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  • swords_alive
    swords_alive Posts: 4,261
    Can't see any good in this draw. Just have to win it. It would be more sensible if the earlier rounds were regionalised. Bigger attendances and less emissions!
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,892
    Whoever we get, let’s make it an “Operation”:



  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,013
    Rothko said:
    When are the kick off times for the TV games? 


    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    Well based on the first round their live tv slots are:

    Friday 7.45pm
    Saturday 5.15pm
    Sunday 12.15, 3 and 5.15pm
    Monday 7.45pm

    Given the distance only the saturday and the 2 later sunday ones are that appealing.

    Sunday 12.15 in that wide open Gateshead stadium, freezing cold with at least 50% of our support nursing hangovers from a night out in Newcastle would be soul destroying.

  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,728
    Belv said:
    There's a couple of reasons to be unhappy.

    We don't know who we're playing until next Tuesday by which time trains etc are going to be a fortune (already are) especially on the back of 3 league away games.

    It's probably going to be on TV meaning a dreadful KO time making it even more awkward travelling.

    Hopefully BBC and ITV will leave it well alone but I'm 99% sure it'll be selected.

    Agree though, the tie itself is a good one.


    Yeah in fairness I meant more as the tie alone. Having just checked train tickets (and hotel prices in Manc!!!), it is shaping up to be a pretty expensive few weeks.
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,229
    Macronate said:
    Whoever we get, let’s make it an “Operation”:



    Operation Let's get humiliated in the cup by a non league team.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    edited November 2021
    altrinchamaddick said:
    Come on Altrincham, you can do it!! Can walk to the ground.

    Just for you I will cheer on Altrincham in the replay but would you mind running to the ground as Walking is frowned upon under JJ* and despite strolling, meandering and watching and Listening to the birds  being brilliant and good for mindfulness, in a football contexts, running is the new walking at Cafc !

    * As demonstrated over 26 miles and 4 hours by Johnnie around the streets of London.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,353
    Yep who mentioned the word "operation"


  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,899
    Macronate said:
    Whoever we get, let’s make it an “Operation”:



    i'll have the general anaesthetic 
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,899
    in all seriousness, i just hope we play a full strength side and we havea  proper go at the cup this year - the signs are good based on Jacko's team against Havant but way from home will be a different matter and we need to go full strength - the club and fans need a cup run  
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,013
    DOUCHER said:
    in all seriousness, i just hope we play a full strength side and we havea  proper go at the cup this year - the signs are good based on Jacko's team against Havant but way from home will be a different matter and we need to go full strength - the club and fans need a cup run  
    Depends what you want to prioritise though. Surely it has to be the league and with the cup game following 3 games in a week v Plymouth, Morecambe and Shrewsbury, and then a game v Ipswich the following midweek i wouldn't expect us to be full strength at all.

    We have a big enough squad to rotate some players against a non-league side and still win.
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  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,561
    away with friends on the IOW that weekend so either 5.15pm on the Sunday or the Monday evening please.
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,899
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    DOUCHER said:
    in all seriousness, i just hope we play a full strength side and we havea  proper go at the cup this year - the signs are good based on Jacko's team against Havant but way from home will be a different matter and we need to go full strength - the club and fans need a cup run  
    Depends what you want to prioritise though. Surely it has to be the league and with the cup game following 3 games in a week v Plymouth, Morecambe and Shrewsbury, and then a game v Ipswich the following midweek i wouldn't expect us to be full strength at all.

    We have a big enough squad to rotate some players against a non-league side and still win.
    There's always some reason why we have to prioritise the league - trying to go up, trying to stay up or whatever - i genuinely do not understand why players cannot play 2 90 minute football matches a week  - just don't train - it really is ridiculous - thats 180 minutes of football per week for a professional athlete  
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,899
    edited November 2021
    use the papa johns and even the carabao as the missing reserve matches but not the fa cup - the fans deserve better and will respond if they get it and no, i don't think we are good enough to rest our best players and get away with it at a northern outpost 
  • stockportaddick
    stockportaddick Posts: 1,134
    AFKABartram said:
    Went out with a girl from Urmston decades ago. Went to Altrincham Ice Rink one night. Went to the bar and ordered a pint of lager please mate. Had the beer firmly slammed in front of me to be told by the barman ‘I’m not your mate’. 

    Friendly and welcoming oop north they say….
    My daughter used to have ice skating lessons in Alty ice rink, she had to be there by 7am on a bloody Sunday. I've lost count how many times I sat in there, hungover and freezing cold.
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,899
    AFKABartram said:
    Went out with a girl from Urmston decades ago. Went to Altrincham Ice Rink one night. Went to the bar and ordered a pint of lager please mate. Had the beer firmly slammed in front of me to be told by the barman ‘I’m not your mate’. 

    Friendly and welcoming oop north they say….
    I went out with a girl from Burnley and they used to (may still have) oversized pint glasses in the pubs up there with a pint marker about an inch down from the top of the glass - the locals got it filled up to the top, i didn't. 
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,622
    AFKABartram said:
    Went out with a girl from Urmston decades ago. Went to Altrincham Ice Rink one night. Went to the bar and ordered a pint of lager please mate. Had the beer firmly slammed in front of me to be told by the barman ‘I’m not your mate’. 

    Friendly and welcoming oop north they say….
    Errr you can’t leave there !!!

    Full match report please….
  • stockportaddick
    stockportaddick Posts: 1,134
    Lordflashheart said:
    AFKABartram said:
    Went out with a girl from Urmston decades ago. Went to Altrincham Ice Rink one night. Went to the bar and ordered a pint of lager please mate. Had the beer firmly slammed in front of me to be told by the barman ‘I’m not your mate’. 

    Friendly and welcoming oop north they say….
    Errr you can’t leave there !!!

    Full match report please….
    Urmston, it will have been a dirty one  ;)
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 5,978
    Theyre already referencing CL on the Altrincham forum : http://www.altyfans.co.uk/index.php?topic=25659.0

    Seem to fancy their chances based on them looking at the L1 table, they clearly dont know about the Jacko factor! 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    CAFCTrev said:
    Theyre already referencing CL on the Altrincham forum : http://www.altyfans.co.uk/index.php?topic=25659.0

    Seem to fancy their chances based on them looking at the L1 table, they clearly dont know about the Jacko factor! 
    They know the Charlton cup factor  :D
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  • Belv
    Belv Posts: 836
    "Recall seeing them play City at the Etihad on the opening day about 15 years ago and they only brought about 800, don’t think they have a historically large away support."

    Strange thing to make up.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    Solihull vs Wigan (ITV 4 next Tuesday) and Stockport vs Bolton (BBC 2 next Wednesday) are the televised replays
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    CAFCTrev said:
    Theyre already referencing CL on the Altrincham forum : http://www.altyfans.co.uk/index.php?topic=25659.0

    Seem to fancy their chances based on them looking at the L1 table, they clearly dont know about the Jacko factor! 
    Ooo I got quoted with my confusion around Altrincham in the Conference / Gateshead in the Conf North.

    Honestly thought that Gateshead were still in the Conference and Altrincham were back in the North

    Apologies to any of their fans spying on here
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 5,978
    Looks like the Gateshead forum needs you to register to view, no idea what their thoughts are! 
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,979
    I hope it Altrincham. Looks a proper old school tight little ground, with a decent surface. Would be a good atmosphere. Gateshead's ground looks horrible.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,038
    ValleyGary said:
    I hope it Altrincham. Looks a proper old school tight little ground, with a decent surface. Would be a good atmosphere. Gateshead's ground looks horrible.
    Gateshead looks horrible.
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,824
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    ValleyGary said:
    I hope it Altrincham. Looks a proper old school tight little ground, with a decent surface. Would be a good atmosphere. Gateshead's ground looks horrible.
    Gateshead looks horrible.
    Pot. Kettle.
  • cblock
    cblock Posts: 1,959
    AFKABartram said:
    Went out with a girl from Urmston decades ago. Went to Altrincham Ice Rink one night. Went to the bar and ordered a pint of lager please mate. Had the beer firmly slammed in front of me to be told by the barman ‘I’m not your mate’. 

    Friendly and welcoming oop north they say….
    Unless you have a London accent, my sister married a Northerner and got slaughtered with her accent because they moved up to Warrington.
  • altrinchamaddick
    altrinchamaddick Posts: 935
    soapboxsam said:
    altrinchamaddick said:
    Come on Altrincham, you can do it!! Can walk to the ground.

    Just for you I will cheer on Altrincham in the replay but would you mind running to the ground as Walking is frowned upon under JJ* and despite strolling, meandering and watching and Listening to the birds  being brilliant and good for mindfulness, in a football contexts, running is the new walking at Cafc !

    * As demonstrated over 26 miles and 4 hours by Johnnie around the streets of London.
    For the last home league game I arrived at London Bridge from Altrincham at 2.30. As it was a brilliant day and the birds were singing I decided to walk from London Bridge to North Greenwich along the Thames Path. Did it in 2.5 hours, 14.1 km at an average of 5.4 km/hr, where I met up with my daughter for a meal in Waggamumas.

    Looking to go and see the Altrincham vs Gateshead replay next Tuesday, but tickets are not on sale yet. The Altrincham ground is pretty delapidated and they have some big fixtures coming up before Christmas. Possibly Charlton, but also Stockport and Wrexham. Various parts of the ground have failed Trafford's safety certificate, so for the next few games, including the replay there will be restricted numbers allowed in the ground while they do remedial work to get the ground safe.

  • CheshireAddick
    CheshireAddick Posts: 1,305
    cblock said:
    AFKABartram said:
    Went out with a girl from Urmston decades ago. Went to Altrincham Ice Rink one night. Went to the bar and ordered a pint of lager please mate. Had the beer firmly slammed in front of me to be told by the barman ‘I’m not your mate’. 

    Friendly and welcoming oop north they say….
    Unless you have a London accent, my sister married a Northerner and got slaughtered with her accent because they moved up to Warrington.
    Join the gang 😉

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