The FA Cup.

[olaftab]

Too, not to.

In his defence I think Dan was sending a wink "to many English teachers on here".

[paulcomben]

Why should we heed anyone who writes would of and could of when it is would have and could have?

Said the man who thinks the draw would have been the identical had we beat Sheffield United?

Writes the man who thinks that the draw would have (tick v.g.) been identical had we beaten Sheffield United.

[itbrvilla]

Why should we heed anyone who writes would of and could of when it is would have and could have?

Said the man who thinks the draw would have been the identical had we beat Sheffield United?

Writes the man who thinks that the draw would have (tick v.g.) been identical had we beaten Sheffield United.

Yawn ZZZZzzZZz...............

[paulcomben]

Why should we heed anyone who writes would of and could of when it is would have and could have?

Said the man who thinks the draw would have been the identical had we beat Sheffield United?

Writes the man who thinks that the draw would have (tick v.g.) been identical had we beaten Sheffield United.

Yawn ZZZZzzZZz...............

Be proud. Most people would fall asleep in Existentialism, not English Grammar.

[danlanza]

Too, not to.

In his defence I think Dan was sending a wink "to many English teachers on here".

Spot on.

[PeterWithesShin]

Had we been in the draw the ball numbers would have been different i'm assuming. So we wouldn't have got the draws Sheff Utd got.

[cdbearsfan]

The ball numbers are based on the order that the teams were drawn out in the previous round. So the winners of, say, the tenth game in Round Three would be ball number ten in Round Four. So, theoretically, we'd have had the same draws Sheff United have had.

[PeterWithesShin]

I demand we are ball two in every draw!

[cdbearsfan]

We weren't ball two at all this year. Due to AFC Bournemouth's promotion to the top two divisions we were ball three in the Third Round on alphabetical order.

I say good riddance to ball two.

[itbrvilla]

The ball numbers are based on the order that the teams were drawn out in the previous round. So the winners of, say, the tenth game in Round Three would be ball number ten in Round Four. So, theoretically, we'd have had the same draws Sheff United have had.

But reality is it would not work like that.

[Dave Clark Five]

Sleight of hand deceives the eye with that draw. They nearly dropped one of the balls in the 3rd Round draw. Another thing with it is the clumsiness of the presenter.
In the old days you would hear:
'no.4'
'Bolton Wanderers'
'will play'
'no.17'
'Mansfield Town'.

Now it is:
'no.4'
'no.4, err, that is Bolton Wanderers' {quickly looking at scrap of paper} 'famous old cup fighters'
'no,17'
'no.17, that is, err, Mansfield town' {and again looking at the paper} 'who beat Bournemouth yesterday'.

it is just not slick at all.

[dave shelley]

And, the draw always took place on Monday lunch time, one-o-clock, I think.  Another tradition gone.

[dave.woodhall]

And, the draw always took place on Monday lunch time, one-o-clock, I think.  Another tradition gone.

And, and this is something I could never understand, when it was on Radio Two they would go over to the FA Headquarters at Lancaster Gate and the head FA man would say "Now for the next item on the agenda, the draw for the xth round of the FA Challenge Cup." The next item. What could possibly be more important to be top of the agenda than the cup draw?

[dave shelley]

An injection of monkey-gland serum to keep them alive for the remainder of the meeting perhaps?

[cdbearsfan]

And, the draw always took place on Monday lunch time, one-o-clock, I think.  Another tradition gone.

That was a stupid tradition. Glad it's gone. No point in doing the draw on a work/school day.