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[Johnnythespider]

It was the biggest day on the football calendar "Bar None" and then:
A, The end of neutral ground semifinals
B, Man Utd pulled out of the competition
C, Instead of refurbishing Wembley, they spent 1billion and lost the most iconic stadium in
The history of the game.
D, Instead of all games kicking off at the same time, started moving to fit in with TV
E, Always used to be the last game of the domestic season, now squeezed in near the end.
F, Allowing small teams to switch grounds to make more money, whilst allowing the "big club"
Avoid the potential Banana skin.
G, Robbie Savage is and always will be a prize C##T

All very good points but G wins it for me

 

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[Hobo]

Must admit, these threads are decent compared to the ranty stuff "

You are very good at perpetuating the ranty stuff

 

[Brylowes]

Hi

All very good points but G wins it for me

Hits your *G Spot* does it Johnny.

 

[lifeskyblue]

All very good points but G wins it for me

Who could argue with that?


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[Johnnythespider]

Today's game is all about money, and the FA cup has been devalued financially by other competitions. Those of us old enough to remember the game before the premier league, the champions league and the Europa league can count ourselves lucky. We at least have our memories.

 

[Bob Latchford]

We won it when the F.A.Cup was the best domestic Cup competition to win in this country. now the F.A.Cup is very much devalued.

 

[lifeskyblue]

Today's game is all about money, and the FA cup has been devalued financially by other competitions. Those of us old enough to remember the game before the premier league, the champions league and the Europa league can count ourselves lucky. We at least have our memories.

I know I'm getting on a bit but going to the final by train with my dad and brother in law was a special day. Coming home to find my mum, wife and sister had festooned my mum an dads house in sky blue meant so much. I swear my sister who had never been to a game was more excited than me or dad


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[Irish Sky Blue]

I know I'm getting on a bit but going to the final by train with my dad and brother in law was a special day. Coming home to find my mum, wife and sister had festooned my mum an dads house in sky blue meant so much. I swear my sister who had never been to a game was more excited than me or dad


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Great memories. So many houses in Coventry were decorated especially for the day. People who weren't interested in football still got involved. There is a great news clip from Midlands Today or Central News whwere they showed the City centre at 3pm on the day of the final. It really was a ghost town. Everyone was watching the final.
Writing this has just reminded me about coming back into Coventry on the coach after the quarter and semi finals. People were out on the street waving to fans on the coaches, particularly after the Leeds game.just a taste of what it would be like on final weekend.

 

[tisza]

You got to wonder if there was still European football attached to the FA Cup whether it would be taken more seriously by Championship & PL clubs. We would have European football if it wasn't for the Heysel ban.
It's a sad indictment of the Cup when you see even Championship clubs rotating players as league more important.

 

[footyfrenzy]

You got to wonder if there was still European football attached to the FA Cup whether it would be taken more seriously by Championship & PL clubs. We would have European football if it wasn't for the Heysel ban.
It's a sad indictment of the Cup when you see even Championship clubs rotating players as league more important.

European football[edit]
The FA Cup winners qualify for the following season's UEFA Europa League (formerly named the UEFA Cup; from its launch in 1960 until 1998, they entered the now-defunct UEFA Cup Winners' Cup instead). This European place applies even if the team is relegated or is not in the English top flight. In the past, if the FA Cup winning team also qualified for the following season's Champions League or Europa League through their league position, then the losing FA Cup finalist were given this European berth instead. FA Cup winners enter the Europa League at the group stage. Losing finalists, if they haven't qualified for Europe via the league, began earlier, at the play-off or third qualifying round stage.[16] From the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League season, however, UEFA will not allow the runners-up to qualify for the Europa League through the competition.[17] If the winner – and until 2015, the runner-up – has already qualified for Europe through their league position (with the exception of the UEFA Cup until 1998), the FA Cup berth is then given to the highest-place team in the league who has not yet qualified.