1. “Easy” tie at home
2. Big team, or Villa, at home.
3. “Easy” tie away
4. Man U/ Spurs/ Arsenal away for the £££
5. Shit PL team at home
6. Championship team at home
7. Shit PL team away
8. Championship team away
9. Preston
Hmm, beautiful sunshine here in Yorkshire. Had kinda decided to make the trek down, but the prospect of postponement due to fog is preying on my mind now. And also atrocious driving conditions.
You’re correct in saying that’s it’s never going to happen. In an era where UEFA want an almost “closed shop” super-league to replace the CL, then the idea of a rogue FA Cup winner in the mix is a non-starter.
Shame though. If it had been adopted last season, we were nearly one game away from...
Easy way to fix it (which will never happen) - give the winner the 4th Champions League place. And stop dicking around with Thursday/ Friday night games.
Have bought my ticket, but the kick-off time is making me lean towards not attending. Means I won’t get home til 1030/1100.
How many counties worldwide are interested in watching this dog of a match??
The best encounter I ever had with a player was during a Christmas charity thing - my sister had spina bifida and was part of group for disabled kids that organised days out/ events (I got to tag along too).
Dave Bennett (shiny suit/ wet look hair) and partner (short skirt/ bottle blonde) won a...
Gary McAllister mentioned that Coventry was a “shit crowd” too 😂
Garry Pendrey came across as a right arse in that book.
It’s an interesting read - a good time capsule of a time and place. Think it came out at the same time as the Jim Brown “The Elite Era” book, which in a pre-internet age...