FA Cup Semi-Final | City v Chelsea | Sat 20 Apr 5:15pm SOLD OUT

Who do you want in the Semi Final?

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Stephen230 said:
It’s of no interest to me but didn’t they say it was Chelsea only there last time we met?
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You've got me there. Speaking to Spiv last year (who sets things up in there), I'm sure he said that City have it every time we're at Wembley.

Knowing my luck, I'll probably walk into a bar full of Chelsea Headhunters now!

Edit: Just found an old thread. Chelsea claimed it before City for the 2013 semi. Not sure who had it for the 2019 League Cup Final as the thread was from 2017
 
M18CTID said:
Looking at train prices for Sunday 21st April, they've gone up a fair bit since I last checked a few days ago. Perhaps some fans have already taken a punt on the game being on the Sunday? That said, I see it's the London Marathon on that day as well which will probably have contributed to the higher fares. Train prices for the Saturday are by no means cheap but you can tweak around with the times and by and large they're coming out lower compared to the Sunday.
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I think the game is on the Sunday. A rag I know had an email telling him it was Saturday for their game but not sure on time.
 
Balls - the East side is the shit side in terms of pubs and places to drink outside the ground. In the past we've always had the West Side when playing them. A very late arrival to the Wembley area it is then.
 
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None of our trips to Wembley hold a candle to a couple of games down there in the 80s. 1981 cup final replay was awful as Spurs out numbered us four to one and found a courage they had conspicuously lacked the previous Saturday. But was nothing compared to the Full Members cup final a few years later. Chelsea seemed to be determined to prove themselves the biggest c***s in football no one was safe family's lads and dads anyone was fair game to them. Doubt a coach back to Manchester with a pain of glass in tact. They did get plenty back however when they came in our end, plenty of our boys came strait from battling on Chester Rd the previous day to battling on Wembley Way on the Sunday. Nearly 40 years ago young blues don't know their born when you consider what us FOCs had to go through to watch a game footy back in the day.
 
Alfie Budd said:
The kickoff times issue is definitely correct especially when terrestrial TV is involved. Their theory (no idea whether there’s any substance behind it) is that the audience for a 5:30pm kick off is a lot more likely to stick with that channel for the rest of the evening than if the game is earlier in the day.
BBC and ITV were allegedly both really pissed off about last season’s final being at 3:00pm but due to the circumstances couldn’t say so publicly.
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If only somebody would invent a TV remote control!
 
Spurs quarter 69 said:
None of our trips to Wembley hold a candle to a couple of games down there in the 80s. 1981 cup final replay was awful as Spurs out numbered us four to one and found a courage they had conspicuously lacked the previous Saturday. But was nothing compared to the Full Members cup final a few years later. Chelsea seemed to be determined to prove themselves the biggest c***s in football no one was safe family's lads and dads anyone was fair game to them. Doubt a coach back to Manchester with a pain of glass in tact. They did get plenty back however when they came in our end, plenty of our boys came strait from battling on Chester Rd the previous day to battling on Wembley Way on the Sunday. Nearly 40 years ago young blues don't know their born when you consider what us FOCs had to go through to watch a game footy back in the day.
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I missed Mckenzies goal because it was kicking off in the city end.
 
Spurs quarter 69 said:
None of our trips to Wembley hold a candle to a couple of games down there in the 80s. 1981 cup final replay was awful as Spurs out numbered us four to one and found a courage they had conspicuously lacked the previous Saturday. But was nothing compared to the Full Members cup final a few years later. Chelsea seemed to be determined to prove themselves the biggest c***s in football no one was safe family's lads and dads anyone was fair game to them. Doubt a coach back to Manchester with a pain of glass in tact. They did get plenty back however when they came in our end, plenty of our boys came strait from battling on Chester Rd the previous day to battling on Wembley Way on the Sunday. Nearly 40 years ago young blues don't know their born when you consider what us FOCs had to go through to watch a game footy back in the day.
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Full Members Final was fun before , during and after , we must have been outnumbered 4 to 1, had a couple of "eventful" moments after the game ,just a shame the game didnt go to extra time if we had got the game back to 5-5 we would have stuffed Chelsea.
We hardly ever got to Wembley in those days , so weirdly it was still a good day out.
 
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