FA Cup Semi Final

[Willo of Whiteley]

7 minutes ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

Am I missing something? Why does it take so long to confirm the dates/times? It's 2 games. We know the teams and the stadium they'll be played at. I reckon I could organise it in less than 5 minutes following the draw and give people a chance of booking train tickets at a semi-reasonable rate...

Man City haven’t decided what is best for them yet

😉👀

[SNSUN]

Purely hypothetical,  but if we beat City we will have won more games as a Championship team against Premier League opposition this season than we did last season as a Premier League team. Madness, but even if we lose, we're level on wins from last season and it does show the current team can mix it up with the big boys if we go up. 

[trousers]

2 hours ago, Harry_SFC said:

Man Citys original game that weekend has been brought forward to the Wednesday, whilst Chelsea's has moved to the Tuesday.

Might mean we are playing on the Sunday and the Ipswich game is being pushed back a day? 

Hmm... Good spot!

I would say those rearranged dates for Chelsea's and Man City's PL matches must surely indicate that they're playing their semi finals on the Saturday and Sunday respectively... What other reason would there be?

So, Sunday it is for us then...

[kwsaint]

4 minutes ago, trousers said:

Hmm... Good spot!

I would say those rearranged dates for Chelsea's and Man City's PL matches must surely indicate that they're playing their semi finals on the Saturday and Sunday respectively... What other reason would there be?

So, Sunday it is for us then...

Wasn’t Leeds’ game also moved to the Wednesday? 

[Badger]

2 minutes ago, kwsaint said:

Wasn’t Leeds’ game also moved to the Wednesday? 

Yes it is, which might detract from reading too much into it.

Interestingly, all three (Man City, Chelsea, and Leeds) are away from home so might the choice of day for the fixture not be determined by the home club, and possibly Police there ? 

[trousers]

9 minutes ago, kwsaint said:

Wasn’t Leeds’ game also moved to the Wednesday? 

 

4 minutes ago, Badger said:

Yes it is, which might detract from reading too much into it.

Interestingly, all three (Man City, Chelsea, and Leeds) are away from home so might the choice of day for the fixture not be determined by the home club, and possibly Police there ? 

Ah... Yeah... Oh well, back to the speculation drawing board! 😁

[HedgeEnder]

Saturday confirmed according to Nick Gregory away travel 

[die Mannyschaft]

On 07/04/2026 at 14:05, trousers said:

Couldn't find any recent figures, but there's this from c.10 years ago...

 

Bloody hell no wonder 30,000 odd motorbikes get stolen each year and shoplifters are clearing the shelves daily. Waste of resources. 

[Harry_SFC]

8 hours ago, trousers said:

 

Ah... Yeah... Oh well, back to the speculation drawing board! 😁

My bad, not sure why I thought Leeds were playing Tuesday 🫠

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

On 07/04/2026 at 14:05, trousers said:

Couldn't find any recent figures, but there's this from c.10 years ago...

 

Bare in mind there'll be about 20,000 more people running this years marathon than in 2016.

[Willo of Whiteley]

If we’re saying a higher police presence is needed for Chelsea v Leeds then it seems logical to do it on the day before the London Marathon, the Saturday - therefore meaning we play City on the Sunday?

Just seems common sense if that’s the case.

[trousers]

11 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

If we’re saying a higher police presence is needed for Chelsea v Leeds then it seems logical to do it on the day before the London Marathon, the Saturday - therefore meaning we play City on the Sunday?

Just seems common sense if that’s the case.

Yeah, that was my original theory 👍🏻

[EssEffCee]

Either way it shouldn't take four fucking days to decide two games. Complete joke.