Salford City (H) - Sat 11th Jan, 17:45 | FA Cup | Pre-Match Thread

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Have the media added up the cost of the two squads yet or are they still working on it?

 

[Gone for a Burton]

Before the takeover we were averaging around the 135 so obviously not but just as in the case of Salford Red Devils RL when they reached the RL Champions Final at Old Trafford, they took something like five or six in times their average home crowd. I suspect that many Salfordians will be attending either their first ever or their first in a long time Salford City game just because of the calibre of the opposition. If we'd drawn the likes of Exeter City away we'd have been lucky to have taken 150 odd!

That's exactly the point I'm making. The 4000 extra Salfordians are either

- Salford City fans - Not a chance. They may look out for Salfords results or have a loyalty towards them as they're from Salford but they'll be fans of City or Utd
- City fans - Not a chance as if they were City fans they could quite easily get a ticket in the city end for this game
- United fans - Absolutely nailed on

Which is why I want us to put 10 past the 4000 rags willing city to be victims of a huge shock

These will be 'the floating turds'.....
pretend they cant get a tik for the swamp cos theyve never been.

Have heard of the moston splitters,but have never been.

JCLs for 92 salford 92 but have never been.

An embarrassment to 92 salford 92, but its the yewnytid way & in their DNA !!

 

[Cellarite]

I love 3rd Round FA Cup weekend. There are always shock results. My home town team Margate from the Southern League battled all the way, through all the qualifying rounds to finally reach the 3rd Round proper.

1970 or thereabouts. We drew Spurs at home who had the mercurial Jimmy Greaves, Martin Peter’s, Alan Gilzein, Alan Mullery etc etc against my little club from the 7th tier of football.

Little Margate battled hard in the 1st half causing Spurs a few dodgy moments. Unfortunately Jimmy Greaves scores his trademark goal to send Spurs in 1-0 at half time.

The atmosphere was electric a 7,000 sell out crowd making so much noise. We were hopeful of equalising but that dream soon disappeared as Margate tired and in the end Spurs won comfortably 6-0.

For those of you who don’t know, Margate is a seaside town so after the game Spurs fans found their way to our sea front and smashed the place up for good measure.

All these years later I still remember that game. The gulf in class was immeasurable, but like all supporters of minnow clubs, we had the dream albeit for about 30 minutes.

It is the most exciting feeling when your little local club manages to claw its way against all odds to the 3rd Round and draw one of the giants in football.
I thought I’d share that with you all.

Are you a Margate fan then? Or a City fan? Or both?

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Serious question. Who are the five at time of writing who've predicted a City defeat in the prediction poll? I despair!

Not to despair, they all work for the BBC.

 

[shevtheblue]

Ederson (if fit)

Walker - Simpson-Pusey - Ruben (if fit) - JWE

O'Rielly

Gundo - Nunes

Doku - McAtee - Grealish

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

All the Premier League v EFL2 FA Cup ties next weekend will see the lower level sides have grossly inflated 'support' way above normal numbers due to the status of the opposition. Equally sad and annoying but Salford City FC are no different to any of the other smaller teams involved.

You're not gonna get much love on here due to them wankers who own yous. I really liked Salford back in the day, I played loads of finals there years ago for various teams and it was always a good vibe club. So I won't take them fuckers owning SCFC out on you. Not all Salford fans are rags.

 

[SalfordAmmie]

I love 3rd Round FA Cup weekend. There are always shock results. My home town team Margate from the Southern League battled all the way, through all the qualifying rounds to finally reach the 3rd Round proper.

1970 or thereabouts. We drew Spurs at home who had the mercurial Jimmy Greaves, Martin Peter’s, Alan Gilzein, Alan Mullery etc etc against my little club from the 7th tier of football.

Little Margate battled hard in the 1st half causing Spurs a few dodgy moments. Unfortunately Jimmy Greaves scores his trademark goal to send Spurs in 1-0 at half time.

The atmosphere was electric a 7,000 sell out crowd making so much noise. We were hopeful of equalising but that dream soon disappeared as Margate tired and in the end Spurs won comfortably 6-0.

For those of you who don’t know, Margate is a seaside town so after the game Spurs fans found their way to our sea front and smashed the place up for good measure.

All these years later I still remember that game. The gulf in class was immeasurable, but like all supporters of minnow clubs, we had the dream albeit for about 30 minutes.

It is the most exciting feeling when your little local club manages to claw its way against all odds to the 3rd Round and draw one of the giants in football.
I thought I’d share that with you all.

I still remember when Bournemouth's Ted Macdougall scored 9 goals against Margate in their FA Cup 1st Round 11-0 win in 1971!

 

[PragueBlue]

Ederson (if fit)

Walker - Simpson-Pusey - Akanji (or whichever senior CB is fittest) - Lewis

O'Rielly

Foden Grealish

McAtee Haaland Doku

 

[Really_here]

I love 3rd Round FA Cup weekend. There are always shock results. My home town team Margate from the Southern League battled all the way, through all the qualifying rounds to finally reach the 3rd Round proper.

1970 or thereabouts. We drew Spurs at home who had the mercurial Jimmy Greaves, Martin Peter’s, Alan Gilzein, Alan Mullery etc etc against my little club from the 7th tier of football.

Little Margate battled hard in the 1st half causing Spurs a few dodgy moments. Unfortunately Jimmy Greaves scores his trademark goal to send Spurs in 1-0 at half time.

The atmosphere was electric a 7,000 sell out crowd making so much noise. We were hopeful of equalising but that dream soon disappeared as Margate tired and in the end Spurs won comfortably 6-0.

For those of you who don’t know, Margate is a seaside town so after the game Spurs fans found their way to our sea front and smashed the place up for good measure.

All these years later I still remember that game. The gulf in class was immeasurable, but like all supporters of minnow clubs, we had the dream albeit for about 30 minutes.

It is the most exciting feeling when your little local club manages to claw its way against all odds to the 3rd Round and draw one of the giants in football.
I thought I’d share that with you all.

This is why the FA Cup should be kept exactly as it is despite all the bollocks talked about changing it and fixture congestion etc, and NO ties should be decided on penalties (even the final) 8-)

 

[i kne albert davy]

If we're being honest probably our best chance of a trophy this season,so i wouldn't take this to lightly start strong then alternate if we get a good start. I learned not to take any professional side for granted after joining in with cheering in the social club after we drew Halifax. :-(