Pompey Face Their Worst Enemy In FA Cup Draw.

by Englishman 5 Replies latest jw friends

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  Englishman

  Bloody hell!

  FA Cup fourth round draw:

  Derby v Watford or Fulham
  Man Utd or Exeter v Middlesbrough
  Cardiff or Blackburn v Colchester
  Chelsea v Birmingham
  West Ham v Sheff Utd
  Oldham v Bolton
  Arsenal v Wolverhampton
  Everton v Sunderland
  Nottm Forest v Peterborough
  Brentford v Hartlepool or Boston
  Reading or Swansea v Leicester or Blackpool
  Burnley or Liverpool v Bournemouth
  Southampton v Portsmouth West Brom v Tottenham
  Newcastle v Coventry
  Charlton v Yeovil

  Ties will be played on the weekend of 29 and 30 January.

  Englishman.
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  BrendaCloutier

  Are these the playoff standings for football, or football?
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  seeitallclearlynow

  Go team!

  Lol.
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  Englishman

  Are these the playoff standings for football, or football?

  Real football, what some people call soccer. There are 1000's of football clubs in the UK. They are split into 100's of leagues. If a team does well, it moves up to a higher league, if it does badly, it moves down a league. Teams play other teams that are in the same league. The very top English league is known as "The Premiership". However, every year, there is a competition set up by the Football Association known as the "F.A. Cup". It's a knock-out competition. Any team can enter, although the higher-up teams don't have to play in the earlier rounds. So now we have a situation where lowly little Exeter, several leagues down the line, were pitted against mighty premiership side Manchester United last Saturday. The result was a 0-0 draw. Bad for Man U, excellent for Exeter! This means that the match will go to a replay. Now, little Exeter have big debts for a tiny little club, however, the replay against Man U will earn them over a million pounds ($1.9 million) which will wipe out all of their debts. My team is Portsmouth, nicknamed "Pompey", a premiership side recently promoted to the top league. Our greatest rivals are from Portsmouth's neighbouring city of Southampton, whom we've been drawn to play against in the next knockout round of the FA Cup. The 2 cities of Portsmouth and Southampton detest one another, both being sea-ports who compete for business and work. So when the teams play one another it is usually a real grudge match. Englishman.
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  Duncan

  Hi Mike.

  ...and there's that whole Harry Redknapp angle and everything! What a draw!

  Errm... just thought I'd mention that a certain team of Goldenboys has played them both and beat them both this year. On the relative showings against us, Pompey were miles better. So you ought to be okay.

  Good luck!

  Duncan.
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  BrendaCloutier

  Yeah, I figured it was what we in the US call soccer. But I do appreciate your breaking down the leagues thing. Quite facinating! Good for Exeter, that's awesome to see the underdog do so well.

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