FA Cup 2025/2026

[purpleronnie]

4 minutes ago, Fear Of The Fox said:

I think I'll focus watching the Port Vale game. I'm watching the Rangers-Celtic one and it's like toddlers trying to play football. Zero (0) quality. I feel sorry for the fans paying for this dross. 

I think its been brilliant derby game...for a 0-0.  Loving the tifo and pyro too.

[Lionator]

Port Vale one game from Wembley, you’d be fuming if you were a Sunderland fan.

[Mike the Metal Ed]

From 4th round to 6th round in 5 days!

[Deeg67]

Port Vale, doomed to relegation from League 1, into the quarters. What a strange game this is.

[Fox92]

Hate that as a fan. Easy chance (no disrespect to Vale) to get into the quarters, as a top flight club, and mess it up. 
 

Good win for Port Vale though. Hope they get another home draw next round.

[whoareyaaa]

Letting TNT have the rights has ruined the competition a bit for me

[Deeg67]

Hope for a Southampton-Port Vale draw, would be great to see one of them at Wembley.

[Torquay Gunner]

Today’s giant killing and yesterday’s fine performances from Mansfield and Wrexham continue to prove the FA Cup is still a fantastic competition, despite being undermined by the football hierarchy. 

Edited 8 March by Torquay Gunner

[Super_horns]

2 hours ago, Torquay Gunner said:

Today’s giant killing and yesterday’s fine performances from Mansfield and Wrexham continue to prove the FA Cup is still a fantastic competition, despite being undermined by the football hierarchy. 

Yes showed there is some romance left .

[davieG]

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8 FA Cup matches this weekend. Only 1 on free to air TV.

A competition that shaped generations of supporters is now locked behind a £31 paywall. Football does not grow when you hide it away. It grows when kids can sit down and watch it with their parents and fall in love with the rawest and most magical cup in the world.

The FA Cup deserves better. And so do the fans.

[Super_horns]

10 hours ago, davieG said:

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8 FA Cup matches this weekend. Only 1 on free to air TV.

A competition that shaped generations of supporters is now locked behind a £31 paywall. Football does not grow when you hide it away. It grows when kids can sit down and watch it with their parents and fall in love with the rawest and most magical cup in the world.

The FA Cup deserves better. And so do the fans.

Fair point but there were two on FTA tv although some will say you pay for the BBC too .

[davieG]

1 minute ago, Super_horns said:

Fair point but there were two on FTA tv although some will say you pay for the BBC too .

I presume that's Freeview. I didn't know about this and never saw it publicised anywhere. 

[Super_horns]

12 minutes ago, davieG said:

I presume that's Freeview. I didn't know about this and never saw it publicised anywhere. 

Friday night and Saturday early evening on BBC One .

[Fox92]

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Southampton v Arsenal

Chelsea v Port Vale

Manchester City v Liverpool

West Ham or Brentford v Leeds United

 

[Corky]

21 hours ago, davieG said:

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8 FA Cup matches this weekend. Only 1 on free to air TV.

A competition that shaped generations of supporters is now locked behind a £31 paywall. Football does not grow when you hide it away. It grows when kids can sit down and watch it with their parents and fall in love with the rawest and most magical cup in the world.

The FA Cup deserves better. And so do the fans.

The rights were sold to the Premier League, I think.

[Super_horns]

West Ham will be glad there was VAR if they hold on as the penalty was pretty clear cut but not given originally .

[StanSP]

Anyone's coverage on Discovery+ keep cutting out? Either on TV or on laptop?

[Nalis]

22 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Anyone's coverage on Discovery+ keep cutting out? Either on TV or on laptop?

Mine wont let me watch live at all, it goes to the start of the show without the option of watching live tried a few times 

[Corky]

Pretty convinced that Fletch is a Paul Whitehouse creation.

[StanSP]

28 minutes ago, Nalis said:

Mine wont let me watch live at all, it goes to the start of the show without the option of watching live tried a few times 

Yeah that's what ended up happening to me too.

Their chat service is shite when trying to complain about it.

[RowlattsFox]

Arrogance of footballers  

 

[Lionator]

My goodness, that penalty made Kermorgant’s look good. 

[Super_horns]

What a daft penalty by Outtara.

 

So costly.

[fazzyfox]

Outrara you doing you fool, not the time and place for one of those Pinocchio thingy kicks  

[Deeg67]

Leeds-West Ham is an interesting one. At least one non-big 6 side in the semis, but if those two clubs are locked in a battle for survival with a few league games left how cagey are they going to be in an FA cup tie, even with Wembley on the line?