Conference trucks::football;1

    
    
    Nottm Forest
    Everton          <-----   winners
    Swindon
    Man City
    
    
    (If I win I DON'T want a framed picture of C & A)
    
    Paul

    
    
       Tottenham
       Man Utd
       Notts Forest
       Arsenal
    
    
       Winners:THFC
    
    Dave...

     
    
    Spurs
    Liverpool
    Forest
    Wednesday 

    Leeds United
    Nottm Forest
    Sheffield Wednesday
    Burnley
    
    jb.

    
    	I'll go for..
    
    	Leeds (Leeds Leeds) - yes, I think they can beat United and win
    	t'cup
    
    	Man.City
    	Liverpool
    	Chelsea
    
    	Andy.

Liverpool
Blackburn Rovers
Nottm Forest		<--	Winners
Leeds Utd

I'd Like to see Leeds get the double but they'll probably be burnt out from 
winning the league.

Al

   My four;


   Leeds United
   Norwich
   Notts Forest
   Sheff. Wednesday

Winners Sheff. Wed.

Leeds to win with
Cambridge
Arsenal
Liverpool


                         James.

    Forest
    Spurs
    Man Utd
    Arse(nal)
    
    Forest to win
    
    
    Kumar

    
    Leeds
    Villa
    Man City
    Everton
    
    

Here goes;

   Liverpool

   Blackburn Rovers

   Tranmere Rovers

   Everton


     with the Pool going on to beat Aldo inspired Tranny but TGA wins man of
the match award after the best individual display ever seen at a cup final.

     Cunno    
    

    RE:-1
    	does he miss another peno????

    Arsenal
    
    Leeds
    
    Manchester City
    
    Norwich
    
    
    

    Predictions for last four..
    
    Man United
    
    Spurs
    
    Forrest
    
    Liverpool
    
    Aron...
    

    
    Liverpool
    Blackburn (yes, Blackburn)
    Leeds (Leeds,Leeds)
    Nottm Forest

    Manchester United 		<-- breaks my heart, but they will win!
    Blackburn Rovers            Kennys team may just make it to the final..
    West Ham United             } Thought I'd add some London teams, both     
    Tottenham Hotspurs          } do well in the cups..although the year
                                  does not end in a one?

    Has to be those with no league interest !
    
    Liverpool    winners
    Villa
    Arsenal
    Shef Wed

    
    Winners   - Arsenal,         clinching their second double
    Runner-up - Liverpool,       always lose to above at Wembley
    Semis     - Forest,          OBE fails again
    	      - Manchester City, if they sign Minuteman before the 3rd
    		Round
    

    
    Winners :    Man City
    Runners-Up : Arsenal
    
    Semis :      Cambridge United
    		 Leeds

    I'm obliged to pick the Gunners to win,
    but how about the following semi-finalists:
    
    	Norwich
    	Man Utd
    	Cambridge
    PJ

My four are :

Liverpool	<---- Winners
Aston Villa
Oldham
West Ham


Some people's predictions will be downed not on the pitch but in the
warmth of Lancaster Gate (if that's still where the draw takes place).

The chance of none of your selections meeting each other until the
semi-final (assuming that they do not lose to someone else) is just
under 8/1 against.

Even assuming that the probability of each of your selections 
chances of winning each match are 80% (on the high side, I would
think), you have a chance of just over 3/1000 of picking the
semi-finalists correctly! 

After that given more reasonable odds of 50% chance per game for the
semis and final, the chance of picking all 4 semi- finalists and the
winner would be just under 1/1000 !

Will anyone do it ??

NO, YOU LOT ARE ALL WRONG!!!!!
The last four will be:
    NORWICH: Winners with a fine cup pedigree
    FARNBOROUGH: Runners up. The Boro' will fluke it to the final!
    LEEDS: This sad bunch will be defeated at home by the Boro'.
    READING: The Royals are a safe bet to reach the semi-finals.
    
    SO IT IS NORWICH FOR THE CUP THIS YEAR?, WHAT DO YOU LOT THINK?
    

Winners : EVERTON

Others  : West Ham
          Swindon.............plus promotion
          Man. Utd.

    
Winners : CHELSEA
    
Others  : Notts Forest
          QPR
          Arsenel
    

  I was watching the 1989 FA Cup final video the other day and have just
realised that three of the players so instrumental in the first goal are no
longer with the club. Sheedy lost possession in the Liverpool half. Beardsley
laid the ball back for Nicol on the right-side. Nicol then played a superb ball
over the Everton defence and the majestic Steve McMahon ran forward before
playing a superb ball to the on rushing Aldo to shoot superbly past Southall.
                       
                   Macca                        
  ___              |---------------------------- Beardsley----------Nicol
 |                 |                    
 | x --------------|Aldo                    
 |  Southall     
 |
 |___       

         Cunno

    
    That was thrilling - I almost felt as if I was there......
    
    Paul

             <<< Note 135.25 by ESSB::MCUNNIFFE "d i g i t a l" >>>
                           -< Great FA Cup moments. >-



  I was watching the 1989 FA Cup final video the other day and have just
realised that three of the players so instrumental in the first goal are no
longer with the club. Sheedy lost possession in the Liverpool half. Beardsley
laid the ball back for Nicol on the right-side. Nicol then played a superb ball
over the Everton defence and the majestic Steve McMahon ran forward before
playing a superb ball to the on rushing Aldo to shoot superbly past Southall.
                       
                   Macca                        
  ___              |---------------------------- Beardsley----------Nicol
 |                 |                    
 | x --------------|Aldo                    
 |  Southall     
 |
 |___       
   
       Plus, one of the worst F.A. Cup memories   
           
         ------
         |      O O                   ALDO
         |     /|\                     O
         |     /\                     /|\ 
         | BEASANT                   0 /\
         |      
         |_____ 
   
         Cunno

    Ingenious p-name Martin.
    
    Barry.

    I'll make an FA Cup prediction. On Match Of The Day when they make the
    5th round draw. Graham Kelly and all the others silly buggers sitting
    with him will look as miserable as sin. Just like they did for the 4th
    round draw. What a happy bunch they looked, a good advert for the
    positive administration side of Footy. Do we really want to let this
    bunch of miserable half wits run our game.
    
Barry.

          <<< Note 135.29 by WELCLU::BWALKER "Come on you Hatters." >>>
              -< The last time Graham Kelly smiled? When was it. >-

 >> I'll make an FA Cup prediction. On Match Of The Day when they make the
 >> 5th round draw. Graham Kelly and all the others silly buggers sitting
 >> with him will look as miserable as sin. Just like they did for the 4th
 >> round draw. What a happy bunch they looked, a good advert for the
 >> positive administration side of Footy. Do we really want to let this
 >> bunch of miserable half wits run our game.
    
 >> Barry.

   Barry,
        I have to agree with your comments above. I was watching the draw
myself last Sunday and remarked to a friend how utterly boring Graham Kelly was.
His appearance and manner of speech would put one to sleep. He has been like 
this for the last couple of years and surely football needs a more vivacious 
and lively image than this person portrays.

      Cunno     

    re .last couple
    
    My sentiments exactly. This is all part of the FA's bid to shake up
    English football and thrust it's way into the next millenium as a bold
    and sexy, modern, organisation. Dour, grey expressionless faces, names 
    like Bert, Jack, or Graham, in Man at C&A suits. I mean it does'nt 
    fail to impress does it? I bet the tea-boy at the Italian FA equivalent
    is better presented than these cretins. The rest of Europe obviously
    envies our style and panache. 
    
    
    Barry.
    
    
        
    

    >Dour, grey expressionless faces, names 
    >like Bert, Jack, or Graham, in Man at C&A suits. I mean it does'nt 
    
    But he's English isn't he so one wouldn't expect more !!
    
    	- Robin......
    
    OK so,    :-)

re last few:

I think some apologies should be forthcoming to Saint & Greavsie. They might be
a couple of ..... ( fill in the blank ), and the draws for the Rumblelows cup
may have been more at home on the panto stage, but at least they gave some 
entertainment, to what is, let's face it, a pretty dull 10 minutes, of watching
2 men taking balls out of bags, or in the case of the F.A. Cup draw 2 cardboard
cut outs of men, with another calling the teams.

Al

With just 2 replays to be decided the 3rd Round is almost complete.

Out of 23 participants in our little competition, only 1 has come
through unscathed.

Congratulations to Mr. McGrath whose selections Everton, West Ham,
Swindon and Man. Utd. are all through.

11 of us got 3 teams through and could be joined by another gentleman
if his last selection Burnley can profit from the replay of the 
abandoned game they were in the process of losing.

So far nobody has disappeared without trace.

 

Here we are with the 6th round in front of us.

How things have changed. Mr. McGrath who got all 4 teams through Round 3
has disappeared as have Messrs. Anderson and Rayner.

10 of us still have 2 teams left, but I have (along with Des Breadie)
fallen victim to the draw. Both our remaining teams Liverpool and Villa
meet in the 6th round.

We are guaranteed to lose 1, both on the other hand we are the only
people with a guaranteed semi-finalist.

Out of the maximum 30 points, the top score possible is 20 points
for Mr. Robertson with Forest (winners) and Liverpool and Mr. Moran
with Chelsea (winners) and Forest still left in.

There is also the intriguing possibility if Liverpool win, of 
Mr. Cunniffe sharing a picture of himself with 2 other people !

After the 6th round most of the competitors have now reached their
limits :


Messrs. Watterson, Wilson, Blythe, Kumar, Blake, Rayner, Anderson,
        McGrath and Moran

have no further interest and thus have scored 0 points.


Messrs.  O'Donnell, Sant, Robertson, Shaughnessy, Lundon, O'Hagan,
         Shallom, Hawley, Spencer and Strage 

predicted 1 quarter finalist each but did not select this team as
their "Winners" and thus have scored 5 points.


Messrs. Cunniffe, Breadie, Dixon and Liney

predicted 1 quarter finalist correctly, this also being their
choice as "Winners".

If Liverpool win the Cup then Messrs. Cunniffe, Breadie and Dixon
will be joint winners on 15 points.

If Norwich win then Mr. Liney will be the sole winner on 15 points.

If neither "The Pool" nor "The Canaries" win the trophy then 14 lucky people
will share the famous Cunniffe photo including Mr C. himself !