FA Cup 3rd round

[shoddycollins]

Yeovil at home is probably be best draw we could have gotten outside of getting the big premier teams. Certainly beats away to Brighton into a cocked hat. It's a great chance for us to get into the fourth round where we're even more likely to get a big team, and if we do we're even more likely to get on telly. Yeovil will be thinking the same of course.

 

[daviejones]

Yeovil at home is probably be best draw we could have gotten outside of getting the big premier teams. Certainly beats away to Brighton into a cocked hat. It's a great chance for us to get into the fourth round where we're even more likely to get a big team, and if we do we're even more likely to get on telly. Yeovil will be thinking the same of course.

Tell the players that we'll give some of the prize money (£15k or so) to the flood relief fund, watch them hammer Yeovil and pocket the remaining £50k of prize money and then get Man United away in the next round. Should be beating Yeovil anyway really but we might as well add some incentive to it seeing as the players are so set on helping out around the county.

 

[mowgli]

Nah, Villa at home is a shit draw, yes they're shit but not shit enough, the last time we played them we were 3.0 up at half time and they came back to 8.3. They may be a shit prem club but the quality of the players is still a lot better than what we have. Best scenario is to scrap a replay.

I don't think it's a bad draw mate especially if it's shown live on the BBC.Financially a draw would be the best result but i think it's a game we can win on the day,at least we didn't get another League 2 team which would have earned us fuck all.

 

[shoddycollins]

Carlisle United v Yeovil Town
Chelsea v Leyton Orient / Scunthorpe
Everton v Dagenham and Redbridge / Whitehawk
Exeter City v Liverpool
Ipswich Town v Portsmouth
Newport County v Blackburn Rovers
Northampton Town v Milton Keynes Dons
Oxford United v Swansea City
Salford City / Hartlepool United v Derby County
Wycombe Wanderers v Aston Villa

We have eight League Two teams definitely in the 3rd round, while a further three face replays (two against non-league opposition)

Five of our clubs were handed dream-ties against Premier League opposition, with Exeter v Liverpool being the stand-out game among League Two clubs and one with a good chance of being televised. Orient and Daggers however have the opportunity to travel to two of the biggest clubs in the country should they get through their replays, and will be hoping to get a share of those lucrative gate reciepts. Wycombe will welcome a struggling Villa side to Adams Park in the John Gregory / Martin O'Neill derby while Oxford host Swansea at the less spectacular end of the spectrum, but those are still good draws which should bring large crowds.

Things are a bit more disappointing for the four clubs who have drawn Championship opposition and while Ipswich away won't excite Pompey fans much, it does at least represent a decent chance of making the fourth round. Northampton also may feel in with a shout as they host MK Dons (The Cobblers being one of the chief objectors to Wimbledon FC moving to Milton Keynes back in 2004), who are struggling in the Championship and will probably bring a decent crowd. Perhaps most disappointing of all for Newport who face a distinctly average Blackburn side at Dave Parade, and Hartlepool who (should they beat Salford) will have a home tie with Derby.

That leaves Carlisle v Yeovil as the only all-League-Two tie in the draw and indeed the lowest overall ranked match in the third round. Yeovil are actually the second-lowest ranked team definitely in the third-round (ahead of Eastleigh) so we can't be too disappointed to have them at home, and this represents a chance to get into the fourth round for both teams. It means there will definitely be at least one League Two team in the fourth round, and whoever does win that match may well end up being the lowest ranked team in the competition overall.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I might attend Everton v Dagenham/Whitehawk

 

[thewwfc]

Wycombe will welcome a struggling Villa side to Adams Park in the John Gregory / Martin O'Neill derby.

the John Gregory/Martin O'Neill/Paul Lambert derby, please.

and yeah, I did over-react, it's not a shit draw, we could have done worse. It's probably a 7/10 draw.

 

[MrGloverLover]

Yeovil at home is probably be best draw we could have gotten outside of getting the big premier teams. Certainly beats away to Brighton into a cocked hat. It's a great chance for us to get into the fourth round where we're even more likely to get a big team, and if we do we're even more likely to get on telly. Yeovil will be thinking the same of course.

I'm thinking it's a shite draw

 

[shoddycollins]

I'm thinking it's a shite draw

Not the best for you by a long way, but surely still better than away to some League One or Championship club who still aren't very glamorous but will almost certainly beat you.

 

[ThisTinpotLeague]

So great to see Whitehawk and Salford in with a shout. True underdog clubs. Brilliant story. Cup romance!

Disappointed in the lack of media coverage around Salford as well actually. I heard that some of the Class of 92 are involved up there?

 

[Glasshalffullpools]

At least the class of 92 stopped the Monkey story being trotted out yet again ......we invented Wayne Sleep as well you know !

 

[Sestonpoolie]

Don't forget that world renowned actor Phil Middlesmass,Des Barnes on Corrie to you & me.

 

[Glasshalffullpools]

Andy Capp ..... The list is endless .......no hang on .....its ended

 

[oakroader]

 

[Glasshalffullpools]

It's ok safe to come out now ...famous Hartlepudlians all name checked !

 

[shoddycollins]

Jeff Stelling

Wasn't that feller who faked his own death with a canoe from Hartlepool?

 

[Glasshalffullpools]

Jeff supports us due to the fact his first job in Radio local was as our match reporter ....as for the Canoe fella , he used to live near Mr Seston in Seaton Carew , that's like wot Cleethorpes is to Grimsby , but without the glamour

 

[shoddycollins]

Jeff supports us due to the fact his first job in Radio local was as our match reporter ....as for the Canoe fella , he used to live near Mr Seston in Seaton Carew , that's like wot Cleethorpes is to Grimsby , but without the glamour

According to Wikipedia

Stelling was brought up in a council house in Hartlepool. He attended Rift House Primary School and West Hartlepool Grammar School. After leaving school his first job was as a journalist at the Hartlepool Mail where he remained for four years.

 

[Glasshalffullpools]

Well I stand corrected ....he's certainly got ris of his accent .........so let's recap .....apart from the Monkey , we have Wayne Sleep , Jeff , Andy Capps drawer Reg Smyth and some fella who thought the interweb didn't go to Panama .....I think I've covered it now

 

[cufc17]

Wikipedia knows all.
I guess Stelling just tries to hide the fact he is from Hartlepool, I mean, who wouldn't?

 

[Aber gas]

Well I stand corrected ....he's certainly got ris of his accent .........so let's recap .....apart from the Monkey , we have Wayne Sleep , Jeff , Andy Capps drawer Reg Smyth and some fella who thought the interweb didn't go to Panama .....I think I've covered it now

What about Jack Rowell and Reginald hill ?

 

[Glasshalffullpools]

Right ok .....Apart from the Monkey , we have ...in no particular order ...Jack Rowell , Wayne Sleep , Reginald Hill, Reg Smythe aka Andy Capp , Jeff Stelling , Phil Middlemas and some bloke who will find it very hard to get an insurance policy .....that's the lot .........unless of course you know different ........ Cyril ..

 

[shoddycollins]

Well I stand corrected ....he's certainly got ris of his accent

You need to if you want to have a job in the media

 

[Habbinalan]

Right ok .....Apart from the Monkey , we have ...in no particular order ...Jack Rowell , Wayne Sleep , Reginald Hill, Reg Smythe aka Andy Capp , Jeff Stelling , Phil Middlemas and some bloke who will find it very hard to get an insurance policy .....that's the lot .........unless of course you know different ........ Cyril ..

 

[oakroader]

whats this???
the latest crimewatch photo id's??

 

[Glasshalffullpools]

Surely you'd approve of the Eric Morecambe pipe ....that's the Author fella

 

[oakroader]

enid blyton??
kin ell!!

 

[Sestonpoolie]

You've all forgot about Meatloaf & Ridley Scott,he attended out Art college & is still a season ticket holder in the Town End.
As for the canoe man,he's me dad,but i keep that quiet.

 

[Glasshalffullpools]

You have to be from Hartlepool not just visited the town , otherwise the famous people list would be 8 or 9 longer .....you can't help but look over at Canoe man's flat when you pass it can you ? .... nice view he had though

 

[shoddycollins]

You've all forgot about Meatloaf & Ridley Scott,he attended out Art college & is still a season ticket holder in the Town End.
As for the canoe man,he's me dad,but i keep that quiet.

There's a photo of Ridley Scott in the thread already.

As for Meatloaf. Didn't he draw Hartlepool out of a hat on Soccer AM?

That said, Hartlepool knock us into a cocked hat when it comes to famous residents / fans. All we have are Hunter Davies (who also supports Tottenham), Melvyn Bragg (who also supports Arsenal) and Helen Skelton (who has worn a United top for a photoshoot, but not sure if she actually cares about football). Think the most famous Carlisle fan at the moment is probably the lad off the Royal Navy advert.

 

[Glasshalffullpools]

Meatloaf even went so far as to look for a property in Hartlepool , but decided that even so there is one or two quite nice areas , Beverly Hills it was not ....shame really cos 2 mile from me in Sunny Billingham ( 8 from Hartlepool ) there is Wynard , a very nice executive place where the likes of Keegan , and Duncan Bannatyne have homes ..... I'd quite like to live near Meatloaf