FA Cup 21/22

[tonysingh]

Not at all, the only good thing about Boreham Wood was they were even more hated than us when we were in the NL and Dale Vince was chucking money around like water (before everyone was doing it like now).

You're FGR innit? I didn't think you lot were hated really. Boreham Wood? Ehhhh....dreadful club, dreadful place, dreadful supporters, they're a festering pustule on football. I hope that whoever they get next round humiliates them so much they fold in shame.

 

[JimW]

You're FGR innit? I didn't think you lot were hated really. Boreham Wood? Ehhhh....dreadful club, dreadful place, dreadful supporters, they're a festering pustule on football. I hope that whoever they get next round humiliates them so much they fold in shame.

Not a lot of love for us in the latter years when DV was really splashing the cash but we had at least been knocking around the NL for ages already by that point, albeit saved by the AGM Cup a couple of times. Boreham Wood seemed to have no redeeming features and loads of petty shit like charging journos entry to the ground that didn't help.

 

[JimW]

Just seen this story about one of the Wood players though, which is pretty nice:

 

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Lee gave a heartfelt interview on R4 this morning Hartlepool boss praises Crystal Palace fans for wife's cancer care cash

 

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I was about to post how good it is to hear decent commenters again, but fuck me if the farmers haven't scored with the first move of the game

 

[two sheds]

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[two sheds]

I wrote something then realized it was pointless

 

[Maggot]

Why are the 5th round games on a Wednesday evening? They should be on a weekend, like they used to be. Fuck the Premier League and it's dominance.

 

[hash tag]

Why are the 5th round games on a Wednesday evening? They should be on a weekend, like they used to be. Fuck the Premier League and it's dominance.

The final was always in a Saturday, covered free by the two main channels. Draws always used to go to replays......

 

[tonysingh]

People moaning about the pernicious influence of SKY and the Premier League....30 years too late. English football sold its soul in 1992, its all a bit fait accompli now innit.

 

[stavros]

The final was always in a Saturday, covered free by the two main channels. Draws always used to go to replays......

And it was always at 3pm, after the league season had finished. I think 5pm tends be the time now, which is shit from I-want-to-eat-my-dinner kind of way.

Fifth round TV games are up, and we have:

• Posh - Man City
• Palace - Stoke
• Boro - Spurs
• Luton - Chelsea
• Saints - West Ham
• Liverpool - Norwich
• Everton - Boreham Wood
• Forest - Huddersfield

 

[tonysingh]

And it was always at 3pm, after the league season had finished. I think 5pm tends be the time now, which is shit from I-want-to-eat-my-dinner kind of way.

Fifth round TV games are up, and we have:

• Posh - Man City
• Palace - Stoke
• Boro - Spurs
• Luton - Chelsea
• Saints - West Ham
• Liverpool - Norwich
• Everton - Boreham Wood
• Forest - Huddersfield

That tv choice is a symphony in underwhelment and a precis of what's wrong with football.

 

[Maggot]

People moaning about the pernicious influence of SKY and the Premier League....30 years too late. English football sold its soul in 1992, its all a bit fait accompli now innit.

But the 5th round being midweek is a very recent phenomenon. It used to have a weekend set aside for it.

 

[tonysingh]

But the 5th round being midweek is a very recent phenomenon. It used to have a weekend set aside for it.

My team rarely make the first round so the fifth is a land of mystery to me. I would say though that days and times have been changed at broadcaster behest since the PL inception. This fifth round midweek is new and possibly a result of trying to catch up fixture backlogs but it's just another form of the game being taken away from its roots and that's been happening for 30 years.

 

[strung out]

That tv choice is a symphony in underwhelment and a precis of what's wrong with football.

I mean, that's literally all the 5th round ties, so I'm not sure you can really criticise the choice of televised matches...

 

[tonysingh]

I mean, that's literally all the 5th round ties, so I'm not sure you can really criticise the choice of televised matches...

Yes I can, I'm a miserable bastard that likes to moan.

 

[hash tag]

I see palace v. Stoke is live on BBC red button or the iPlayer. I shall be working that night

 

[stavros]

That tv choice is a symphony in underwhelment and a precis of what's wrong with football.

I know. I mean, where's the Man Utd game?!

 

[surreybrowncap]

I see palace v. Stoke is live on BBC red button or the iPlayer. I shall be working that night

A good thing surely...?

 

[hash tag]

It's great that palace will be free and live. It's not good that I'm working. I'll endeavour to watch the second half at lunch.

 

[tonysingh]

It's great that palace will be free and live. It's not good that I'm working. I'll endeavour to watch the second half at lunch.

I'll call in sick on your behalf. Would you prefer dengue fever or leprosy?

 

[hash tag]

I'll call in sick on your behalf. Would you prefer dengue fever or leprosy?

I am actually off sick!
A red button link BBC Sport - The FA Cup, 2021/22, Fifth Round: Crystal Palace v Stoke City

 

[Wilf]

Bump, in case anybody hasn't noticed it's mainly midweek this round, with all the games free to air:

Live FA Cup On TV Schedule 2023/24 UK

View complete listings of live FA Cup football on TV in the UK on BBC and ITV.

www.live-footballontv.com

 

[hash tag]

The only one that matters is mentioned on the previous post

 

[hash tag]

Get in

 

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The noise is relentless

 

[two sheds]

ta for the reminder I'd forgotten

starting off with peterborough v man city

then probably switch over for spurs

 

[hash tag]

Still on track for seeing Liverpool at Wembley then.

 

[mx wcfc]

ta for the reminder I'd forgotten

starting off with peterborough v man city

then probably switch over for spurs

Did the same. Peterboro game till they were 2 down, with Palace on the computer.

Now watching Middlesboro pissing Spurs off!

 

[two sheds]

Boro playing really well, Jones is good.