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Author Topic: FA Cup Final - Pre-Match Thread  (Read 252048 times)

Offline silhillvilla

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Re: FA Cup Final
« Reply #465 on: April 29, 2015, 09:46:32 PM »
£110 for a child ! Absolute scumbag robbing wankers the FA

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Re: FA Cup Final
« Reply #466 on: April 29, 2015, 09:48:23 PM »
£110 for a child ! Absolute scumbag robbing wankers the FA

Madonna would pay a lot more than £110 for a child, so it's not that expensive really.

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Re: FA Cup Final
« Reply #467 on: April 29, 2015, 10:04:55 PM »
Well I have been to a funeral in Worcester today of my dad's cousin. Back at the pub in Bromsgrove where we had a few drinks and remembered her life and I got talking to her daughter who was showing people some old photos. There was a Villa envelope with pics from the 1957 final and some newspaper cuttings. It turns out that the young lad in the replica Villa kit that you often see in 57 crowd photos is a distant relative of mine, called Andrew who died a couple of years ago. He was the mascot for the whole season apparently as that is how things worked back then.
We have to win it now surely!! ?

Well I have been to a funeral in Worcester today of my dad's cousin. Back at the pub in Bromsgrove where we had a few drinks and remembered her life and I got talking to her daughter who was showing people some old photos. There was a Villa envelope with pics from the 1957 final and some newspaper cuttings. It turns out that the young lad in the replica Villa kit that you often see in 57 crowd photos is a distant relative of mine, called Andrew who died a couple of years ago. He was the mascot for the whole season apparently as that is how things worked back then.
We have to win it now surely!! ?

Punxsutawney Phil

Offline mrastonvilla

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Re: FA Cup Final
« Reply #468 on: April 29, 2015, 10:13:42 PM »
£110 for a child ! Absolute scumbag robbing wankers the FA

The £10 reduction is at the clubs discretion, you can bet that it's our lot that are losing out not the FA

Offline silhillvilla

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Re: FA Cup Final
« Reply #469 on: April 29, 2015, 10:18:01 PM »
Just to put into perspective , to go the The Open Golf Final day at St andrews 2015 is £75 adult, free for kids

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Re: FA Cup Final
« Reply #470 on: April 29, 2015, 10:21:34 PM »
Just to put into perspective , to go the The Open Golf Final day at St andrews 2015 is £75 adult, free for kids

They have to spend the day watching golf so they still lose out, golf wankers.

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Re: FA Cup Final
« Reply #471 on: April 29, 2015, 10:25:57 PM »
Just to put into perspective , to go the The Open Golf Final day at St andrews 2015 is £75 adult, free for kids

They have to spend the day watching golf so they still lose out, golf wankers.

And to put it into another perspective the cheapest tickets for Mayweather v Pacquiao is $1,500.

Offline Pat McMahon

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Re: FA Cup Final
« Reply #472 on: April 29, 2015, 10:28:26 PM »
Just to put into perspective , to go the The Open Golf Final day at St andrews 2015 is £75 adult, free for kids

They have to spend the day watching golf so they still lose out, golf wankers.

And to put it into another perspective the cheapest tickets for Mayweather v Pacquiao is $1,500.

Yeah, but look at the quantity of free tickets they hand out. It's an inspiration to any sporting institution......

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Re: FA Cup Final
« Reply #473 on: April 29, 2015, 10:30:06 PM »
...distant relative of mine, called Andrew who died a couple of years ago.


Unfortunate surname that.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: FA Cup Final
« Reply #474 on: April 29, 2015, 10:30:16 PM »
I can't help it but I always chuckle when the big fights end after a couple of minutes and think of the folks who spent thousands to watch it.

Offline silhillvilla

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Re: FA Cup Final
« Reply #475 on: April 29, 2015, 10:31:26 PM »
Kids aren't allowed at boxing

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Re: FA Cup Final
« Reply #476 on: April 29, 2015, 10:31:33 PM »
Just to put into perspective , to go the The Open Golf Final day at St andrews 2015 is £75 adult, free for kids

They have to spend the day watching golf so they still lose out, golf wankers.

And to put it into another perspective the cheapest tickets for Mayweather v Pacquiao is $1,500.

Yeah, but look at the quantity of free tickets they hand out. It's an inspiration to any sporting institution......

You try getting a freebie for this fight unless you spend millions in a casino.

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Re: FA Cup Final
« Reply #477 on: April 29, 2015, 10:31:43 PM »
I can't help it but I always chuckle when the big fights end after a couple of minutes and think of the folks who spent thousands to watch it.

Bit like the Arsenal fans will feel after Benteke scores a hat trick in the first 10 minutes.

Offline Lizz

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Re: FA Cup Final
« Reply #478 on: April 29, 2015, 10:34:15 PM »
Cheap at the price - one hotel suite may cost $50,000 for one night. Tickets changing hands for as much as $100,000. I can but dream of ever having that much money.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/32494796

Not too many years ago, I was in Las Vegas about a week before a big fight. The hype was brilliant even then, so much so that if I'd been there on the night of the fight, would have loved to attend. And boxing doesn't normally interest me. What surprised me most about Las Vegas was that there were plenty of other things to do besides gamble. Though watching the serious gamblers is extremely entertaining.

Offline Chris Jameson

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Re: FA Cup Final
« Reply #479 on: April 29, 2015, 10:36:32 PM »
Kids aren't allowed at boxing

As a kid who was dragged to various golf tournaments I so wish that had been the case with golf.

 


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