The problem with the great 19th century tradition of the FA Cup is the damn refs calling the matches as if the 19th century rules are still in effect. Too many games have just been played on the edge, it just isn’t worth derailing another competition to chase after it.
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They have kept that stupid system? 
Only up to the 4th round…I think the replays in the early rounds are a big part of the appeal for me. A lower league side getting an away draw and taking the big boys back to their ground or vice versa. We forget that 99.9% of Football is played below the Premier League. Let’s not get too precious…
Personally I love to see Premier League sides having to scrap it out against the Scunthorpes of this world. Bring it on…
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I get your point. I think for Cup games the host should always be the lower-ranked club.
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I forget which League 2(?)club it was maybe a decade ago whose chairman was as delighted with a home draw against one of the PL clubs as he would have been with a win, because the split gate was worth about a quarter of their league season ticket revenue.
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I always am love it.
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Play the kids
Yeah gates for the lower league teams can cover the cost of running the club for a season.
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What a game
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2nd round weekend so we get to find out our opponents in the cup on Monday
Sorry to Boreham vs St Albans I couldn’t get you on the image, however you’ll get Man City in the 3rd round so it’s a pay day of sorts
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Good to see Salford losing
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Draw for us tomorrow ?
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We need a win. Draws are no good to us. City won’t drop many points.
#imonlyjokingffs
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Yeah it’s tomorrow night.
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1 Bournemouth
2 Arsenal
3 Aston Villa
4 Barnsley
5 Birmingham City
6 Blackburn Rovers
7 Blackpool
8 Brentford
9 Brighton & Hove Albion
10 Bristol City
11 Burnley
12 Cardiff City
13 Chelsea
14 Coventry City
15 Crystal Palace
16 Derby County
17 Everton
18 Fulham
19 Huddersfield Town
20 Hull City
21 Leeds United
22 Leicester City
23 Liverpool
24 Luton Town
25 Manchester City
26 Manchester United
27 Middlesbrough
28 Millwall
29 Newcastle United
30 Norwich City
31 Nottingham Forest
32 Peterborough United
33 Preston North End
34 Queens Park Rangers
35 Reading
36 Sheffield United
37 Southampton
38 Stoke City
39 Swansea City
40 Tottenham Hotspur
41 Watford
42 West Bromwich Albion
43 West Ham United
44 Wolverhampton Wanderers
45 Yeovil Town
46 Bristol Rovers
47 Port Vale
48 Morecambe
49 Hartlepool United
50 AFC Wimbledon
51 Wigan Athletic
52 Leyton Orient
53 Cambridge United
54 Mansfield Town
55 Swindon Town
56 Rotherham United
57 Charlton Athletic
58 Boreham Wood or St Albans City
59 Kidderminster Harriers
60 Shrewsbury Town
61 Chesterfield
62 Plymouth Argyle
63 Ipswich Town or Barrow
64 Harrogate Town
At Anfield!!!
Against a club we’ve never played before.
Or the club we haven’t played for the longest.
Or the smallest / poorest out of the possible.
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I would prefer an away game if we are playing a small/poor club. The gate-money would make a difference to them.
I think they get more proceeds by having an away game at a big club than having a big club play at their home ground.
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Yeah they will get more money with a away tie than a home one.
Will depend on TV mind.
FFS, not Everton again.
Gate is split 50/50, and while LFC usually doesn’t take their share for away matches with smaller clubs, an Anfield sell-out is more revenue than most non-league clubs get in a year.
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