looked for a topic on this (only 1 on coverage)
how times have changed from the days when the FA Cup was the biggest connect between NZers and British football
5th round draw - in an interesting season with only Chels of the 'bigg-ish' four left
Ties to be played on weekend of February 13
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Wolves/Crystal Palace
v
Aston Villa
Manchester City
v
Stoke City
Derby County
v
Birmingham City
Bolton Wanderers
v
Spurs/Leeds United
Chelsea
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Cardiff City
Fulham
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Notts County/Wigan
Reading
v
West Bromwich Albion
Southampton
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Portsmouth
tigers2010-01-25 11:37:13
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The FA Cup is boring.
Three for me, and two for them.
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im quite enjoying the fa cup so far 
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I think it's been most entertaining so far.
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The FA Cup is boring.
Very boring You know we belong together...
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southampton vs portsmouth should be a good derby game
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certainly be a bit of feeling in that one D26
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should be interesting from here
only one of the 'big four' left. Some real opportunity for a pompey-esque performance.
I've watched the arsenal games online, and the westham and stoke matches certainly had heaps of passion and drama. It was great stuff.
personally i'd love fulham to take it out! they've done so well over the last couple of seasons, would be great to see some silverware head to the cottage!
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c'mon West Brom!
Promotion and the Cup!
feel the power of the spirit of Cyril Regis
Promotion and the Cup!
feel the power of the spirit of Cyril Regis
E's Flat Ah's Flat Too
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alot of people seem to have the "oh well it doesnt matter" , "meh" , "now we can focus on the league" mentality when their team is knocked out of the cup
am i the only one who enjoys a good cup run these days and is dissapointed when my team is knocked out?
am i the only one who enjoys a good cup run these days and is dissapointed when my team is knocked out?
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I enjoy a good cup run in Europe.
Three for me, and two for them.
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I'm looking forward to this.. .. Scummers are going down..Azevo2010-01-25 17:15:20
We will never fully decide who has won the football.
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alot of people seem to have the "oh well it doesnt matter" , "meh" , "now we can focus on the league" mentality when their team is knocked out of the cup
am i the only one who enjoys a good cup run these days and is dissapointed when my team is knocked out?
am i the only one who enjoys a good cup run these days and is dissapointed when my team is knocked out?
enjoyed the Tigers cup run last year - bit of a novelty for us!
was a bit disappointed to lose at Wigan in 3rd round but we are so caught in the the survival battle that it might truly be for the best
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I think teams outside of the top four also see it as a ticket into Europe as well, which the top 7 league teams dont have to play for. A cup win puts you into the Europa league regardless of where you finish on the table.
I think the reason so many people are "Meh" about the FA cup is there isnt any coverage here in NZ. no build up to the matchs, nothing. Which is a shame as the Southcoast Derby should be a cracker.
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Chelsea would have to be the jammiest team in terms of getting a favourable draw for the last 2 years.
2009
3rd Round - Southend
4th Round - Ipswich
5th Round - Watford
QF - Coventry
SF - Arsenal
Final - Everton
2010 so far
3rd Round - Watford
4th Round - Preston
5th Round - Cardiff
Obviously the draw is random so nothing against Chelsea before you all jump up and down but pretty lucky to avoid another Premiership team until the semi finals and still none so far this year.
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yea we have been pretty lucky in our draw but i aint complaining
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Yep, that Arsenal semi-final last season was a piece of piss 
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I'd like to see a Notts county V Southampton final!!
At least most of the users on this site (myself included) can now watch our respective teams concentrate on their respective leagues.
Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
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Palace knocked out Wolves in a replay this morning, 3-1.
"Danny Butterfield, whose nominal position is as a full-back and who had scored once in 6-and-a-half years, netted a second-half hat-trick in just 6 minutes"
Bloody hell!
Notts County also accounted for Wigan.
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sh*t thats not bad 
he mustve been well pleased with himself
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At least most of the users on this site (myself included) can now watch our respective teams concentrate on their respective leagues.
I love how almost every fan on this forum gets knocked out of the cup and makes this comment. I've made it too...guilty as...
Sometimes it make you wonder are there some managers out there who don;'t actually want to win trophies (ie would rather finish 3rd or 4th in the league than win a cup).
Money speaks i guess, but it's sad times when the prospect of winning a cup means nothing...
"You can never get a bloody tradesman at Easter, it's a wonder Jesus got crucified" - Karl Pilkington
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GO THE SAINTS AGAINST POMPEY
GAME OF THE ROUND!
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FA Cup this weekend yay
You horrid little man!
Michael2010-02-12 22:56:01
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GO THE SAINTS AGAINST POMPEY
GAME OF THE ROUND!
That would be slightly disappointing..
IS THE GAME BEEN SHOWN ON TV?
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I'm 99.9% sure the answer to that is "no"
Sky aren't even showing Syd v Melb live
preferring instead to use 32 for the same coverage of winter olympics as they have at the same time on an olympic channel
tigers2010-02-13 22:22:21
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Thanks Tiger's..
Kinda of had a feeling that there would be none..
Just have to watch the golf in the morning.. NOT
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Im trying here COYR http://www.iraqgoals.net/6087-southampton-fc-vs-portsmouth-fc-.htmlCOYR2010-02-13 22:34:55
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disappointed that you lost that one to that lot COYR - there's a couple of Saint's fans I'd like to have seen the faces of if you'd won it
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Not a bad weekend.
4-1 away from home...
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terrible game!!i tried a few links from iraqi goals etc but couldnt get any coverage.just had the old soccernet.com gamecast.Painful to say the least.
from how that read, pompey sounded to good in the end.Bastards!
from how that read, pompey sounded to good in the end.Bastards!
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We are not Bastards we just don't know who are fathers are...
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COME ON THE BOYS FOUR-ONE!!! i went to the pompey scum game and we were terrible for 60 mins, james kept us in it. but then we scored some great goals and deserved to win. never seen so few southampton fans after a derby at saint marys before, twas wonderful.
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we got stoke or man city in the next round. at the bridge. 3 wins to go and we got the trophy
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A few exciting games going on, including Stoke 1-1 Man City. And Adebayor sent off.
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