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« Reply #15 on: March 13, 2011, 09:09:46 PM » |
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It's not quite 20 years. It was only 1999 when we lost to Ryan Giggs at Villa Park
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« Reply #16 on: March 13, 2011, 09:11:50 PM » |
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91 was the first I think
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« Reply #17 on: March 13, 2011, 09:13:19 PM » |
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yep, was 91, spurs vs arse
93 was the first all northern semi at wembley, sheffields utd and weds
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« Reply #18 on: March 13, 2011, 09:19:49 PM » |
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Switch back to neutral for Wembley construction or Cardiff ? 99 was deffo Villa.
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« Reply #19 on: March 13, 2011, 09:23:26 PM » |
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Switch back to neutral for Wembley construction or Cardiff ? 99 was deffo Villa.
yeah but then 2000 was wembley again. they've chopped and changed a lot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FA_Cup_Semi-finals |
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« Reply #20 on: March 13, 2011, 09:35:11 PM » |
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Who cares it's wembely init!!
this would you like the final up north too? No I would like the semis to be played at neutral venues, which are roughly equidistant to the competing sides. Playing at Wembley should be left to the final of competitions. I would be surprised if Bolton vs Stoke is close to selling out at Wembley. pretty sure wembley is equidistant from manchester and errrm, manchester and not far from being equidistant from bolton and stoke semis have been held at wembley for 20 years now, it ain't going to change 1) A semi played between two teams from the same city is pretty rare but hosting it 200 miles away seems like the best resolution apparantly. If you want to nit pick Old Trafford isn't actually in Manchester anyway. 2) The City of Manchester Stadium is a perfect venue for the Bolton Stoke semi. Right size, right distance and not at the Wembley which should be left for finals imo. 3) The FA have a completely inconsistent policy to hosting semi finals of the FA cup over the last 20 years is true. |
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« Reply #21 on: March 13, 2011, 09:46:23 PM » |
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yep, was 91, spurs vs arse
93 was the first all northern semi at wembley, sheffields utd and weds
yeah and we hammered them, chrisssssssssy waddddle |
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« Reply #22 on: March 13, 2011, 09:47:11 PM » |
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WTF is Gatso talking about, I'm quite surprised at the bs. Semi's never used to be at Wembley, we played Spurs in Semi in 99' at OT ?? Everyone knows it's because Wembley cost a fortune so they desperately want to claw the money back. It is a disgrace and it does devalue the competition and I'm not even sure how that's defendable or debatable.
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« Reply #23 on: March 13, 2011, 09:50:48 PM » |
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« Reply #24 on: March 13, 2011, 09:56:27 PM » |
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20 years at Wembley. First ones I can remember were when Sheff Utd and Sheff Weds played and the other semi was a North London derby so that was a legit use as it guaranteed tickets for both sets of fans but as a matter of course it has only been used in the last few years (since they moved back to Wembley?) Can anyone really justify using it for Stoke-Bolton or such like when Old Trafford would be perfect for the use and save both sets of fans money.
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« Reply #25 on: March 13, 2011, 09:58:59 PM » |
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If you want to nit pick Old Trafford isn't actually in Manchester anyway.
actually it is. that's been an urban myth for as long as I can remember but it's very much in greater manchester |
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« Reply #26 on: March 13, 2011, 10:03:24 PM » |
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If you want to nit pick Old Trafford isn't actually in Manchester anyway.
actually it is. that's been an urban myth for as long as I can remember but it's very much in greater manchester Greater Manchester and the city of Manchester are very different things. It is like saying Peterborough is in Cambridge or Newark is in Nottingham. |
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« Reply #27 on: March 13, 2011, 10:07:40 PM » |
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Would be cool if the four remaining teams decided to chop and no fucker gets to go to Wembley.
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« Reply #28 on: March 13, 2011, 10:09:56 PM » |
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Would be cool if the four remaining teams decided to chop and no fucker gets to go to Wembley.
Will never happen....the Glazers and fergie would want more than 1st place prize money. |
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« Reply #29 on: March 13, 2011, 10:11:42 PM » |
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If you want to nit pick Old Trafford isn't actually in Manchester anyway.
actually it is. that's been an urban myth for as long as I can remember but it's very much in greater manchester Greater Manchester and the city of Manchester are very different things. It is like saying Peterborough is in Cambridge or Newark is in Nottingham. or your way is like claiming that no london clubs are in london because they're in greater london and not the city of london admittedly my way does put bolton, wigan and bury in manchester but I'm happy with that as they're all the same to southerners anyway |
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