The FA Cup 2023/24 Season

[transfer reader]

Fair play to Cray Valley getting a replay against Charlton

[eardun]

On 04/11/2023 at 17:02, 22A said:

Well done Swindon. You hit four past you non league opponents, but were sporting enough to let them score seven first;

 

Just watched the highlights. Imagine being a Swindon fan watching that - going 7-0 down to a non-league side - at home? First non-league team to score 7 v a league team in the FA Cup. 

[SecretSam]

Watching the highlights last night, there were some truly horrific kits. It almost made me grateful that the O'Neill's designs are fairly anodyne.

[phantom]

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[22A]

4 hours ago, 22A said:

Important chairman and being a big club helped I suppose. 

And now Barnsley has been thrown out of the FA Cup for fielding an illegible player in the replay with Horsham and Horsham now advance to the 2nd round.

If a top Prem side made the same error, would they be thrown out?

[Mr Popodopolous]

14 minutes ago, 22A said:

And now Barnsley has been thrown out of the FA Cup for fielding an illegible player in the replay with Horsham and Horsham now advance to the 2nd round.

If a top Prem side made the same error, would they be thrown out?

That reminds me, weren't thete questions with the eligibility of Sakho when West Ham eliminated us in 2015 under Cotts??

Think he got the winner too- we had 2 cleared off the line, absolutely dominated the first half could have been out of sight by HT but...

[phantom]

Barnsley have been kicked out of the FA Cup for fielding an ineligible player in first round replay against Horsham

Horsham will now travel to Sutton in second round next Saturday

[phantom]

47 minutes ago, 22A said:

And now Barnsley has been thrown out of the FA Cup for fielding an illegible player in the replay with Horsham and Horsham now advance to the 2nd round.

If a top Prem side made the same error, would they be thrown out?

In the scheme of this seasons FA Cup Barnsley are one of the biggest sides to have played in it

A player was on loan at York, but was an unused sub in the first round

He returned to Barnsley and played in their replay

Their error, as he hadn't played they assumed he wasn't cup tied. But of course the rule is that you have to be with a club for the original fixture before being available for any replay

32 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

That reminds me, weren't thete questions with the eligibility of Sakho when West Ham eliminated us in 2015 under Cotts??

Think he got the winner too- we had 2 cleared off the line, absolutely dominated the first half could have been out of sight by HT but...

There was nothing in it, just social media nonsense

[W-S-M Seagull]

1 hour ago, 22A said:

And now Barnsley has been thrown out of the FA Cup for fielding an illegible player in the replay with Horsham and Horsham now advance to the 2nd round.

If a top Prem side made the same error, would they be thrown out?

I'm assuming all the Everton fans are in uproar about this injustice? 

[transfer reader]

2 hours ago, 22A said:

And now Barnsley has been thrown out of the FA Cup for fielding an illegible player in the replay with Horsham and Horsham now advance to the 2nd round.

If a top Prem side made the same error, would they be thrown out?

West Ham played an ineligible player against us in 2015 and he scored the only goal of the game.

 

They were fined less than the prize money for winning and their next round game got televised which was also more money than the fine

[phantom]

13 minutes ago, transfer reader said:

West Ham played an ineligible player against us in 2015 and he scored the only goal of the game.

 

They were fined less than the prize money for winning and their next round game got televised which was also more money than the fine

I stand to be corrected but I didn't think he was. I thought it was just noise on social media saying he was ineligible? 

[transfer reader]

11 minutes ago, phantom said:

I stand to be corrected but I didn't think he was. I thought it was just noise on social media saying he was ineligible? 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/football/2015/feb/04/west-ham-fined-fa-cup-diafra-sakho

Was ineligible under FIFAs rules.

 

[1960maaan]

37 minutes ago, phantom said:

I stand to be corrected but I didn't think he was. I thought it was just noise on social media saying he was ineligible? 

He was 

4 Feb 2015

West Ham escape with £70,000 fine for fielding Diafra Sakho in FA Cup. West Ham United have been cleared to continue their FA Cup campaign at West Bromwich Albion next week after Fifa opted to fine and reprimand the east London club for fielding Diafra Sakho in their fourth-round victory at Bristol City.

They refused him permission to play for his Country, so because they didn't have prior agreement with Senegal he wasn't available for the next game, us.
He scored the bloody winner too.

[Markthehorn]

3 hours ago, phantom said:

Barnsley have been kicked out of the FA Cup for fielding an ineligible player in first round replay against Horsham

Horsham will now travel to Sutton in second round next Saturday

Careless of them .

Probably make not winning  the original look even worse now 

[Ian M]

FA Cup: Barnsley expelled for fielding ineligible player in first-round replay - BBC Sport

Easy for the FA to kick Barnsley out for breaking this rule. 

I note they weren't so keen to act vs West Ham.

[Lavington Robin]

 Great for the ‘Lardy Army’ 

[slartibartfast]

43 minutes ago, Ian M said:

FA Cup: Barnsley expelled for fielding ineligible player in first-round replay - BBC Sport

Easy for the FA to kick Barnsley out for breaking this rule. 

I note they weren't so keen to act vs West Ham.

They could have at least donated the £70k fine to us !

[phantom]

A reminder it's round two this weekend, which means we are about to end the draw, where we all get our hopes up for a top tie only to be drawn against some low level non league team like Rovers

[Ska Junkie]

2 hours ago, phantom said:

A reminder it's round two this weekend, which means we are about to end the draw, where we all get our hopes up for a top tie only to be drawn against some low level non league team like Rovers

Anyone know if Crewe are any good this season?   

[22A]

10 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said:

Anyone know if Crewe are any good this season?   

Won 4 of their last 5 league games; also won at Derby in a 1st round replay.

[Lanterne Rouge]

11 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said:

Anyone know if Crewe are any good this season?   

Scored a lot of goals and 5th in League Two.

[Ska Junkie]

1 hour ago, 22A said:

Won 4 of their last 5 league games; also won at Derby in a 1st round replay.

 

1 hour ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

Scored a lot of goals and 5th in League Two.

Far too much for the methanium mob then!

[Lanterne Rouge]

1 minute ago, Ska Junkie said:

 

Far too much for the methanium mob then!

You never know, there may be a shock cup upset and the s*gs might win.

We will then have about 48hrs of them jerking themselves stupid over maybe drawing us in Round Three (perish the thought!)

[Ska Junkie]

Just now, Lanterne Rouge said:

You never know, there may be a shock cup upset and the s*gs might win.

We will then have about 48hrs of them jerking themselves stupid over maybe drawing us in Round Three (perish the thought!)

We would humiliate them and they know it!

I would much rather play a club from the top division regardless. I have a sneaky hope that Scott, Antione, and Lloyd might come back to BS3 for the day. 

[Lanterne Rouge]

Just now, Ska Junkie said:

We would humiliate them and they know it!

I would much rather play a club from the top division regardless. I have a sneaky hope that Scott, Antione, and Lloyd might come back to BS3 for the day. 

We couldn`t win in a game v them. Beat them soundly and it`s all `well what did you expect, plucky little r*vers did their best but couldn`t compete`. Beat them by the odd goal, draw or, God forbid, lose then we`d never hear the last of of it. They still go on about Ricky ******* Lambert even after all this time. Add in the fact that they`d kick lumps out of our players and it`s a no from me. In fact, I`d be happy if we never played them again!

Can you imagine the local media wankfest in the lead up to the game too!

[Ska Junkie]

10 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

We couldn`t win in a game v them. Beat them soundly and it`s all `well what did you expect, plucky little r*vers did their best but couldn`t compete`. Beat them by the odd goal, draw or, God forbid, lose then we`d never hear the last of of it. They still go on about Ricky ******* Lambert even after all this time. Add in the fact that they`d kick lumps out of our players and it`s a no from me. In fact, I`d be happy if we never played them again!

Can you imagine the local media wankfest in the lead up to the game too!

I totally agree LR, never want to share a pitch with them again!

[bcfc01]

57 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

We couldn`t win in a game v them. Beat them soundly and it`s all `well what did you expect, plucky little r*vers did their best but couldn`t compete`. Beat them by the odd goal, draw or, God forbid, lose then we`d never hear the last of of it. They still go on about Ricky ******* Lambert even after all this time. Add in the fact that they`d kick lumps out of our players and it`s a no from me. In fact, I`d be happy if we never played them again!

Can you imagine the local media wankfest in the lead up to the game too!

 

47 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said:

I totally agree LR, never want to share a pitch with them again!

I understand the sentiment.

But I'd like to play them home or away and stuff 'em.

Put it to bed.

[phantom]

To drawn about 12:55 on ITV1 Sunday lunchtime 

1. AFC Bournemouth
2. Arsenal
3. Aston Villa
4. Birmingham City
5. Blackburn Rovers
6. Brentford
7. Brighton & Hove Albion
8. Bristol City
9. Burnley
10. Cardiff City
11. Chelsea
12. Coventry City
13. Crystal Palace
14. Everton
15. Fulham
16. Huddersfield Town
17. Hull City
18. Ipswich Town
19. Leeds United
20. Leicester City
21. Liverpool
22. Luton Town
23. Manchester City
24. Manchester United
25. Middlesbrough
26. Millwall
27. Newcastle United
28. Norwich City
29. Nottingham Forest
30. Plymouth Argyle
31. Preston North End
32. Queens Park Rangers
33. Rotherham United
34. Sheffield United
35. Sheffield Wednesday
36. Southampton
37. Stoke City
38. Sunderland
39. Swansea City
40. Tottenham Hotspur
41. Watford
42. West Bromwich Albion
43. West Ham United
44. Wolverhampton Wanderers
45. Maidstone United or Barrow
46. Wycombe Wanderers or Morecambe
47. Notts County or Shrewsbury Town
48. Chesterfield or Leyton Orient
49. Aldershot Town or Stockport County
50. Alfreton Town or Walsall
51. Blackpool or Forest green Rovers
52. Cambridge United or Fleetwood Town
53. Bolton Wanderers or Harrogate Town
54. Wrexham or Yeovil Town
55. Crewe Alexandra or Bristol Rovers
56. Peterborough United or Doncaster Rovers
57. Eastleigh or Reading
58. Gillingham or Charlton Athletic
59. Stevenage or Port Vale
60. Newport County or Barnet
61. Oxford United or Grimsby Town
62. York City or Wigan Athletic
63. Sutton United or Horsham
64. AFC Wimbledon or Ramsgate

[One Team]

Ball 8 will play…..

Ball 55!