The FA Cup (Other football)

[VillaTim]

The tom Finney statue is nice to see for anyone going up to this .

[Brazilian Villain]

The tom Finney statue is nice to see for anyone going up to this .

Surely the Morrisons with the built-in lighthouse is another 'must-see'.

[VillaTim]

The tom Finney statue is nice to see for anyone going up to this .

Surely the Morrisons with the built-in lighthouse is another 'must-see'.

That's on that retail park as you walk away from the ground northwards , was pissing down and we sheltered in their for a few mins .

[FrankyH]

We will need to win this cup because Small heath are going to win a plastic toy also rans cup and we will need to have something to wave back at them.

I think a fair few of them would rather lose that b&m paint trophy if we won the world's oldest cup competition.The comparison in  the same season would kill them.

[Martyn Smith]

Wouldn't it be funny if Blues won the tallest dwarf trophy and we won either or both of the two open to all cups that we are still in?

Will be going to Wembley with La Bluenose, assuming that by the time the tickets come round to general sale they haven't already sold their 50,000 allocation...

[Clampy]

Who really gives a fuck about them? And we call them obsessed.

[Meanwood Villa]

Thanks. I'm 37 so the majority of it pre-dates my existence, but I'm still surprised I've never heard about it. Remember the gubbing against Liverpool in '96, but just presumed we'd lost a couple of semis between that and '57. Madness.

*Well, we did, having checked. In '59 and '60, but you know what I mean.

It was mentioned a lot until we broke the hoodoo. Forest had equalised late in both league games that season so was a tense listen on the radio. It was a midweek game for reasons I can't remember.

[FrankyH]

I can't  remember last year , but were all four games played saturday/sunday  .  I don't think/hope TV will insist on a friday/monday game ?

[DrGonzo]

I used to live just down the road. Past the park, heading back into town, first right, first left, mine was the last house on the left…2 St Anthony’s rd.  If you’re passing drop in for a cup of tea…I’m not there anymore but I’m sure if you explain..?

[Footy-Vill]

Played for Preston And Villa
I’ll go first
Daniel Johnson

i always though he was good enough to stay at Villa
and he was legend at Preston
50 grand 50 grand Daniel Johnson !

[Somniloquism]

I'm assuming the Brighton game will be moved to the Wednesday unless they play both our and their ties on the Saturday. (All but Palace and Citeh currently play again that Tuesday.)

[Meanwood Villa]

I can't  remember last year , but were all four games played saturday/sunday  .  I don't think/hope TV will insist on a friday/monday game ?

There won't be any Monday I wouldn't have thought because it's a full league programme in the midweek. Friday maybe but it is off the back of an international break so maybe not.

[cdbearsfan]

Regardless of who gets through out of Forest and Ipswich, every tie currently involves at least one team who is scheduled to play on the following Tuesday.

I'd imagine at least a couple of the Tuesday games will move to Wednesday so the TV companies can still televise a couple of Sunday games. They could, maybe, go Friday - Saturday x 2 - Sunday or even Friday - Saturday x 3, but that might be a bit tough with many players only getting back from international duty on Thursday.

[Footy-Vill]

I can't  remember last year , but were all four games played saturday/sunday  .  I don't think/hope TV will insist on a friday/monday game ?

There won't be any Monday I wouldn't have thought because it's a full league programme in the midweek. Friday maybe but it is off the back of an international break so maybe not.

The official line is ties are to be played across the dates 28th March - 31st March

[cdbearsfan]

I can't  remember last year , but were all four games played saturday/sunday  .  I don't think/hope TV will insist on a friday/monday game ?

There won't be any Monday I wouldn't have thought because it's a full league programme in the midweek. Friday maybe but it is off the back of an international break so maybe not.

The official line is ties are to be played across the dates 28th March - 31st March

That was before they knew the identity of the teams, though. If Preston were playing Plymouth, there's no logistical reason why it couldn't be played on Monday. However, with all of the ties featuring Premier League teams who play the following midweek, I suspect there won't be any Monday night FA Cup game.