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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Martyn Smith on November 28, 2023, 03:17:58 PM
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Anyone know when this is taking place? Lots of sites all saying they know, but all they do seem to actually know is the dates of the fixtures...
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2nd round fixtures are this weekend so presumably after the last game?
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Looking forward to our trip to Manchester.
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Looking forward to our trip to Manchester.
As long as we avoid the big clubs like Stevenage we’ll be fine.
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Martinez in goal for this one please Unai!
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Think the draw is early in December.
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The Emirates FA Cup
Season 2023-24
Round Dates
Extra Preliminary Round - Saturday 5 August 2023
Preliminary Round - Saturday 19 August 2023
First Round Qualifying - Saturday 2 September 2023
Second Round Qualifying - Saturday 16 September 2023
Third Round Qualifying - Saturday 30 September 2023
Fourth Round Qualifying - Saturday 14 October 2023
First Round Proper - Saturday 4 November 2023
Second Round Proper - Saturday 2 December 2023
Third Round Proper - Saturday 6 January 2024
Fourth Round Proper - Saturday 27 January 2024
Fifth Round Proper - Wednesday 28 February 2024
Quarter-final - Saturday 16 March 2024
Semi-final - Saturday 20 April 2024
The Final - Saturday 25 May 2024
Can't find a listing about the draws for each round anywhere.
The draw is usually on the Monday after, so the 3rd round will be on Monday 4th after the live game on ITV.
Not sure re Quarter Final draw as the games are scheduled for Wednesday 28/2......
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Man Utd (A) , its the law
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At some point in our existence we will get you know who in the FA Cup, have we ever as can only.remember League Cup ties?
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At some point in our existence we will get you know who in the FA Cup, have we ever as can only.remember League Cup ties?
I don't think we have you know.
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At some point in our existence we will get you know who in the FA Cup, have we ever as can only.remember League Cup ties?
5/11/1887 won 4-0 in R2 at Wellington Road. We went out in R5 to Preston.
27/3/1901 was the last time. QF replay at VP in front of 15000 after a 0-0 at theirs. 1-0 thanks to Billy Garraty. (Ratboys great grandad).
We went out in the Semis to Sheff Utd.
They were then beaten in the final by Tottenham. The first and only "non (Football) league" side to win the FA Cup since the creation of Football League,
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Small Heath away would be excellent.
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Small Heath or Olbiyun at home would be excellent.
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Stevenage at home.
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Horsham at home.
Bogarde recalled off loan and debuts.
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Small Heath or Olbiyun at home would be excellent.
Absolutely no, they'll get the North Stand and one of those tramps will occupy my seat.
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Small Heath away would be excellent.
Would like to see us play them in our respective current states.
They would be horrified by how much better we are than them. Might be the final nail in the coffin for their 300 fans
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Whoever we get lets hope that Unai picks a side good enough to win the game.
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Small Heath away would be excellent.
Would like to see us play them in our respective current states.
They would be horrified by how much better we are than them. Might be the final nail in the coffin for their 300 fans
How many times in the past ( me included) have Villa fans thought yeah let’s funeral them , given the massive gap in the quality of the two sides. We all know they raise their game to unparalleled levels when it involves us. Yes it would be great to humiliate them , but given it’s always us with more to lose, I’d rather put my dick in a food blender than ever have to play that shower again.
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I think we'll go seriously close to winning it this season with a Semi Final appearance at the very least.
There I've said it!
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Horsham at home.
Bogarde recalled off loan and debuts.
Bogarde has already played for our first team, technically. The Liverpool cup game in 2021.
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I want a home tie please.
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Small Heath away would be excellent.
Would like to see us play them in our respective current states.
They would be horrified by how much better we are than them. Might be the final nail in the coffin for their 300 fans
How many times in the past ( me included) have Villa fans thought yeah let’s funeral them , given the massive gap in the quality of the two sides. We all know they raise their game to unparalleled levels when it involves us. Yes it would be great to humiliate them , but given it’s always us with more to lose, I’d rather put my dick in a food blender than ever have to play that shower again.
When we drew them in 92-93 in the league cup we'd just finished 2nd and they were bobbins as usual, it still finished only 2-0 over the two legs with two late goals in each game to seal it, and they missed a penalty (lol) and had a man sent off (double lol).
Playing them in the early rounds risks us using squad players and having a repeat of that Stevenage debacle. What would be great is them fluking their way into the later rounds with a kind draw and playing them full strength with the stakes raised a bit in say a quarter final.
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I'm with Franky, never want to play them again, especially in the early rounds of a cup when we tend to be absolute shite. We'd be expected to batter them, so anything other than that would be seen as some sort of moral victory for them.
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Looking forward to our trip to Manchester.
Man Utd (A) , its the law
Of recent times:
We played Man Utd 2 seasons ago in Manchester 21/22 FA Cup 3rd Round and it's been consecutive years for third round draws if League Cup is aso included 22/23
This recent occurrence has perhaps led to people thinking there's going to be another era of drawing Manchester United in the third round of the FA Cup.
I looked into why this Manchester United thing comes up for people and such. So having done some research, I see the fact that nearly 25 years ago, four times in seven seasons, FA Cup 3rd round ties were played against Man Utd in 01/02, 03/04, and then consecutive seasons 06/07, 07/08. Quite phenomenal!
And having not had a 3rd round FA Cup tie in 13 years it's now
Drawn together once in 15 years vs. Man United.
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I think we'll go seriously close to winning it this season with a Semi Final appearance at the very least.
There I've said it!
9 Years Since FA Cup Final
4 Years since a Cup Final
26 Years Since a Domestic Cup Trophy
In last 24 Seasons
2 FA Cup Finals (99/00 & 14/15)and FA Cup Semi Final (09/10)
2 League Cup Finals (09/10 & 19/20)
League Cup Semi Final (12/13)
2 Play Off Finals
Average a final of sort every 4 years.
We certainly can aim for the FA Cup, but are we sure if it's Emery's priority? The Champions League and European Conference League trophy are, I think, high on the agenda for the club, and the FA Cup is not the main target.
Villa are good enough to win a trophy this season, and I think we will and maybe it will be the FA Cup!
But I do fancy us strongly in Europe most of all.
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Small Heath away would be excellent.
In what way ?
Can't think of anything worse tbh
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Small Heath away would be excellent.
In what way ?
Can't think of anything worse tbh
The police advising the tie to be switched to Villa Park on safety grounds would be amusing though.
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I see that the 4th round is scheduled for my birthday so, unless we get a bye in the 3rd round, I don’t think it’ll interfere with any birthday plans.
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When is the draw?
The draw will take place on Sunday, 3 December, and will be shown live on ITV during their build-up to the second-round tie between Eastleigh and Reading. It is expected to take place at around 1pm UK time.
What are the ball numbers?
1. AFC Bournemouth
2. Arsenal
3. Aston Villa
4. Birmingham City
5. Blackburn Rovers
6. Brentford
7. Brighton & Hove Albion
8. Bristol City
9. Burnley
10. Cardiff City
11. Chelsea
12. Coventry City
13. Crystal Palace
14. Everton
15. Fulham
16. Huddersfield Town
17. Hull City
18. Ipswich Town
19. Leeds United
20. Leicester City
21. Liverpool
22. Luton Town
23. Manchester City
24. Manchester United
25. Middlesbrough
26. Millwall
27. Newcastle United
28. Norwich City
29. Nottingham Forest
30. Plymouth Argyle
31. Preston North End
32. Queens Park Rangers
33. Rotherham United
34. Sheffield United
35. Sheffield Wednesday
36. Southampton
37. Stoke City
38. Sunderland
39. Swansea City
40. Tottenham Hotspur
41. Watford
42. West Bromwich Albion
43. West Ham United
44. Wolverhampton Wanderers
45. Maidstone United or Barrow
46. Wycombe Wanderers or Morecambe
47. Notts County or Shrewsbury Town
48. Chesterfield or Leyton Orient
49. Aldershot Town or Stockport County
50. Alfreton Town or Walsall
51. Blackpool or Forest green Rovers
52. Cambridge United or Fleetwood Town
53. Bolton Wanderers or Harrogate Town
54. Wrexham or Yeovil Town
55. Crewe Alexandra or Bristol Rovers
56. Peterborough United or Doncaster Rovers
57. Eastleigh or Reading
58. Gillingham or Charlton Athletic
59. Stevenage or Port Vale
60. Newport County or Barnet
61. Oxford United or Grimsby Town
62. York City or Wigan Athletic
63. Sutton United or Horsham
64. AFC Wimbledon or Ramsgate
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Number 24 away it is.
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Number 24 away it is.
Yep nice easy draw to set us off on the road to Wembley.
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Small Heath away would be excellent.
In what way ?
Can't think of anything worse tbh
The police advising the tie to be switched to Villa Park on safety grounds would be amusing though.
it really wouldn't , that is just plain stupid
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It's a lot harder for venues to be switched these days than it used to be. Long gone are the days where a non league club being drawn against a PL side would just switch to playing at the PL ground for the pay day. In the rare case of a ground not being deemed safe for a tie then the first option now is to play at the nearest suitable neutral venue.
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Legia away for me
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The 3 and 24 balls to feel warmer than the rest.
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61 is an odd number. Am I missing something?
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61 is an odd number. Am I missing something?
No, you're correct it is an odd number. One more, or one less, and it would be a different story.
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The three missing teams from the OP
62. York City or Wigan Athletic
63. Sutton United or Horsham
64. AFC Wimbledon or Ramsgate
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45. MUFC
For me please.
Assuming they beat Barrow
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Blackpool v Forest Green is off while Forest Green are investigated over something.
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61 is an odd number. Am I missing something?
No you're right, it's not divisible by '2'.
*into two equal integers.
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Blackpool v Forest Green is off while Forest Green are investigated over something.
Beef found in the pies ?
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Illegible player per the rumours but seems late in the day to flag that.
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Blackpool v Forest Green is off while Forest Green are investigated over something.
Charged with unacceptable levels of hipsterism
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Blackpool v Forest Green is off while Forest Green are investigated over something.
Charged with unacceptable levels of hipsterism
That implies there's an acceptable level. :(
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Blackpool v Forest Green is off while Forest Green are investigated over something.
Charged with unacceptable levels of hipsterism
That implies there's an acceptable level. :(
It's a fair point :)
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Blackpool v Forest Green is off while Forest Green are investigated over something.
Charged with unacceptable levels of hipsterism
Their sweet potato chips are the best in the land
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Blackpool v Forest Green is off while Forest Green are investigated over something.
Charged with unacceptable levels of hipsterism
Their sweet potato chips are the best in the land
Served with local micro brewery organic craft IPA and a generous helping of authenticity and coolness .
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Illegible player per the rumours but seems late in the day to flag that.
Quick glance through nothing obvious like with Barnsley. However they do have a keeper on-loan from Bristol Rovers who is due to go back in December so I wonder if they hadn't agreed in writing to allow FA Cup games to be included in the loan.
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Small Heath away would be excellent.
Never happened, can you believe. We have never played Blues in the FA Cup ever
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The draw is, so I am told, on ITV tomorrow lunchtime just before Eastleigh V Reading
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45. MUFC
For me please.
Assuming they beat Barrow
Maidstone United v the Villa
It's in the stars.
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45. MUFC
For me please.
Assuming they beat Barrow
Maidstone United v the Villa
It's in the stars.
Or the glamour tie, away to Wrexham.
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45. MUFC
For me please.
Assuming they beat Barrow
Maidstone United v the Villa
It's in the stars.
Or the glamour tie, away to Wrexham.
That'd be highly convenient for me.
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The draw is, so I am told, on ITV tomorrow lunchtime just before Eastleigh V Reading
Yes, 1.15 pm
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Or the glamour tie, away to Wrexham.
That'd be highly convenient for me.
I knew I wouldn't hear any complaints from you. It would probably be on the BBC for the rest of us. :)
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It would be nice for us to get a really easy home draw against some shit no-mark League One side, practically a nice bye through to the next round.
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It would be nice for us to get a really easy home draw against some shit no-mark League One side, practically a nice bye through to the next round.
Watch us get Man City at their place and knock them out with Olsen in goal. Because the getting “easy” fixture we should be winning approach hasn’t exactly worked.
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Once again, Harrogate Town vs AVFC will have to wait till next season ...
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Nice to be a in a position to actually not fear anyone.
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I believe in luck omens so Ipswich away please.
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Small Heath away would be excellent.
Never happened, can you believe. We have never played Blues in the FA Cup ever
Yes we have. 3 times.
https://www.11v11.com/teams/aston-villa/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Birmingham%20City/
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I don't mind really but I don't want the Rags. Always a no win situation.
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Small Heath away would be excellent.
Never happened, can you believe. We have never played Blues in the FA Cup ever
Yes we have. 3 times.
https://www.11v11.com/teams/aston-villa/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Birmingham%20City/
We've never lost to them in the FA Cup, which is nice.
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Small Heath away would be excellent.
Never happened, can you believe. We have never played Blues in the FA Cup ever
Yes we have. 3 times.
https://www.11v11.com/teams/aston-villa/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Birmingham%20City/
We've never lost to them in the FA Cup, which is nice.
Or conceded a goal.
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Nice to be a in a position to actually not fear anyone.
Yeah Man City away would be a breeze
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Small Heath away would be excellent.
Never happened, can you believe. We have never played Blues in the FA Cup ever
Yes we have. 3 times.
https://www.11v11.com/teams/aston-villa/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Birmingham%20City/
We’ve never played Birmingham City, thanks to their frequent desperate searches for an identity and fan base… I mean, name changes.
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I bet Unai wouldn't mind another crack at Stevenage.
Still hurts and a chance to put the record book straight.
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Man City away.
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Small Heath away would be excellent.
Never happened, can you believe. We have never played Blues in the FA Cup ever
Yes we have. 3 times.
https://www.11v11.com/teams/aston-villa/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Birmingham%20City/
We’ve never played Birmingham City, thanks to their frequent desperate searches for an identity and fan base… I mean, name changes.
You can call them Small Heath, Birmingham City, Muntz St Wanderers, Bordesley Noses FC, Solihull Moors B, Shelbys Shitheads or Tilton Titheads. It's still the same lot.
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The winner of the Alfreton Town v Walsall game would be a good draw.
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Leeds Utd (H)
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I'd say someone cack at home so we could have a Saturday 3pm, but didn't last year's debacle get moved to Sunday for some reason?
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Maidstone United away
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I think just guessing who we might get is a bit pointless isn’t it?
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I'd say someone cack at home so we could have a Saturday 3pm, but didn't last year's debacle get moved to Sunday for some reason?
yeah and it wasn't even on telly
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I'd say someone cack at home so we could have a Saturday 3pm, but didn't last year's debacle get moved to Sunday for some reason?
yeah and it wasn't even on telly
Pretty sure it was.
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It definitely was.
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It definitely was.
Not in the UK it wasn’t.
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I think just guessing who we might get is a bit pointless isn’t it?
Yep because we all know we'll be heading to mould trafford.
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I think just guessing who we might get is a bit pointless isn’t it?
What's the harm in it?
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It definitely was.
Not in the UK it wasn’t.
I think it was on a BBC red button thing on iplayer, Percy. I definitely watched on tv and don’t have any new fangled channels like Sky or Setanta😊
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It definitely was.
Not in the UK it wasn’t.
I think it was on a BBC red button thing on iplayer, Percy. I definitely watched on tv and don’t have any new fangled channels like Sky or Setanta😊
Same here, plus Dad also watched it (thinking for once it would be a stress-free watch) so it must have been on free to air TV.
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On now
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Arsenal v Liverpool, nice one.
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Sunderland v the Jaudis. :)
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Boro away, could be better could be a lot worse.
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Middlesborough away
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Good draw
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Boro away. That's a tricky one.
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Given the teams that were left in the pot I'll take that.
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Crap draw. Might be on TV though
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Given the teams that were left in the pot I'll take that.
Well we were happy with Stevenage at home last year
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Brentford v Wolves, a few all-PL ties in there.
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Sunderland v Newcastle look tasty!
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As an aside, the state of Ian Wright's coat. :)
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Sunderland v Newcastle look tasty!
Yeah that's the best tie.
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Sunderland v Newcastle look tasty!
Yeah that's the best tie.
Good that it's at Sunderland, evens it up a bit.
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January in Smogtown. The magic of the Cup...
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Blues the last possible ball out of the bowl. Away to Hull. Over there they’re saying they thought their ball had been thrown in the bin.
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the romance of smogside
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Blues the last possible ball out of the bowl. Away to Hull. Over there they’re saying they thought their ball had been thrown in the bin.
If they knew their history, they might have thought they’d forgotten to enter again.
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The last time we played Middlesbrough in the FA Cup was in 1957…
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The last time we played Middlesbrough in the FA Cup was in 1957…
Oooh…..
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The last time we played Middlesbrough in the FA Cup was in 1957…
I like the cut of your jib.
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A tough game but we’ve had some good victories up there over the years. A good test and hopefully we can get into round 4 for the first time in a million years.
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I've come to the conclusion it's irrelevant who we draw - this is the year.
I have a really good feeling that some of our younger fans will finally experience something they never thought they would see in their lifetime.
Villa in the 4th round of the FA Cup
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What’s the current rules on tickets for away games in the FA Cup, is it still 15%?
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The last time we played Middlesbrough in the FA Cup was in 1957…
G'way ?!
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Main thing with drawing Boro is that it's away. We usually do well up there while games at VP tend to be shit.
Allocation will be approx 5000, assuming we take the full allocation.
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Only 5.30 hours drive for me each way...
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4500. Hopeful of getting the lad a ticket for this.
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4500. Hopeful of getting the lad a ticket for this.
Same here, we’re only Claret members so cup games are the only chance of an away game really!
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A quick Google and Tottenham got 4,866 tickets a couple of years ago.
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Leeds being drawn away makes it 13 away draws in a row for them, which is a new record. Leeds were previously tied with us on 12.
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10 London clubs at home if Wimbledon get through, plus Watford & Luton. Sounds like a good weekend for London Transport to go on strike.
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The last time we played Middlesbrough in the FA Cup was in 1957…
"It must be...it is! Our Year!"
I'll get my coat.
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It's not a bad draw.
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Did they misspell Man Utd?
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Did they misspell Man Utd?
Miscommunication, they thought Yanited was ball 25 not 24.
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Leeds being drawn away makes it 13 away draws in a row for them, which is a new record. Leeds were previously tied with us on 12.
But just look at how many they've taken to each of those games.
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Good chance of being on't telly this one, woulda thought
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chelsea always seem to get a home one against lower teams
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Ok what will the allocation be?
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Executive decision made, I'm not going to Middlesbrough.
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Executive decision made, I'm not going to Middlesbrough.
I’d have thought Middlesborough would be right up your street
Drab, dull, negative and thoroughly fucking boring
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For all the talk of Sunderland v Newcastle, Wrexham won today so are away at Shrewsbury. No love lost between those two.
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For all the talk of Sunderland v Newcastle, Wrexham won today so are away at Shrewsbury. No love lost between those two.
Be better if it was Chester, now they really do fucking hate each other.
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Not been up there since Crouchy's late winner year's ago. Good draw but a tough one.
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Villa fans travelling to Middlesbrough, with the blue noses travelling to Hull on the same day, what could possibly go wrong.
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Even if it's the same day the extra distance to Boro means it's unlikely any Villa will meet the few dozen heading to Hull.
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Villa fans travelling to Middlesbrough, with the blue noses travelling to Hull on the same day, what could possibly go wrong.
We've played in the same part of the world many times without a problem.
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Been to Ayresome Park but somehow never been to the Riverside so I am probably one of a minority not too disappointed with this draw. Should get a ticket as well hopefully with a decent allocation. Watch TV muck about with the kickoff time to make it a logistical nightmare.
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Executive decision made, I'm not going to Middlesbrough.
I’d have thought Middlesborough would be right up your street
Drab, dull, negative and thoroughly fucking boring
Thanks John e (e's are good no ? ) merry xmas to you and yours too
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You can guarantee that Man U will be on the telly
Also our game against Boro will not be on the same day as Sunderland v Newcastle
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Oh well, never mind, there’s always next year!!
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Our game could be a Friday evening game
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Crap draw. Might be on TV though
If it's moved to Friday or Monday I might go. I'm on a job that's only 10 minutes from their ground.
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You can guarantee that Man U will be on the telly
Also our game against Boro will not be on the same day as Sunderland v Newcastle
Arsenal v Liverpool is nailed on for TV too
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I would guess the Sunderland v Newcastle game will be on the Sunday probably at 12:00.
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So what happens if we win in the 3rd round? Do we get a trophy or something? I can't remember.
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Crap draw. Might be on TV though
If it's moved to Friday or Monday I might go. I'm on a job that's only 10 minutes from their ground.
Unlikely to be Monday, Boro could have a League Cup semi on the Tuesday or Weds. Same goes for Liverpool & Newcastle though so they might not even allocate FA cup days until the do the LC SF draw the midweek before Xmas.
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Be Saturday 3pm surely?
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So what happens if we win in the 3rd round? Do we get a trophy or something? I can't remember.
It'll start raining frogs and there will be a plague of locusts, or something.
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Been to Ayresome Park but somehow never been to the Riverside so I am probably one of a minority not too disappointed with this draw. Should get a ticket as well hopefully with a decent allocation. Watch TV muck about with the kickoff time to make it a logistical nightmare.
Only time I went to the Riverside, it was a nightmare. Got offered out by numerous Neanderthals, including one guy who was at least 70. Must be something from the chemical plants. Coppers there had no interest in keeping the peace. Never had problems at Sunderland or Newcastle. Be careful, some of the boozers near the ground are poisonous. It was 1997 when I was there, perhaps they’ve mellowed.
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I've only spent a few days up there for work about 15 years ago and it seemed a moody place, the town centre was just like a bigger Erdington.
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Been to Ayresome Park but somehow never been to the Riverside so I am probably one of a minority not too disappointed with this draw. Should get a ticket as well hopefully with a decent allocation. Watch TV muck about with the kickoff time to make it a logistical nightmare.
Only time I went to the Riverside, it was a nightmare. Got offered out by numerous Neanderthals, including one guy who was at least 70. Must be something from the chemical plants. Coppers there had no interest in keeping the peace. Never had problems at Sunderland or Newcastle. Be careful, some of the boozers near the ground are poisonous. It was 1997 when I was there, perhaps they’ve mellowed.
Cheers. Ayresome Park was a bit tasty and involved having to run back to the car post match. Current thinking is I'd probably look to stay somewhere like Yarm and Uber it to and from.
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Yarm is decent, used to be a cracking club there - Tall Trees
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We went to Ayresome Park in a cup semi final year's ago, it might have been the Simod or Full Members Cup I forget which. There can't have been anymore than 300 of us there. It took a while to persuade the steward to let us out so we could get back to the car.
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Yarm is decent, used to be a cracking club there - Tall Trees
MacMillans. An old mate, Alex Lowes, the fella responsible for the legendary Southport Soul Weekenders, used to DJ there on a Sunday night back in the day. Very posh.
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Is this The Pre-Match Thread?
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I went to Ayresome for the 3-2 win, Deano and Dalian in 92. It was pretty moody outside and they'd kept us back for 15-20 mins. Then went to the Riverside in 95, 2-0 win under Little and 2 great goals that day. So great memories of Boro for me. I think we'll do them again in the cup too.
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Didn't we always thump them up there??
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I've only spent a few days up there for work about 15 years ago and it seemed a moody place, the town centre was just like a bigger Erdington.
it's gone down hill since then.
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Didn't we always thump them up there??
No I’ve been I think 6 times and seen us win twice, the Deano and Dalian 3-2 at Ayresome Park and the 1-0 Snodgrass in 17/18.
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We were the only Villa fans in a city centre pub in Middlesbrough before the play off semi. It was fine. The locals were happy to talk football.
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Let's hope the club take the full allocation, give us members a chance of an away game
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Boro isn't rough anymore as an away fan.
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I was in that London the day Luke Moore scored a hat-trick against them up there.
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We went there when Dean Smith had not long been appointed (brilliant 3 nil). There was this ginger Biffa Bacon trying to provoke a fight in the pub while everyone just got on with drinking and chatting or playing pool. The bouncers eventually had enough and turfed him out and his parting shot was:
"Yous all a bunch of fuckin' fannies anyways!"
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I was in that London the day Luke Moore scored a hat-trick against them up there.
Me too, I remember checking as I went down to the tube and we had just gone 0-1 up, by the time I was back and able to get reception we were 0-4 up.
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I saw us win 4-0, 3-1 and 3-0 there in successive seasons. Got to know a few Boro fans as well who were all sound. Happy to go back if I get the chance.
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Didn't we win there 5 something when little Alan Wright scored an absolute screamer
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That was New Year's Day 1996 in a 2-0 win.
https://youtu.be/8qI-bgggBds?feature=shared
Wright's goal when we scored 5 was at Spurs in 2000.
https://youtu.be/fSZCJH60N2o?feature=shared
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That was New Year's Day 1996 in a 2-0 win.
https://youtu.be/8qI-bgggBds?feature=shared
Wright's goal when we scored 5 was at Spurs in 2000.
https://youtu.be/fSZCJH60N2o?feature=shared
We scored 4 that day at Spurs, the 5 game was 1992.
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We also won there 4-0 on Valentine’s Day 2000. Memorable for me as I was in agony in A&E with what turned out to be a hernia, the stitches from my appendectomy a few months earlier becoming stuck in my stomach wall ( an adhesion). Only found out the result in the paper the next day.
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We also won there 4-0 on Valentine’s Day 2000. Memorable for me as I was in agony in A&E with what turned out to be a hernia, the stitches from my appendectomy a few months earlier becoming stuck in my stomach wall ( an adhesion). Only found out the result in the paper the next day.
Was that the Gazza Boateng game, mate? One of my first ever non Midlands away days.
Cold. Was up there a few years later when I think we won 5-2.
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We also won there 4-0 on Valentine’s Day 2000. Memorable for me as I was in agony in A&E with what turned out to be a hernia, the stitches from my appendectomy a few months earlier becoming stuck in my stomach wall ( an adhesion). Only found out the result in the paper the next day.
Was that the Gazza Boateng game, mate? One of my first ever non Midlands away days.
Cold. Was up there a few years later when I think we won 5-2.
The Gazza broken arm on Boatengs head was def Valentines Day…remember having to book a meal around finding a bar in Nottm to watch that match :-)
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I knew he'd scored a screamer somewhere , only 600 miles adrift
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Tommy Johnsons goal was class too. About 20 plus passes. Happy New Middlesbrough.
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I was there for the 5-2 win in 2003, our only away win that season. I think there was about 300 of us there that night, no problem getting an away ticket in them days!!
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Not sure if this point has already been made, but Boro are more than likely to have a league cup semi final to think about in January. They play Port Vale in the QF in a few weeks.
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I remember watching the 2-0 with my dad at the King Edward on Lichfield Road with a bluenose he was acquainted with who, with about 20 minutes to go, yelled "STOP TOYING WITH THEM, BORO!" at the screen.
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We also won there 4-0 on Valentine’s Day 2000. Memorable for me as I was in agony in A&E with what turned out to be a hernia, the stitches from my appendectomy a few months earlier becoming stuck in my stomach wall ( an adhesion). Only found out the result in the paper the next day.
Result of the match or the result of the medical examination?
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On BBC1 5:30 k.o. on the 6th.
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Crap draw. Might be on TV though
Thought as much.
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We're on BBC
Middlesbrough vs Aston Villa (5.30pm) on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport
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I was there for the 5-2 win in 2003, our only away win that season. I think there was about 300 of us there that night, no problem getting an away ticket in them days!!
Was that our only away win that year? Wow. You're right though, it was a bit sparse in the away end.
I think it was also around Valentine's Day as I remember getting shit from my girlfriend who wanted to go away to Paris or something along those lines, but I chose to go and see the Villa instead.
Compared to the football Villa serve up under Unai, it looks like we were playing a different sport back then:
https://youtu.be/1DXaZnLHZk8?si=NDOvJViIQtUfYI1v
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Good chance we rest a fair few players for this.
Mind you, they may have the League Cup on their minds as well.
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I'd go stronger than that, particularly in midfield.
We want to win the Cup, and Boro at home are no mugs.
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Full strength, bollocks to anything else, this is the FA Cup ffs.
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Full strength, bollocks to anything else, this is the FA Cup ffs.
I get what you're saying but it's an unrealistic expectation in the modern world of football.
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Full strength, bollocks to anything else, this is the FA Cup ffs.
I get what you're saying but it's an unrealistic expectation in the modern world of football.
Disagree, we have a very light schedule of games in January, 2 League Games and potentially 2 FA Cup games.
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100% full strength, it’s a trophy at the end the of the day, much much more important than finishing 4th in the league…you win a cup not just a two legged tie to maybe join the Champions League next season. Reason 125 as to why football at this level has gone to hell….
FA Cup will always be top of my priority list, every season.
Old fashioned I know but I don’t care
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Full strength, bollocks to anything else, this is the FA Cup ffs.
I get what you're saying but it's an unrealistic expectation in the modern world of football.
Disagree, we have a very light schedule of games in January, 2 League Games and potentially 2 FA Cup games.
Absolutely, a week either side of this game negates the need for a scratch side. Of course, I want to win the FA Cup more than anything else but I'm sure the Manager doesn't share my view.
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Full strength, bollocks to anything else, this is the FA Cup ffs.
I get what you're saying but it's an unrealistic expectation in the modern world of football.
Disagree, we have a very light schedule of games in January, 2 League Games and potentially 2 FA Cup games.
Absolutely, a week either side of this game negates the need for a scratch side. Of course, I want to win the FA Cup more than anything else but I'm sure the Manager doesn't share my view.
I’m not so sure, didn’t he win it with Arsenal?
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Full strength, bollocks to anything else, this is the FA Cup ffs.
I get what you're saying but it's an unrealistic expectation in the modern world of football.
Disagree, we have a very light schedule of games in January, 2 League Games and potentially 2 FA Cup games.
Absolutely, a week either side of this game negates the need for a scratch side. Of course, I want to win the FA Cup more than anything else but I'm sure the Manager doesn't share my view.
I’m not so sure, didn’t he win it with Arsenal?
No. They won it the season he was fired.
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I get what you're saying but we have a squad and he won't risk a full strength side in this . It will be a blended team
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100% full strength, it’s a trophy at the end the of the day, much much more important than finishing 4th in the league…you win a cup not just a two legged tie to maybe join the Champions League next season. Reason 125 as to why football at this level has gone to hell….
FA Cup will always be top of my priority list, every season.
Old fashioned I know but I don’t care
Spot on
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This season has been incredible, but it would a major stain to go out of both domestic cup competitions at the first hurdle. As close to full strength as possible please. It's not like we have a lot of games in January, so no need to "rest" players.
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I’d start Ederson, Foden and Grealish if they’re registered in time. Apart from the odd sub appearance it’s only the cup where we can offer them game time for a while.
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I'd go stronger than that, particularly in midfield.
Stronger than Ibuprofen?! Please be careful with codeine.
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If we get as far as the 5th round this year we'll go on to win it.
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Bookies are offering about 18/1 for us to win the Cup. Current odds for title about 16/1. Just saying.
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I'd go stronger than that, particularly in midfield.
Stronger than Ibuprofen?! Please be careful with codeine.
😂
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Ticket allocation and criteria for buying don't look great here.
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Surprised the allocation is that small.
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30th Dec Burnley (h)
6th Jan Middlesbrough (a)
14th Jan Everton (a)
30th Jan Newcastle (h)
3rd Feb Sheffield United (a)
We can afford to play a strong side.
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O'Reilly------------ Kellyman
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I'd go stronger than that, particularly in midfield.
Stronger than Ibuprofen?! Please be careful with codeine.
He's Iron Man in this house
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Surprised the allocation is that small.
What is the allocation? If the 15% rule holds then given that capacity at The Riverside is a little under 35,000 right now, surely we should be in line for 5,200 or so?
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3,884
https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2023/december/11/Middlesbrough-ticket-details/
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3,884
https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2023/december/11/Middlesbrough-ticket-details/
was expecting far more
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Chelsea got 4,600 in the quarters, so interesting to know what's gone on behind the scenes.
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Maybe we should refuse to distribute the tickets unless they give us our full allocation, encourage those without tickets to attend anyway, and cut all communication with Middlesbrough...
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There were three options, two of which involved us paying for extra tickets in advance and they seem to have gone for the middle one. It's on TV and we'll play a weakened side so shifting any more would have been difficult.
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Boro away in a 3rd round early in the New Year and being the last of 11 games in 5 or so weeks at an expensive time of year anyway, taking nearly 4k would be more than decent.
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I think we'd easily have taken 5k given there's loads of fans who like to go to the occassional away game find it near on impossible now as its a closed shop.
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I'd have given it serious thought until they moved it to 5.30 and put it on TV, no chance now.
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The ticket site is playing up. Claiming we are not eligible then when it relents the payment won't go through. My friend and I are 40 miles apart and are having the same problem.
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Same here - the Please Wait message just whirls around after entering payment details
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Same here. Apparently the ticket's in my basket but. after about 15 minutes "payment is still being processed"
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Same! :-(
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Yeah same here. Try in a couple of hours.
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Thanks for the info about ticket site.
Been trying different computers, different cards.
Laptop, nearly went through the window :-[ :-[ :-[
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Same for me, thought my cards were playing up so thanks all for the reassuring posts.
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Pleased to say, just tried again and the order processed successfully.
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ticket site is working ;D ;D ;D
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I think we'd easily have taken 5k given there's loads of fans who like to go to the occassional away game find it near on impossible now as its a closed shop.
We took 7k to Man U for a midweek evening LC3 game November last year. If we had taken the full allocation for Boro I still think it would have left some disappointed.
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I think we'd easily have taken 5k given there's loads of fans who like to go to the occassional away game find it near on impossible now as its a closed shop.
We took 7k to Man U for a midweek evening LC3 game November last year. If we had taken the full allocation for Boro I still think it would have left some disappointed.
mmm not sure . Manchester is a good night out and only 90 mins up the road. Middlesbrough is an absolute hole and 4.5 hours away
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I think we'd easily have taken 5k given there's loads of fans who like to go to the occassional away game find it near on impossible now as its a closed shop.
We took 7k to Man U for a midweek evening LC3 game November last year. If we had taken the full allocation for Boro I still think it would have left some disappointed.
mmm not sure . Manchester is a good night out and only 90 mins up the road. Middlesbrough is an absolute hole and 4.5 hours away
Erm yesterday you were telling us we'd easily take 5k up there so which is it? Also it's about 3 hours away, but I agree it sounds a crap place...not that I've ever been.
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Yep, eventually got mine and my mate's and his daughter's.....then wouldn't let me get mate's coach travel even though he is his daughter's PA!????!!
Bonkers!
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I think we'd easily have taken 5k given there's loads of fans who like to go to the occassional away game find it near on impossible now as its a closed shop.
We took 7k to Man U for a midweek evening LC3 game November last year. If we had taken the full allocation for Boro I still think it would have left some disappointed.
mmm not sure . Manchester is a good night out and only 90 mins up the road. Middlesbrough is an absolute hole and 4.5 hours away
Erm yesterday you were telling us we'd easily take 5k up there so which is it? Also it's about 3 hours away, but I agree it sounds a crap place...not that I've ever been.
then you don't understand
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Does anyone know how many tickets are left for members on Monday?
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Does anyone know how many tickets are left for members on Monday?
They aren’t on sale to normal STHs yet so we don’t know.
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Does anyone know how many tickets are left for members on Monday?
They aren’t on sale to normal STHs yet so we don’t know.
I got my dates wrong, thought they were on sale to ST's from yesterday, but just seen it is today
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Does anyone know how many tickets are left for members on Monday?
They aren’t on sale to normal STHs yet so we don’t know.
I saw someone suggest there are 1500 left which I suspect (if true) will all go today.
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Does anyone know how many tickets are left for members on Monday?
They aren’t on sale to normal STHs yet so we don’t know.
I saw someone suggest there are 1500 left which I suspect (if true) will all go today.
I think you may be right. I was going to try tonight but it’s on TV and with potential Euro aways coming up I’d rather save my money.
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We've been given another 576 tickets.
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Yes ! Got 2
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4460, sold out.
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Got two as well, going up with my son.
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Much refreshing, but got two together-ish for my brother and his lad, and one for me on my lonesome. I'm up there working in Stockton for the weekend, so rather handy.
It's our year. Uttered more confidently than ever before!
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Stockton?
Isn't that supposed to be a shit-hole?
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So driving up and at the moment booked the HIEX and exploring pre match lunch at Una Momento or Novello. Surely pasta and beer and wine before a stroll to the ground should be enough to secure the win. Anyone got any better ideas. Or fancy a lunch ?
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No luck for members again :(
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No luck for members again :(
I’ve said this before but if the bods in the ticket office didn’t take the maximum allocation they need sacking
No excuses just clear them out and get people in who know and care about football fans
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Oh FFS, LNER aren't running trains properly that weekend, which scuppers my idea of getting the train. Twats. Driving up it is then.
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It's probably the first time in our history that we'd take over 4k to Boro for an FAC 3rd round. Certainly selling them so quickly, most of the time our support up there has been in the hundreds rather than thousands.
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I'd have given it serious thought until they moved it to 5.30 and put it on TV, no chance now.
This
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Anyone any idea why so many games have been moved from 3pm Saturday that are not on TV and don't seem to especially cause location clashes. I'm guessing it's feeding foreign TV markets, but could it be something else?...
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500 more tickets up for sale if you’re quick.
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Anyone any idea why so many games have been moved from 3pm Saturday that are not on TV and don't seem to especially cause location clashes. I'm guessing it's feeding foreign TV markets, but could it be something else?...
They move them out of the 3pm blackout as they can put them on iplayer or ITVX.
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500 more tickets up for sale if you’re quick.
Nice on thanks for the notification...about 250 left now
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Is that almost 5,000 now?
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500 more tickets up for sale if you’re quick.
Don't tell everyone, I want some left at 5!!!!
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Is that almost 5,000 now?
4960.
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Pretty good going.
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Going would cause untold misery - not least getting back to Bristol for me and back to London for my eldest, though I thought, "it has to be done".
Sadly not though. Extra tickets just sold out. UTV
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If everybody who wanted to go could go I reckon we could have easily taken another 2/3k. The frustrating thing is there will be plenty of empty seats in the home sections with the Riverside holding almost 35k.
Last season they had 21k playing Brighton at home in R3, the season before they had 31k playing Tottenham in R5.
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Let's hope we go strong to get through to the next round and hopefully if drawn away it will be at an even bigger ground
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Basically ended up taking the full allocation which they should have done in the first place anyway
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Middlesbrough will be concentrating on the League Cup Semi, rather than this match with us you'd hope.
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Middlesbrough will be concentrating on the League Cup Semi, rather than this match with us you'd hope.
I bet they get Liverpool in the Semi.
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I was thinking about both club's priorities here. We are in the title race and have got the round of 16 for the ECL just over the horizon to think about. They are in the LC s-f and are only 6 points off the play-offs and will be looking for a good league run to try to close that gap. I can't see either club treating this match as priority or being especially bothered if they don't progress. Both I think will give a few big players a rest, at least onto the bench. With that in mind I would hope we would have enough in a second string of ours to beat one of theirs.
Selfishly I'm hoping it's a draw as a replay on Tue 16 or Wed 17 is one I could get to, although I of course accept that that wouldn't be anything the club would want
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To be honest, I'm not too fussed about the FA Cup this year.
I think we have a better chance of the ECL, and if we have the chance of CL spot, we go for those two.
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i think we will see a heavily rotated team at Boro