It shouldn't even count towards a treble any more. Should be League, FA Cup and Champions League until prior to this season and League, League Cup and Champions League from this season onwards
I was there at old wembley when the spice boys turned up in white suits and got sent home with the losers medals by Eric the King. What a time to be alive.
FA Cup Final singles definitely peaked with “Ossie's going to Wembley, his knees have gone all trembley”... “in de Cup for Totting-ham.” Chas and Dave genius
If you think no one is interested that because you don't spend any time in proper northern boozers, the ones where the menu has two options - KP nuts or Quavers.
I would say see you in the public bar, but I think the telly is being wheeled into the beer garden, bring on the sunshine. I will be United, despite the usual reservations its the only choice for a neutral to cheer for the little guys.
As a kid who grew up near Wembley you could make a fortune on Cup Final day by learning a couple of the players names and the team songs.
Turn up at a local pub that'd be spilling out with supporters from one or the other team, sing their tune and the p!ssed up idiots would clap, cheers and give you a small fortune.
wot we need is that super league back up and running
that was a gr7 idea - all the plastic financially doped clubs can bugger off to that with sponsors from some oppressive regime and the league becomes balanced and about proper local football clubs again
Tbf oracle we basically do have that - saudia Arabia, cheats, Dubai Emirates all play on a different playing field financially to Manchester United and Liverpool, the proper clubs
It's quite remarkable Manchester United managed to break oil club dominance in league and cup
All funded by local working class heroes going to games and fanatically supporting a proper football club
Used to be a big day when i was at university. Load a punt with enough booze to sink the bizmarck and pootle along to watch it in a pub. Once my mate dave fell in in the way back and had to go to the tropical disease centre a coupke of days later because a redness was spreading up his legs. They made him poo in a box and he had to take it back to them on the bus.
Yes lots of their fans are not local, but there are plenty of local fans too. The Premier League is a global game now whether you like it or not. I'm more of a non league fan myself, but I can still enjoy a big occasion. That the cup final is no longer a big occasion for the prawn sandwich fans is no big loss to me.
Yes it's true that the cheats can get all their success from Abu Dhabi, their best player from Belgium, their (racist cheating) manager from Spain and 'legend' from Argentina but all of their fans come from within 0.1 miles of the emptyhad
They were young, they weren't dressed like coppers. Dressed mostly in black, tracksuit bottoms and trainers. You wouldn't even look twice at their ringleader, he was about 5 foot 5 and skinny.
The interesting bit was that they didn't realise we were United fans (we were on the city side of the ground after the game) so proceeded to show some videos of them filling in some United fans earlier.
it wasn't a hard choice to (a) not correct them on who we supported or (b) not seek revenge for our fellow reds.
Yep was a whole day in front of the telly event for me, flicking between BBC1 and ITV over the build up
United are wearing a Paul Smith suit, as announced to fans yesterday
The cheats are wearing LGBTQ+ patterns
LOL JOKING
The cheats are wearing human rights abuses
I agree it's no longer a big deal.
It shouldn't even count towards a treble any more. Should be League, FA Cup and Champions League until prior to this season and League, League Cup and Champions League from this season onwards
Start watching at 9am, proper kick off time of 3pm, all done and dusted by tea time.
I was there at old wembley when the spice boys turned up in white suits and got sent home with the losers medals by Eric the King. What a time to be alive.
That was my favourite final. Definitely.
Arsenal semi-final in '99 probably in my top 3 matches ever.
Heh - think they were ‘cream’ weren’t they? Anyway, staggering hubris
When did teams stop doing cup final songs? I remember Bob Mortimer (Middlesbrough) and Suggs (Chelsea) doing cup final songs in the mid 90s
I was not there for that one sadly but here is my top 3 I witnessed.
Scenes at all three.
It mattered when we were banned from European competitions.
Obvs since we’ve come off the sin bin bench for the champions league it means fook all.
Worth remembering that this was 99% the fault of the dipper tw@s and their thieving, murderous fans.
Now then, now then.
Calm down
It's such a big deal on the peninsula that they've moved the Epsom Derby to 1.30pm so people can gabmle on both.
These sports are no longer part of British culture. They are irrelevant to us. They exist only to make money for citizens of nowhere.
FA Cup Final singles definitely peaked with “Ossie's going to Wembley, his knees have gone all trembley”... “in de Cup for Totting-ham.” Chas and Dave genius
Despite the cheats best efforts at destroying the game of football for the working classes, it is not done yet
United stand alone defending it
Shame about the trains. Town tomorrow will be hell.
I'll be in the pub for it, it will be packed.
If you think no one is interested that because you don't spend any time in proper northern boozers, the ones where the menu has two options - KP nuts or Quavers.
I would say see you in the public bar, but I think the telly is being wheeled into the beer garden, bring on the sunshine. I will be United, despite the usual reservations its the only choice for a neutral to cheer for the little guys.
Yep
99.9% of people will be supporting united
United fans
Neutrals
Anyone who loves the sport of football
People who back the underdog
People who like to feed the poor
People who don't like corruption or cheating or human rights abusers
Very few people outside of that
What about Millwall and West Ham fans? Salt o the earth eh?
Pub will be 50/50 I expect, but I am in Manchester. Agree elsewhere it will be more United.
As a kid who grew up near Wembley you could make a fortune on Cup Final day by learning a couple of the players names and the team songs.
Turn up at a local pub that'd be spilling out with supporters from one or the other team, sing their tune and the p!ssed up idiots would clap, cheers and give you a small fortune.
On to the next pub...
The cheats don't have any songs
I'm backing United tbf.
What an absolute crock.
(If applied to racing, which it appears to be)
wot we need is that super league back up and running
that was a gr7 idea - all the plastic financially doped clubs can bugger off to that with sponsors from some oppressive regime and the league becomes balanced and about proper local football clubs again
I won’t be watching tbh but like most kids of the 90s im Anyone But United
Very rare to see a centrist dad support human rights abuses
Tbf oracle we basically do have that - saudia Arabia, cheats, Dubai Emirates all play on a different playing field financially to Manchester United and Liverpool, the proper clubs
It's quite remarkable Manchester United managed to break oil club dominance in league and cup
All funded by local working class heroes going to games and fanatically supporting a proper football club
Success should be earned, not bought by cheats
Cringe
heh
manyoo and the scousers r prob the worst financial dopers simply cos they pretend not 2 b
1st and 2nd on my list 2 fook off and join a super league
newcastle can stay as long as they bin their owners
Used to be a big day when i was at university. Load a punt with enough booze to sink the bizmarck and pootle along to watch it in a pub. Once my mate dave fell in in the way back and had to go to the tropical disease centre a coupke of days later because a redness was spreading up his legs. They made him poo in a box and he had to take it back to them on the bus.
Oracle do you follow football?
United are negative spend from owners
Liverpool are net net basically zero spend from owners
The only real clubs left
Doping is not having a shite load of fans FAOD
Ofc the fa cup lost its lustre when Mansurrey Ushited were allowed to miss a year back in 2000. Shocking.
This is the same club who inter alia pushed for a super league, and are paying the worlds most expensive defender £10 mill to leave.
They’ve destroyed the sport.
What Oracle and FF said.
Nice for manutd fans to have a local game tho
Ofc the fa cup lost its lustre when Mansurrey Ushited were allowed to miss a year back in 2000. Shocking’
remember some blazer telling us that this would help England’s World Cup bid? Breathtaking levels of naivety
‘Nice for manutd fans to have a local game tho’
Yeah I was dreading the journey south with the train strike but then I remembered who the oppo is 😂
It's not an issue really - Wembley will be 95% united fans
Couple of cheats fans on a tourist day out but they will be well behaved
Could probably get away with zero security
Missing tournaments to play other tournaments because we didn't have an owner pumping in 6bn to cover up human rights abuses at home
Doubt I'll even watch it.
Heh @ FF and Chinorder still bitter over events of 23 years ago. Hated, adored, never ignored.
Watch it
The cheats have tried to destroy football
But the working classes need to stand up for it
Flick the TV on and support united/the sport/equality
Tbf Tom getting from Surrey to Wembley tomorrow will be almost as big a ball ache as getting in from up north
I think Theo and Seb are organising coaches, FF.
The working classes will not miss the big game
Cheats fans flying in from Abu Dhabi
Little cucks
Can you make that into a haiku?
Na I'm northern
Yes lots of their fans are not local, but there are plenty of local fans too. The Premier League is a global game now whether you like it or not. I'm more of a non league fan myself, but I can still enjoy a big occasion. That the cup final is no longer a big occasion for the prawn sandwich fans is no big loss to me.
79, 81 replay, 83, 87, 88 and the one with Palace (91?) - all great games. Hard to think of any memorable ones since. Maybe it's an age thing.
Only the prawn sandwich fans can afford to go now, snowfox. Working class fans have been priced out.
Must admit I lost interest after the first round this year.
Who’s in the final, this year?
Yes it's true that the cheats can get all their success from Abu Dhabi, their best player from Belgium, their (racist cheating) manager from Spain and 'legend' from Argentina but all of their fans come from within 0.1 miles of the emptyhad
Actually that's probably true. Cuck club
True Tom, also there are no trains either so actually getting there is a challenge.
Stockport isn't in Manchester.
Must be one of the Heatons or Didsbury
Last time I went to watch a derby at Wembley it was the 1 nil semi final defeat when Scholes got sent off.
5 o clock kick off time, one of my mates couldn't remember a single part of the game the day after.
Met City's junior firm too, which was interesting
Is that like a bunch of teenagers dressed up as police officers?
They were young, they weren't dressed like coppers. Dressed mostly in black, tracksuit bottoms and trainers. You wouldn't even look twice at their ringleader, he was about 5 foot 5 and skinny.
So you're saying you beat up some kids?
No, they would have beat us up.
The interesting bit was that they didn't realise we were United fans (we were on the city side of the ground after the game) so proceeded to show some videos of them filling in some United fans earlier.
it wasn't a hard choice to (a) not correct them on who we supported or (b) not seek revenge for our fellow reds.
They were scary fvckers
They now support Chelsea probably
I was making a joke about Met City Juniors btw
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