Face facts, bigfeller, that belongs to another era

Here are the last two decades of the FA Cup winners:-

2007 - Chelsea
2006 - Liverpool
2005 - Arsenal
2004 - Man Yoo
2003 - Arsenal
2002 - Arsenal
2001- Liverpool
2000 - Chelsea
1999 - Man Yoo
1998 - Arsenal
1997 - Chelsea
1996 - Man Yoo
1995 - Everton
1994 - Man Yoo
1993 - Arsenal
1992 - Liverpool
1991 - Spurs
1990 - Man Yoo
1989 - Liverpool
1988 - Wimbledon (huzzah!)
1987 - Coventry (huzzah!)

Full of surprises, isn't it?!

You have to go back 20 years to get the FA Cup outside the top clubs, and of course the game has utterly utterly changed since then. There is no real chance at all of a small club ever winning the FA Cup again, and to plan a cup tie on the basis that you might ultimately win the Cup is like planning your household budget on the basis that you might win the lottery.

I am old enough to feel the pull of the prospect of a Cup run, and I well recall the childhood excitement of our cup ventures. But I am grown up enough to realise that it is unlikely ever to happen again.

What is more, I don't mind having a real go at the Cup (unlikely as success might be) when we are SAFE in the league. But this season we aren't, whatever numpties like SCC think. Four points off the drop zone. Another reason for safety first.

Posted By: Old Git on January 16th 2008 at 09:48:52

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FAO Old Git (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 09:27:45
- Face facts, bigfeller, that belongs to another era (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 16, 09:48:52
  - Eh? (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 09:54:22
  - That is a really sorry list, not even the 5th-20th premiership teams (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 16, 09:50:38
    - In the last TEN YEARS, only Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Man Yoo have won the FA Cup (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 16, 09:54:00
      - No I'm not (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 09:55:05
        
        Why stop at semis? Why not quarters? (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 16, 09:59:44
        
        So beating Bayern Munich didn't matter either, then? (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 10:03:47
        
        its been so long since we had a run of any descript... (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 16, 10:12:11
        
        No. We haven't beaten a side ranked above us since Bolton on pens (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 10:15:20
- RE "try to lose" (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 16, 09:45:24
- thing is, where is the disdain? (NCFC) - megson, Jan 16, 09:37:41
  - it is a shame the first choice centre backs had a mare (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 16, 09:48:45
    - yeah I agree, but no disdain in that is there? (NCFC) - megson, Jan 16, 09:52:57
      - In the end a win on Saturday and it is forgotten (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 16, 09:54:47
        
        indeed, thing is I do love the FA cup (NCFC) - megson, Jan 16, 10:00:36
  - We should be giving ourselves the best possible chance of winning the game (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 09:40:39
    - You've been very quiet during our good run (NCFC) - duke of york, Jan 16, 10:04:17
      - ... (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 16, 10:22:40
      - I've been del (n/m) (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 10:09:59
        
        ighted during our good run (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 10:11:20
    - "one of the most humiliating defeats in our entire history" (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 16, 09:50:41
      - It IS fact (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 09:52:17
        
        You can measure humiliation with numbers? (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 16, 09:55:22
        
        a crushing sense of dispair... (n/m) (NCFC) - blindasabat, Jan 16, 09:57:42
        
        *despair (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 09:58:40
        
        oh yeah, that 'n' all (NCFC) - blindasabat, Jan 16, 10:01:33
        
        I assume Sutton knocking out Coventry wasn't one of the most humiliating results (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 09:57:37
        
        I think it probably depends on who you ask. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 16, 10:01:18
        
        I look forward to you trotting this out (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 10:09:44
        
        Why? Will a non-league opponent suddenly mean that your frame of reference for humiliatio (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 16, 10:15:23
        
        wrexham arsenal was, (NCFC) - megson, Jan 16, 09:59:00
        
        We were awful in 1997/8 (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 10:00:20
        
        yes actually i would now you mention it. (NCFC) - megson, Jan 16, 10:05:10
- spot on (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 16, 09:29:36
- I agree with you feller!! (n/m) (NCFC) - capecodcarman, Jan 16, 09:29:23
- Hey, if we're safely mid-table, it's a nice competition. If we're threatened with (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jan 16, 09:29:06
  - Talking sense, even though I can't read your post (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 16, 09:49:41
  - Except, as I said below, you can employ that argument every single year (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 09:32:31
  - how the fuck will we get relegated? (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 16, 09:30:04
    - By finishing in the bottom three? (n/m) (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, Jan 16, 09:31:47
      - totally impossible (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 16, 09:32:55
        
        We are 4 points off Preston, but now they have Chris Brown! (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jan 16, 09:34:48
        
        Man of the match in a dream debut apparantly.... (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 16, 10:15:15

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