Other Games 2025-26

[Baldy]

May as well abandon todays/tomorrow remaining FA Cup matches and the quarter final draw. Just go straight to the semi final draw.

Same old shit every year.

What, you mean like last year when we and Palace made the semi-final?
Right!

In the last 20 years, one of the so called 'big 6' have won the FA Cup 17 times. Boring if you ask me. 

[Mellin]

May as well abandon todays/tomorrow remaining FA Cup matches and the quarter final draw. Just go straight to the semi final draw.

Same old shit every year.

What, you mean like last year when we and Palace made the semi-final?
Right!

In the last 20 years, one of the so called 'big 6' have won the FA Cup 17 times. Boring if you ask me. 

Big five. Removing Tottenham makes no tangible difference to any of this for any of the major trophies. Might as well get in the habit now.

To be fair, it depends how you cut it. Six different winners in the last six years, plus Portsmouth, Wigan, Leicester and Palace have all won it in the last 20. That's actually not too bad. The 20 years before that saw Everton, Tottenham, Wimbledon and Coventry as surprise winners (and that is minus Man City and half of Chelsea), so arguably worse whilst the rest of the league was playing catch up. It's the next step along where you see some proper variance, with Everton, Tottenham, West Ham, Ipswich, Southampton, Sunderland, Leeds, a shit Chelsea, a shit Man City and West Brom.

So the advent of the Premier League basically, which is when football disappeared up its own arsehole and began really catering to a select few, but we all know that. TBH supporters are to blame as much as anyone. There have been plenty of opportunities to say "Erm, your prices are outrageous and you can go fuck yourself", but that hasn't happened because supply and demand and you'll just lose your seat. Sky and the clubs will only extract what we're prepared to pay. The more they extract, the wider divide. In fact, we put that much money in that we've gone from being owned by car dealers to sovereign states. It's a clever product which, when you cut it back, extracts wealth from people who are emotionally tied to something. It is no longer a fair exchange of a reasonable price for an enjoyable pursuit.

Only way any of that changes if people stop spending their money. Won't happen. Enjoy the circus.

[Toronto Villa]

Penalty Saints in the 89th minute vs Fulham

Edit: 1-0. Great penalty. Cup shock incoming

[cdbearsfan]

Fulham seem even more determined never to win the cup than us.

[Toronto Villa]

Fulham seem even more determined never to win the cup than us.

I’m convinced of the big clubs in English football, nobody wants to win a trophy less than us.

[cdbearsfan]

Port Vale lead Sunderland.

[Toronto Villa]

Our boy Joe in goal for Vale

[Villa Lew]

Well done the Saints the form team in the Championship. It will be 50 years ago in May, when they famously beat Man United in the final.

[Toronto Villa]

It’s a shame that Port Vale can’t get a full house for an FA cup game at home to a PL club. Loads of empty seats

[cdbearsfan]

They do have quite a big ground for a club of their size, tbf.

[Toronto Villa]

What have so many fans constantly walking in front of the main stand? It’s been that way most of the game.

[Toronto Villa]

They do have quite a big ground for a club of their size, tbf.

Interesting trivia, Port Vale’s highest ever attendance was just shy of 50,000 vs us in 1960. Coincidently in the FA Cup 5th round.

[dorsetvillian]

I grew up in Southampton. It was my biggest nightmare at school, Saints winning the FA Cup. Still can't stand them.

[Richard E]

Didn’t they knock us out en route to the final?

[Brazilian Villain]

They do have quite a big ground for a club of their size, tbf.

As you'd expect, for 'The Wembley of the North'.