The FA Cup Thread 2010/2011

[DFF]

I had a quick search through the forum and it seems we don't have one for this year, until now.

Thought it was the best time to start one after FC United of Manchester managed to beat Rochdale 3-2 away. Excellent result!

[Lineker]

Fantastic. Got to love the FA Cup. If they can get through one more round they could potentially draw Man Utd!

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

....Or probably Rotherham away.

[Baddar]

It's the FA Cup - Man Utd will draw Spurs. >_>

[stokeriño]

Why not Leeds again?

[Baddar]

I hate Leeds.

And I hate Ellis, just because of his connections to Leeds. Well, and the fact he's a tool, but that's for a different day.

[9 to 5]

Fuck Rochdale.

[Lineker]

Just watched the Sky Sports feature on the lowest ranked team left in the competition, Hythe Town.

C'mon Hythe!

[Lineker]

The Second Round draw is as follows;


1 Sheffield Wednesday v Northampton Town

2 Burton Albion or Oxford United v Chesterfield

3 Cambridge United or Huddersfield Tn v Macclesfield Town or Southend United

4 AFC Wimbledon or Ebbsfleet United v Stevenage or Milton Keynes Dons

5 Hartlepool United or Vauxhall Motors v Yeovil Town

6 Bury v Stockport County or Peterborough United

7 Notts County v AFC Bournemouth

8 Droylsden v Dagenham & Redbridge or Leyton Orient

9 Crawley Town v Swindon Town

10 Brighton & Hove Albion or Woking v FC United of Manchester

11 Southampton v Cheltenham Town

12 Torquay United v Fleetwood Town or Walsall

13 Barnet or Charlton Athletic v Corby Town or Luton Town

14 Colchester United v Swindon Supermarine

15 Hereford United v Lincoln City

16 Dartford or Port Vale v Accrington Stanley

17 Wycombe Wanderers v Chelmsford City

18 Carlisle United v Tamworth

19 Dover Athletic v Brentford or Aldershot Town

20 Darlington v Rotherham United or York City


Ties to be played on 27 and 28 November 2010 [/code]


Potential for AFC Wimbledon vs. MK Dons, provided they both make it through their replays. That would be a brilliant game which I imagine would get televised.

[Dan]

AFC will throw the game against Ebbsfleet, I'd imagine.

[EddieG]

Who cares, it's all about whether Brighton or Woking play FC United Of Manchester, that's what this thread is all about!

[Hobo]

I want MK vs. AFC Wimbledon. I assume that match has never happened before? Also wouldn't it be quite funny if FCUM got through to play Man Utd in the third round?

[9 to 5]

It would be a first time ever meeting yes.

[DFF]

There's a funny typo on the BBC's listing of the draw:

Bury v Stockport v Peterborough

Triple Threat match!

[stokeriño]

Stick it on a hexagonal pitch and you've got a license to print money.

[brenchill]

Come on Fleetwood Town. Got a cheaky little bet on them tonight against Walsall.

[Hobo]

Bloody Stevenage! They prevented what would be the tie of the round.

[Adam]

Well, at least Wimbledon will be happy.

Hopefully they get into the same division one day soon.

[Pesci]

Was at the pub last night and we were like... why the hell is Woking vs Brighton on?

Then it was like heh... go on Woking, why not ^_^

Then it was like COME ON WOKING COME ON WOKING!!!! BRIGHTON YOU CUNTS

I don't really get the FA Cup "magic", especially in the latter rounds when it doesn't really bother me at all, but I do always like the aspect of seeing which underdogs can make it through. Would be good to have a nice underdog in the final again this year, and by that I mean a proper Championship-or-below underdog. And not impossible to like, eg Cardiff.

[Hobo]

Isn't that the magic of it though? Seeing small clubs, non-league clubs taking on bigger teams and beating them. I tend to get drawn to non-league teams and smaller Football League clubs, especially if they're managed by ex-top flight players. Or have them playing in them. Like Burton Albion a few years ago. Or indeed Cardiff when they had Jimmy-Floyd Hasslebaink. Or Denis Wise's Millwall.

I'd love to see a lower league team win it one day. Actually, what is the furthest a non-league side has ever gotten in the FA Cup?