed to just about make the 20:12 from Euston

Bonus night out in London and miss Sunday in work if I don’t make the last train. Result!

 

[manclad]

Will or won't be ?

Will be a new record.
Not sure how my post showed it won't be.
Just to confirm - it will definitely be a new record, Manchester City will be the first team to reach 4 consecutive FA Cup Finals.

 

[Lee the Blue]

The East Side is shit. Worse for Pubs - basically do your drinking well away from the stadium so Baker St a recommendation here, less transport hubs unless you want a longer walk to Wembley Central, sun in your eyes - balls.

 

[pride in battle]

Will be a new record.
Not sure how my post showed it won't be.
Just to confirm - it will definitely be a new record, Manchester City will be the first team to reach 4 consecutive FA Cup Finals.

You wrote this...

If we do beat Southampton,it won't be another record that City will have broken.

 

[Gingers Dad]

That last train is going to be a push if it goes to extra time.

The Carabao cup kicked off at 16:30 we stayed to watch the trophy lift and a bit of the celebrations (probably about the same time as ET would take at a guess) and managed to just about make the 20:12 from Euston

That's good to hear. Even with a win there'll be no trophy lift. Should be ok for the 21.00 from Euston

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

That's good to hear. Even with a win there'll be no trophy lift. Should be ok for the 21.00 from Euston

Although almost all the Arsenal fans had already left.