The Fa Cup

[Malt 379]

See how easy it is to wind people up over such a trivial little game with 22 over paid twats kicking a round ball lol. And long may it continue

[gnasher16 30,118]

Think iv explained before

Sunderland is 10-12 miles from where I live

Sunderland is a town on the North East coast all around it are EX colliery villages

Sunderlands Support comes from the City and Surrounding Collierys

My Father supports SAFC as did his Dad

All his siblings support SAFC

My mothers parents were born in Houghton le Spring area around 2 miles from Sunderland

All these areas were predominantly SAFC

Till the Keegan era

As for Hartlepool

Till maybe 20 years ago

The Collierys and Hartlepudlians fought like cat and dog

Although only a few miles apart even their accents are different.

More so in the past

I blame Eastenders and Corrie for that.

So no although I like to see Pools do well

I'm Sunderland and best part of our family both sides are although iv a few coursins who follow the mags.

Re the Boro there get best part of their support from Boro' Stockton'Billingham'Redcar ect with a Handfull from the Collierys off the back of the Robson era.

 

I dont know whether its an area thing or a generation thing......when we was young if you was off the estates or schools local to West Ham and you didnt support West Ham youd get the shit kicked out of you ....same as Millwall or Spurs.......maybe its different in rural places where theres not clubs all on top of each you can take your pick who you follow.....a kid round here saying he supported Chelsea would get a hard time let alone Man Utd

[gnasher16 30,118]

They're just small, local clubs. Don't know if you city boys have the equivalent small local amateur football teams in certain ares of the cities and all?

 

 

 

I completely understand that......when we was kids and you asked another lad who he supported he wouldnt say West Ham he would say The Avenue or Leyton some little local non league team......it was just taken for granted he was a West Ham fan that never even came into it..... we would go over the Avenue as kids until the ol bill started letting us bunk over the wall into the Boleyn at half time thats when you became a man

[gnasher16 30,118]

London and its boroughs are a lot more compact

And more people per square mile ect

Up here right outside Newcastle are rural areas who align themselfs to the mags

Same with Sunderland and Boro

They have no one else to support u less it's United lol

 

Following the club closest to where you grow up shows an affinity to the area and regardless what you do or what you make of yourself in life that should never leave you in my opinion.

 

Ive noticed over the years following England at different tournaments you get in chats with different lads from different areas as soon as you hear a northerner say he,s a Chelsea fan or a cockney say he,s a Utd fan they are just not taken seriously.......not by me i,ll talk to anyone about footie but it is a subconscious thing ive noticed with people over the years.

[keepdiggin 9,561]

Also agree in Sheffield, people from north of the city support Wednesday and from south of the city support the other lot. There is the odd exception but to be honest it is quite rare from what I've seen.

[the_stig 6,614]

 

television took some the tradition out of the fa cup ....

. NO!!!!!!! Stig tv made the fa cup. Up at nine itv. And bbc. Trying to out do each other. Full day coverage. From team hotels to freddy star turning up as adolf hitler t FA. CUP SAT was a great day.

 

exatly my point was ... tv`s fooked it up in the last few year

[gonetoearth 5,144]

The 4th place. Would not only bring the fa cup back to the place it should be but open up. New oppotunitys For the national side say a ruling of 4 players out side britain. Only to be used Thus giving home grown talent a chance

[bracken boy 584]

Well after the f.a. Draw just it should bring a little intrest back into it with two cracking ties wow cant wait, man city v chelsea and arsenal v liverpool..

[keepdiggin 9,561]

Charlton at home hope we can progress into the next round.

[mexlad 189]

Charlton at home hope we can progress into the next round.

We're off to wembley pal haha

[gnasher16 30,118]

Bet you Sheffield lads are all fired up at a chance of a derby quarter......semi......or dare i say it.......final !! .......Hope yous go through anyway good chance of a smaller club picking the trophy up this year with te big 4 all meeting each other next.

[mexlad 189]

Bet you Sheffield lads are all fired up at a chance of a derby quarter......semi......or dare i say it.......final !! .......Hope yous go through anyway good chance of a smaller club picking the trophy up this year with te big 4 all meeting each other next.

It couldn't have been drawn better for me with a winnable game and top teams playing each other, yes pal meeting United would be great be even better if we knocked them out in the semis again.

[gnasher16 30,118]

Safc v Hammers game up here been changed to a Monday night

Would you still be making the trip Gnash ?

Heard that earlier what a load of ol bollocks eh !! Not sure now......i mean its only Sunderland aint it

[gnasher16 30,118]

 

Bet you Sheffield lads are all fired up at a chance of a derby quarter......semi......or dare i say it.......final !! .......Hope yous go through anyway good chance of a smaller club picking the trophy up this year with te big 4 all meeting each other next.

It couldn't have been drawn better for me with a winnable game and top teams playing each other, yes pal meeting United would be great be even better if we knocked them out in the semis again.

 

 

150/1 Wednesday !!.....Gotta be worth a cheeky little tenner aint it ?

[The Seeker 3,048]

 

 

Bet you Sheffield lads are all fired up at a chance of a derby quarter......semi......or dare i say it.......final !! .......Hope yous go through anyway good chance of a smaller club picking the trophy up this year with te big 4 all meeting each other next.

 

It couldn't have been drawn better for me with a winnable game and top teams playing each other, yes pal meeting United would be great be even better if we knocked them out in the semis again.

150/1 Wednesday !!.....Gotta be worth a cheeky little tenner aint it ?

Would have been nice to see one of the big clubs at Hilsborough but this gives us a fair chance of progression. That would be a dream, beating Charlton, then facing Sheff Utd and a couple of games to the final! Oh what dreams are made of.

 

Although he couldn't play in the cup we suffered a big blow with Conner Wickham being recalled from loan. He's done an amazing job for us and I wish him all the best in his career.