iirc It was at 1PM on a Monday. A daft time really so an understandable change, yet I still mourn its loss because it was a tradition and all part of the theatre.

The FA cup third round used to be one of the highlights of the football calendar almost as big as the final itself.

Teams played their strongest teams regardless of the opposition so giant killings really meant something. Not now, so that has taken away a lot of the magic of the FA cup :(

Agree the FA Cup used to be magical. The third round, the draws, the 3 hour build up to the final and regardless of who was playing you watched it. Watching the team bus leave the hotel and arrive. Old Wembley, replays, semi finals at grounds like villa Park, the cheesy Cup final song, always being the last game of the domestic calender, all of that was the magic. With all that gone all you have is just another football match

Which is why we had to play Burnley on a Friday night in May 1979.

The magic of the cup has changed. The Final was one game every year that was televised by both channels. The only game domestically. You had the papers with colouŕ editions everyone was aware of the teams and players in the Final. Names lost in the league became household names. Names were made and stars were missed. Fred Pickering Mike Trebilcock in 1966. Neil Young Alan Taylor Makcolm MacDonald. The list is endless. Now you can watch what three games a day.
Thats where the magic for lower league clubs came. Star names turned up at your ground played your heros and the dream of the shock the upset was alive and well. Great sides beaten in the 60s Nottingham Forest by us. My guess Hartlepool still talk of beating us in the 90s.
I lived in Stevenage the day Newcastle played them in the Cup and the buzz in the town the excitement was a great feeling.
Marine at the weekend was a wonderful advert of what could be. All credit that Jose took some big names Bale from the bench and reading the full back conversation with him. If you missed it Bale confessed he was starving and the full back responded its ok we have got you all a meal deal from Tescos for after the game. Jose entering the raffle to be manager fir the day admitting if he won might not be able to claim it as it was going to be a Saturday in August.
The draw is not what we recall be honest who has a transitor radio. Like cricket we watch check the Internet.
Yes though the magic at our level is not the same we see the top sides week in week out.The TV coverage currently every game. But for others the magic is still there.

Remember in 1987, sitting in a French lesson with my radio headphones on secretly listening to the 4th Round draw. The teacher caught me just before the draw started, but he was a really nice bloke and after I explained he let me listen. A few snidey kids in the class asked why i was getting preferential treatment, and he said ‘well it’s clear he’s really passionate about listening to it.’ Good man.

We drew Spurs away. Merde!

*UPDATE*


Problem solved

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Did you nick the hammer too?

Bugger you got there first :)

With the SEN chap?

You can take the boy out of Croydon...

Not always. I remember when Sunderland caused probably the biggest cup final upset ever when they beat Leeds in 73. A couple of days later they played QPR in their final League Match at a packed Roker Park. QPR, already promoted, forgot the script and won 3-0. Sunderland had the F.A Cup on show on the pitch pre-match. Stan Bowles reckons in the kick about before hand he tried his best to knock it over with wayward shots.

Maidstoned will be proud of you (although he would probably have suggested a bigger hammer).

Also, the season of our Friday night Burnley decider (78/79), Millwall still had 3 home matches to play after the Cup Final because of the brutal winter that year.

They still had a mathematical chance of saving themselves although their goal difference rendered it unrealistic. They started with a 2-1 home win against West Ham who had blown a decent chance of promotion with a lame run-in. It would have been the last time the 2 sides met for many years and can't have been for the feint-hearted.

Blind_Eagle would have used a 12 Bore Shotgun!

Blind Eagle shaves with a razor clam shell.

Sorry to be pedantic but pretty sure it was still goal average back then wasn't it

This incessant rain.

yep. getting properly fed up with it now.

Don`t get me started on this,can anyone clarify if it`s been the wettest winter ever?

Yesterday was the first time it has rained for two weeks down here. :confused:

Very shiny too. Used for the first time I think.

Still got the price tag on it by the looks of it (tie wrap?).

Poor Bubbs had to buy a hammer to get his razor blades... sounds like one of them lateral thinking puzzles.

I thought he nicked it though

Lorries that you've been stuck behind for bleeding miles, chucking shit all over your windscreen, allowing other lorries out of a junction when they turn off.

People driving whilst on their phones.

Haha. Lorries that decide to overtake a train of other lorries on a dual carridgeway, doing so a fraction faster than the lorries they're overtaking.

Not sure if that was aimed at me but was safely tucked up on my sofa to get my daily whinge out:p

Maidstoned Eagle seems to have disappeared... This thread is nothing without him.

Vapes and people that vape. Have you considered how stupid you look sucking on a metal box with a plastic straw sticking out?

How did you get that picture of me??

This might not be the correct subject for this thread but here goes anyway :

Just saw on TV the bloke who is the boss of Pimlico Plumbers (Charlie Mullins). I think he lives in Marbella. Anyway, google him. What a fkin mess. Ive no idea what age he is, he has had so much surgery. His eyebrows are fake, his teeth are stupidly white. He must have too much money, but what he doesn't seem to have is someone near to him who's honest!

Records that don't come with a download code.

Welcome to the A1

I think cheeky chappy made good has run it`s course,this twat and the cock wank that owns (or did) Lanes drains (see combat dealers) are the worst examples.

The current trend of people starting sentences with "So" - why? It is not necessary 99% of the time and is really bloody annoying! When did this start and where did it come from?

Apparently it comes from America if you believe this BBS... :hi:

Oh have we done this before?

It's been mentioned yes.

Personally I do it all the time (start with "so"), so maybe it is an Americanism.

Switching between windows and a Mac.

I had to do that for many years (Mac at home, Windows at work).

I guess a bit like jumping between a manual gear car and an automatic...

Croaky girls voices. Seems to be USA centric but is creeping its way here. It must make them have a sore throat and its bloody irritating. I cant take what they say seriously.

'Vocal fry' and yes it's extremely irritating.

Why though ??? it must be a conscious decision.

Yes and I think the Kardasians are mostly to blame. Good article here

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2011...ping-us-speech

Thanks

"classified as part of a voice disorder that was believed to lead to vocal cord damage."

No shit sherlock. If I had my way I would force people that spoke like this to have their vocal cords removed. I would also do the same to people that use F instead of TH when they are perfectly capable of pronouncing it as in "Fings that are free" People dont say "Fings fat are free" they can have their lower lip removed ;)

:D

All seems very reasonable.

I thought, specifically, the West Coast?

Increasingly the live football on TV focusing on a replay, a manager, the chairman or an individual player warming up while play goes on. They switch back to the game with the ball in a completely different area of the pitch to where it was last seen. Or in Palace's case a throw in to us, switch the camera away and when it comes back to the game we are mysteriously no longer in possession.

SHOW THE GAME!

The new Amazon Prime (or whatever it is called) coverage seem to be the worse at doing this, but I've seen it creeping into others coverage also.

Have to blame the director... probably fresh out of media school and know nothing about football.

It might be. I'm on the West Coast and start many a sentence with so, especially when talking to my wife. But to be fair I've not really anyone else to talk to these days.

Example:

I could say, "What's for dinner?" and inevitably she would say, "What did you say?"

Or I could say, "So, what's for dinner?" and for some reason she will hear me. I think the "So" acts as an alert which lets her know I'm not talking to myself! :)

This

So annoying, one day we’re gonna miss a goal as a result

See also, zooming in for no reason. It’s no use seeing the player who has the ball when you can’t see where they are on the pitch or who’s open.

It was Super Coach Bielsa, what do you expect :supergrin:

Surely anyone watching will know that if we have a throw in the other team always gets that ball within a few seconds?

Yes, but that's just it. I like to see the majesty of it in all its glory. Did Big Ben flick it to no one in particular, did Wardy throw it straight to their full back, did it go to our full back who sent it directly back out of play? I don't feel complete seeing it one moment in our hands and the next moment in the opposition's hands without seeing the intervening incompetence.

Having enough immunity from COVID to be able to donate plasma, but not enough to get on a plane and see my girlfriend.

Sexual Chocolate is in da house.

Watching the game on telly is just too stressful. Shouting at the ref and shouting at Palace players is a given but now I have to shout at the endless ******* replays and the other stuff mentioned above. Then there's Alan bloody Smith or Jamie bloody Carragher or Glenn boring Hoddle to shout at as well. :wallbash:

And it's not a Friday afternoon.

Is she a flight attendant? :rolleyes:

I think you are going to have to read Eastern Boys" How long in between thread". If you understand it let us all know.

No, a Swede.

As in the vegatable variety?

no idea why he's making such a fuss when he could simply pop down Morrisons or Asda

‘GET THE SHOT OFF’

Getting a new T-Shirt and the little plastic tag leaves a small hole, that will obviously grow into a larger hole after one wash!

As an aside, a) I found out they are actually called "Swift Tacks" and b) are install with a specialized gun looking thing... always had be scratching my head how they attached them (I'm still not convinced I understand how it works though).

https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qim...b535bcb9e909-c

I had to look it up but this vid explained it for me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6r7LhcHHAc

Absolutely!

Bielsa doesn't speak English you know, but in fairness he is so intelligent and well versed in football that he doesn't have time for doing anything else other than study the game and develop tactics

Well he can't be that good at it because today his lot were utter toilet.

As the presenter mentions, there was the "Valley Girl" speak in the early 80's.

Sounds pretty similar to my untrained ear.

The race for the remote every time you watch something on a streaming platform if you want to see the programme/movie all the way to the end, and prevent it from throwing you prematurely into the next episode, or worse - automatically play some random shit you have no interest in at all. You normally get about 15 seconds before everything goes to shit

Having migraines while asleep.

It is also evolving to be constant rather than just at the end. It’s like a race to out croak each other. Hope their larynx drops off

I think he does, but chooses to use an interpreter in interviews due to the reputation of the British media in twisting/misrepresenting what's said. Similar to Pochettino when he was at Southampton.

Flattening the Weetabix box for the recycling and getting covered in Weetabix dust.

People who start sentences with 'to be fair'. Who are they being fair to and why? Surely in the polarised times we live in you should be taking one side or another and not opening yourself to accusations of virtue signalling?

Cerys Matthews

To be fair you have got a point

Pretty soon we we all be talking like Siri or those recorded messages you get when you have to pick 1 for so and so, 2 for this that or the other, or 3 for whatever.

It's the annoying little sayings we humans interject into speech that make us human and not a bloody robot.

How do you feel about Canadians ending every sentence with "Eh"?

I find it somewhat annoying, but at the same time somewhat endearing. Only a Canadian can pull it off, it sounds so wrong when anyone else tries it.

I think you probably have a fairly carefree life. LOL

Do you ever have a day where you feel like you’ve frequently been saying ‘oh no!’ Well that’s pretty much my weekend!! I must’ve said those words to myself about 100times various things and events gone wrong! It’s annoying!

No kitchen towel 'oh no' , no toilet paper 'oh no', increased flats service charge 'oh no', people getting angry on group chat about said increase charge 'oh no', putting a blind up in my lounge realising it's not working'oh no' - thinking I've fixed it then realising it's definitely broken 'oh no' palace conceding 'oh no' x 4

Yeah agree - it is nowhere near as annoying.....

Yeah agree nowhere near as annoying....

I've found it quite common amongst Kiwis.

The BBS crashing every time there's a match on. Last night I tried to log on one hour before kick-off and couldn't. It's bloody annoying. :veryangry

OH no the car battery is flat OH no the key to the bonnet is in the car and I cant open the door, Oh no the garage is shut, oh no the bike battery is also flat ( bat maintainer lead had got knocked) , Oh no the jump battery is fking also flat. And so my Saturday went on and on and on. So yes I will join you in that annoyance :p

The New Zealanders do it as well, but then add a "bro" at the end for good measure.

I.e. That Jacinda is a good looking chick, eh bro.

You can never be sure if they are asking you a question, asking you to confirm their opinions or stating a fact.

I assume that it has a bile overload valve.

Aussies and English speaking Sarf Africans do it to a degree too.

It's clearly a colonial thing.

The BBS was trying to help you not feel the pain...

I watch the telly box alot and Sky's constant overuse of Beach Boys' 'Wouldn't It Be Nice' in their adverts is getting on my wick.

Talk about kill a good tune. Has become highly annoying now.

That c~nt off Grand Designs.

Nearly as annoying as that Compare the Market advert which is used in every break - you would have thought those meerkat things would have been binned a few years ago.

Yes very tiresome. Some people still find them funny. How i.dont know. On a similar note, there is a money supermarket one at the moment with a cow in it. Awful.

Mind you, the Go Compare one with the needy singer trying to prove he is an actual singer with a clip of him actually singing is really cringe inducing. What is it with these price comparison sites?