ThruThinAndThinner Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 I would have watched if an unfashionable “upstart” club (Blunts aside) had made it to the final to cheer them on. But I don’t give a stuff about either of the Manc clubs so I won’t be bothering. Might watch City in the CL final because they are still (nominally) an English club, but I don’t even feel as passionate and invested in that as I once did. Thoughts? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitechapel Owl Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 Weather too nice to sit in so I'll probably listen in the garden. As far as FA Cup finals go I'd say it's a pretty interesting one. First time they've ever met in a final, Man City going for the treble and a derby of course. Hope Man City win, can't bear the thought of Manchester United fans gloating that they stopped them from doing the treble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVDA Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 Me, but that's cos I'm picking up my new vroom vroom. C'mon, city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MF TAZ Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 Eh it’s an interesting final I wouldn’t avoid it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horny owl Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 Not interested in any game that doesn’t involve Wednesday but might catch a bit of it with a beer or two later on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 I'll be watching, seen every one since 1981. Mind you, although I have vivid memories of the finals from 40 years ago and could name all the scores and scorers in the 80s and 90s finals, I'd be struggling to tell you who even won the cup in any given year after 2000. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owler66 Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 I'm watching it just to pick out where I was last week and remembering a great day 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThruThinAndThinner Posted June 3, 2023 Author Share Posted June 3, 2023 31 minutes ago, Whitechapel Owl said: Hope Man City win, can't bear the thought of Manchester United fans gloating that they stopped them from doing the treble. Yeah there is that . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalthamOwl Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 Hope City win it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wing Back Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 Possibly. Been in the garden all day so I've had enough of the heat . Couple of beers and the game sounds OK. Hope it goes to OT and penalty shots and City get loads of injuries before the CL final. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IstillhateSteveBould Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 Haven’t looked forward to an fa cup final as much in years. Manchester Derby with so much riding on it for city especially. Man U one of the few teams that can actually hurt them. Expectations are high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanidaho Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 Working at Wembley so can’t avoid it…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlinexile Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 I forgot it was on, tbh. I tend to pretty much switch off from football for the summer once Wednesday's season is finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 11 minutes ago, owlinexile said: I forgot it was on, tbh. I tend to pretty much switch off from football for the summer once Wednesday's season is finished. In most years that's around October! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 2 hours ago, alanharper said: I'll be watching, seen every one since 1981. Mind you, although I have vivid memories of the finals from 40 years ago and could name all the scores and scorers in the 80s and 90s finals, I'd be struggling to tell you who even won the cup in any given year after 2000. To confirm this diminishing interest, I'd assumed that Roberto Di Mateo had previously scored the fastest ever FA Cup final goal. But they've shown a clip of Louis Saha showing a quicker one and I have no memory of that whatsoever! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrizzleOwl Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 2 hours ago, alanharper said: I'll be watching, seen every one since 1981. Mind you, although I have vivid memories of the finals from 40 years ago and could name all the scores and scorers in the 80s and 90s finals, I'd be struggling to tell you who even won the cup in any given year after 2000. Agree, I can recall pretty much everyone up to about 95, by then it was losing its status as the season showpiece. I did the BBC cup final scorers quiz earlier and got 1 out of 10 ( Ian Wright scoring against us) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beighton Owl 87 Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 16 minutes ago, alanharper said: To confirm this diminishing interest, I'd assumed that Roberto Di Mateo had previously scored the fastest ever FA Cup final goal. But they've shown a clip of Louis Saha showing a quicker one and I have no memory of that whatsoever! Yeah my first thought was that has to have beaten Di Matteo goal but completely forgot Saha scoring for Everton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beighton Owl 87 Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 1 minute ago, BrizzleOwl said: Agree, I can recall pretty much everyone up to about 95, by then it was losing its status as the season showpiece. I did the BBC cup final scorers quiz earlier and got 1 out of 10 ( Ian Wright scoring against us) I could probably name every winner and runner up since 1993 for fa cup and league cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greengrass Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 I lost interest after 1993. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThruThinAndThinner Posted June 3, 2023 Author Share Posted June 3, 2023 3 hours ago, BrizzleOwl said: Agree, I can recall pretty much everyone up to about 95, by then it was losing its status as the season showpiece. I did the BBC cup final scorers quiz earlier and got 1 out of 10 ( Ian Wright scoring against us) I'm the same - encyclopaedic knowledge up to 1995, then after that everything's just a blurry mish-mash of the Mancs, the bin-dippers, Chelsea and Arsenal. I know the monotony of the past 30 years has been broken by Pompey, Wigan and Leicester once each, but I don't know off the top of my head which years other than Leicester was fairly recent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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