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TheRonRaffertyFanClub
May 27, 2017, 2:00pm
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I just thought how fascinating that what used to be the biggest day in the football calendar didn't even have a thread on the Fishy. Has it really gone downhill so much?

There were some cracking games in the earlier rounds and a fair bit of interest generated by the giant killers but to be honest I won't be watching at 5.30 pm this year. There's about as much interest for a British neutral in the final as seeing Juventus Reserves play Athletico Madrid Reserves in a friendly.


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May 27, 2017, 2:04pm
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Can't say I watch much, if any, of the football from the top clubs. The highest I'll watch is championship, as you get some good games.
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May 27, 2017, 2:25pm
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I was thinking the same thing. Don't know why they call it the English Premier League. (I realise its the English Cup Final, but same thing) Mostly foreign owned, mostly foreign players, mostly foreign managers, mostly foreign viewers.

Think I'll watch highlights of carpet bowls instead.
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Les Brechin
May 27, 2017, 2:26pm

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Used to be an all day thing in the past. Unfortunately, all been killed now.

Used to be the only live game on TV (bar internationals). You had Cup Final Question of Sport, reports from the players hotels, the journey to the ground etc etc. At least this season they've waited until the season has finished.

One season not too long ago the final was played before the end of the season and there were even Premiership games played on the same day.

The FA Cup was on the decline for quite a while and as soon as they started playing the semi-finals at Wembley that just killed the magic completely.


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Lack of interest amongst neutrals, is the fact that theres that much football shown on TV that apathy prevails. Those under 30 probably won't realise how little football was shown on telly. For me when i was younger it was a family event, it use to be great seeing relatives, that you only use to see a couple of times a year, gathering together in font of the telly, great commentators, Motty/Moore. I know times have changed, and i will probably still watch it live, but i can't say i'm that fussed about it.
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May 27, 2017, 2:34pm

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Used to love it, now i don't. I'm going to the cider festival instead.
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More interested in tomorrow's game, Blackpool v Exeter
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Cup Final Swap Shop, and Cup Final "it's a knockout" as part of the day long event.  I used to cycle to a relatives who had a colour telly in the 70's  

The following week was usually then the Home Internationals, and that was it for live footy (Unless it was a World Cup year)
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May 27, 2017, 3:07pm
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I still love it! For me it's the climax to the domestic season, all our family still gather to watch it every year without fail. I suppose in that respect it's what you make of it yourselves. Get your old man round, get your uncle knob head down, get the kids in the back yard kicking a ball around, have a BBQ and a few beers and watch the cup final! I think there was a lot more romance about the old Wembley with the history and nostalgia about it, but once the game kicks off that's all forgotten about.


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John Tondeur - Wembley Stadium Sunday 15th May 2016
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The roundly The FA Cup is excrement thread   I'll be watching it. The 2 semis were cracking games.


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