Only decent tie of the round and they put it on Monday night. None of the others are really worth watching.
Only decent tie of the round and they put it on Monday night. None of the others are really worth watching.
It's probably a premier league perspective. I'm sure if you're a Newport or a Doncaster fan you love it. I remember back in 2011 Crawley Town got to the QF and only lost to a Wes Brown header at Old Trafford. Hit the bar in the dying minutes too. Best defeat I've experienced in person. 9,000 Crawley folk going up north. What an experience. In that same run Derby were beaten at the Broadfield, Robbie Savage included. Next season after that I believe Stoke came down, but not before going up to Hull and Matt Tubbs scoring his last goal in his last game for the club. Remember it now. He blocked me in the photo in the papers.
For the lower league sides the magic of the cup is still alive and as a neutral I will watch their games, wishing them to beat the big boys. Well unless they face Spurs at any point.
Newport should be this year's side. They have beaten Leicester and Boro, now face City at home. Of course nobody believes they'll get anywhere, but that is the beauty of the cup. On any given day, you just don't know.Hoping beyond hope that a smaller club can bring back the magic of the FA Cup for us all to enjoy.
It sounds like sour grapes - but the whole competition seems devalued now.
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Eight games over days and the BBC only gets a Sunday and Monday gig.
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All I hear is Arsenal won it 3 times in 4 years so it must be good. That really does piss me off and I'll hear it until the end of time.