The FA Cup 2020/21

Not seen any comments so thought i'd post ( been a while)
For those who have not seen we have been drawn away to non-league Marine FC in the 3rd round.
As you might imagine it has captured quite a bit of attention.
With no disrespect to Marine it is the ideal way to start what we all hope is a successful cup run.

The complete draw : https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/55134134

Draw in full
Huddersfield Town v Plymouth Argyle

Southampton v Shrewsbury Town

Chorley v Derby County

Marine v Tottenham Hotspur

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Crystal Palace

Stockport County v West Ham United

Oldham Athletic v Bournemouth

Manchester United v Watford

Stevenage v Swansea

Everton v Rotherham

Nottingham Forest v Cardiff

Arsenal v Newcastle

Barnsley v Tranmere Rovers

Bristol Rovers v Sheffield United

Canvey Island/Boreham Wood v Millwall

Blackburn Rovers v Doncaster

Stoke City v Leicester

Wycombe v Preston

Crawley v Leeds

Burnley v MK Dons

Bristol City v Portsmouth

QPR v Fulham

Aston Villa v Liverpool

Brentford v Middlesbrough

Manchester City v Birmingham

Luton v Reading

Chelsea v Morecambe

Exeter v Sheffield Wednesday

Norwich v Coventry

Blackpool v West Brom

Newport County v Brighton

Cheltenham v Mansfield

 

Great draw for Marine best bit was when they said v Tottenham Hotspur, leaders of the Premier League

felt good

hope we slap ‘em

 

It's a shame that it is not in front of 50k+ at the new Lane, but should be lucrative for Marine. Don't cock it up

 

It’s a great draw, proper cup tie. Sort of game I’d love to get an away ticket for.

 

not without fans it isn't, no big payday from a share of the gates & no partisan crowd 2 feet from the pitch.

 

What a classy gesture

 

We should reciprocate. Wouldn't be many tickets, but it's the right thing to do.

 

I hope those who do take the offer remember to do their bit at the club shop, or the very least buy a pint

 

Can someone post the kick off time I'm too lazy to look it up

 

First things first, can somebody check that the Mayan calendar and make sure nobody forgot to carry the one?

 

The Marine game? 5pm.

 

Doubt anyone goes tbh

all the Spurs fans were only going to watch the mighty Yids doubt they’ll wanna watch Marine v Hare n Hounds

nice thought tho

 

30 years without a FA Cup Final is pathetic, especially with our previous history in the competition. In that time we have lost 8 semi finals (I think that is correct but please correct me if I am wrong), but at least Mourinho takes every competition seriously, so hopefully that might give us a better chance of breaking that sorry run.

 

For those who want to help out
https://marinefc.ktckts.com/merchandise/mne2021facr3/marine-v-tottenham-hotspur-virtual-match-ticket

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It's not pathetic. But our FA cup record does illustrate how much luck matters. A cup final or semi final is basically a 50:50 chance as the teams involved are likely to be a similar standard. So whether you win or lose is like tossing a coin. We've won 8 out of nine FA cup finals and lost 8 semi finals in a row. By chance we ought to have lost three more of the first nine and won two more since (8 semi finals means four finals means two wins).
If that had happened we would have been one cup win worse off but would have won two more recently. How would that be less pathetic?

 

Are you kidding me? You’re saying that the reason why you’ve not won an FA Cup for 30 years is because of rotten luck or chance?

Although I’m not doubting luck plays a part, I’m fairly sure it’s far more nuanced than that.

It can’t be all down to chance.

 

I mean at least two semi final losses can be put down to Martin Twatkinson...