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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air on December 04, 2011, 07:52:10 AM
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Today on ITV1 approx 2.40pm after the Totton v Bristol Rovers game.
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The full list of draw numbers...
1 Arsenal
2 Aston Villa
3 Barnsley
4 Birmingham City
5 Blackburn Rovers
6 Blackpool
7 Bolton Wanderers
8 Brighton & Hove Albion
9 Bristol City
10 Burnley
11 Cardiff City
12 Chelsea
13 Coventry City
14 Crystal Palace
15 Derby County
16 Doncaster Rovers
17 Everton
18 Fulham
19 Hull City
20 Ipswich Town
21 Leeds United
22 Leicester City
23 Liverpool
24 Manchester City
25 Manchester United
26 Middlesbrough
27 Millwall
28 Newcastle United
29 Norwich City
30 Nottingham Forest
31 Peterborough United
32 Portsmouth
33 Queens Park Rangers
34 Reading
35 Southampton
36 Stoke City
37 Sunderland
38 Swansea City
39 Tottenham Hotspur
40 Watford
41 West Bromwich Albion
42 West Ham United
43 Wigan Athletic
44 Wolverhampton Wanderers
45 Salisbury City or Grimsby Town
46 Stevenage
47 Sheffield United
48 Swindon Town
49 Chelmsford City or Macclesfield Town
50 Gillingham
51 Crawley Town
52 Cheltenham Town
53 Fleetwood Town or Yeovil Town
54 Wrexham
55 Bradford City
56 Shrewsbury Town
57 Dagenham & Redbridge or Walsall
58 Milton Keynes Dons
59 Tamworth
60 Sheffield Wednesday
61 Sutton United or Notts County
62 Southend United or Oldham Athletic
63 AFC Totton or Bristol Rovers
64 Charlton Athletic
Ties to be played on the weekend of 7 and 8 January 2012
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Dreading this, the way things are going at the moment a humiliating exit to some no marks from up the bush would put the tin hat on it
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Number 25, Manchester United...
Will play...
Number 2, Aston Villa.
As usual.
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Number 37 v Number 2.
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Number 37 v Number 2.
would be absolutely terrific.
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Number 49 please
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13 away please
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For the first time ever, I'm not bothered.
By the time the Games start being played we will be in a relegation battle and will be playing the reserves in the cup.
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Will we get the Blues?
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If we got the blues I would not fancy it one bit.
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Man City away
May as well get it out the way and concentrate on staying up.
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Cheltenham Town. But it will probably be Man City.
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It will be Sunderland. Fun and games.
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This fills me with apathy. First time ever.
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im not the only one who doesnt give a shit either then...
its pointless who we get... if we get someone crap, we might scrape a defensive win and progress until we get someone decent and then the defensive team who cant defend will meakly crawl out of the cup in retreat...
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It'll be number 5 - Blackburn Rovers - at home.
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United or citeh away without a doubt. It'll be live on tv as well so we'll be guaranteed national embarrassment.
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I would like Small Heath at home.
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It took us 80 minutes to break down Hereford so whoever we get is going to be tough.
A home draw or an away ground i have'nt been to would be nice.
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A month before the games. Lets hope we have a new manager by then.
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Will we get the Blues?
The way this seasons going I already have them.
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Do I care?
Hang on a second....
...nope
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who ever we paly , will be a struggle . We might have well get put out of a misery and get Man City away please
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Number 59 please.
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Bollocks to it all. It's the cup and I have the feeling it's going to be our year.
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Somewere away that I've never been, that isn't in the middle of nowhere. Coventry would be ideal. My prediction however, is Everton at home.
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Number 59 please.
The two Cup experiences I have yet to have the Villa serve up to me are for then to actually win the thing - or to suffer the embarrassing exit to an Altrincham/Kidderminster/Sutton/Woking/Chorley.
On the basis we're not going to win the thing, let's have a taste of the latter and give you your day in the sun!
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Well, I don't think we'll be drawing AFC Totton.
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Coventry away would be a good trip. They would parade the boys of '87 around for a 25th anniversary celebration before the game and then we could stuff them. And even the biggest crowd they are likely to have in the forseeable future won't be enough to help their financial mess.
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Sunderland anyone?
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united away
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united away
Sutton or Southend ?
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Meh. Can't remember being this apathetic about the 3rd round draw before.
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Anyone but Blues or Sunderland.
I wouldn't fancy us to beat anyone at the minute. Losing those two would be a little more hard to swallow than anyone else.
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No 4 Small Heath - Away
Match void as they will be in administration.
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13 away please
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Li Tie?
Wasn't it him that did that song "Your Love is History" in the 1980s?
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Tamworth at home yes . nice one
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Rovers or 'Nam away please
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Manchester city v man utd
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Man on Man love
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man city v man utd
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Man City v Man Utd!!
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Man City v Man U!
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Oh my.
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Bristol rovers v villa
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bristol rovers awy
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Rovers or 'Nam away please
Psychic Sox
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Eh?
I was sure he drew 22
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Bristol Rovers away.
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we wont win that
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Eh?
I was sure he drew 22
He did say 22 but the ball was clearly 2
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blose v wolves
everton v tamworth
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Everton v Tamworth
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Great draws for Villa and Tammurf!
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Everton v Tamworth
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liverpool v southend / oldha,m lucky scousers
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.There's already about six good TV games, so we should be 3 o'clock Saturday.
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Think Ill go Goodison instead ;)
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Have Chelsea ever played away or against a Premier League team in the Third Round?
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I'll be mightily pissed off if I can't get a ticket. Less that half an hour each way for me
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Bristol Rovers Memorial Ground holds 12,100, hope we get a good allocation.
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The players and fans of Rovers seemed happy enough. Probably because they know they can beat us! *wink*
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Old ground with open terraces for the away fans! Proper football
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Those Gasheads must've watched us last night judging by the cheering.
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Coops, how many do you reckon you'll take to Goodison?
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Bristol Rovers Memorial Ground holds 12,100, hope we get a good allocation.
Its bloody cramped in there with that many people
We'll probably have all of the one end in addition to the normal away area in the one corner.
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Bristol Rugby are at home on the Sunday and given that Rovers were on TV in Round 2, I suspect it'll be Sat at 3pm for us
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Great draw. How many tickets are they likely to give us? Will most season ticket holders be good for a ticket?
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I reckon we could be on TV with that draw.
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According to the interweb, Rovers allocate 1,100 tickets to away fans. Not sure if they will be required to give us more under FA Cup rules though.
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Think Ill go Goodison instead ;)
All aboard the bandwagon!
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According to the interweb, Rovers allocate 1,100 tickets to away fans. Not sure if they will be required to give us more under FA Cup rules though.
15% of capacity isn't it?
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According to the interweb, Rovers allocate 1,100 tickets to away fans. Not sure if they will be required to give us more under FA Cup rules though.
Its either 10% or 15% of the grounds capacity
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Great draw. How many tickets are they likely to give us? Will most season ticket holders be good for a ticket?
Probably not enough tickets to cover most Season Ticket Holders.
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Think ill be going spuds away with Town! Not a fan of the memorial
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Coops, how many do you reckon you'll take to Goodison?
Not a clue! Easy trip, great draw, should bring the gloryhunters out in force, maybe 4-5,000?
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Lets hope it's a repeat of the '93 game down there.
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(http://www.footballgroundguide.com/bristol_rovers/pitbrovers.jpg)
Segregation wise, it'll be difficult to give us more than the standard Away area and all of the South Stand.
The only alternative would be for us to have all of the Uplands standing area
(http://www.footballgroundguide.com/bristol_rovers/bristol_rovers1.jpg)
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Just hope it's not on a Friday night like last time we got drawn away to them in third round.
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Great draw. How many tickets are they likely to give us? Will most season ticket holders be good for a ticket?
Given that their ground holds 12011, and we've got about 20000 ST holders I think it's unlikely ;)
Think we've got about 1000 away ST holders, I reckon we'll get about 1500 tickets so think tickets for non-away ST holders will be pretty much like rocking horse shit.
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Think we've got about 1000 away ST holders, I reckon we'll get about 1500 tickets so think tickets for non-away ST holders will be pretty much like rocking horse shit.
In that case, I suspect that I'll be in with the home fans
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We always draw B. Rovers!
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Have to say i'd be quite happy to go out. If we went on a cup run i could see us doing a blose and going down.
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Just checked and there were FIVE televised games in the Third Round last year so we have a very high chance of being moved around I reckon.
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Have to say i'd be quite happy to go out. If we went on a cup run i could see us doing a blose and going down.
Have to disagree Greg. Going out to a bottom-half League 2 team would deepen the gloom even further. A decent cup run means winning games and that could spark a bit of confidence. I'm worried about going down anyway regardless of how we do in the Cup
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Just checked and there were FIVE televised games in the Third Round last year so we have a very high chance of being moved around I reckon.
I'd be surprised if we weren't chosen to be on TV. After the manc wank love in tie, ours seems the most likely to be chosen just because of the potential for an upset.
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Think Ill go Goodison instead ;)
All aboard the bandwagon!
It's a grand old team to play for..
Der der der der der der der der *
* That's the Z Cars theme.
Everton are Magic, Everton are Magic la la la la...
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its does happen though quite a bit that a team doing shit in the league goes on a cup run and ends up getting relegated. you could argue on their cup form that blose should never have gone down
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Just checked and there were FIVE televised games in the Third Round last year so we have a very high chance of being moved around I reckon.
I'd be surprised if we weren't chosen to be on TV. After the manc wank love in tie, ours seems the most likely to be chosen just because of the potential for an upset.
Tend to agree. Think there are 3 pretty much nailed on ties - Mancs, Forest/Leicester, and Bloose/Dogheads - so they'll be looking for a tie involving a lower league team against a PL team with the potential for an upset. And that's us!
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If we get beaten by the Gasheads will that count as an upset?
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If we get beaten by the Gasheads will that count as an upset?
Yes, obviously. They are three divisions below us.
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Ideally, Villa would win the FA Cup given the immediate exit of one Manchester team and also stave off relegation with at least one league game to play. Under the current regime, getting giant killed in Bristol, getting away with relegation as early as at home to MON's rednwhite army, getting rid of AM and clinging on to Bent would be a great outcome.
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Tend to agree. Think there are 3 pretty much nailed on ties - Mancs, Forest/Leicester, and Bloose/Dogheads - so they'll be looking for a tie involving a lower league team against a PL team with the potential for an upset. And that's us!
What about Peterborough v Sunderland ?
Crawley v Bristol City would be the tie to choose for a potential upset
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Anyone mentioned Arsenal v Leeds? Current TV bosses' dream. It's an early 70s throwback thang.
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They won't pick Crawley. If they were still non-league maybe, but they wouldn't pick League 2 v Championship, they'll want to show Premier League sides.
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How many games will be on TV ?
Is it one on Friday and then two each on Sat & Sun ?
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Apparently Birmingham have asked for their tie against Wolves to be switched to the Molineux so they can get a share of a big gate.
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Anyone mentioned Arsenal v Leeds? Current TV bosses' dream. It's an early 70s throwback thang.
They met on TV in the third round last year
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We'll definitely be on the box. We're about as close to a nailed-on giant-killing as ITV are gonna get...
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Only 12k capacity? Clearly a case for switching grounds. If it's held at VP will get 10k from Bristol and 20 k Villa fans. So about 30 v 12 makes sense for Rovers to ask for switch.
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Only 12k capacity? Clearly a case for switching grounds. If it's held at VP will get 10k from Bristol and 20 k Villa fans. So about 30 v 12 makes sense for Rovers to ask for switch.
I dont think you can switch for financial reasons any more.....they only switch games if the police tell them too
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Reckon it will be on telly, given we're away and the lack of potential giantkillings for other ties. Been to the ground a few times. Get the garden shed song ready.
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Anyone mentioned Arsenal v Leeds? Current TV bosses' dream. It's an early 70s throwback thang.
They met on TV in the third round last year
There was one year in the early nineties when they seemed to play each other on TV every bloody week. I think they had a cup game that went to about three replays and played each other in the League Cup around the same time too.
Mixed emotions for DOL too, his heart will be torn on this one.
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Rovers are pretty poor at the moment after going down. We would be reaching new depths to go out. Will get about 1,600 tickets judging by the number they gave Everton a few years back in the league cup. The pasties make you burp real bad - avoid.
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Der der der der der der der der *
* That's the Z Cars theme.
Isnt it more like.....
Der der derrrr, de de der der derrrrrr, der der derrr, de de der derrrr ?
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Could get a tv slot. Who gets first pick, sky or itv? Hope its sky so they take the manchesters game.
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I fear another Doncaster with this one.
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Not a bad draw for us.
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Could get a tv slot. Who gets first pick, sky or itv? Hope its sky so they take the manchesters game.
Luckily, Sky don't do the FA cup. It's ESPN that covers it live. Watch us be the Friday night game.
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Have to say i'd be quite happy to go out. If we went on a cup run i could see us doing a blose and going down.
Relegation or no relegation, if McLeish were to deliver the FA cup I'd not only put his picture up in the bedroom I'd buy a shirt and put Heskey's name on the back.
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Could get a tv slot. Who gets first pick, sky or itv? Hope its sky so they take the manchesters game.
Luckily, Sky don't do the FA cup. It's ESPN that covers it live. Watch us be the Friday night game.
God i hope not. I reckon it'll be 5.30pm on the Saturday.
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Have to say i'd be quite happy to go out. If we went on a cup run i could see us doing a blose and going down.
Relegation or no relegation, if McLeish were to deliver the FA cup I'd not only put his picture up in the bedroom I'd buy a shirt and put Heskey's name on the back.
If we were to get promoted straight back. I would readily take relegation and a season in the Championship for our first FA Cup win in 55 years. In fact I might take two seasons in it.
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Only 12k capacity? Clearly a case for switching grounds. If it's held at VP will get 10k from Bristol and 20 k Villa fans. So about 30 v 12 makes sense for Rovers to ask for switch.
I dont think you can switch for financial reasons any more.....they only switch games if the police tell them too
In that case someone should tell Bristol Police about the hooligan element..large hooligan element ..in our away support and also the fact that with tickets in short supply it is likely that 15000 ticketless Villa supporters will be heading for Bristol on the day of the match and will cause untold wanton damage in the city centre and terrify the local community around the ground....yes they will.
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Have to say i'd be quite happy to go out. If we went on a cup run i could see us doing a blose and going down.
Relegation or no relegation, if McLeish were to deliver the FA cup I'd not only put his picture up in the bedroom I'd buy a shirt and put Heskey's name on the back.
If we were to get promoted straight back. I would readily take relegation and a season in the Championship for our first FA Cup win in 55 years. In fact I might take two seasons in it.
Include me in that as well. The FA cup that is what I want at any price.
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No Friday night games. All ties have to be played on the 7 and 8 January.
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My brother-in-law is a Gashead. Sort of. I think the last game he went to was when we last played them in the Cup back in BFR's day.
Despite myself, I actually think there's plenty of interesting ties. If I could have a choice of only one to watch, I think I'd like to see the Fylde Coast derby - provided Fleetwood beat Yeovil in their replay.
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I fear another Doncaster with this one.
Thats why it will be on TV
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I remember going to bristol rovers in the 3rd round about 1980 if i'm right, but it was eastville stadium?
Anyway there was loads of trouble after the game on a park next to the ground. Was quite dodgy with running battles back to the coaches. That was the 80s though.
They'll definitely fancy beating the villa at home, you can smell an upset.
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1979/1980
English FA Cup Tu 01 Jan 1980 Bristol R 1 - 2 Aston Villa
According to Soccerbase....
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Have to say i'd be quite happy to go out. If we went on a cup run i could see us doing a blose and going down.
Relegation or no relegation, if McLeish were to deliver the FA cup I'd not only put his picture up in the bedroom I'd buy a shirt and put Heskey's name on the back.
If we were to get promoted straight back. I would readily take relegation and a season in the Championship for our first FA Cup win in 55 years. In fact I might take two seasons in it.
Include me in that as well. The FA cup that is what I want at any price.
And me too.
I honestly believe that the day we lift that thing I can readily put up with anything else that comes our way with a smile on my face and giant Cohiba cigar between my lips.
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1979/1980
English FA Cup Tu 01 Jan 1980 Bristol R 1 - 2 Aston Villa
According to Soccerbase....
Scorers Gowans and Shaw.
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If I can't get a ticket, maybe I can offer my services to Villa as their official Brummie to West Country translator
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If I can't get a ticket, maybe I can offer my services to Villa as their official Brummie to West Country translator
Maybe you could offer to put the team up for the night.
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Maybe you could offer to pick the team for the night.
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Live on ESPN? (http://www.brfcforum.co.uk/index.php?/topic/100866-live-on-espn/)
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They know we stink under AM. ;D
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We're on the Saturday at 5.30pm apparently.
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We're on the Saturday at 5.30pm apparently.
ESPN then
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We're on the Saturday at 5.30pm apparently.
ESPN then
Yep, ESPN. Wish it was on the BBC rather than ESPN - im only saying that as I dont have ESPN :-(
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ITV unsurprisingly have the Manc Derby.
Could've been worse, Arsenal-Leeds is on a Monday night for some bizarre reason.
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from the fa website:-
Saturday 7 January
Birmingham City v Wolverhampton Wanderers (12.30pm) – Live on ESPN
Bristol Rovers v Aston Villa (5.30pm) – Live on ESPN
Sunday 8 January 2012
Manchester City v Manchester United (1.00pm) – Live on ITV1
Peterborough United v Sunderland (3.30pm) – Live on ITV1
The draw for the Fourth Round Proper will follow this tie at approx 5.30pm on ITV1
Monday 9 January 2012
Arsenal v Leeds United (7.45pm) – Live on ESPN
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Quite surprised that it's on TV. However, considering that tickets could be scarce, I'm glad that it is
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there's only one reason why they've chosen to put it live on telly.
And it's not because the schedulers expect Villa to win
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there's only one reason why they've chosen to put it live on telly.
And it's not because the schedulers expect Villa to win
Yep, i'm pretty sure they're expecting an upset that day
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Peterborough United v Sunderland (3.30pm) – Live on ITV1
The draw for the Fourth Round Proper will follow this tie at approx 5.30pm on ITV1
We can only hope that we will still need that information by that time. I mean, who wants to see Man Utd v Bristol Rovers in a 4th round tie, anyway?!
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Peterborough United v Sunderland (3.30pm) – Live on ITV1
The draw for the Fourth Round Proper will follow this tie at approx 5.30pm on ITV1
We can only hope that we will still need that information by that time. I mean, who wants to see Man Utd v Bristol Rovers in a 4th round tie, anyway?!
Judging by Saturday's game I think for once we have more chance of making it to the 4th Round than Man Utd. Citeh should stuff them.
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there's only one reason why they've chosen to put it live on telly.
And it's not because the schedulers expect Villa to win
Those schedulers have clearly not been paying attention to how shit Rovers have been this season. One impressive performance against a non-league team does not make the Barcelona.
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Seems it's going to be £20 Terracing and £22.50 in the seats.
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I was going, but i don't think i will bother now it's on the box. Feet up beer in hand hopefully watching the Villa safely through.
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I was going, but i don't think i will bother now it's on the box. Feet up beer in hand hopefully watching the Villa safely through.
This
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I notice that TV have picked us rather than Spurs or Everton for the possible giant killing!
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1979/1980
English FA Cup Tu 01 Jan 1980 Bristol R 1 - 2 Aston Villa
According to Soccerbase....
Went to that one. Played on a Friday night.
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there's only one reason why they've chosen to put it live on telly.
And it's not because the schedulers expect Villa to win
Yep, i'm pretty sure they're expecting an upset that day
Yep we were all thinking it when we saw were on the TV and to be honest if they really go after us they could get at least a draw
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What % of Sky Sports subscribers have ESPN?
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When do tickets go on sale? No ticket news on website but it has it as a "buy tickets" option but the crappy site won't let me log on.
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What % of Sky Sports subscribers have ESPN?
From my brief but ultimately unsatisfactory flirtation with BT Vision, it was also possible to watch ESPN with them, so it's not just Sky Sports subscribers who watch ESPN.
As a semi-professional cynic, I'm guessing only Sky can tell you how many of their subcribers also have ESPN, and a lot depends on how Sky want to present the figures.
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When do tickets go on sale? No ticket news on website but it has it as a "buy tickets" option but the crappy site won't let me log on.
Oi you, get to the back of the queue. *smiley thingy*
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When do tickets go on sale? No ticket news on website but it has it as a "buy tickets" option but the crappy site won't let me log on.
The eTicketing of the Rovers game is a mess at the moment. It currently says that you only need a Booking History to buy tickets. There's no way that that can be correct.
Its looks like they wanted to get the game set up on the system but then abandoned the plan part way through.
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there's only one reason why they've chosen to put it live on telly.
And it's not because the schedulers expect Villa to win
Yep, i'm pretty sure they're expecting an upset that day
Hoping rather than expecting.
You'd hope that a side that has drawn at Everton, QPR and Fulham are capable of not losing at Bristol Rovers.
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From TicketPravda
Sale Dates
Your attendance at previous rounds of the FA Cup will have a bearing on your eligibility for tickets in the latter stages of the competition. Half Season Card Holders are not eligible to purchase tickets for this fixture until Tuesday December 20th
Friday December 9th: On sale to Away Scheme Members and/or Season Card Holders who have attended 5 Premier League Away fixtures in the 2011/2012 season*
Monday December 12th (9am to 2pm): On sale to Season Card Holders who have attended 4 Premier League Away fixtures in the 2011/2012 season*
Monday December 12th (2pm to 6pm): On sale to Season Card Holders who have attended 3 Premier League Away fixtures in the 2011/2012 season*
Tuesday December 13th: On sale to Season Card Holders who have attended 2 Premier League Away fixtures in the 2011/2012 season*
Wednesday December 14th: On sale to Season Card Holders who have attended 1 Premier League Away fixtures in the 2011/2012 season*
Thursday December 15th: On sale to Season Card Holders who have attended BOTH Carling Cup fixtures at Villa Park in the 2011/2012 season*
Friday December 16th: On sale to Season Card Holders who have attended ONE Carling Cup fixtures at Villa Park in the 2011/2012 season*
Monday December 19th: On sale to Season Card Holders for the 2011/2012 season*
Tuesday December 20th: On sale to HALF Season Card Holders for the 2011/2012 season*
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From TicketPravda
Sale Dates
Your attendance at previous rounds of the FA Cup will have a bearing on your eligibility for tickets in the latter stages of the competition. Half Season Card Holders are not eligible to purchase tickets for this fixture until Tuesday December 20th
That's a bit optimistic.
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Personally think the Criteria is pretty poor for this game. Yes, Season Ticket Holders should obviously get priority, but I have mates who either can't afford an ST, or are at Uni, who wanted to go to this game. Couple of them have missed just 2 or 3 aways so far, yet they have to wait 11 days into selling of 1400 tickets?
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Personally think the Criteria is pretty poor for this game. Yes, Season Ticket Holders should obviously get priority, but I have mates who either can't afford an ST, or are at Uni, who wanted to go to this game. Couple of them have missed just 2 or 3 aways so far, yet they have to wait 11 days into selling of 1400 tickets?
You can't just give tickets out to people who have just been to a few away games. I'm a season ticket holder, Bolton will be my 5th away but i can't get my ticket until Monday. They've made it as fair as they can although i think the Bolton game should count as one of the aways.
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No dates for general sale?
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Allocation seems perfectly fair to me; why shouldn't people who've been to every game, H&A, get first bite of the cherry?
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I agree, although it means I'm hoping to get tickets on Tuesday :-\
Most of the aways I want to get to are still to come; Wigan, Blackburn and Norwich. Might try and go to Arsenal too.
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there's only one reason why they've chosen to put it live on telly.
And it's not because the schedulers expect Villa to win
Yep, i'm pretty sure they're expecting an upset that day
Hoping rather than expecting.
You'd hope that a side that has drawn at Everton, QPR and Fulham are capable of not losing at Bristol Rovers.
A point at Loftus Road and Craven Cottage?
Hardly the stuff of legends. It's pretty easy to see why people might see us as a cup upset waiting to happen.
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Maybe ESPN have a bet on how many people they can get snoozing at 6pm Saturday January the 7th.
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I went to watch Rovers v Swindon yesterday.
If we lose to the Gas, it'll be the biggest upset in Villa history. They're a poor League 2 side, very small at the back and with a centre forward (Matt Harrold) who lacks any mobility.
Secondary striker Chris Zebroski looks OK but nothing special.
They do have two decent wingers in Joe Anyinsah and Mustapha Carayol.
Keeper Scott Bevan is big (6' 6") and has long kick that'll need to be watched out for.
I can't say that the central midfielders did anything that made them stand out for me.
The result was 1-1. The Swindon goal came from a midfielder running from his own half, through the midfield and defence before finishing with a scuffed shot. Very shabby defending.
The Gas did manage a late equaliser from a decent header.
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I went to watch Rovers v Swindon yesterday.
If we lose to the Gas, it'll be the biggest upset in Villa history. They're a poor League 2 side, very small at the back and with a centre forward (Matt Harrold) who lacks any mobility.
Secondary striker Chris Zebroski looks OK but nothing special.
They do have two decent wingers in Joe Anyinsah and Mustapha Carayol.
Keeper Scott Bevan is big (6' 6") and has long kick that'll need to be watched out for.
I can't say that the central midfielders did anything that made them stand out for me.
The result was 1-1. The Swindon goal came from a midfielder running from his own half, through the midfield and defence before finishing with a scuffed shot. Very shabby defending.
The Gas did manage a late equaliser from a decent header.
You picked up a voucher for the cup match then, crossed my mind to do the same but I couldnt have got there by the time I finished work. Dont suppose you managed a handfull?
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You picked up a voucher for the cup match then, crossed my mind to do the same but I couldnt have got there by the time I finished work. Dont suppose you managed a handfull?
Yes, I did get a voucher but I had to ask for it. the Turnstile bloke was a bit reluctant to hand them out. He said, only half jokingly, that he was hoping to keep some for himself.
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Has anyone spoken to the Ticket Office today and got an estimate of how far down the priority system them expect tickets to go ?
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Ticket Office say that less than 350 tickets are left
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I was told around an hour ago there are loads left?
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I was told around an hour ago there are loads left?
I bought my ticket just after 14:30. The bloke told me that they'd sold 200 in just the 30 minutes since the priority changed to 3 aways and there were then 349 left
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Bugger - hoping to go to this, but I can't get tickets until tomorrow :-\
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I was told around an hour ago there are loads left?
Surely they know how many they should sell on each day with the criteria that they have set
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I got mine at 9am and the lady expected them to last until tomorrow possibly pm.
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I got mine at 9am and the lady expected them to last until tomorrow possibly pm.
Please be this! I will be ringing first thing in the morning. So there are still tickets left for tomorrow?
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You picked up a voucher for the cup match then, crossed my mind to do the same but I couldnt have got there by the time I finished work. Dont suppose you managed a handfull?
Yes, I did get a voucher but I had to ask for it. the Turnstile bloke was a bit reluctant to hand them out. He said, only half jokingly, that he was hoping to keep some for himself.
Dosent look as though I'll be in the Villa end, cant see tickets lasting till i can get them on wednesday. 12000 capacity, 7700 at the Swindon match, take our 1400 and 1000? Swindon fans out of the equation leaves about 3500 vouchers that Rovers didnt get rid of. Im guessing that most season ticket holders would have been at the match. Roughly 2-3000 tickets should go on general sale on Dec 28th..Fingers crossed!! At least we will have a roof. :)
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How have you guys got on with tickets this morning ?
Any news on how many are left ?
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I got 3 yesterday, two in the morning and one in the afternon.
They had around 350 left last night according to the ticket office guy
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They have now all sold out.
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Bristol Rovers have just released 150 more. Managed to get one on the phone few minutes ago.
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Bristol Rovers have just released 150 more. Managed to get one on the phone few minutes ago.
The dividing area between home and away fans on the Uplands Terrace is quite large. I suspect that they're planning to reduce the size of the unoccupied area
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Have tickets for this now :)
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So, Rovers are now manager-less after "parting company" with Paul Buckle. Good or bad news?
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As I just posted on twitter - how does that always seem to happen against us?!
New manager syndrome + underdog + TV + 'magic' of the cup = ominous signs!
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I predict it will either be a doncaster and we lose 3-0 or it will be a wycombe and we will win 8-3.
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I predict it will either be a doncaster and we lose 3-0 or it will be a wycombe and we will win 8-3.
I predict that your predictions will be uncannily accurate or wide of the mark.
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I predict it will either be a doncaster and we lose 3-0 or it will be a wycombe and we will win 8-3.
I predict that your predictions will be uncannily accurate or wide of the mark.
I can see us winning,losing or drawing.
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I predict it will either be a doncaster and we lose 3-0 or it will be a wycombe and we will win 8-3.
I predict that your predictions will be uncannily accurate or wide of the mark.
I can see us winning,losing or drawing.
Or the match will be postponed due to bad weather