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Magic of the Cup

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    Trying to change the subject of the loss today, heres the latest post on my blog - Magic of the Cup.


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    Taking todays results away from the main stage, yesterday marked the 131st FA Cup final. Aside from the largely lacklustre Liverpool performance at Wembley yesterday (although not too surprising), there were a few striking issues that hit me.

    The obvious would have been the scheduling of the cup final – a week before the end of the league season. This is odd very odd considering the FA Cup final is usually the end of the domestic season. The changing of the date had something to do with the Champions League final, or so I assume. If this is the case, it’s quite difficult to understand. It seemed to me that it was a ploy to favour the larger teams in the league, who may have been participating in a Champions League final 2 weeks later.

    An end of season FA Cup final was usually the last piece of domestic footballing action before the passports come out, and the summer rumour mill goes into over-drive. A long-lasting tradition of English football, just like the Saturday 3pm kick-off, shouldn’t be tampered with. And the beautiful game is now getting very much diluted by TV companies and favouritism to the larger clubs.

    The atmosphere at the game yesterday also seemed very much dead, and I don’t think this was due to the two sets of supporters – instead, the amount. Rumours were that 40,000 tickets were given to corporate seating, and the rest split between the two sets of fans. I find it disheartening that many true fans who would die to see glory for their club, couldn’t get a ticket due to the lack of availability.

    So much so, that the FA Cup final was unfortunately the 3rd most important game of the weekend a true shame, for once the most glorified cup competition on the glove.

    The romance of the cup? Definitely gone.

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