DrewDon Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 That debacle with the fans handshaking/hugging after their teams are drawn against each other might just be the worst and most tragic thing I have ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 6 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: Not saying you're wrong, but... on the thinking that Cardiff home fans and Fulham travelling fans would make a meaningful difference to viewing figures ? EDIT: Also Middlesborough v Sheffield Wednesday went ahead untelevised at 3pm. Not suggesting they wanted NO clash whatsoever on that day however given that the Cardiff game was a TV pick the FA didn't want two TV games clashing. The FA want folk to tune in to all of their televised matches and not have to choose one over the other which would split the viewing figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 1 minute ago, DrewDon said: That debacle with the fans handshaking/hugging after their teams are drawn against each other might just be the worst and most tragic thing I have ever seen. They've done it for every draw on the One Show. It is, like you say, utterly tragic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Draw a bit better, with most of the horrible teams away for once. Shame a few couldn't have drawn each other to boost the hopes of a diddy winning the cup (or at least giving me someone to cheer in the final). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calum_gers Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 11 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: Not saying you're wrong, but... on the thinking that Cardiff home fans and Fulham travelling fans would make a meaningful difference to viewing figures ? EDIT: Also Middlesborough v Sheffield Wednesday and Chelsea v Peterborough went ahead untelevised at 3pm. Chelsea played the day before. That may explain it being the Sunday but not the midday kick-off. The Hull game was presumably on Sunday as they played on Thursday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Are Sutton allowed to switch to play away? I hope not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 The magic of the FA Cup 2017 - 2 non-league teams having the times of their lives, a great chance to get to the quarter finals if they drew each other or maybe Oxford at home, more history made, more publicity, more income, more piss ups along the way...fans asked who they want next, including a 10 year old, and they say Man United away for the money. That's even sadder than the handshakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
port-ton Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 People who think Rod Stewart is embarrassing should watch the big country's draw where they have their draw on an old woman's show and have fans of each team shake hands and hug once they draw each other.Give me a 70+ year old pished oot his nut any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Just now, Bully Wee Villa said: Are Sutton allowed to switch to play away? I hope not. All there previous cup games have been there so i dont see why they should switch it,but it depends on how much wenger has to say about the plastic pitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 7 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Are Sutton allowed to switch to play away? I hope not. I'm sure they can't reverse it, and I cannot recall an example of a club switching to a neutral venue like Albion Rovers keep doing up here. I think it's regarded as taboo in the FA Cup. 7 minutes ago, 7-2 said: The magic of the FA Cup 2017 - 2 non-league teams having the times of their lives, a great chance to get to the quarter finals if they drew each other or maybe Oxford at home, more history made, more publicity, more income, more piss ups along the way...fans asked who they want next, including a 10 year old, and they say Man United away for the money. That's even sadder than the handshakes. Thought that myself. On TV whatever, and could actually have a chance of reaching QFs and being 1 tie from Wembley. Instead your priority is the payday (not even the experience). I suppose it's because we've got lots of them up here right up to Scottish Premiership level, whereas they're still not allowed in EPL and EFL and uncommon below it - but I tire of this inevitable concentration on some non-league team having a plastic pitch. They mentioned it almost every time they cut to Sutton on the radio on Sunday, and it was the same for one of the clubs last season (Maidstone possibly?). Clubs train on them all the time, play in European matches, and so on. You'd think it was playing in low gravity or night-vision goggles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Gravesend and Northfleet (now renamed Ebbsfleet) switched to play at Villa Park and Farnborough switched to play at Highbury. Both a while back though. Not sure if there has been an actual rule change to prevent it since? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 9 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Are Sutton allowed to switch to play away? I hope not. Selhurst Park, only a few miles from Sutton, is the logical alternative to an away switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Sutton should play at home against Arsenal, I understand why clubs switch to bigger grounds for these types of games, but they completely kill their own chances by doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Rule 9 of the competition applies re ground switches. Everyone knows that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 I think the FA Cup rules also allow clubs to forego replays - they used anyway IIRC - but no-one ever does. Berwick were the last ever club to sell a Scottish Cup tie to their opponent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 The rule seems to be, they can ask for a nearby, neutral venue. The board need to approve and could order excess profits to be paid in to "the pool". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonewolfie Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 31 minutes ago, calum_gers said: The Hull game was presumably on Sunday as they played on Thursday night. That's it! Forgot about that League Cup tie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 I think the FA Cup rules also allow clubs to forego replays - they used anyway IIRC - but no-one ever does. Berwick were the last ever club to sell a Scottish Cup tie to their opponent. What does that last sentence mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 You used to be able to sell-up the tie to your opponent for money or favours... It may not even be explicitly forbidden today, but would obviously be frowned upon and fall foul of other more general rules! Effectively "selling" home advantage also happened and was probably more common. In 1935-36 Berwick were drawn away to Celtic in R1; but the tie, along with many others, was postponed due to a frozen pitch. Celtic wanted to play it midweek, to avoid cancelling a league game against Hearts the following weekend but Berwick - remember we were non-league at the time with part-time players - didn't want to come through on a weekday afternoon and could have insisted on the Saturday (as Vale Ocoba did despite Hibs protestations)... Celtic made a financial offer and the promise of a friendly and Berwick scratched. It hadn't happened for some time and caused considerable furore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Never heard of that before in Scotland. Villa "scratched" out of the FA Cup in the 1880s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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