The FA cup.........

[madras]

.....started last week. it was the extra preliminary round. wouldn't it be good if whichever TV station has the rights had to pick a game from that round,show it live,then follow the winner to the next round and show that one live and so on until the final.

 

last week we could have watched odd down fc,St Blazey fc,larkhall athletic or Pagham.

[Guest optimistic nit]

sounds like a damn good idea that.

[Incognito]

Spokesman for ITV said,"As long as Manchester United,Liverpool or Chelsea are put in that round,we'll show it.,"

[Rob W]

.....started last week. it was the extra preliminary round. wouldn't it be good if whichever TV station has the rights had to pick a game from that round,show it live,then follow the winner to the next round and show that one live and so on until the final.

 

last week we could have watched odd down fc,St Blazey fc,larkhall athletic or Pagham.

 

Most of the papers and Radio 5 do that - some poor sod spends all year traveling all over the country mainly watching dross

[pinkeye]

Is it about jan when the Premier League clubs join the competition?

[Guest king harry]

Is it about jan when the Premier League clubs join the competition?

 

yes first week of January usually, my favourite football weekend of the season.

[Guest nufc_geordie]

.....started last week. it was the extra preliminary round. wouldn't it be good if whichever TV station has the rights had to pick a game from that round,show it live,then follow the winner to the next round and show that one live and so on until the final.

 

last week we could have watched odd down fc,St Blazey fc,larkhall athletic or Pagham.

 

Would be an excellent idea, showing that the FA cup actually still means something. Televising Whitley Bay, Blyth, Benfield etc. would act as an encouragement to teams of similar stature and give a lot back to the grassroots game.