The Fa Cup Thread.

[MSingh]

I fancy Millwall in the 3rd Round if they can overcome Aldershot at Home, that'll be one to warm the Cockles on a cold January Midday or 11 O Clock Kick Off..

[mrbojangles]

The Mighty Dale have a tough draw at Barnet.

But i think they should make it through to the last eight........at least !!

You having a larff MrBJ?? Too much sun & sand mate !!!

Yeah i was Chavy. Your'e the only one who spotted it

Well, The Mighty Dale dumped Barnet out of the cup last night.

Bring on the big guns..................Forest Green Rovers

FGR will be hoping to be this rounds Giant Killers

[LeungKen]

Forest Green Who.......?

[chavy]

Forest Green Who.......?

Bristol way Ken !!

I worked with a lad back in blighty who supported Bristol Rovers & was also a regular at 'The Lawn" FGR !!

Glutton for punishment, that's all I can say

[Moonrakers]

The Mighty Dale have a tough draw at Barnet.

But i think they should make it through to the last eight........at least !!

You having a larff MrBJ?? Too much sun & sand mate !!!

Yeah i was Chavy. Your'e the only one who spotted it

Well, The Mighty Dale dumped Barnet out of the cup last night.

Bring on the big guns..................Forest Green Rovers

FGR will be hoping to be this rounds Giant Killers

You should be OK.

Even we managed to beat them last season, 3-2 with a last minute winner.

I am really beginning to dislike this thread of mine.

[Macclad]

Last night,Port Vale 1 Macclesfield 3 .Great win away for the Silkmen who now go into the hat with the Premiership teams for the 3rd round draw.

Also,last night,a bit of an upset with Barrow beating Brentford 2-1.

This weekends games include,Forest Green Rovers v Rochdale,Torquay v Oxford and Histon v Leeds United.

Good luck to our teams,everything to play for.

[chavy]

Forest V Barnsley...............Calderdud's last stand, perhaps ??

Tricky one MrBJ !!! FGR v The Dale ?? I wouldn't fancy that, it's a bit like the other season when we played Sailsbury City live on TV & everyone just rooting for an upset......that never come

Well played the Macc lads. Vale have picked up the last few games, so was a good result for you.

[mrbojangles]

Tricky one MrBJ !!! FGR v The Dale ?? I wouldn't fancy that, it's a bit like the other season when we played Sailsbury City live on TV & everyone just rooting for an upset......that never come

Yes it's a tricky one Chavy. But no worries. As i've already said, the Mighty Dale are going to get through to the last eight this year

Well played the Macc lads. Vale have picked up the last few games, so was a good result for you.

Yep. Nice one Macclesfield

[MSingh]

3rd Round draw tomorrow, can't wait..

Millwally's or Aldershot V's ...................

[MSingh]

3rd Round draw tomorrow, can't wait..

Millwally's or Aldershot V's ...................

In fact, <deleted> the Millwally's, they're irrelevent..

Sheffield United at Brammal Lane for me please & a convincing 3-0 Victory with our little Carlitos even making a trip accross the Pennines to drop in & give Mr Macabe a wave ..

[mrbojangles]

Tricky one MrBJ !!! FGR v The Dale ?? I wouldn't fancy that, it's a bit like the other season when we played Sailsbury City live on TV & everyone just rooting for an upset......that never come

Yes it's a tricky one Chavy. But no worries. As i've already said, the Mighty Dale are going to get through to the last eight this year

Actually i've changed my mind. I hope the Dale lose today so that they can concentrate on the League

[LeungKen]

What price Forest Green for the last 8 Mr.BJ..........

Ooops.

[MSingh]

Here are the numbers, please pick out number 42 with either number 60 or 33

[mrbojangles]

What price Forest Green for the last 8 Mr.BJ..........

It's a Mickey Mouse Cup anyway Ken. Rochdale are rightly concentrating on League Promotion, so that in 3 years they can be in the Champions league

[MSingh]

Here are the numbers, please pick out number 42 with either number 60 or 33

It would help if i actually posted the numbers i suppose..

1 Arsenal

2 Aston Villa

3 Barnsley

4 Birmingham City

5 Blackburn Rovers

6 Blackpool

7 Bolton Wanderers

8 Bristol City

9 Burnley

10 Cardiff City

11 Charlton Athletic

12 Chelsea

13 Coventry City

14 Crystal Palace

15 Derby County

16 Doncaster Rovers

17 Everton

18 Fulham

19 Hull City

20 Ipswich Town

21 Liverpool

22 Manchester City

23 Manchester United

24 Middlesbrough

25 Newcastle United

26 Norwich City

27 Nottingham Forest

28 Plymouth Argyle

29 Portsmouth

30 Preston North End

31 Queens Park Rangers

32 Reading

33 Sheffield United

34 Sheffield Wednesday

35 Southampton

36 Stoke City

37 Sunderland

38 Swansea City

39 T*ttenham Hotspur

40 Watford

41 West Bromwich Albion

42 West Ham United

43 Wigan Athletic

44 Wolverhampton Wanderers

45 Chesterfield or Droylsden

46 Peterborough United or Tranmere Rovers

47 Eastwood Town

48 Notts County or Kettering Town

49 Leicester City

50 Barrow

51 Leyton Orient

52 Southend United

53 Forest Green Rovers

54 Histon or Leeds United

55 Scunthorpe United

56 Torquay United

57 Hartlepool United

58 Morecambe or Cheltenham Town

59 Gillingham or Stockport County

60 Millwall

61Carlisle United or Crewe Alexandra

62 AFC Bournemouth or Blyth Spartans

63 Kidderminster Harriers

64 Macclesfield Town

[MSingh]

We've got Barnsley at Home & the Blunts will be in East London on the same day, at the Orient, should be VERY interesting...

What a Draw for you too Macclad...

& for you Thai Pauly..

FA Cup third round draw:

Portsmouth v Bristol City

Sheffield Wed v Fulham

Preston v Liverpool

Birmingham v Wolves

West Ham v Barnsley

Middlesbrough v Barrow

Hull City v Newcastle

Hartlepool v Stoke

Chelsea v Southend

Manchester City v Nottingham Forest

Cardiff v Reading

Ipswich v Chesterfield or Droylesden

Charlton v Norwich

West Brom v Peterborough or Tranmere

Torquay v Blackpool

Leyton Orient v Sheffield United

Southampton v Manchester United

Millwall v Carlisle or Crewe

Histon v Swansea

Forest Green Rovers v Derby

QPR v Burnley

Leicester v Crystal Palace

Tottenham v Wigan

Morecambe or Cheltenham v Doncaster

Arsenal v Plymouth

Notts County or Kettering v Eastwood Town

Bournemouth or Blyth v Blackburn

Macclesfield v Everton

Watford v Scunthorpe

Sunderland v Bolton

Coventry v Kidderminster

Gillingham or Stockport v Aston Villa.

Ties will be played on the weekend of 3-4 January

[Macclad]

We've got Barnsley at Home & the Blunts will be in East London on the same day, at the Orient, should be VERY interesting...

What a Draw for you too Macclad...

& for you Thai Pauly..

FA Cup third round draw:

Macclesfield v Everton

Great draw for Macclesfield I think they will still play it at the Moss Rose even though it only holds 6000.

I remember a couple of years ago Macc played Chelsea away and I took my Thai wife to London for the first time for a weekend break.She enjoyed Harrods and Oxford Street but not the match.Absolutely chucked it down and Macc lost 6-1.

Poor Histon,beat Leeds then get Swansea.....maybe an outside chance of progressing.

Torquay....Blackpool at home.....Macc beat Blackpool in the Carling Cup so who knows.

Forest got Man City away,Preston home to Liverpool,Southampton host Man U.....West Ham v Barnsley,Hammers should go through.

Spare a thought for poor Eastwood Town,the smallest team left.They beat the unbeaten League 2 leaders,Wycombe,then get Notts County or Kettering away as their reward

But,overall,some pretty interesting games.

[ThaiPauly]

We have Cardiff away.....there is no God

[ThaiPauly]

Just to bring this thread back to life for a moment.

We were discussing how important Managers see the FA Cup as a trophy to win when they are trying to achieve promotion with a small squad.

We have all read what BURNLEY have achieved in both Cups this season, an outstanding run in both Coca Cola and FA Cups.

However...over the past month they have LOST every league game they have played seeing them slip from 4th to 9th, and are now off the pace for a play off place they would most certainly have achieved had it not been for their involvement in the cup games.

Coppell, as expected made 9 changes to the side that went out at Cardiff (last years runners-up) so it wa absolutley unsurprising we lost...and I cetainly did not care that we lost.

Now Reading are just 2 points behind Wolves...after being 10 points behind at Xmas, Wolves also still have an FA Cup replay to deal with..I hope they win it...more games...more fatigue, sending offs, bookings and injuries (don't like to say that ...but its true),..anything that helps us achieve our aim of promotion is helpful..and we'll take it! Having said that McCarthy did rest his big name players against Muddlesborough.

So is a good cup run.....with no end result worth more than a pop at playing with the big boys...not in my book

[MSingh]

Just to bring this thread back to life for a moment.

We were discussing how important Managers see the FA Cup as a trophy to win when they are trying to achieve promotion with a small squad.

We have all read what BURNLEY have achieved in both Cups this season, an outstanding run in both Coca Cola and FA Cups.

However...over the past month they have LOST every league game they have played seeing them slip from 4th to 9th, and are now off the pace for a play off place they would most certainly have achieved had it not been for their involvement in the cup games.

Coppell, as expected made 9 changes to the side that went out at Cardiff (last years runners-up) so it wa absolutley unsurprising we lost...and I cetainly did not care that we lost.

Now Reading are just 2 points behind Wolves...after being 10 points behind at Xmas, Wolves also still have an FA Cup replay to deal with..I hope they win it...more games...more fatigue, sending offs, bookings and injuries (don't like to say that ...but its true),..anything that helps us achieve our aim of promotion is helpful..and we'll take it! Having said that McCarthy did rest his big name players against Muddlesborough.

So is a good cup run.....with no end result worth more than a pop at playing with the big boys...not in my book

Yeah i'd definately agree with that for the Championship sides looking to get promoted..

For the League's under that, they're looking for the Big Boys & a Pay day, the Clubs looking for promotion in the Championship have their pay day if they get promoted..

Burnley got spanked at Watford last night too..