FA Cup 4th Round (H) Bournemouth

[myf]

I'm quite sure we could both have played on Saturday at 3pm with little to no issue.

However it's 3 of us with Albion fans as well so city centre could become a very dangerous place.

That's happened before as well.

Happened just before Xmas when we played albion away. Blues were at home to reading

[Dazvillain]

Soooo excited about this. That game was the very first villa game my dad took me too. He was originally from bournemouth before meeting my mum and living in worcester since 50's. we still have family down there, and a couple are season ticket holders. As a surprise for my dads birthday last season they got us tickets for st . Andrews sat in the cherries end as that was the first time he had seen them play live for a good few years. It was a great day and they thumped blues, just as this year !! They don't seem to play their first choice 11 in cup games given their focus on promotion so should be interesting. From a purely selfish point of view I hope its a Sunday game as we are going to Liverpool game and getting 2 consecutive Saturdays off is a problem !

Brilliant, can't wait for a great family occasion ....sorry for all those Sat pm lovers on this 1 occasion !

[andyh]

The Mail headline, I shit you not.

FA Cup: Birmingham City beat Aston Villa in coin toss to decide who plays fourth round tie on the Saturday

And the rest of the article. Apparently it's a moral victory.

Birmingham City scored a moral victory over deadly rivals Aston Villa today when they won the right to stage their FA Cup fourth round tie on their preferred date - with a coin toss.

Blues face West Bromwich Albion at St Andrew’s while Villa were also drawn at home to Bournemouth, much to the concern of West Midlands Police.

With both games scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 24, Blues asked the police to use their heads and tails to decide.

Blues won and will kick-off at St Andrew’s at 3pm on the Saturday with Villa Park hosting goal-laden Bournemouth at 3pm the following day.

A statement on bcfc.com proclaimed: “As West Midlands Police would not allow for our match and the Villa v Bournemouth FA Cup tie to take place on the same day, we had to ask West Midlands Police to conduct an independent toss of a coin to decide who would play on the Saturday.

“Blues won the coin toss; therefore the match will be played on Saturday, January 24 2015 (3pm kick-off).

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/fa-cup-birmingham-city-beat-8399045

I'm lost for words. Who is the sports editor at that rag these days?

That fucking rag is supposed to represent the city of Birmingham!!

[silhillvilla]

How is winning a coin toss moral ?

[Ads]

Rowett's had a look at the pitch and is going to have a bat. Looking at this cloud cover though, I reckon we can get the ball swinging.

[Virgil Caine]

Wait for the release of the DVD and the Birmingham Mail Special Edition in respect of the moral victory over the Villa. Tossers.

[Ads]

Do you think we will be able to buy a commemorative moral victory coin?

[Marlon From Bearwood]

Is that Mail article a mock up by someone on here? Surely it's not genuine?

[silhillvilla]

Is this the work of Colin Tattum

[Richard E]

It can't be a real Meaning Evil article about Blose, it doesn't include the word 'passion.'

[PeterWithesShin]

Is that Mail article a mock up by someone on here? Surely it's not genuine?

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/fa-cup-birmingham-city-beat-8399045

[bertlambshank]

The Birmingham Mail gave up covering football years ago.

[villaxl]

We lost again.  Lambert out

[Nastylee]

Article by someone called Brian Dick, rather apt.

[Des Little]

Wait for the release of the DVD and the Birmingham Mail Special Edition in respect of the moral victory over the Villa. Tossers.

Winning tossers at that.