Win the Cup or stay up?

[SLAMMED]

Obsessed with the prem? I'm pretty sure I voted to stay up not go up

[LUX]

let's touch fists Slammed

[Platypuss]

Day out at Wembley against Arsenal etc to be turned over 4-0 or numerous top Championship games week in week out.

Do you actually ever bother reading the the first posts on threads?

[BobKnows]

Obsessed with the prem? I'm pretty sure I voted to stay up not go up

By which I mean - obsessed by their league performances (whichever league that is).

[LUX]

Obsessed with the prem? I'm pretty sure I voted to stay up not go up

By which I mean - obsessed by their league performances (whichever league that is).

Ah.

well, yes, actually.

[Wimb]

Win the cup, no contest at all.

Bouncing back to the Championship would be a distinct possibility, winning the cup is something that may never happen.

[BobKnows]

Obsessed with the prem? I'm pretty sure I voted to stay up not go up

By which I mean - obsessed by their league performances (whichever league that is).

And TBF I think there are a lot of Reading fans obsessed by the idea of getting back into the Prem, as if it's the be all and end all.

[CMRoyal]

those with all this "you know nothing about football" posts, surely you experts recognise that the FA Cup is a sideshow nowadays. I could name every Cup final from the 70s and 80s, but have to think hard to remember who holds it now. In fact I do not know who the holders are. Chelsea?

That's age.

Ask younger people about the post-80s stuff - they'll know.

[Platypuss]

PS - Remember Brighton and look at them now.

When did BHA win the FA Cup?

[LUX]

they got turned over 4-0 by Arsenal

[Thaumagurist*]

those with all this "you know nothing about football" posts, surely you experts recognise that the FA Cup is a sideshow nowadays. I could name every Cup final from the 70s and 80s, but have to think hard to remember who holds it now. In fact I do not know who the holders are. Chelsea?

Yes.

2009 - Chelsea
2008 - Portsmouth (scum)
2007 - Man Utd ?
2006 - Liverpool (beat Wet Sham)
2005 - Arsenal (beat Man Utd on pens)
2004 - Man Utd (beat Arsenal) ?
2003 - Chelsea (beat Newcastle) ?
2002 - Arsenal (beat Newcastle) ?
2001 - Arsenal (beat Southampton) ?
2000 - Liverpool (beat Arsenal by coming from behind)

And that's without checking wikipedia or soccerbase! I might be wrong on some of them...

[CMRoyal]

PS - Remember Brighton and look at them now.

And Smith must score!

I have friends in Brighton - they still talk fondly about that Cup Final. Maybe I'll ask them if they'd swap those days and what's happened to them since for years spent bumping along in the second division. I think I can guess the answer.

[CMRoyal]

they got turned over 4-0 by Arsenal

I thought it was Man Utd in a replay after a 2-2 draw?

[Platypuss]

FFS, the poll is about WINNING the FA Cup. It's not too difficult.

[LUX]

sorry, CM, it was a reference to one of Paultheroyal's earlier posts. I should have put a wink.

[Richi Royal]

A question for the stats people...
...have any team ever won the fa cup and been relegated in the same season?
...has a team reached the the final or semi finals and been relegated in the same season?
...what is the furthest a relegated team from the championship/second tier of english football got in the fa cup in the same season?

[BobKnows]

FFS, the poll is about WINNING the FA Cup. It's not too difficult.

It is for some of these killjoys

And presumably if by winning the FA we were doomed to relegation, it would be remembered - crazy gang style - for being a huge victory for the underdogs. Oh but no, let's stay up this season instead ha ha ha ha

[CMRoyal]

sorry, CM, it was a reference to one of Paultheroyal's earlier posts. I should have put a wink.

Ah. Got it. Brain's still fuzzy from too much whiskey last night. It's all there was to hand - I wasn't expecting a reason to celebrate!

[Baines]

Easy question.

Even in '88 winning the Simod cup and going down was >>>> not winning the Simod cup and staying up.

[Thaumagurist*]

those with all this "you know nothing about football" posts, surely you experts recognise that the FA Cup is a sideshow nowadays. I could name every Cup final from the 70s and 80s, but have to think hard to remember who holds it now. In fact I do not know who the holders are. Chelsea?

Yes.

2009 - Chelsea
2008 - Portsmouth (scum)
2007 - Man Utd ?
2006 - Liverpool (beat Wet Sham)
2005 - Arsenal (beat Man Utd on pens)
2004 - Man Utd (beat Arsenal) ?
2003 - Chelsea (beat Newcastle) ?
2002 - Arsenal (beat Newcastle) ?
2001 - Arsenal (beat Southampton) ?
2000 - Liverpool (beat Arsenal by coming from behind)

And that's without checking wikipedia or soccerbase! I might be wrong on some of them...

I was close!

2009 Chelsea 2–1 Everton
2008 Portsmouth 1–0 Cardiff City
2007 Chelsea †1–0 * Manchester United
2006 Liverpool †3–3 † West Ham United
2005 Arsenal †0–0 † Manchester United
2004 Manchester United 3–0 Millwall
2003 Arsenal 1–0 Southampton
2002 Arsenal 2–0 Chelsea
2001 Liverpool 2–1 Arsenal
2000 Chelsea 1–0 Aston Villa