The magic of the F.A.cup

newlad



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Message Posted:
30/01/2011 19:14

Fantastic news for Crawley Town on drawing a plum tie at Old Trafford in the fifth round of the cup,

a fairy tale draw for the Southern club,

Paul.

kavenkoy


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Message Posted:
30/01/2011 21:25

with nothing to loose and everything to gain....rags to riches if you run your socks off for 90mins.



after that display last night paul in first half ,anything possible



from a financial viewpoint its great for them



kav

newlad



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Message Posted:
30/01/2011 21:34

Hi Kav,



I wonder if that Obertan character will ever wear the shirt again.Great news for Crawley though,

Paul.

Scoty


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Message Posted:
30/01/2011 21:35

You UTD folks had better beware. They aint just coming for the cash. Listen to interview with manager on bbc sport web site. They fancy chelsea in the next round!

newlad



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Message Posted:
30/01/2011 21:40

Good on em Scoty.Burton Albion came close in the not too distant past,

Paul.

Scoty


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Message Posted:
30/01/2011 21:51

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_conf/9381595.stm

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
30/01/2011 21:55

The way Man Utd are playing you gotta fancy the underdog!

Scoty


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Message Posted:
30/01/2011 21:56

No 1 - that means you are going for Utd??????

newlad



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Message Posted:
30/01/2011 22:00

"in eight minutes the worlds gone mad" superb.I just hope that the powers that be at Traff dont fleece the Crawley fans,and bring the prices down.Bring them down and fill the place,

Paul.

Scoty


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Message Posted:
30/01/2011 22:17

Newlad, totally agree. What a once in a lifetime - probably - for the players, fans and townsfolk of Crawley. No doubt Utd will lay on the 'premier' style for them - they deserve it

Will Fergie play a resreve side again???

newlad



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Message Posted:
30/01/2011 22:21

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBYQtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D3NeRoSFZWbs&ei=lsdFTej3OI2whQee9NzcAQ&usg=AFQjCNGUT-2sFo4jld8FhwadxldI-p5aNw



I hope they dont have to wheel the maestro out just to win the game,

Paul.

Scoty


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Message Posted:
30/01/2011 22:27

The way you have been recently - you may need him. BTW - Giggs is banned from next cup tie - played too many and too old - zimmer frames not for more than 10 minutes

newlad



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Message Posted:
30/01/2011 22:29

Thats United out then,

Paul.

Scoty


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Message Posted:
30/01/2011 22:39

As said, only 1 Torres will make a name for himself this year. 89th minute against Utd.

Stranger things have happened

Jessie


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Posts: 145

Message Posted:
30/01/2011 23:56

This may sound slightly ironic coming from a Man City but I cannot feel any romance towards ' the Man City of non league's cup run. They have spent ( backed by a far east consortium) crazy money on players. They are a non-league team only on paper. They have signed players wanted by league 1&2 clubs and blown those clubs out of the water with the package on offer. Some similarities with city you may say but in reality all city have done is accelerate the period in which they have spent vast sums of money to enable them to compete with the 'old top four'. Crawley on the other hand have to use the same phrase blown all their rivals out of the water leaving the likes of Luton York Wrexham and Grimsby trailing in their wake. Personally I don't see the point in investing such significant sums in a club sandwiched between Brighton and London with an average crowd of 800 odd. At least city fans have a decent fan base who could say 'we were there when we were shit'.

Jessie


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Message Posted:
31/01/2011

To top it all in steve evans they have the most loud mouthed arrogant manager in non league football. Let's not forget his time at Boston when he was lucky to escape a prison sentence for falsifying contracts. If it was a club like AFc wimbledon then that would be really magic but creepy crawley no thanks.

newlad



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Message Posted:
31/01/2011 00:14

Jessie,



You just dont get it do you,what a very blinkered view you have of lower league football,and the

magic of the F.A.cup.Cst your mind back to 1965 when you played in front of a crowd of 8,065.

Winning the cup in 1969 must have been massive as well.Please dont patronise what Crawley

have achieved.Get yourself to some non league games,and witness the dedication and

commitment that these players,staff,and supporters put in.Take away the blinkers Jessie and get

out there,

Paul.

Scoty


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Posts: 846

Message Posted:
31/01/2011 00:20

newlad - agreed. a dream come true for team, fans, town etc. A day in manchester and then the ' field of dreams'. players walk out alongside Giggs, Rooney, scholes etc. What a day for the players and the fans going to there.

Dont spil the dream, that is what the FA cup is all about

Mike41


Joined: 11/01/2011
Posts: 18

Message Posted:
31/01/2011 00:27

Lets hear it for 'The Owls'. A fantastic goal machine or what!

Time for revenge as I remember 1966 for all the wrong reasons!

Jessie


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Posts: 145

Message Posted:
31/01/2011 01:04

Paul I have been following a non league team for over a decade.I buy a season ticket to help finances even though I only get to watch a handful of games each year because of the distances involved. I watch city but gain as much if not more satisfaction from watching non league. In fact I spent over ten hours in a car yesterday travelling to watch them. Real non league involves 300 fans on a cold January evening in the middle of nowhere not 3000 utd fans jammed into gig lane.

Jessie


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Posts: 145

Message Posted:
31/01/2011 01:17

And the first game I watched City play in the league was Macclesfield away. That was virtually non league! Well closer to non league than Champions League anyway !

kavenkoy


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Message Posted:
31/01/2011 09:46

lets hope its a real none league cup tie ,where you get to be pyhsical and run your legs off.



for me i would like to see the upset ,just the once i would love it ....it would kick united up the arse to go win the league and may be push towards champs league .....this team lacks motivation for me is some areas



i bet crawley dont when they walk out at O.T



ps jessie ,when 10,000 little reds walk into ten acre lane down the road from the council buildings ,you will see none league at its prime



kav

Jessie


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Message Posted:
31/01/2011 15:31

I don't think Fc United will ever be representative of what non league football is all about. Quite the opposite in fact. from what Ive seen FC United consists of a load of ageing former utd hooligans who have rather had the wind taken out of their sails by the fact Utd have been no less successful under the galziers and just use Fc United as another excuse to get away from the missus when FC United of Trafford are not on the Telly.

newlad



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Message Posted:
31/01/2011 16:59

Hi Jessie,



Re mess 20 "3,000 Utd fans jammed into Gig Lane" Hardly jammed is it,considering the

capacity is over 11,000.Would be great to achieve such attendances though.At the moment

they (F.C.) average just short of 2,000,

Paul.

newlad



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Message Posted:
31/01/2011 17:15

Jessie,



Are you refering to the players,when you mention hooligans,or the supporters,

Paul.

Jessie


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Message Posted:
31/01/2011 19:34

Supporters

newlad



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Message Posted:
31/01/2011 21:15

Cant say i have ever seen any violence at the F.C. games,certainly dont want to either,

Paul.

newlad



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Message Posted:
31/01/2011 21:28

http://fc-utd.co.uk/story.php?story_id=3265



Looks like they are liked in Sussex,

Paul.

clayton


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 1143

Message Posted:
31/01/2011 22:12

kav

it wont bother the wastelands club if 10,000 little reds walked in.there,s 10,000 walked in extra most weeks since they left maine rd.dont know where they have come from.manchester is blue,27,ooo cup replay with leicster.7,000 leicester fans there and kids went in for a pound.cant even buy the fans.

m.u.f.c.

Jessie


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Posts: 145

Message Posted:
31/01/2011 22:15

I didn't suggest there was any violence at Fc Utd Paul in fact I was surprsied to read in the Fc Utd article that there games were being categorized as high risk and their reputation needed restoring. Perhaps I should have used the word 'retired' rather than 'former' To make things clearer

Jessie


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Posts: 145

Message Posted:
31/01/2011 22:26

Re MSG 29 - can anybody translate. I think it must be some form of cockney.

newlad



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Message Posted:
01/02/2011 08:55

Jessie,

"I think it must be some form of cockney" What from Clayton,lol,

Paul.

Jessie


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Message Posted:
01/02/2011 10:19

It's his spelling Paul. I think he meant Leyton!

newlad



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Message Posted:
01/02/2011 10:33

Lol,Jessie.

clayton


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Message Posted:
01/02/2011 20:03

mess33

jessie, you should know where leyton is because your definately not from clayton as you said.you are trying to slag utd fans of again.how can you say city fans were there when you were shit.you only got 36,000 when you were at maine rd.now you are suppose to be getting 46,000.thats a 10,000 differance.so that fan base of 10,000 where do they come from.

newlad



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Message Posted:
01/02/2011 20:20

http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attnclub/manc.htm



Attendance anoracks unite,

Paul.

newlad



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Message Posted:
01/02/2011 20:23

http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attnclub/manu.htm



More food for your arguement Clayton,

Paul.

YFred


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Posts: 1471

Message Posted:
01/02/2011 20:23

If Leyton Orient have any sense they will play the game at Emirates and make some money.

clayton


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Message Posted:
01/02/2011 21:31

paul

what gets me,city fans are always going on what gt supporters they are.one of the best chances they have of winning something the fa cup and 27,000 turn out.7000 were leicester fans and the kids went in for a pound.what sought of loyalty is that.the fella who owns them must be thinking what have i got to do to keep these fans happy.the truth in my opinion is city have a hard core of about 30,000 great supporters.some of the others turn up when you can get in cheap.the rest just jumped on the bandwagon,probaly support teams like rochdale and bury,stockport.city already have a big support from these areas.nothing wrong with supporting a team not from your area,because every game becomes a journey.but city fans like everyone to believe that manchester is blue.if manchester was blue what bad supporters mancs must be,when youve got the size of manchester and city cant fill the ground most weeks.

manchester is red and manc cty fans know

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
01/02/2011 21:52

I can't believe the massively inflated prices that Premier League football clubs have paid in the January transfer window.

£50million for Torres. £35million for Carroll...



At those costs, relatively speaking, even I must be worth £500K.



Yours sincerely



Emile Heskey

YFred


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Message Posted:
01/02/2011 21:56

The glory is doing it without any net spend. If only a club can work out how to do that, wouldn't that be something?

Jessie


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Posts: 145

Message Posted:
01/02/2011 22:23

Oi Leyton take it easy! From memory our capacity at Maine Rd was nearer 28,000 before the move to Eastlands. We sold out more often than not but for the vast majority of games a 48,000 seater stadium fulfils our needs. We remain the peoples club of manchester and if our meagre wages won't spread to additional cost of cup games let alone prawn sandwiches then I am comfortable with that. Everton never sold out for the Chelsea cup game and attendance's were down across the board. I am bored to death of adverts on talk sport and the manchester evening news trying to entice more locals into the theatre of screams. Even Manchester City Council saw fit to name themselves after the only football team to come from Manchester. Like you , sir Taggart needs to accept that come his imminent retirement his legacy will be a club who are not even the biggest greater Manchester let europe. That said leyton next time I am over I will buy you a drink ........ Bitter lemon is it..........

eastendjoker


Joined: 24/04/2008
Posts: 166

Message Posted:
01/02/2011 23:14

alot of the magic of the fa cup is sucked away by ridiculous k.o.days and times as dictated by television, i have herd that West Ham v Burnley may be a 7.45 on mon evening the day after the 6th rd draw ! please could sombody explain what this does for the magic of the cup !

clayton


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Message Posted:
02/02/2011 21:31

jessie

better bitter lemon,then a bitter blue.city dont sell the selves do they,pound a ticket.and calling me a lemon now thats not nice is it.

clayton


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Message Posted:
03/02/2011 21:36

gary neville,walked into old trafford this morning.security guard asked him what he had in his bag,gary replied a bomb,security guard well thats ok then i thought youd brought your boots back.

Jessie


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Message Posted:
03/02/2011 22:28

Lol leyton. Strange he's gone now rather than at the end of the season. even stranger he wants a job as a football pundit. He's the only man in football (apart from Diouf) that is more unpopular than Andy gray.

clayton


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Message Posted:
03/02/2011 22:44

jessie

neville has been a great servant to utd,cant knock him for his attitude on the pitch for utd.when he kisses the badge he means it,unlike rooney,tevez and torres.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
03/02/2011 22:47

He's after the Sky job.

clayton


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Message Posted:
03/02/2011 22:51

jessie

i would like to see graeme souness get the sky job.i think he talks a lot of sence.as for neville.he will get a coaching job with the kids at old trafford.fergie will look after him,a job for the boys if you like,b... s..t if you ask me.

clayton


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Message Posted:
03/02/2011 22:55

bill

i wouldnt like neville to get the sky job,i think he would be boring.he could probaly talk a glass eye to sleep though.

Jessie


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Message Posted:
04/02/2011 07:43

Anybody who's dad is called Neville Neville and is incapable of growing a moustache is not to be trusted. The most overrated footballer of the modern era . Great days when the legend that is Shaun Goater made him look a complete mug in the last Maine Road derby.If the Nevilles play for England so can I.

newlad



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Message Posted:
04/02/2011 09:30

"The legend that is Shaun Goater" My god Jessie,give your head a bang,lol.



Gaz,



"Talk a glass eye to sleep" brilliant,

Paul.

Jessie


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Message Posted:
04/02/2011 13:14

Apparently Aly Mcoist is the front runner for the sky job.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
04/02/2011 19:15

Jessie. He would do a good job as well.