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Wrong. On another thread, I was asked what Sunderlands crowd was when they played their 3rd round tie at home when they were defending the FA Cup – it was in excess of 25,000.
The difference between every other club and Wigan is that YOU are the FA Cup holders, and YOU were bleating that nobody outside of the DW is mentioning you this season and your ties werent considered for TV. However, if YOUR so-called supporters cannot be arsed, why should the rest of the country give a toss about Wigan Athletic v MK Dons?
You’re doing absolutely nothing to disprove the theory that you’re nothing more than a typical no-mark, tight-arsed rubgy fan who will only put himself out if it’s a freebie.So, I’m pretty much similar to the 18,000+ Wembley attendees that failed to show up on Saturday then – the main difference being I have the honesty to admit I wouldn’t pay for a ticket under any circumstances.
I may be a “typical no-mark, tight-arsed rugby fan who will only put himself out if it’s a freebie”, but I’m not a hypocrite.
Win it again, Jesus! Mutty will be able to again get free tickets for him and his family for the semi final and final!Tidied for you ;)
22,000 empty seats at the Stadium of Shite today Smutty. Were they all still outside trying to get the poor mans FA cup final tickets ???
Obviously F A Cup fever has,nt arrived in Sunderland as well as here eh Mutty?[/quote]
Not when the opposition was a non-league side. Imagine your reserves playing someone from the Southern Premier League three days after 9,000 (yes, NINE THOUSAND) fans shelled out £50 for an Old Trafford ticket.
We’ve seen what happens to the crowd when you play a side one league below you.
Maybe the missing 18000 from May will show up next round?Mutty that is aimed at you in particular.Mr Hughes,
I think you meant Nuneaton as my post was purely about football – clue is FA Cup!
It hadnt last round when you were playing a lower league side – thought maybe now you are hosting a Premier League club, there would be more interest.
South stand appears to have no tickets available, so it should be a good atmosphere.
Good luck!
McClean never played for Sunderland under Steve Bruce – it was O’Neill who gave him his chance, and in the half-season that followed, he ripped defences apart.
Then…teams sussed him out. And to compound matters he became a billy big bollox who thought he had made it, tweeting insults about his national manager’s selection policy when a few months before he was plying his trade in front of a few hundred at reserve fixtures. The new season started, his form dropped, his impact became non-existant and then just as he showed glimpses of a return to form, his infamous poppy incident turned many against him. From that day on he was finished at the SOL, and it was a huge disappointment to many Sunderland fans that he wasnt peddled in Jan 2013.
I wouldnt shed a tear if he left you – he really isnt worth the hastle.
also why put city- blackburn on the tellyBecause ITV rely on advertising revenue, and the companies who advertise during their commercial breaks will pay much more for a slot in a game where Man City are featured than Wigan, regardless of you being the FA Cup holders.
Its a self-defeating scenario. If the FA Cup winners were given a place, then Wigan would have entered the CL qualifying stages and in all probability been eliminated before the group stages commenced.
The result of one of the four not making the group stages would be an overall reduction in the points allocated for each nations’ clubs’ perfomances, which in turn would lead to a reduction in how many places English Clubs are allowed in the CL.
No OC. Maybe he’ll be appearing on the football league show, which would be more relevent to him and the clubs he has managed.
I guess it comes down to the selling of advertising space for those televised replays. Each of the 4 clubs have far more attraction than MK Dons, and I guess that the TV audience will therefore be bigger.
There’s no great surprises in the choice of 4th round ties, with the exception of Arsenal v Coventry. That said, with the exception of the ties listed above, there isn’t much in the draw for the media to drool over, with many premier league clubs drawn at home to lower league opposition.
Chose not to reply to this one then?“One glaring omission in your post is the amount of supporters Carlisle took and the reason you haven’t had a reply from the Mutster. 21000 – 7000 = 14000”
Not at all. Its just that Sunderland are not the current FA Cup holders, commencing their defence. I’ve already given you the stats as to the attendance on the last occasion they did – it was over 25,000.
Face facts – only 5000 folk actually care that you are the FA Cup Holders. The 20,000 that accompanied those 5,000 to Wembley seem to have forgotten, the BBC have forgotten, ITV have almost forgotten. Sky never cared in the first place. Have I missed anyone out? If I have, they’ve probably forgotten too.
Your attempts to try and deflect these harsh but true facts by comparing them with Rugby League and a football club 150 miles away are commendable, but they are irrelevant. Wigan are the current cup holders and Wigan have set a post-war record low attendance for the FA Cup holders defending their title.
Congratulations?
Wigan rugby have taken 30k to Wembley before now yet have had 4k on for cup games.But that’s a minority sport played along the M62 that doesn’t get as much coverage as Big Brother – why on earth would anyone expect huge crowds?
Sunderland lost 21k fans today. What makes us such a disgrace?Sunderland are not the current FA Cup holders, commencing the defence of their title on their own ground. When they last did defend the trophy at home, the crowd was 25,712.
Why should the BBC give a toss? 20000+ that went to Wembley disrespected you yesterday – I’d be more annoyed at their disrespect.
