FA Cup 3rd Round Draw | Chelsea (H) | 4:30pm, Sun 8 Jan

[Bluemoonadam]

We.have won the league Cup, yes its a cup but not as glamorous as the F.A. Cup, we have underperformed in the FA Cup and Champions League under Pep, no irony just how I see it

I think our cuo record in recent years is good, but I certainly get pissed off when we reach fa cup semi finals and then suddenly slacken off.

 

[Stephen230]

I hope this game is competitively priced and at a reasonable time. I will be bringing over our seven year old Grandson and a long drive home on a late Sunday KO the day before a school day will be out of the question.

Of course the raggies at home as well will mean they will get first choice because they will also be on TV.

Same price cap as the Liverpool game so probably identical to that.

 

[Corky]

Same price cap as the Liverpool game so probably identical to that.

Different rules though on setting prices, City can set adults £10, concessions £5 and kids £0 and Chelsea have no say in it.

 

[mancityvstoke]

City and their easy cup draws

 

[Stephen230]

Different rules though on setting prices, City can set adults £10, concessions £5 and kids £0 and Chelsea have no say in it.

Fair enough, I wasn’t thinking of the minimum prices. I doubt they’ll come into play though. Pretty sure the best seats will be bang on the £25 cap and the rest not far behind.

 

[asahartford1]

I bet Chelsea fans will have a different view on it.
Toughest of draws, away, Xmas time, can't get back to London, no trains. 2nd time this season .

Must be bent.

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

After watching the dire football served up in Qatar so far I can't wait to see City again but January will be a make-or-break month for all clubs.

It's been shite hasn't it. Lots of mitigating factors, but the quality is awful, including all the City lads (when they can get a game). Goes to show what having a good coach work with players on a system all week does.

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

I bet Chelsea fans will have a different view on it.
Toughest of draws, away, Xmas time, can't get back to London, no trains. 2nd time this season .

Must be bent.

Still, the champions league trophy balloon businesses in Chelsea will be giving out Christmas bonuses like they're Scrooge after the ghosts have been.

 

[wythenshaweblue£££]

Isn’t the big games what we lived for we can win this easily and make it a night to remember at the Etihad once again. Up the blues

 

[Zapcity]

Certainly beats the cup run of 98/99 when we played Halifax in the first round, Darlington x 2 in the second and got beat by Wimbledon in the 3rd!

I was at that Wimbledon game, there were more City fans than home fans (think we took about 6,000?).
Paul Dickov had a goal disallowed and I seem to remember Joe Royle saying that the 'big sides' always got the decisions. We were admittedly 2 Divisions below them at the time (strange to think that now isn't it!)but his comments did get quite a 'mixed' reaction, including from City fans I seem to recall.
In a strange kind of way that Halifax game felt a bit like redemption for that woeful day at The Shay a couple of decades previously!