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FA Cup 24-25

By Daggers, in General Football and Sport

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Bilo

Bilo

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1 minute ago, Lionator said:

They’re also at Wembley at least once a season year after year. It’s expensive and they just don’t have the massive fanbase. 

It must get very old very quickly. Wembley two or three times a season as well as multiple European trips. As massive a day out as this is for Forest, it must be close to a bit of a chore for Manchester City. 

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Izzy

Izzy

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2 minutes ago, CosbehFox said:

I hear this a lot with Man City. For me they don’t have as large of a fanbase and therefore when fans don’t want to pay stupid prices, they don’t have the ability to pick up the slack. A couple regular match attending Man City fans explained it well to me. They are  becoming the most strongest fan base for fan issues alongside Liverpool 

Would probably help if the semi's weren't at Wembley too. Dragging their arses down to London on a Sunday evening is a bit of a ball ache.

 

 

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The Doctor

The Doctor

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1 minute ago, Izzy said:

Would probably help if the semi's weren't at Wembley too. Dragging their arses down to London on a Sunday evening is a bit of a ball ache.

 

 

yea, Midlands v Lancashire, this is exactly the sort of game that should be at somewhere like Villa Park or Hillsborough. 

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Lionator

Lionator

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Just now, The Doctor said:

yea, Midlands v Lancashire, this is exactly the sort of game that should be at somewhere like Villa Park or Hillsborough. 

Don’t think it would be right to have it at Hillsborough but Villa or Leeds would be fine haha.

Lionator

Lionator

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5 minutes ago, Bilo said:

It must get very old very quickly. Wembley two or three times a season as well as multiple European trips. As massive a day out as this is for Forest, it must be close to a bit of a chore for Manchester City. 

Just seen it’s 30 times in the last 14 seasons 

Bilo

Bilo

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Having the semi at Wembley has, unfortunately, been going on for so long that the tradition of having it at a decent neutral stadium equidistant between the two teams passed into memory. 

 

It's farcical, though. Why play any game other than the final at Wembley if it's between, say, two northern sides? 

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Bilo

Bilo

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2 minutes ago, Lionator said:

Just seen it’s 30 times in the last 14 seasons 

Madness. The fans must know it almost as well as the Etihad at this point.

MattFox

MattFox

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6 minutes ago, The Doctor said:

yea, Midlands v Lancashire, this is exactly the sort of game that should be at somewhere like Villa Park or Hillsborough. 

Hillsborough doesn’t have the facilities for a semi final in this day and age

Bilo

Bilo

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1 minute ago, MattFox said:

Hillsborough doesn’t have the facilities for a semi final in this day and age

No, it doesn't. But since the tradition of playing games at neutral stadia other than Wembley stopped, we have see multiple decent stadia with capacities above 40,000 either built or renovated.

 

Etihad 

Old Trafford

Anfield

Bramley Moore (from next season) 

St James's Park

Stadium of Light

Villa Park

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 

Emirates

London Stadium 

Stamford Bridge 

 

Genuinely no reason why there can't be semi-finals at neutral grounds.

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The Year Of The Fox

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10 minutes ago, Bilo said:

No, it doesn't. But since the tradition of playing games at neutral stadia other than Wembley stopped, we have see multiple decent stadia with capacities above 40,000 either built or renovated.

 

Etihad 

Old Trafford

Anfield

Bramley Moore (from next season) 

St James's Park

Stadium of Light

Villa Park

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 

Emirates

London Stadium 

Stamford Bridge 

 

Genuinely no reason why there can't be semi-finals at neutral grounds.

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BKLFox

BKLFox

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6 minutes ago, Bilo said:

No, it doesn't. But since the tradition of playing games at neutral stadia other than Wembley stopped, we have see multiple decent stadia with capacities above 40,000 either built or renovated.

 

Etihad 

Old Trafford

Anfield

Bramley Moore (from next season) 

St James's Park

Stadium of Light

Villa Park

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 

Emirates

London Stadium 

Stamford Bridge 

 

Genuinely no reason why there can't be semi-finals at neutral grounds.

It could be why Birmingham have a vision of building a 62k seater to tap into these semi finals & International games as well as NFL, concerts etc with the strap line of we are pretty central within the country to support most neutral travelling friends.

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Lionator

Lionator

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2 minutes ago, BKLFox said:

It could be why Birmingham have a vision of building a 62k seater to tap into these semi finals & International games as well as NFL, concerts etc with the strap line of we are pretty central within the country to support most neutral travelling friends.

They had the chance for the commonwealth games and decided not to. Funnily enough the KP would be a very good candidate for a semi given the stadiums dimensions. 

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