Fa Cup Draw Thread (4 Viewers)

[Londonccfcfan]

Damn , the f***kers don’t play again after us untill Monday evening on 15th January.

So that’s 9 days rest before their next match! They would have had an eye on the Manchester game if it was Saturday.

They may well play their full strength now!

 

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[Otis]

I think it’s more to do with the fact their one of the premier league teams that no one are really bothered about

It is a West Midlands derby though. Not been a big game in the past, but then we have been starved of such high profile games for a long time.

 

[Londonccfcfan]

love how people bang on about how the Ricoh would be packed if we were in the PL then we draw a PL club and people are saying it will be empty!

Did you really expect anything else? Lmfao

 

[no_loyalty]

Damn , the f***kers don’t play again after us untill Monday evening on 15th January.

So that’s 9 days rest before their next match! They would have had an eye on the Manchester game if it was Saturday.

They may well play their full strength now!

I doubt they will, will probably be Crouch and Berahino up top though

 

[I_Saw_Shaw_Score]

Top fan top trumps already started on the CCFC Facebook page!

 

[Londonccfcfan]

Those that need an excuse not to go. Will find it.

 

[CharlesMore]

The candidates for TV coverage are I would say:

Liverpool v Everton - dead cert

Brighton v Palace - maybe

City v Stoke - good chance

Forest v Arsenal - dead cert

Forest Green /Exeter v West Brom - good chance

Fleetwood/Hereford v Leicester - very good chance and dead cert if it is Hereford

Shrewsbury v West Ham - maybe

Norwich v Chelsea - dead cert.

How many games are usually covered? About 5 is it?

You are missing the obvious off the list, the only dead cert is Man United.

They have had every FA cup game televised since 2006!

That truly reflects a fair redistribution of all tv monies......

 

[Otis]

Those that need an excuse not to go. Will find it.

Well if it's the weekend I think it is I am busy picking up old dog poo from our back garden.

It's all scheduled in and everything and I'm fed up of all the squelching in the dark in the middle of the night.

 

[Deleted member 4232]

Well, I'm going. This should be a laugh.

 

[Otis]

You are missing the obvious off the list, the only dead cert is Man United.

They have had every FA cup game televised since 2006!

That truly reflects a fair redistribution of all tv monies......

Man U v Derby? Surely not. Much more appealing games to be found in the draw.

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

I am confident Stoke will sell out their 6k allocation. If I'm honest, I'll be surprised if we sell more than 10k (so, for me - 15-16k). If it had been one of the glam clubs, you could have easily added 10k on to that. A few of us still have long memories - we weren't excited by Stoke 10-20-30 years ago, and still aren't! (Oh yes - a few knuckle draggers will be on show, too !)

 

[Otis]

I am confident Stoke will sell out their 6k allocation. If I'm honest, I'll be surprised if we sell more than 10k (so, for me - 15-16k). If it had been one of the glam clubs, you could have easily added 10k on to that. A few of us still have long memories - we weren't excited by Stoke 10-20-30 years ago, and still aren't!

Yeah, surely 15,000-16,000. Has to be.

 

[pusbccfc]

The idea of 6000 away fans would get people wanting to go.

One of the things which keeps me away some weeks is the lack of atmosphere from the tiny away followings we get at the Ricoh.

 

[oucho]

I'm fed up of all the squelching in the dark in the middle of the night.

What you and your Missus get up to is no business of anyone else on this board, please feel free not to share.

 

[chiefdave]

Did you really expect anything else? Lmfao

Give it a couple of days and the complaints about season ticket holders getting first shot at tickets will start!

 

[Londonccfcfan]

Give it a couple of days and the complaints about season ticket holders getting first shot at tickets will start!

Especially when 2/3 reds of them didn’t bother turning up at previous rounds.

Anyway good point. Can’t wait to sit on MY seat.

 

[wingy]

F**king Delilha.
Is Mr Singh still reffing? B-)
Lots of flip flopping beteeen yesterday and today.
Yesterday the stench of the glory supporter was going to wreck the pleasure of the Illuminati, then turns to the moaning buggers won't come. B-)

 

[Johnnythespider]

What do,people base 25k on


who said it will be empty?

I don’t know anybody who bangs on about a packed Ricoh

I just plucked a random figure out of the air mate, I'm basing it on about 15,000 stay away fans who haven't spent any money on the football this season turning up and 5,000 season ticket holders + 5,000 Stoke.

 

[play_in_skyblue_stripes]

Anyone remember this?
It was a great game.

Coventry City Saturday, 30. April 1977 Stoke City

5:2


goals
0 : 1 John Ruggiero 45.
1 : 1 John Beck 45.
2 : 1 Barry Powell 45.
3 : 1 Ian Wallace 45.
4 : 1 Ian Wallace 45.
4 : 2 John Ruggiero 90.
5 : 2 Ian Wallace 90.


Les Sealey
Graham Oakey
Mick Coop
Bobby McDonald
Jim Holton
John Beck
Barry Powell
Leslie Cartwright
Tommy Hutchinson
Michael Ferguson
Ian Wallace

Peter Shilton
Denis Smith
Alan Dodd
Jackie Marsh
Alan Bloor
Geoff Salmons
John Mahoney
John Ruggiero
John Tudor
Terry Conroy
Garth Crooks

Manager: Gordon Milne Manager: Tony Waddington

Highfield Road (Coventry / England)

15.720

 

[Johnnythespider]

Those that need an excuse not to go. Will find it.

I this a treasure hunt

 

[Covstu]

It’s a decent tie to be fair, yes not the top draw we all wanted but should be a decent game.

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Every now and then, you get a club that is skint who draw a PL club (rolling in cash)in the FA Cup and the PL team does the gracious thing and lets the skint club keep all of the revenue - just putting it out there!

 

[play_in_skyblue_stripes]

I remember every player on both sides. Extremely vague recollection of John Ruggiero. Just looked him up ,turns out that game was the highlight of his career!

 

[ovduk78]

Anyone remember this?
It was a great game.

Coventry City Saturday, 30. April 1977 Stoke City

5:2


goals
0 : 1 John Ruggiero 45.
1 : 1 John Beck 45.
2 : 1 Barry Powell 45.
3 : 1 Ian Wallace 45.
4 : 1 Ian Wallace 45.
4 : 2 John Ruggiero 90.
5 : 2 Ian Wallace 90.


Les Sealey
Graham Oakey
Mick Coop
Bobby McDonald
Jim Holton
John Beck
Barry Powell
Leslie Cartwright
Tommy Hutchinson
Michael Ferguson
Ian Wallace

Peter Shilton
Denis Smith
Alan Dodd
Jackie Marsh
Alan Bloor
Geoff Salmons
John Mahoney
John Ruggiero
John Tudor
Terry Conroy
Garth Crooks

Manager: Gordon Milne Manager: Tony Waddington

Highfield Road (Coventry / England)

15.720

I went to that and met a couple of mates at Rugby station who were going but they were going to go in with the Stoke fans in their half of the west end so I went in with them. The Stoke fans were not happy when it got to 4-1 which I am sure was in the first 15 minutes and staged a sit in but I didn't want to sit and a few of them suspected I was a Coventry fan. Luckily I got away with it but they were not a pleasant bunch to be with

 

[letsallsingtogether]

Then there was the cup game in 1987.
What a game that was, and it was a sell out of I remember
That was my late fathers first ever away game.

 

[sw88]

Crouch V Vincenti! Tallest man wins!

 

[I_Saw_Shaw_Score]

Every now and then, you get a club that is skint who draw a PL club (rolling in cash)in the FA Cup and the PL team does the gracious thing and lets the skint club keep all of the revenue - just putting it out there!

Yeah but it's not easy having to pay your 4th choice keeper £30k a week!

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

I went to that and met a couple of mates at Rugby station who were going but they were going to go in with the Stoke fans in their half of the west end so I went in with them. The Stoke fans were not happy when it got to 4-1 which I am sure was in the first 15 minutes and staged a sit in but I didn't want to sit and a few of them suspected I was a Coventry fan. Luckily I got away with it but they were not a pleasant bunch to be with

Only remembered I was there when you mentioned the sit in ! That was funny. I was in the City part of the West End. Was it around then that Shilton had been caught cheating on his missus, and City fans were singing about 'Tina in the back of a Cortina' or some such classic melody!?

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Hoping MR man marks Peter Crouch with the 2 DKEs in one of those one piece comedy outfits, like in the circus - one sat on top of the other's shoulders - that'll confuse him.

 

[I_Saw_Shaw_Score]

Can't be many times a top tier side has played away to a 4th side in the fa cup in a stadium bigger than there own!

 

[ovduk78]

Only remembered I was there when you mentioned the sit in ! That was funny. I was in the City part of the West End. Was it around then that Shilton had been caught cheating on his missus, and City fans were singing about 'Tina in the back of a Cortina' or some such classic melody!?

I reckon Shilton was at Derby when we sang about Tina

 

[play_in_skyblue_stripes]

I went to that and met a couple of mates at Rugby station who were going but they were going to go in with the Stoke fans in their half of the west end so I went in with them. The Stoke fans were not happy when it got to 4-1 which I am sure was in the first 15 minutes and staged a sit in but I didn't want to sit and a few of them suspected I was a Coventry fan. Luckily I got away with it but they were not a pleasant bunch to be with

Yes I agree most Stoke fans are not a pleasant bunch. I remember this being a sunny day being in the Kop for some reason that day.It helped towards another relegation escape. One of the more unusual amazing escapes culminating in the famous/infamous Bristol City 2-2 game.

 

[better days]

I reckon the Duke will fancy playing in this one as he'll want to show Wolves what he can do against a Premier League side
Unless they screw things up they look a good bet to be there themselves next season

 

[ovduk78]

Hoping MR man marks Peter Crouch with the 2 DKEs in one of those one piece comedy outfits, like in the circus - one sat on top of the other's shoulders - that'll confuse him.

Do you remember when MIckey Gynn marked Kevin Francis when he came on as a sub for Derby?

 

[Legia Sky Blue]

I reckon Shilton was at Derby when we sang about Tina

No that was in his Forest time. I'll be surprised if our match is picked for TV, & I reckon the crowd could be 15,000+, but I don't think they are a big enough draw for a 25,000 crowd.