Colinjb Posted 19 June, 2013 Posted 19 June, 2013 Something sensible has happened... the FA Cup Final has been scheduled for the 17th May. The Premier League season finishes on the 10th/11th. Just so long it's also a 3pm kick off then it's ideal. Should Saints get there (let me dream....) it will be exactly how it should be. No other games to distract from it.
alpine_saint Posted 19 June, 2013 Posted 19 June, 2013 Still penned in for 5:15pm start. However I have a feeling that will change. Fantastic news all round.
AussieDog Posted 19 June, 2013 Posted 19 June, 2013 I'd better start planning my holidays for next year then. Man Utd final home game plus a rematch in the FA cup final the following week!
Golden Balls Posted 19 June, 2013 Posted 19 June, 2013 That's good to hear. Now all they have to do is stop having the semi final at Wembley and I'll be happy.
saints_is_the_south Posted 19 June, 2013 Posted 19 June, 2013 That's good to hear. Now all they have to do is stop having the semi final at Wembley and I'll be happy. +1. This is a bigger issue than the kick off time, IMO.
Professor Posted 19 June, 2013 Posted 19 June, 2013 Still not the final game of the season because the Championship Play-off Final is at Wembley the following week. As Saints' fans well know, you can't rule out a second tier side being in the cup final so a good Championship side could have consecutive games at Wembley. OK, that won't happen, but its still true that the FA Cup final is not the last game.
Saint_clark Posted 19 June, 2013 Posted 19 June, 2013 I'm sure it wasn't done deliberately. Yeah, i don't for a second believe they actually took into account what people have said. It just so happened to work out this way.
gr00031 Posted 19 June, 2013 Posted 19 June, 2013 Good, it's silly having it a couple of games before the end. The FA cup final should be an end of season celebration. Hopefully we might be there again!...
Whitey Grandad Posted 19 June, 2013 Posted 19 June, 2013 That's good to hear. Now all they have to do is stop having the semi final at Wembley and I'll be happy. Not going to happen, I'm afraid. The money is needed to pay for the new Wembley.
alpine_saint Posted 19 June, 2013 Posted 19 June, 2013 Are we still the last team to have got the Cup from Lizzie ?
Fan The Flames Posted 19 June, 2013 Posted 19 June, 2013 The FA final would have been on its own this season but UEFA demands a two week period of no football before its own final. It was never planned to played along side league games for the long term. The semi's at Wembley are here to stay, its the only way to make Wembley pay. I was chatting to a Wigan fan recently and they said there is a completly different feel to the semi and the final. Its nonsence that it not special, its special becaus its the final. Was clinching promotion against Coventry not special because it was palyed out at teh ground we played on all season. I predict a Saints Man U final, with them dicking us 6 nil in the proceeding league match.
Professor Posted 19 June, 2013 Posted 19 June, 2013 Worse than the date is the KO time. Who wants 515 and who benefits? Did decades of 3pm working just fine not mean anything? Many like to build their day around the cup final, because we're cool and fun like that. Who benefits? 5.15pm here is midday in the eastern United States and morning in the western US. Means that Sky can sell it in America through Fox Television; the answer to question is Rupert Murdoch.
Whitey Grandad Posted 19 June, 2013 Posted 19 June, 2013 Who benefits? 5.15pm here is midday in the eastern United States and morning in the western US. Means that Sky can sell it in America through Fox Television; the answer to question is Rupert Murdoch. ITV wanted an evening ko I believe. Bit of a nonsense really with two teams from the northwest and finishing too late for the trains back home.
slickmick Posted 19 June, 2013 Posted 19 June, 2013 That's good to hear. Now all they have to do is stop having the semi final at Wembley and I'll be happy. And get rid of the opera singers.
The9 Posted 19 June, 2013 Posted 19 June, 2013 Something sensible has happened... the FA Cup Final has been scheduled for the 17th May. The Premier League season finishes on the 10th/11th. Just so long it's also a 3pm kick off then it's ideal. Should Saints get there (let me dream....) it will be exactly how it should be. No other games to distract from it. It'll probably still be 5:15pm just to annoy me, but it's a step in the right direction.
The9 Posted 19 June, 2013 Posted 19 June, 2013 Still not the final game of the season because the Championship Play-off Final is at Wembley the following week. As Saints' fans well know, you can't rule out a second tier side being in the cup final so a good Championship side could have consecutive games at Wembley. OK, that won't happen, but its still true that the FA Cup final is not the last game. In terms of Premier League teams, of which Saints are one, it is the last game of the season. There are also probably non-league playoff matches scheduled later as well, but I also don't give a toss about them, as it's irrelevant to 95% of the teams likely to feature in the Final.
Dublin Saint Posted 19 June, 2013 Posted 19 June, 2013 That's good to hear. Now all they have to do is stop having the semi final at Wembley and I'll be happy. This. A million times. Stop devaluing the best cup competition in the world.
Albie79 Posted 19 June, 2013 Posted 19 June, 2013 Same day as Eurovision, and my best friends wedding. But glad it's been returned to it's rightful place. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
Batman Posted 19 June, 2013 Posted 19 June, 2013 This. A million times. Stop devaluing the best cup competition in the world. it really isnt the best cup competition in the world.
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