FA Cup, 2020-2021

[DCI Harry Batt]

I still don't like AFC Bournemouth getting no. 1 in the third round proper draw. 1 should be Arsenal (all the more so in a season when they're the holders).

Why?

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Because.

[longeared]

If Shrewsbury get Spurs away for the first time ever in the third round and I can't go because of fucking Covid I think I might cry.

This sounds similar to how I'd like my lot to get an unglamorous away tie that we'll probably lose and which I wouldn't go to in normal times on the grounds of distance / lack of tickets. Bournemouth would be perfect, but Luton / Southampton / Swansea / Doncaster / Blackpool / Portsmouth / Norwich / Brighton would equally suffice.

[Snake Plissken]

Burnley are bound to either get Man City away or Stockport away. The latter would really piss me off at not being able to go.

[Patrick Thistle]

They've alphabetised the draw numbers for the Premier and Championship clubs, and then it's like just random numbers have been assigned. Which seems really odd.

1 AFC Bournemouth
2 Arsenal
3 Aston Villa
4 Barnsley
5 Birmingham City
6 Blackburn Rovers
7 Brentford
8 Brighton & Hove Albion
9 Bristol City
10 Burnley
11 Cardiff City
12 Chelsea
13 Coventry City
14 Crystal Palace
15 Derby County
16 Everton
17 Fulham
18 Huddersfield Town
19 Leeds United
20 Leicester City
21 Liverpool
22 Luton Town
23 Manchester City
24 Manchester United
25 Middlesbrough
26 Millwall
27 Newcastle United
28 Norwich City
29 Nottingham Forest
30 Preston North End
31 Queens Park Rangers
32 Reading
33 Rotherham United
34 Sheffield United
35 Sheffield Wednesday
36 Southampton
37 Stoke City
38 Swansea City
39 Tottenham Hotspur
40 Watford
41 West Bromwich Albion
42 West Ham United
43 Wolverhampton Wanderers
44 Wycombe Wanderers
45 Stevenage
46 Blackpool
47 Tranmere Rovers
48 Crawley Town
49 Stockport County
50 Plymouth Argyle
51 Portsmouth
52 Cheltenham Town
53 Chorley
54 Morecambe
55 Shrewsbury Town
56 Mansfield Town
57 Newport County
58 Marine
59 Exeter City
60 Canvey Island or Boreham Wood
61 Doncaster Rovers
62 Milton Keynes Dons
63 Bristol Rovers
64 Oldham Athletic

[torres]

Well in to the Mighty Mariners. I might even make it to the next round.

[Baptiste]

They've alphabetised the draw numbers for the Premier and Championship clubs, and then it's like just random numbers have been assigned. Which seems really odd.

It's the order they came out in for the second round draw.

[Uros Predic]

This sounds similar to how I'd like my lot to get an unglamorous away tie that we'll probably lose and which I wouldn't go to in normal times on the grounds of distance / lack of tickets. Bournemouth would be perfect, but Luton / Southampton / Swansea / Doncaster / Blackpool / Portsmouth / Norwich / Brighton would equally suffice.

*wipes remnants of lunch (a bag of Tangfastics) from his crotch*

Oi. Who are you calling unglamorous?

[Fearful Symmetry]

Yesterday was definitive proof that if we get a few injuries, we could be a bit fucked.

Oh, and for singing Adele after a match, I hope Chorley draw Man City away. And lose 17-0.

[beak]

Why?

Because you're giving them exactly what they wanted when they chose their daft name, in the process becoming the AAAAAAAAA1111111Plumbers in the phonebook that is professional football.

Shit badge and all.

[DCI Harry Batt]

I hadn't realised they deliberately chose the name for that reason. How odd.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

They've alphabetised the draw numbers for the Premier and Championship clubs, and then it's like just random numbers have been assigned. Which seems really odd.

I'm sorry, have you EVER watched or listened to a third round proper draw before? This is exactly the way it's been done since it was on Radio 2 at 12.30 on Monday after Pete Murray and the news. And people moan about the eroding of traditions in football.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Oh, and tradition dictates that Man United will either be drawn at home to Walthamstow Avenue or away to Aston Villa, and Liverpool will get Everton. Actually with Marine in the mix, surely they must get one of their big neighbours.

[Patrick Thistle]

Rogin the Armchair fan clearly i haven't been paying attention.

[Capybara]

Here's my prediction. The bit where they put the 'most interesting' team numbers below the draw listing and then the list moves up as each club is drawn. Well my lot won't appear unless they are drawn early. They will be, as usual, officially the least interesting ball number.

Oh, and Manchester United against whoever it is will be televised by the BBC.

[Southport Zeb]

For years there was a match poster in the (since demolished) club shop at Marine that someone had jokingly put together saying "European Cup Semi Final - Marine v Manchester United (PS We've ordered extra pies)".

[longeared]

Manchester United will get Reading, Wayne Rooney's Derby or a Premier League club from the midlands away, Chelsea will get Nottingham Forest at home, Manchester City will get a League Two club at home, Liverpool will get something Klopp moans about. Because that's what always happens.

[Simon G]

Cheltenham will get another League 1 team...

[Sporting]

Man Utd will get Leeds.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

It's being done from Marine I think!

[Southport Zeb]

Robbie Savage is doing the draw, so they've wisely decided to cut off the sound

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Aaand ... the beeb have fucked it up.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Chorley get Wayne Rooney''s Derby
Marine get Spurs

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Fulham Park Rangers.
And Liverpool step into United's shoes at Villa.

[Capybara]

Bah!