Honestly, I really struggle with our fans some-times.. We should be selling a minimum of 5-6K in the home ends.. I get it is a cup game against a club no has heard of, but this is the FA and fans should be making the effort. I know easier for me to say from afar.. No wonder other clubs take the piss out of our support, we really don't help ourselves!
I agree. Just bought myself a ticket - Son is not interested. What happened to the magic of the FA Cup ? Will I ever see us play Coalville again ?
Son now has the FA Cup spirit and is coming. Hopefully a few more will change their minds. I still love the FA Cup !!
Glad to see there have been some upsets after some rudimentary wins for Portsmouth | Forest Green on the TV and now Charlton.
Alvechurch went into the round as the lowest team left in the competition, and remain in the competition having beaten Cheltenham 1-2 (It was a repeat of Charlton vs Coalville in terms of Leagues), although Alvechurch are bottom four at present.
Boreham Wood | Buxton | Chesterfield | Chippenham | Kings Lynn | Ebbsfleet | Dag & Red | Farnborough will join them in the next round from Non-League - There are a couple of replays with the following Non-League teams (in bold) still standing a chance of getting through to the 2nd Round.
AFC Flyde vs Gillingham Barnet vs Chelmsford City Solihull Moors vs Hartlepool United
Of course there are still outstanding games tomorrow, and Monday so that number can increase.
Wrexham vs Oldham Athletic Curzon Ashton vs Cambridge United Woking vs Oxford United Torquay United vs Derby County Bracknell Town vs Ipswich Town
Honestly, I really struggle with our fans some-times.. We should be selling a minimum of 5-6K in the home ends.. I get it is a cup game against a club no has heard of, but this is the FA and fans should be making the effort. I know easier for me to say from afar.. No wonder other clubs take the piss out of our support, we really don't help ourselves!
The FA Cup has very little appeal for the big boys, has been like that for years. The attendances show that.
As for us, if we can barely get 7,000 fans for a league game why will people to go and watch a non-league side, coupled with the small matter of a train strike.
Big boys will sell out or just at least 90% of normal crowd.
Train strike for a home game, come on.. it’s not as if we have fans travelling from all over the country, 95% are from south east of the country there are other modes of transport!
Bolton had 5,999 Bradford had 6,837 Doncaster had 3,965 Fleetwood had 1,357 MK Don's had 2,739 Shrewsbury had 3,807 Wycombe had 2,319 Wednesday had 8,558
All of the above having gates significantly less than for league games.
Honestly, I really struggle with our fans some-times.. We should be selling a minimum of 5-6K in the home ends.. I get it is a cup game against a club no has heard of, but this is the FA and fans should be making the effort. I know easier for me to say from afar.. No wonder other clubs take the piss out of our support, we really don't help ourselves!
The FA Cup has very little appeal for the big boys, has been like that for years. The attendances show that.
As for us, if we can barely get 7,000 fans for a league game why will people to go and watch a non-league side, coupled with the small matter of a train strike.
Big boys will sell out or just at least 90% of normal crowd.
Train strike for a home game, come on.. it’s not as if we have fans travelling from all over the country, 95% are from south east of the country there are other modes of transport!
Bolton had 5,999 Bradford had 6,837 Doncaster had 3,965 Fleetwood had 1,357 MK Don's had 2,739 Shrewsbury had 3,807 Wycombe had 2,319 Wednesday had 8,558
All of the above having gates significantly less than for league games.
Harry Lennon on the bench for Wrexham today, with their game currently on ITV against Oldham - Think its his first appearance in a good while, as has been injured
1. Forest Green Rovers
2. Barnsley
3. Boreham Wood
4. Curzon Ashton or Cambridge United
5. Dagenham & Redbridge
6. Accrington Stanley
7. Solihull Moors or Hartlepool United
8. AFC Fylde or Gillingham
9. Peterborough United or Salford City
10. Farnborough
11. Grimsby Town
12. Milton Keynes Dons
13. Ebbsfleet United
14. Carlisle United AFC
15. Bracknell Town or Ipswich Town
16. Chippenham Town
17. Sheffield Wednesday
18. Portsmouth
19. Shrewsbury Town
20. Buxton
21. Charlton Athletic
22. Weymouth or AFC Wimbledon
23. Newport County AFC
24. Stockport County
25. King’s Lynn Town
26. Stevenage
27. Fleetwood Town
28. Burton Albion
29. Harrogate Town
30. Exeter City
31. Torquay United or Derby County
32. Bristol Rovers
33. Walsall
34. Wrexham AFC
35. Crewe Alexandra
36. Barnet or Chelmsford City
37. Woking or Oxford United
38. Chesterfield
39. Alvechurch
40. Mansfield Town
Who i'd like to get: Chippenham or Alvechurch at home would be my preference.
Who to avoid: As i'm sure will be the case for many others, any league one side away. Wrexham away. I don't fancy potentially getting beat live on tv. Stevenage - as we've already got them in the league cup.
Another home tie is preferable. It keeps the expectations under control as in everybody will be underwhelmed and not ‘looking forward to it’ or the day out. Ideally against a lower league team so we can have another training exercise like Saturday’s and blow away a few more sticking points like Stockley not being able to score and bring a few more of these excellent youngsters through, or give JFC a few more minutes, or get Payne up a notch or two more. & Potentially 4 other former-PL clubs to keep us off the TV and leave our game at 3pm on a Saturday.
I went to the Chelmsford City v Barnet game at the weekend... daughter saw a few Chelmsford games this season and fancied it more than Charlton, so this was her first away game! It was an exciting game if low on quality, and the last-minute equaliser for Chelmsford was celebrated like a win! definitely got her hooked now, and looking forward to the replay.
Hoping Chelmsford win the replay and both them and Charlton get a winnable second round (not easy as Chelmsford are the easy team) then a payday 3rd round.
Who i'd like to get: Chippenham or Alvechurch at home would be my preference.
Who to avoid: As i'm sure will be the case for many others, any league one side away. Wrexham away. I don't fancy potentially getting beat live on tv. Stevenage - as we've already got them in the league cup.
this would be nice.
id also take a localish away game but not a league 1 side.
Who i'd like to get: Chippenham or Alvechurch at home would be my preference.
Who to avoid: As i'm sure will be the case for many others, any league one side away. Wrexham away. I don't fancy potentially getting beat live on tv. Stevenage - as we've already got them in the league cup.
Both those clubs you want knocked out League One opposition this weekend.
Who i'd like to get: Chippenham or Alvechurch at home would be my preference.
Who to avoid: As i'm sure will be the case for many others, any league one side away. Wrexham away. I don't fancy potentially getting beat live on tv. Stevenage - as we've already got them in the league cup.
Forest Green away would be nice, to make up for the league game being a Tuesday night in February. Always fancied a trip to see their eco ground.
Ebbsfleet away would be a cracker and probably be on TV.
I never went to Dagenham when they were a league side, so that might be an interesting away tie and chance for revenge! Buxton would be scenic, though the peak District will be quite bleak and cold in late November!
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Alvechurch went into the round as the lowest team left in the competition, and remain in the competition having beaten Cheltenham 1-2 (It was a repeat of Charlton vs Coalville in terms of Leagues), although Alvechurch are bottom four at present.
Boreham Wood | Buxton | Chesterfield | Chippenham | Kings Lynn | Ebbsfleet | Dag & Red | Farnborough will join them in the next round from Non-League - There are a couple of replays with the following Non-League teams (in bold) still standing a chance of getting through to the 2nd Round.
AFC Flyde vs Gillingham
Barnet vs Chelmsford City
Solihull Moors vs Hartlepool United
Of course there are still outstanding games tomorrow, and Monday so that number can increase.
Wrexham vs Oldham Athletic
Curzon Ashton vs Cambridge United
Woking vs Oxford United
Torquay United vs Derby County
Bracknell Town vs Ipswich Town
Bradford had 6,837
Doncaster had 3,965
Fleetwood had 1,357
MK Don's had 2,739
Shrewsbury had 3,807
Wycombe had 2,319
Wednesday had 8,558
All of the above having gates significantly less than for league games.
2. Barnsley
3. Boreham Wood
4. Curzon Ashton or Cambridge United
5. Dagenham & Redbridge
6. Accrington Stanley
7. Solihull Moors or Hartlepool United
8. AFC Fylde or Gillingham
9. Peterborough United or Salford City
10. Farnborough
11. Grimsby Town
12. Milton Keynes Dons
13. Ebbsfleet United
14. Carlisle United AFC
15. Bracknell Town or Ipswich Town
16. Chippenham Town
17. Sheffield Wednesday
18. Portsmouth
19. Shrewsbury Town
20. Buxton
21. Charlton Athletic
22. Weymouth or AFC Wimbledon
23. Newport County AFC
24. Stockport County
25. King’s Lynn Town
26. Stevenage
27. Fleetwood Town
28. Burton Albion
29. Harrogate Town
30. Exeter City
31. Torquay United or Derby County
32. Bristol Rovers
33. Walsall
34. Wrexham AFC
35. Crewe Alexandra
36. Barnet or Chelmsford City
37. Woking or Oxford United
38. Chesterfield
39. Alvechurch
40. Mansfield Town
Chippenham or Alvechurch at home would be my preference.
Who to avoid:
As i'm sure will be the case for many others, any league one side away.
Wrexham away. I don't fancy potentially getting beat live on tv.
Stevenage - as we've already got them in the league cup.
I hate nothing more than an all League One tie
Hoping Chelmsford win the replay and both them and Charlton get a winnable second round (not easy as Chelmsford are the easy team) then a payday 3rd round.
id also take a localish away game but not a league 1 side.
Ebbsfleet away would be a cracker and probably be on TV.
Wrexham away is definitely one to avoid!
I never went to Dagenham when they were a league side, so that might be an interesting away tie and chance for revenge! Buxton would be scenic, though the peak District will be quite bleak and cold in late November!
Is this really what we want ?