FA Cup 3rd Round Blackpool (H)

[not3bad]

Fantastic draw for Blackpool. Bit of 'giant' killing will lift their spirits.

[silhillvilla]

3 home games in a week. Sunderland , palace , Blackpool .

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

3 home games in a week. Sunderland , palace , Blackpool .

Piston broke!

[Duncan Shaw]

I can see this being a Sunday game.

What's your name, Louis Van Gaal?  It's what football in England is all about!

[Gregorys Boy]

Bit of a middle of the road kind of draw, but I will take it for the third round.  With this being Villa you can't take anything for granted but if we are in decent form at the time then I think we should get through.   Will be interesting to see what sort of crowd we get for this.  Might consider going if I can get a reasonably priced ticket.

[LTA]

Presumably Lee Clark will be installed in Blues hall of fame if Blackpool turn us over.

Just hope this season we take the cup competition seriously

[cdbearsfan]

Like we did last season when we played virtually a full-strength team?

[Bernie]

We have only ever drawn Blackpool twice before in a cup.
1971 league cup R4 match at theirs (which I went to) and a 1938 FA Cup game at ours (which I didn't).

We have only ever drawn Blackpool twice before in a cup.
1971 league cup R4 match at theirs (which I went to) and a 1938 FA Cup game at ours (which I didn't).

I was there too and I wasn't there too. We must both be quite old but not very old.

I was and wasn't as well. Went to Blackpool on an early train and had to hide behind a pillar at New St. Station as one of the lecturers from the day release college where I was supposed to be that day (Matthew Boulton in Brasshouse Passage, seeing as you ask) got off the train on her way into her work. A fair bit of trouble after the match following our 1-4 defeat.

[berneboy]

We have only ever drawn Blackpool twice before in a cup.
1971 league cup R4 match at theirs (which I went to) and a 1938 FA Cup game at ours (which I didn't).

We have only ever drawn Blackpool twice before in a cup.
1971 league cup R4 match at theirs (which I went to) and a 1938 FA Cup game at ours (which I didn't).

I was there too and I wasn't there too. We must both be quite old but not very old.

I was and wasn't as well. Went to Blackpool on an early train and had to hide behind a pillar at New St. Station as one of the lecturers from the day release college where I was supposed to be that day (Matthew Boulton in Brasshouse Passage, seeing as you ask) got off the train on her way into her work. A fair bit of trouble after the match following our 1-4 defeat.

I remember walking on the sands before the game and being amazed at how far out the sea was - hundreds of yards as metres didn't really exist then. In the old days. But not very, very old.

[LTA]

Like we did last season when we played virtually a full-strength team?

I was talking more about the managers condescending comments the day before.  Yes we did pick a strong side, but they appeared demotivated by Lambert's remarks about not being botherered about the cup when - in fairness - he was too honest for his own good.

[Lizz]

A Villa/Blackpool link -

http://www.blackpoolfc.co.uk/news/article/my-career-at-blackpool-alan-wright-2132890.aspx

Nice to see him with a full head of hair.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

A Villa/Blackpool link -

http://www.blackpoolfc.co.uk/news/article/my-career-at-blackpool-alan-wright-2132890.aspx

Nice to see him with a full head of hair.

I'd never have recognised him!

[levico]

Are we to assume the tie will be played on either Saturday 3rd or Sunday 4th?

[cdbearsfan]

Yeah. There have been no Monday games so far. We're playing on Thursday so won't be on Friday. Blyth v Blues will be the Friday game I reckon.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Was reading the BBC article about the 3rd Round Cup draw and I was shocked by this:-

Ipswich will seek a first fourth-round appearance since 1993 when they meet Southampton at St Mary's.

So they've lost in the 3rd Round of the Cup every year for over 20 years?!?!