The FA Cup 2023/24 Season

[phantom]

The draw for the FA Cup 1st Round. Ties to be played in the weekend of 4th November.

[Ronnie Sinclair]

1 hour ago, phantom said:

 

 

White was on Under The Cosh recently, no BS, doesn't suffer fools and tells it like it is.  Imagine post match interviews on MOTD like this

[A Horse With No Name]

1 hour ago, phantom said:

The draw for the FA Cup 1st Round. Ties to be played in the weekend of 4th November.

 

The FA Cup is full of upsets. Rovers could maybe win this one.

[Lanterne Rouge]

5 minutes ago, CrackingCheeseGromit said:

The FA Cup is full of upsets. Rovers could maybe win this one.

You never know. The white hot cauldron of noise that will undoubtedly be a packed out mem that day could just swing it for them.

[pongo88]

2 hours ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

They got Chelmsford or Whitby at home. They`ll probably win that (although losing at home to Whitby Town would be hilarious) and then it will start.

What a disappointment for Chelmsford and Whitby. They probably hoped to get a tie against a league team with a good ground and, instead, they’re away at conference standard embarrassment. After this experience they will wonder what’s special about league football 

[Barrs Court Red]

Swindon Vs Aldershot could be spicey 

[Lanterne Rouge]

Imagine Gateshead at the end of last season: `Great, Yeovil went down, we won`t have to drag all the way down there next season`

On seeing the FA Cup draw `FFS!`

[Oizys]

On 15/10/2023 at 17:25, pongo88 said:

What a disappointment for Chelmsford and Whitby. They probably hoped to get a tie against a league team with a good ground and, instead, they’re away at conference standard embarrassment. After this experience they will wonder what’s special about league football 

It's not that good....

[slartibartfast]

Whitby !

[22A]

I believe two of the non league teams (Cray Valley being one) in the 1st round are from the 8th tier of the pyramid. Thus they have won through five rounds to reach this stage.

That is the same as a team from the Prem or Champs entering at the third round and reaching the final.

[myol'man]

13 hours ago, slartibartfast said:

Whitby !

They've already had a road named after them in Bristol in honour of their upcoming victory

[phantom]

The draw for the FA Cup Second Round will be broadcast live by ITV1 from 14:30 on Sunday 5 November after Chesterfield v Portsmouth.

Ball numbers

 

[22A]

On 15/10/2023 at 17:58, Barrs Court Red said:

Swindon Vs Aldershot could be spicey 

0 - 4 at half time!

[22A]

3 minutes ago, 22A said:

0 - 4 at half time!

0-6 now!

[ZiderEyed]

11 minutes ago, 22A said:

0-6 now!

7

[22A]

Well done Swindon. You hit four past you non league opponents, but were sporting enough to let them score seven first;

 

[1960maaan]

Pompey not looking great, Chesterfield deservedly winning 1-0.
Looks like Cook doing a good job again, would happily have had him here before Nige joined. I know it didn't work at Ipswich, but it looks like he can still build a side.

[Ronnie Sinclair]

Rovers away to Crewe or Derby in the second round 

[Lanterne Rouge]

1 hour ago, Ronnie Sinclair said:

Rovers away to Crewe or Derby in the second round 

That`s them out then. We won`t have to put up with them creaming themselves over possibly drawing us in the third round at least.

Who did Swindon get? Oh wait...................................

[phantom]

[Severn Beach Pigeon]

Fair play to Cray Valley getting a replay against Charlton

[eardun]

On 04/11/2023 at 17:02, 22A said:

Well done Swindon. You hit four past you non league opponents, but were sporting enough to let them score seven first;

 

Just watched the highlights. Imagine being a Swindon fan watching that - going 7-0 down to a non-league side - at home? First non-league team to score 7 v a league team in the FA Cup. 

[SecretSam]

Watching the highlights last night, there were some truly horrific kits. It almost made me grateful that the O'Neill's designs are fairly anodyne.

[phantom]

[phantom]

[22A]

4 hours ago, 22A said:

Important chairman and being a big club helped I suppose. 

And now Barnsley has been thrown out of the FA Cup for fielding an illegible player in the replay with Horsham and Horsham now advance to the 2nd round.

If a top Prem side made the same error, would they be thrown out?

[Mr Popodopolous]

14 minutes ago, 22A said:

And now Barnsley has been thrown out of the FA Cup for fielding an illegible player in the replay with Horsham and Horsham now advance to the 2nd round.

If a top Prem side made the same error, would they be thrown out?

That reminds me, weren't thete questions with the eligibility of Sakho when West Ham eliminated us in 2015 under Cotts??

Think he got the winner too- we had 2 cleared off the line, absolutely dominated the first half could have been out of sight by HT but...

[phantom]

Barnsley have been kicked out of the FA Cup for fielding an ineligible player in first round replay against Horsham

Horsham will now travel to Sutton in second round next Saturday

[phantom]

47 minutes ago, 22A said:

And now Barnsley has been thrown out of the FA Cup for fielding an illegible player in the replay with Horsham and Horsham now advance to the 2nd round.

If a top Prem side made the same error, would they be thrown out?

In the scheme of this seasons FA Cup Barnsley are one of the biggest sides to have played in it

A player was on loan at York, but was an unused sub in the first round

He returned to Barnsley and played in their replay

Their error, as he hadn't played they assumed he wasn't cup tied. But of course the rule is that you have to be with a club for the original fixture before being available for any replay

32 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

That reminds me, weren't thete questions with the eligibility of Sakho when West Ham eliminated us in 2015 under Cotts??

Think he got the winner too- we had 2 cleared off the line, absolutely dominated the first half could have been out of sight by HT but...

There was nothing in it, just social media nonsense

[W-S-M Seagull]

1 hour ago, 22A said:

And now Barnsley has been thrown out of the FA Cup for fielding an illegible player in the replay with Horsham and Horsham now advance to the 2nd round.

If a top Prem side made the same error, would they be thrown out?

I'm assuming all the Everton fans are in uproar about this injustice? 

[Severn Beach Pigeon]

2 hours ago, 22A said:

And now Barnsley has been thrown out of the FA Cup for fielding an illegible player in the replay with Horsham and Horsham now advance to the 2nd round.

If a top Prem side made the same error, would they be thrown out?

West Ham played an ineligible player against us in 2015 and he scored the only goal of the game.

 

They were fined less than the prize money for winning and their next round game got televised which was also more money than the fine

[phantom]

13 minutes ago, transfer reader said:

West Ham played an ineligible player against us in 2015 and he scored the only goal of the game.

 

They were fined less than the prize money for winning and their next round game got televised which was also more money than the fine

I stand to be corrected but I didn't think he was. I thought it was just noise on social media saying he was ineligible? 

[Severn Beach Pigeon]

11 minutes ago, phantom said:

I stand to be corrected but I didn't think he was. I thought it was just noise on social media saying he was ineligible? 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/football/2015/feb/04/west-ham-fined-fa-cup-diafra-sakho

Was ineligible under FIFAs rules.

 

[1960maaan]

37 minutes ago, phantom said:

I stand to be corrected but I didn't think he was. I thought it was just noise on social media saying he was ineligible? 

He was 

4 Feb 2015

West Ham escape with £70,000 fine for fielding Diafra Sakho in FA Cup. West Ham United have been cleared to continue their FA Cup campaign at West Bromwich Albion next week after Fifa opted to fine and reprimand the east London club for fielding Diafra Sakho in their fourth-round victory at Bristol City.

They refused him permission to play for his Country, so because they didn't have prior agreement with Senegal he wasn't available for the next game, us.
He scored the bloody winner too.

[Markthehorn]

3 hours ago, phantom said:

Barnsley have been kicked out of the FA Cup for fielding an ineligible player in first round replay against Horsham

Horsham will now travel to Sutton in second round next Saturday

Careless of them .

Probably make not winning  the original look even worse now 

[Ian M]

FA Cup: Barnsley expelled for fielding ineligible player in first-round replay - BBC Sport

Easy for the FA to kick Barnsley out for breaking this rule. 

I note they weren't so keen to act vs West Ham.

[Lavington Robin]

 Great for the ‘Lardy Army’ 

[slartibartfast]

43 minutes ago, Ian M said:

FA Cup: Barnsley expelled for fielding ineligible player in first-round replay - BBC Sport

Easy for the FA to kick Barnsley out for breaking this rule. 

I note they weren't so keen to act vs West Ham.

They could have at least donated the £70k fine to us !

[phantom]

A reminder it's round two this weekend, which means we are about to end the draw, where we all get our hopes up for a top tie only to be drawn against some low level non league team like Rovers

[Ska Junkie]

2 hours ago, phantom said:

A reminder it's round two this weekend, which means we are about to end the draw, where we all get our hopes up for a top tie only to be drawn against some low level non league team like Rovers

Anyone know if Crewe are any good this season?   

[22A]

10 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said:

Anyone know if Crewe are any good this season?   

Won 4 of their last 5 league games; also won at Derby in a 1st round replay.

[Lanterne Rouge]

11 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said:

Anyone know if Crewe are any good this season?   

Scored a lot of goals and 5th in League Two.

[Ska Junkie]

1 hour ago, 22A said:

Won 4 of their last 5 league games; also won at Derby in a 1st round replay.

 

1 hour ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

Scored a lot of goals and 5th in League Two.

Far too much for the methanium mob then!

[Lanterne Rouge]

1 minute ago, Ska Junkie said:

 

Far too much for the methanium mob then!

You never know, there may be a shock cup upset and the s*gs might win.

We will then have about 48hrs of them jerking themselves stupid over maybe drawing us in Round Three (perish the thought!)

[Ska Junkie]

Just now, Lanterne Rouge said:

You never know, there may be a shock cup upset and the s*gs might win.

We will then have about 48hrs of them jerking themselves stupid over maybe drawing us in Round Three (perish the thought!)

We would humiliate them and they know it!

I would much rather play a club from the top division regardless. I have a sneaky hope that Scott, Antione, and Lloyd might come back to BS3 for the day. 

[Lanterne Rouge]

Just now, Ska Junkie said:

We would humiliate them and they know it!

I would much rather play a club from the top division regardless. I have a sneaky hope that Scott, Antione, and Lloyd might come back to BS3 for the day. 

We couldn`t win in a game v them. Beat them soundly and it`s all `well what did you expect, plucky little r*vers did their best but couldn`t compete`. Beat them by the odd goal, draw or, God forbid, lose then we`d never hear the last of of it. They still go on about Ricky ******* Lambert even after all this time. Add in the fact that they`d kick lumps out of our players and it`s a no from me. In fact, I`d be happy if we never played them again!

Can you imagine the local media wankfest in the lead up to the game too!

[Ska Junkie]

10 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

We couldn`t win in a game v them. Beat them soundly and it`s all `well what did you expect, plucky little r*vers did their best but couldn`t compete`. Beat them by the odd goal, draw or, God forbid, lose then we`d never hear the last of of it. They still go on about Ricky ******* Lambert even after all this time. Add in the fact that they`d kick lumps out of our players and it`s a no from me. In fact, I`d be happy if we never played them again!

Can you imagine the local media wankfest in the lead up to the game too!

I totally agree LR, never want to share a pitch with them again!

[bcfc01]

57 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

We couldn`t win in a game v them. Beat them soundly and it`s all `well what did you expect, plucky little r*vers did their best but couldn`t compete`. Beat them by the odd goal, draw or, God forbid, lose then we`d never hear the last of of it. They still go on about Ricky ******* Lambert even after all this time. Add in the fact that they`d kick lumps out of our players and it`s a no from me. In fact, I`d be happy if we never played them again!

Can you imagine the local media wankfest in the lead up to the game too!

 

47 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said:

I totally agree LR, never want to share a pitch with them again!

I understand the sentiment.

But I'd like to play them home or away and stuff 'em.

Put it to bed.

[phantom]

To drawn about 12:55 on ITV1 Sunday lunchtime 

1. AFC Bournemouth
2. Arsenal
3. Aston Villa
4. Birmingham City
5. Blackburn Rovers
6. Brentford
7. Brighton & Hove Albion
8. Bristol City
9. Burnley
10. Cardiff City
11. Chelsea
12. Coventry City
13. Crystal Palace
14. Everton
15. Fulham
16. Huddersfield Town
17. Hull City
18. Ipswich Town
19. Leeds United
20. Leicester City
21. Liverpool
22. Luton Town
23. Manchester City
24. Manchester United
25. Middlesbrough
26. Millwall
27. Newcastle United
28. Norwich City
29. Nottingham Forest
30. Plymouth Argyle
31. Preston North End
32. Queens Park Rangers
33. Rotherham United
34. Sheffield United
35. Sheffield Wednesday
36. Southampton
37. Stoke City
38. Sunderland
39. Swansea City
40. Tottenham Hotspur
41. Watford
42. West Bromwich Albion
43. West Ham United
44. Wolverhampton Wanderers
45. Maidstone United or Barrow
46. Wycombe Wanderers or Morecambe
47. Notts County or Shrewsbury Town
48. Chesterfield or Leyton Orient
49. Aldershot Town or Stockport County
50. Alfreton Town or Walsall
51. Blackpool or Forest green Rovers
52. Cambridge United or Fleetwood Town
53. Bolton Wanderers or Harrogate Town
54. Wrexham or Yeovil Town
55. Crewe Alexandra or Bristol Rovers
56. Peterborough United or Doncaster Rovers
57. Eastleigh or Reading
58. Gillingham or Charlton Athletic
59. Stevenage or Port Vale
60. Newport County or Barnet
61. Oxford United or Grimsby Town
62. York City or Wigan Athletic
63. Sutton United or Horsham
64. AFC Wimbledon or Ramsgate

[One Team]

Ball 8 will play…..

Ball 55!

[frenchred]

1 hour ago, One Team said:

Ball 8 will play…..

Ball 55!

Look at the "Embarrassed to be a city fan tonight" thread because if this fixture ever happens that will be regurgitated many times over

It brings out the idiots from both sides

[Ronnie Sinclair]

“Forest Green Rovers' FA Cup second-round tie at Blackpool on Saturday has been postponed due to a Football Association investigation into League Two Rovers”

What’s going on ‘ere then?

[Harry]

11 minutes ago, Ronnie Sinclair said:

“Forest Green Rovers' FA Cup second-round tie at Blackpool on Saturday has been postponed due to a Football Association investigation into League Two Rovers”

What’s going on ‘ere then?

Only thing I can think of is the emergency goalkeeper loan for Belshaw. 
Their first choice keeper is back fit again so it might be that they should have cancelled the emergency loan once he was back. 
 

[phantom]

16 minutes ago, Ronnie Sinclair said:

“Forest Green Rovers' FA Cup second-round tie at Blackpool on Saturday has been postponed due to a Football Association investigation into League Two Rovers”

What’s going on ‘ere then?

 

3 minutes ago, Harry said:

Only thing I can think of is the emergency goalkeeper loan for Belshaw. 
Their first choice keeper is back fit again so it might be that they should have cancelled the emergency loan once he was back. 
 

Would they have played a potentially ineligible player? 

See like the only reason to stop the game being played 

[Bristol Rob]

8 minutes ago, phantom said:

 

Would they have played a potentially ineligible player? 

See like the only reason to stop the game being played 

Maybe they had a ham sandwich and failed an internal drug test.

[Lanterne Rouge]

BBC fixtures saying frozen pitch!

[Markthehorn]

9 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

BBC fixtures saying frozen pitch!

Not for the Forest Green tie surely ?

Their opponents in the first round might be asking can they go through to play Blackpool .

 

[Lrrr]

Cohesive punditry, talking about how York won't be that old school style non league team and they'll play, then Dublin 'York will sit in...'

[Harry]

22 minutes ago, phantom said:

 

Would they have played a potentially ineligible player? 

See like the only reason to stop the game being played 

Yes. Talk now that it could potentially be an ineligible player. 
Olly Sulley played for FGR v Scarborough but he may also have already played in the FA Cup earlier this season when he was on loan to Bitton. 
This could be it 

Edited December 1, 2023 by Harry

[Lanterne Rouge]

6 minutes ago, Markthehorn said:

Not for the Forest Green tie surely ?

Their opponents in the first round might be asking can they go through to play Blackpool .

 

Yep. On the BBC football fixtures page it says `match postponed - frozen pitch`

[Northern Red]

Meat found in the vegan burgers.

[Ronnie Sinclair]

A bit misty at York tonight on BBC2 

[Markthehorn]

37 minutes ago, Ronnie Sinclair said:

A bit misty at York tonight on BBC2 

Probably wouldn’t go ahead if it was a league game .

Wigan on top although York might have had a penalty for handball had they been playing in Europe !

[Lanterne Rouge]

1-0 Wigan

[bredwood]

1 hour ago, Harry said:

Yes. Talk now that it could potentially be an ineligible player. 
Olly Sulley played for FGR v Scarborough but he may also have already played in the FA Cup earlier this season when he was on loan to Bitton. 
This could be it 

Surely that rule is a hangover from the days before transfer windows? Seems harsh to penalise any club for that these days. About time they got rid of it, I reckon.

[Harry]

1 hour ago, bredwood said:

Surely that rule is a hangover from the days before transfer windows? Seems harsh to penalise any club for that these days. About time they got rid of it, I reckon.

Agreed. 
Seems silly that you can sign a player in Jan who has played 25 league games and he can continue to play in the league, but if he’d played 1 cup game he’s not allowed to continue to play in the cup. 
 

Especially as in this case with Forest Green, they are a league 2 club and he played for a Step 4 non league club. Not exactly gaining an advantage is it! 

Edited December 1, 2023 by Harry

[Never to the dark side]

that was a possible irregularity with the Forest Green Rovers first round FA cup match,

the team were already heading to Blackpool before they were called back to Gloucestershire

[Lanterne Rouge]

10 hours ago, bredwood said:

Surely that rule is a hangover from the days before transfer windows? Seems harsh to penalise any club for that these days. About time they got rid of it, I reckon.

The rules were brought in, along with transfer deadline day in March, to stop clubs buying loads of players for a final push but it is redundant now.

There will be a case where some lad gets bought by a premier league club from a lower one in January, he tears it up, and his new club goes on to get to the Cup Final. He`ll have played ten minutes for his old club in Round Two and will be stopped from playing in the final because of it.

[Markthehorn]

Not sure what the Notts County defenders were on last night !

 

 

[Mike Stone]

Lots of speculation here locally.

Football wise,  playing Belshall the goal keeper when others were fit and he was only there as an emergency loan.

Non football, flying the Palestinian flag in the FA cup replay against Scarborough. 

But like everyone is thinking, why so late in the day? They haven't got a big fan base, but some have booked train tickets and hotel rooms.

Fans last again