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Post by Panda on Oct 26, 2005 23:30:01 GMT 1
It was relevant enough for you to post in the thread...
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Post by Zodiac on Oct 26, 2005 23:42:42 GMT 1
I was merely pre-empting all the inevitable "hurrah, chelsea are out" style replies.
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Post by Kristofferson67 on Oct 27, 2005 0:16:07 GMT 1
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Post by Admin on Oct 27, 2005 8:58:32 GMT 1
Yeah a Leicester v Doncaster final would be a fitting finale.  |
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Post by Robin on Oct 27, 2005 10:57:26 GMT 1
Glad Grimsby are out! Thugs and Chavs  (and that's just the players) |
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Post by Kristofferson67 on Oct 27, 2005 11:00:00 GMT 1
Yeah a Leicester v Doncaster final would be a fitting finale. If they both won their games & earned their places in the final then it would be. Don't quite understand your argument here.  |
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Post by Admin on Oct 27, 2005 11:09:43 GMT 1
Yeah a Leicester v Doncaster final would be a fitting finale. If they both won their games & earned their places in the final then it would be. Don't quite understand your argument here. Neither team would be allowed in europe, therefore losing us another place. I'm all for the underdog doing well, but at the end of the day you want the prem teams in the final (on the whole). And I'd prefer to see man u v arse or newcastle in the semis of final rather than the next round. |
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Post by Earl Purple on Oct 27, 2005 11:10:44 GMT 1
I just made my own random draw and guess who came up against whom:
Charlton v West Brom
Crystal Palace v Arsenal
Blackburn v Leicester
Newcastle v Man Utd
Wigan v Middlesbrough
Doncaster v Reading
Millwall v Bolton
Aston Villa v Birmingham
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Post by Kristofferson67 on Oct 27, 2005 11:13:08 GMT 1
Why would Leicester not be allowed in Europe?
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Post by Robin on Oct 27, 2005 11:23:45 GMT 1
Coz they sh*t!
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Post by Kristofferson67 on Oct 27, 2005 11:48:37 GMT 1
Is that the official FIFA stance? |
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Post by Admin on Oct 27, 2005 12:34:29 GMT 1
Is that the official FIFA stance? Yep, old Sepp said it himself the other day... #biglaugh# Championship teams are allowed in thru the fa cup, but not the league cup (I think)  I might be wrong though...Maybe they shove em in the intertoto? |
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Post by thepennydrops on Oct 27, 2005 17:25:41 GMT 1
Naturally i'm devestated that my team have been knocked out of the most irrelevant domestic cup competition around... Oh, that excuse. |
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Post by Panda on Oct 27, 2005 18:48:54 GMT 1
Is that the official FIFA stance? Yep, old Sepp said it himself the other day... #biglaugh# Championship teams are allowed in thru the fa cup, but not the league cup (I think) I might be wrong though...Maybe they shove em in the intertoto? I understand that as long as the winning club has a UEFA licence, they would be allowed to compete in Europe, regardless of their division. |
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Post by Admin on Oct 27, 2005 21:46:43 GMT 1
I just remember some cup one year a few years ago, where uefo were saying they wouldn't allow a team into europe, I think the team they were playing was already in europe, so the losers got in automatically. Cant remember if uefa relented...
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Post by Kristofferson67 on Oct 27, 2005 23:19:52 GMT 1
I'm pretty sure Leicester would be allowed to play in Europe, mainly because their stadium is ok.
Doncaster on the other hand is a different story . .
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Post by Kristofferson67 on Oct 27, 2005 23:20:28 GMT 1
Just out of interest, who was the last team outside the top flight to play in Europe?
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Post by Zodiac on Oct 28, 2005 1:10:51 GMT 1
Naturally i'm devestated that my team have been knocked out of the most irrelevant domestic cup competition around... Oh, that excuse. I'm sorry, I better retract that statement. The Carling Cup is clearly of utmost importance... which is probably why Man Utd and Arsenal have been fielding youth teams in the competition for the past however many years. |
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Post by Zodiac on Oct 28, 2005 1:14:13 GMT 1
Just out of interest, who was the last team outside the top flight to play in Europe? Well erm, Millwall about a year ago surely. |
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Post by Admin on Oct 28, 2005 8:38:46 GMT 1
Just out of interest, who was the last team outside the top flight to play in Europe? Well erm, Millwall about a year ago surely. Yep, thru the fa cup, but what about the league cup? |
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I might be wrong though...Maybe they shove em in the intertoto?