Norman_Conquest
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This will be the first FA Cup Final I have missed since 1968 when I was nearly 7 years old.
The cup final was always a massive event on the calendar in our household and we would all gather round to watch it. My mum would make sandwiches, sausage rolls, cakes and my brother and I would spend our pocket money on sweets for the occasion. The girls would be sent packing to my nans
Viewing would start on the Friday night with the players families and locals from each town being interviewed, In the 70’s is here was even a special ‘It’s a Knockout’ against the two teams involved.
Coverage started early again the next morning with cameras being at the team hotels and they would follow each teams coach to the stadium. Overkill some might say, but it was tradition and I liked it.
I understand the reason for breaking with tradition and have sympathy with the clubs, but it is another nail in the coffin of our greatest competition.
I have always felt that the PL are jealous of this competition and have manipulated the FA into sanitising it. The lack of replays pays testament to this.
The main reason for missing it is due to being on holiday, but the other reason is the lack of fans and the sterile atmosphere. I have mentioned on many occasions that I felt the season should have been null and void.
Windy - There was more than that, but I couldn’t be pestered.
The cup final was always a massive event on the calendar in our household and we would all gather round to watch it. My mum would make sandwiches, sausage rolls, cakes and my brother and I would spend our pocket money on sweets for the occasion. The girls would be sent packing to my nans
Viewing would start on the Friday night with the players families and locals from each town being interviewed, In the 70’s is here was even a special ‘It’s a Knockout’ against the two teams involved.
Coverage started early again the next morning with cameras being at the team hotels and they would follow each teams coach to the stadium. Overkill some might say, but it was tradition and I liked it.
I understand the reason for breaking with tradition and have sympathy with the clubs, but it is another nail in the coffin of our greatest competition.
I have always felt that the PL are jealous of this competition and have manipulated the FA into sanitising it. The lack of replays pays testament to this.
The main reason for missing it is due to being on holiday, but the other reason is the lack of fans and the sterile atmosphere. I have mentioned on many occasions that I felt the season should have been null and void.
Windy - There was more than that, but I couldn’t be pestered.
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