FA Cup 3rd - Doncaster (a)

[CB Fry]

I've seen the whole draw and I'll just say not everyone will be happy.

[Lighthouse]

Winnable, I’d rather it was at home.

[Doctoroncall]

Donny away

[Mustang Saint]

Doncaster away according to BBC Sport

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Another nail in the coffin of the FA Cup. Fuckin draw isn't even on BBC anymore.

[Lighthouse]

No Pompey in round four then either.

[BARCELONASAINT]

Doncaster struggling in Div 1, we should have more than enough to beat them, what could possibly go wrong!

 

[BARCELONASAINT]

1 minute ago, Lighthouse said:

No Pompey in round four then either.

Pompey V Arsenal 🤣

[AlexLaw76]

Pompey v Arsenal is bound to be on telly.

Same with the Man U and Liverpool games, regardless who they have

[bpsaint]

3 minutes ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

Pompey V Arsenal 🤣

Another chance for them to sing Theirry Henry’s name all match so everyone forgets they got absolutely battered and focuses on them being the bestest fans in all the land.

[Badger]

4 minutes ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

Pompey V Arsenal 🤣

Just a publicity shot for TCWAB to gormlessly shake his bell 🛎 end on national tv when they’re losing 4-0

[Badger]

Quite happy with that draw. New ground.

Just watch the cunts move it to Monday night or something ridiculous 

[saintstowin]

Some pretty underwhelming ties overall, but we should progress.

Fletcher and McCoist not quite as polished as Mark Chapman.

 

[Gloucester Saint]

Let’s hope no pictures of trains are handed over during this visit to Doncaster.

[ChrisPY]

The Billy Sharp derby.

[Jack]

Boring but very winnable. Handful of all Prem ties, not the worst draw ever 

[whelk]

Fuck that, too far north.

In the old days could justify it in that the women were easy

[trousers]

BORING!

[kwsaint]

7 minutes ago, whelk said:

Fuck that, too far north.

In the old days could justify it in that the women were easy

Considering I live here Huddersfield it’s not bad!

[macca155]

Blimey Donny away, way too North for the likes of us, especially in January.

Keepmoat is around 15,000 I think. 20% is 3000, but bet we don't get that.

[bangkoksaint]

Nice draw. 50 odd miles for me. Maybe a golf weekend at Forest Pines

[Gloucester Saint]

3 minutes ago, bangkoksaint said:

Nice draw. 50 odd miles for me. Maybe a golf weekend at Forest Pines

Didn’t know there was a Bangkok in S Yorks…

[whelk]

8 minutes ago, kwsaint said:

Considering I live here Huddersfield it’s not bad!

You have my sympathies 😄

[Badger]

22 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Let’s hope no pictures of trains are handed over during this visit to Doncaster.

Get with it Gloucester.

All aboard the Tonda Express, full steam ahead, stopping nowhere …. 
 

Promotion, FA Cup …. It’s in the stars*. That and skates and Bath Rugby falling off the face of the earth…

*not saying we’ll manage either but it’s probably in the stars somewhere if you know where to look. 

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, whelk said:

You have my sympathies 😄

Some good pubs when we’ve watched Saints there though, not least the Grove. Magic Rock taproom closed earlier this year though.

[Badger]

19 minutes ago, whelk said:

Fuck that, too far north.

 

Fine, depending on kick off time

[Mboto Gorge]

35 minutes ago, bpsaint said:

Another chance for them to sing Theirry Henry’s name all match so everyone forgets they got absolutely battered and focuses on them being the bestest fans in all the land.

That was one of the most cringiest things I’ve ever seen a fan base do. Getting stuffed so decided to tug themselves silly over Henry to take the attention away from the result. Embarrassing carry on

Edited 13 hours ago by Mboto Gorge

[Nordic Saint]

37 minutes ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

Pompey V Arsenal 🤣

The last time Pompey beat Arsenal was 68 years ago. This will be their 23rd attempt since then.  

[Football Special]

Good draw , not played up there since 2011 so will make a nice change, ground is a bit dull out of town with not much around it when we last went but plenty of pubs in town and a short taxi ride to the ground 

Edited 13 hours ago by Football Special

[Mboto Gorge]

2 minutes ago, Nordic Saint said:

The last time Pompey beat Arsenal was 68 years ago. This will be their 23rd attempt since then.  

That doesn’t matter, they’ll be the bestest regardless. Can almost guarantee a pissed up interview from Westwood pre game , or a visit from the bbc to his bookstore in the days leading up to the game for an interview about his background. Fucking tedious and tinpot

[The Wyvern]

3 minutes ago, Nordic Saint said:

The last time Pompey beat Arsenal was 68 years ago. This will be their 23rd attempt since then.  

Incredible stat.

[notnowcato]

21 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Didn’t know there was a Bangkok in S Yorks…

That’s not referring to location, it’s their preferred weekend activity 

[Nordic Saint]

30 minutes ago, The Wyvern said:

Incredible stat.

They haven't won any of their last 30 games against Chelsea, although their last win was only 66 years ago. So, that's more than 50 games over seven decades without a win against either Arsenal or Chelsea. No wonder the London clubs love playing there.

Meanwhile, the TV pundits will be coming out with all the usual cliches, like, "This is a difficult place to win at". Yes, it is......for Portsmouth.

Edited 13 hours ago by Nordic Saint

[Wade Garrett]

This one’s personal for me.  Never forgiven Doncaster for knocking us out of the English Schools Trophy in 1985 - quarter finals, second replay.  They went on to win it, which should have been us.

Fucking hammer the wankers.

Edited 1 hour ago by Wade Garrett

[Gloucester Saint]

59 minutes ago, Football Special said:

plenty of pubs in town and a short taxi ride to the ground 

Some of them might be on this video, choice depending on your preferred tipple

 

[Football Special]

Some great ties to be fair 

Grimsby vs Weston Super Mare made me chuckle, bet the Weston boys were dreaming of Anfield or Old Trafford 

 

[Dr Who?]

Yes down the road, well nearly 3 hours, but Manchester is 2.5 hours away, but a new ground. If they keep it on Saturday or Sunday! 

[kwsaint]

2 hours ago, whelk said:

You have my sympathies 😄

Not in I might add. Put it this way, I ran out of wine at the end of August.

[Chez]

3 hours ago, bpsaint said:

Another chance for them to sing Theirry Henry’s name all match so everyone forgets they got absolutely battered and focuses on them being the bestest fans in all the land.

I wonder which gooner they will wank over this time?

[bpsaint]

5 minutes ago, Chez said:

I wonder which gooner they will wank over this time?

Apparently Arsenal have got a young lad that’s made their squad this season who could well feature if they ring the changes. The skates will absolutely love this guy.

His name?…

Marli Salmon 🐟 

[Chez]

Donny. Excellent. It's been a while since we've been to the Keepmoat. Preferred going to Belle Vue, but it will be great to play up there again. How many tickets will we get?

[Verbal]

3 hours ago, trousers said:

BORING!

On the other hand...

[Football Special]

9 hours ago, Chez said:

Donny. Excellent. It's been a while since we've been to the Keepmoat. Preferred going to Belle Vue, but it will be great to play up there again. How many tickets will we get?

I think Palace got just over 3k last season but didn't sell out, would imagine we'd get the same 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Football Special

[Football Special]

[Chez]

5 minutes ago, Football Special said:

I think Palace got 3k last season but didn't sell out, would imagine we'd get the same 

 

a Saturday 3pm game would be nice. Can't imagine TV will be interested in us, so a distinct possibility. 

[Weston Super Saint]

10 hours ago, Football Special said:

Some great ties to be fair 

Grimsby vs Weston Super Mare made me chuckle, bet the Weston boys were dreaming of Anfield or Old Trafford 

 

 

Winnable match for the Seagulls.  Good revenue stream as well as the 'seaside' derby is bound to be on TV.  Win, win.

[Football Special]

6 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Winnable match for the Seagulls.  Good revenue stream as well as the 'seaside' derby is bound to be on TV.  Win, win.

Winnable perhaps but terrible revenue in the context of "look what you could have won". Share of gate receipts at Anfield close to £1M , share of gate receipts at Grimsby more like £100k. 

Main TV picks will be 

Macclesfield v Crystal Palace 

Skates v Arsenal 

Derby v Leeds 

And probably Liverpool, Man Utd and Man City, Spurs v Villa as well. 

There's always a few that then move for international tv coverage,  I never quite understand that as international not impacted by 3pm black out so frustrates me they move the kick off times 

[CB Fry]

Last couple of years they have spread them out across multiple TV slots. So where our game seems a fairly mundane 3pm non televised tie it might get shunted anyway to Sunday 2pm or whatever just because.

[Sheaf Saint]

Happy with this, personally. Only a short train ride for me and I didn't get to go there when we were down in L1 with them. 

Should be a guaranteed win as long as we take it seriously and don't just play the U21s. They're not doing that well in L1 this season. Just 3 places above the relegation zone. They're at home to Stockport tonight so I'll have that on in the background while watching Saints v WBA. 

[Football Special]

25 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Happy with this, personally. Only a short train ride for me and I didn't get to go there when we were down in L1 with them. 

Should be a guaranteed win as long as we take it seriously and don't just play the U21s. They're not doing that well in L1 this season. Just 3 places above the relegation zone. They're at home to Stockport tonight so I'll have that on in the background while watching Saints v WBA. 

I think both times we played there were in the championship, on way down in 08/09 and on our way back in 11/12 , a young Billy Sharp impressed for them and signed for us shortly afterwards in Jan 2012 he's about to turn 40 years old and still scoring for them, hope he gets to play against us one more time