FA Cup Final

[Des Parrot]

I just found out it’s today! I know I’m not in the UK but I still use all UK media.

How far has it fallen, from the highlight finale of the season, to just another game.

[Seabird]

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I blame Thatcher.

[the other bob wilson]

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With Glamorgan's game being streamed live and three live football games from three o clock on, my poor dog and cat may struggle to get their afternoon walks today - I'll probably end up taking them during the FA Cup Final as I'm much more interested in the two Play Off matches today than watching Liverpool and Chelsea yet again - the thought of me missing part of an FA Cup Final pre the Premier League to walk my pets would have been too daft for words.

[blue matt]

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I blame Thatcher.

thats harsh on Maggie

Major needs to take some of the blame

[splott parker]

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thats harsh on Maggie

Major needs to take some of the blame

Nothing is too harsh on that witch. She was behind that Euro Super League as well y’know.

[Des Parrot]

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It’s all gone downhill since 2008 so it’s Gordon Brown’s fault … or even possibly Stanley Baldwin’s

[JumpersforGoalposts]

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It's never been the same since they stopped doing Cup Final It's A Knockout.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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I think there's a few reasons. I agree with Bobsy about watching Chelsea Vs Liverpool yet again. We get so many opportunities to watch such fixtures in the league and Europe that it hardly has the same excitement, particularly in a tournament many sides use as experience for the reserves.

The earlier rounds are generally more exciting than the later ones.

Play the semis away from Wembley, making the final venue special and more prestigious.

3pm kick off.

No other football on the same day.

Hours of build up on TV.

Exhume Saint and Greavsie.

Etc

[TWGL1]

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With Glamorgan's game being streamed live and three live football games from three o clock on, my poor dog and cat may struggle to get their afternoon walks today - I'll probably end up taking them during the FA Cup Final as I'm much more interested in the two Play Off matches today than watching Liverpool and Chelsea yet again - the thought of me missing part of an FA Cup Final pre the Premier League to walk my pets would have been too daft for words.

Off topic a little, do you take your cat out on a lead , I’ve just got two newish ones and I don’t want to let them out ( unless we are in the garden)

[the other bob wilson]

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Off topic a little, do you take your cat out on a lead , I’ve just got two newish ones and I don’t want to let them out ( unless we are in the garden)

No, she follows about fifty yards behind me and the dog. There were railway tracks behind my house until the 80s, but now it’s a really nice grassy area about the size of two football pitches which means that there’s an almost permanent flow of dogs being walked on there during daytime hours, so she tends to jump on a garden wall when a dog comes along and either catches us up when it’s gone or waits for us to come back. I reckon she’d be in more danger from other dogs if I had her on a lead than she is now.

[Hilts]

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Pub full predominantly of proud Welshmen supporting Liverpool is hard to stomach as well.

[delmbox]

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Bring back the songs

[Father Dougal]

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Bbc 1 is wall to wall fa Cup all day. What are people asking for? It's top class football on free to air.

Strange how people say they don't want to watch Liverpool Chelsea and all the top teams playing each other again with the top teams dominating the Cup.
However you can be sure if milwall were in the final today people would be saying the top teams don't take it seriously anymore. They can't win.

Today is 2 of the 3 best teams around playing each other on free to air. OK if you have sky and bt etc it may be boring but fact is most people don't. Enjoy it. :thumbup:

[The Lone Gunman]

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Bbc 1 is wall to wall fa Cup all day. What are people asking for? It's top class football on free to air.

Strange how people say they don't want to watch Liverpool Chelsea and all the top teams playing each other again with the top teams dominating the Cup.
However you can be sure if milwall were in the final today people would be saying the top teams don't take it seriously anymore. They can't win.

Today is 2 of the 3 best teams around playing each other on free to air. OK if you have sky and bt etc it may be boring but fact is most people don't. Enjoy it.

Hear hear! Great post. This inverse football snobbery cracks me up.

"Oh, I don't like watching the top teams, I'd rather watch Mansfield v Northampton." Well good for you. Along with millions of others, I'd rather watch some of the very best players in the world playing in a cup final.

[William Treseder]

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Hear hear! Great post. This inverse football snobbery cracks me up.

"Oh, I don't like watching the top teams, I'd rather watch Mansfield v Northampton." Well good for you. Along with millions of others, I'd rather watch some of the very best players in the world playing in a cup final.

I agree with you on this. Wow, that’s a first.