Igitur
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Post by Igitur on Oct 25, 2020 10:19:32 GMT
Sadly gone are the likes of Hashtag Utd, Atherton Colleries, Runcorn Linnets and other names conjuring up the magic of the FA Cup, though still in are Skelmersdale Utd, Cray Valley Paper Mills and Maldon and Tiptree (along with Barnet.)
My how I like looking at the early rounds of the FA Cup and the names of the sides conjuring up the dreams and ambitions (sadly tarnished by the 'modern manager' "concentrating on the league".)
So who will we get in the First Round? The draw is on BBC2 Monday 26 at 7pm - what, against Emmerdale? We are ball 7.
(FA's website however does not mention BBC2's coverage: ...will take place on Monday 26 October and be screened live on our official Twitter and Facebook channels as well as BT Sport in the UK...The draw is scheduled to take place before the game, at around 7.10pm BST. Though it does spell 'Maldon' 'Maloon' and the FA has used BST.
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Oct 25, 2020 10:25:03 GMT
Well no doubt we will be drawn away - as the other lot seem to get the luck of home draw more often than not - to an obscure non league entity, and struggle.
It's such a shame that cup football isn't what it used to be....crowds (that won't be applicable now) were higher and it was a different, something magical, where most clubs could recount famous victories. And infamous defeats!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2020 11:44:59 GMT
Well no doubt we will be drawn away - as the other lot seem to get the luck of home draw more often than not - to an obscure non league entity, and struggle. It's such a shame that cup football isn't what it used to be....crowds (that won't be applicable now) were higher and it was a different, something magical, where most clubs could recount famous victories. And infamous defeats! Hitchin still haunts me
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Post by irishrover on Oct 25, 2020 13:10:58 GMT
Sadly gone are the likes of Hashtag Utd, Atherton Colleries, Runcorn Linnets and other names conjuring up the magic of the FA Cup, though still in are Skelmersdale Utd, Cray Valley Paper Mills and Maldon and Tiptree (along with Barnet.) My how I like looking at the early rounds of the FA Cup and the names of the sides conjuring up the dreams and ambitions (sadly tarnished by the 'modern manager' "concentrating on the league".) So who will we get in the First Round? The draw is on BBC2 Monday 26 at 7pm - what, against Emmerdale? We are ball 7. (FA's website however does not mention BBC2's coverage: ... will take place on Monday 26 October and be screened live on our official Twitter and Facebook channels as well as BT Sport in the UK...The draw is scheduled to take place before the game, at around 7.10pm BST. Though it does spell 'Maldon' 'Maloon' and the FA has used BST. Emmerdale would be a massive bannana skin if we were drawn against them....
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Post by dido on Oct 25, 2020 13:16:26 GMT
Well no doubt we will be drawn away - as the other lot seem to get the luck of home draw more often than not - to an obscure non league entity, and struggle. It's such a shame that cup football isn't what it used to be....crowds (that won't be applicable now) were higher and it was a different, something magical, where most clubs could recount famous victories. And infamous defeats! Not this time, they won't, I fancy.
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Post by warehamgas on Oct 25, 2020 13:28:54 GMT
Well no doubt we will be drawn away - as the other lot seem to get the luck of home draw more often than not - to an obscure non league entity, and struggle. It's such a shame that cup football isn't what it used to be....crowds (that won't be applicable now) were higher and it was a different, something magical, where most clubs could recount famous victories. And infamous defeats! Hitchin still haunts me With me it’s Hayes.😭 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Oct 25, 2020 13:38:01 GMT
Wouldn’t mind D and R, Yeovil or possibly Eastleigh, good Conference teams but wouldn’t mind reconnecting with them for a match. And I suppose now it doesn’t really matter if it’s home or away. Is it a national draw or do they do northern and southern halves? I think it’s national but not certain. Cray Valley, South Shields and Skelmersdale might be too much of a banana skin, but we could get some publicity out of it if it were one of those three. At least it won’t be DC managing us in the FA Cup!! 😉 UTG!
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Post by harrybuckle on Oct 25, 2020 18:02:48 GMT
Rovers ball number 7 I would like FC United of Manchester or Tonbridge Angels. Knowing our luck will be Exeter City away.
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Post by Colyton Gas. on Oct 25, 2020 19:23:08 GMT
Stafford Rangers featured prominently on local news last week up here as they were confident of getting to the First Round proper for the first time in Yonks but lost 4-1 at home to Skelmersdale
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Post by Bamber Gashead on Oct 25, 2020 19:49:33 GMT
Stafford Rangers featured prominently on local news last week up here as they were confident of getting to the First Round proper for the first time in Yonks but lost 4-1 at home to Altrincham!!!! Remember we were dreadful at Altrincham.Think it was Ryan Brunt's last game for us. Worse than that for Stafford Rangers. They lost to tier 9 side Skelmersdale United rather than Altrincham who are tier 5.
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Post by DCR on Oct 25, 2020 20:18:37 GMT
If we are drawn away to a side below conference level will we be able to attend the game ?
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Post by Colyton Gas. on Oct 25, 2020 20:24:42 GMT
Stafford Rangers featured prominently on local news last week up here as they were confident of getting to the First Round proper for the first time in Yonks but lost 4-1 at home to Altrincham!!!! Remember we were dreadful at Altrincham.Think it was Ryan Brunt's last game for us. Worse than that for Stafford Rangers. They lost to tier 9 side Skelmersdale United rather than Altrincham who are tier 5. Thanks Bamber.Ameliorated!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2020 20:28:09 GMT
If we are drawn away to a side below conference level will we be able to attend the game? Wow. I assume not, but... Will we?
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Post by Rex on Oct 26, 2020 9:27:17 GMT
Ordinarily I would be really looking forward to this, hoping to be drawn away to new ground to visit with Rovers, I just can't get excited about it without being able to attend. For the life of me I just cannot understand why I can go to a County league game like I did the other week , with an attendance of over 300, but I would not be allowed to watch Rovers with a similar sized crowd.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2020 10:48:20 GMT
Sadly gone are the likes of Hashtag Utd I'm sorry, you lost me with this sentence. A complete vanity project, grubby little club.
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Post by rowdenhill on Oct 26, 2020 11:21:11 GMT
Sadly gone are the likes of Hashtag Utd I'm sorry, you lost me with this sentence. A complete vanity project, grubby little club. Look who's talking about being grubby and little. And a toad to boot.
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Post by rowdenhill on Oct 26, 2020 11:22:48 GMT
Hashtag is by common consent the greatest team in Pitsea.
Moreover it has huge followings in both Sweden and Ukraine.
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Post by Igitur on Oct 26, 2020 14:50:11 GMT
I'm sorry, you lost me with this sentence. A complete vanity project, grubby little club. Look who's talking about being grubby and little. And a toad to boot. Whoa there, I merely used randomly selected sides with 'strange' names which had been knocked out, not to open WW III and a slanging match.
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Post by warehamgas on Oct 26, 2020 14:56:03 GMT
Sadly gone are the likes of Hashtag Utd I'm sorry, you lost me with this sentence. A complete vanity project, grubby little club. Perhaps I understand the vanity project bit but the “grubby little club”? Why? UTG!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2020 15:14:45 GMT
Look who's talking about being grubby and little. And a toad to boot. Whoa there, I merely used randomly selected sides with 'strange' names which had been knocked out, not to open WW III and a slanging match. I think the eloquent rowdenhill's address of young @chewbacca is an affectionate one, Igitur, teasing between old friends or former lovers, as likely.
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