Who cares about the FA Cup? - The Spectator
Jan 6, 2024 · The FA Cup has become boring. An idea is that the winner could gain automatic qualification to the Champions League.
Scrapping FA Cup replays shows the FA’s weakness as whining ...
Apr 18, 2024 · The hundred of thousands of pounds that eighth-tier Cray Valley Paper Mills got by fighting to a gutsy draw at the Valley in the first round of this season’s competition and earning a home replay...
How highly do you rate the FA cup? : r/PremierLeague - Reddit
Dec 10, 2021 · These players from all around the world probably dreamt of winning the Champions League as kids, not the FA Cup. Finishing 6th in the Premier League is a far more coveted prize. For lower PL clubs, staying in the PL is worth so much money that a …
8 reasons why the FA Cup has lost its magic - Eurosport
May 7, 2015 · Most clubs that have a realistic chance of winning the FA Cup will have a decent chance of qualifying for the Europa League through the league, so why not up the stakes?
Talking Football: The sad truth of why the FA Cup has lost its …
Jan 24, 2020 · For the last 29 years only three FA Cup winners – Everton in 1995, Portsmouth in 2008 and Wigan in 2013 – have not been a top-six side.
Is the FA Cup the most boring competition in English football?
Nov 8, 2015 · The FA Cup is the one weekend a year where the average Carling-swilling top-4 Premier League fan pretends to care about lower league football. Every TV-montage pre-game will have a clichéd contrast between say, Man Utd's training facilities compared to …
23 Pros and Cons of The FA Cup - CollegeTimes.com
1. Pro - Every one loves cups. Con - No one likes the FA. 2. Pro - Special guest rockstar draws are exciting. Con - Grumpy boring old men draws are not. Advertisement. 3. Pro - Lower league teams can have their big day out.
Birmingham City response after 'boring' FA Cup fourth round draw
Jan 8, 2023 · Birmingham City will face fellow Championship side Blackburn Rovers away in the FA Cup fourth round, should they get past Forest Green Rovers in the rearranged clash. Blues
The Emirates FA Cup second round proper draw has been made
Nov 3, 2024 · The second round draw of the Emirates FA Cup for 2024-25 was made on Sunday 3 November. The draw for the Emirates FA Cup second round proper was made live on the BBC's first round highlights show on Sunday evening. Following 39 ties in the first round proper across Friday, Saturday and Sunday with one still to be played on Monday, the draw was ...
FA Cup - Wikipedia
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competition in the world. [1] It is organised by and named after The Football Association (The FA).