Do you care about the FA cup ?

Matt the Thrasher · 04-15-2007, 05:48 PM

Just seen the attendance for todays FA cup semi final 50,559 thats 20,000 below capacity, unbelievable .

So I thought I'd ask does anyone actualy care about the FA CUP anymore?

When I was a boy the FA cup final was the best day of the year better than Christmas or your birthday , it was the only domestic football match shown live on the telly in the whole year and the country literally ground to a halt to watch it.

With so much live footy these days I guess it's just another game now

Sad realy or is it what do you think?

Matt the Thrasher · 04-15-2007, 05:52 PM

Just a note to our Scottish posters , obviously you don't care about the English FA cup , but I'm sure you could apply the same logic to the Scottish FA CUP.

goldenHuddlestone · 04-15-2007, 06:29 PM

I do very much so I think its a wicked tournament.

Maf · 04-15-2007, 10:24 PM

I still care, its a football tournament at the end of the day so I can't help but care. It's just there seems to be less and less major upsets which get the intrest levels up because of the gap to the Premiership being so big. I do recall a big fuss being made of the Bristol City v Middlesborogh game saying that was an upset but it was only a 2-2 draw. With Man Utd v Chelsea in the final the casual observer might find it intresting but how many week in week out footy fans will feel the same?

Matt the Thrasher · 04-16-2007, 08:45 AM

I think thats a good point , it used to be much more open , I can remember several 2nd division sides winning the cup which is unthinkable now , even moderate prem teams seem to have no chance . I think 95 was the last time anyone outside the big 4 won it.

goldenHuddlestone · 04-16-2007, 05:08 PM

What about Millwall? I know their the exceptation to the rule but before that Southampton got to the final etc.

Matt the Thrasher · 04-16-2007, 06:14 PM

Yes , Millwall got to the final which was a great achievement but they were hammered , West Ham went close last year but still lost , as I said Everton were the last team from outside the big four to win it and that was in 95.

Southampton won it way back in 1976 ( I remember it like it was yesterday) but thats the point I was making lower division teams and lower ranking top flight teams used to win it fairly often in those days but now it's a stitch up between the elite.

Stevens · 04-21-2007, 12:27 PM

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04-15-2007, 05:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
Matt the Thrasher Admin Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Figueira da Foz ,Portugal Posts: 3,244 vCash: 379	Do you care about the FA cup ? Just seen the attendance for todays FA cup semi final 50,559 thats 20,000 below capacity, unbelievable . So I thought I'd ask does anyone actualy care about the FA CUP anymore? When I was a boy the FA cup final was the best day of the year better than Christmas or your birthday , it was the only domestic football match shown live on the telly in the whole year and the country literally ground to a halt to watch it. With so much live footy these days I guess it's just another game now Sad realy or is it what do you think? The boys of NYPD choir still singing Galway Bay.

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04-15-2007, 05:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
Matt the Thrasher Admin Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Figueira da Foz ,Portugal Posts: 3,244 vCash: 379	Just a note to our Scottish posters , obviously you don't care about the English FA cup , but I'm sure you could apply the same logic to the Scottish FA CUP. The boys of NYPD choir still singing Galway Bay.

04-16-2007, 08:45 AM	#5 (permalink)
Matt the Thrasher Admin Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Figueira da Foz ,Portugal Posts: 3,244 vCash: 379	I think thats a good point , it used to be much more open , I can remember several 2nd division sides winning the cup which is unthinkable now , even moderate prem teams seem to have no chance . I think 95 was the last time anyone outside the big 4 won it. The boys of NYPD choir still singing Galway Bay.

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04-15-2007, 06:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
goldenHuddlestone Admin Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,647 vCash: 480	I do very much so I think its a wicked tournament.

04-15-2007, 10:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
Maf First Team Regular Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Bridgend, Wales Posts: 47 vCash: 500	I still care, its a football tournament at the end of the day so I can't help but care. It's just there seems to be less and less major upsets which get the intrest levels up because of the gap to the Premiership being so big. I do recall a big fuss being made of the Bristol City v Middlesborogh game saying that was an upset but it was only a 2-2 draw. With Man Utd v Chelsea in the final the casual observer might find it intresting but how many week in week out footy fans will feel the same?

04-16-2007, 05:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
goldenHuddlestone Admin Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,647 vCash: 480	What about Millwall? I know their the exceptation to the rule but before that Southampton got to the final etc.

04-16-2007, 06:14 PM	#7 (permalink)
Matt the Thrasher Admin Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Figueira da Foz ,Portugal Posts: 3,244 vCash: 379	Yes , Millwall got to the final which was a great achievement but they were hammered , West Ham went close last year but still lost , as I said Everton were the last team from outside the big four to win it and that was in 95. Southampton won it way back in 1976 ( I remember it like it was yesterday) but thats the point I was making lower division teams and lower ranking top flight teams used to win it fairly often in those days but now it's a stitch up between the elite. The boys of NYPD choir still singing Galway Bay.

04-21-2007, 12:27 PM	#8 (permalink)
Stevens Veteran Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 347 vCash: 500	Do you care about the FA CUP Yes

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