I think we might all be overestimating how many shocks there used to be tbh

The big sides won the FA Cup when I was growing up more often than not.

Posted By: norwaay on January 11th 2025 at 19:12:46

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Well done BBC (Other Football) - jamesward, Jan 11, 18:33:48
- The Masked Singer is on (n/m) (Other Football) - Huge Small, Jan 11, 19:15:58
  - Is it Macy Gray? (n/m) (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Jan 11, 20:52:36
- Even Radio Norfolk didn't take it seriously. (Other Football) - Trent_Canary, Jan 11, 18:55:55
- FA Cup days like this used to be great (Other Football) - Under soil heating, Jan 11, 18:54:57
  - I think we might all be overestimating how many shocks there used to be tbh (Other Football) - norwaay, Jan 11, 19:12:46
    - Sutton utd (n/m) (Other Football) - Men without hats, Jan 11, 20:00:28
      - who beat Coventry in Round 3 and then lost 8-0 to us in Round 4 (Other Football) - Saucerer, Jan 11, 20:11:11
        
        Went to the game - very enjoyable! (n/m) (Other Football) - Men without hats, Jan 11, 20:35:58
    - 1981-2007: 25 'big side' winners, two 'underdogs'. (n/m) (Other Football) - norwaay, Jan 11, 19:16:31
      - But it isn't just about winners. (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jan 11, 19:51:05
        
        And in the last five there have been 11 (Other Football) - norwaay, Jan 11, 21:10:37
        
        Yeah, this. (Other Football) - Under soil heating, Jan 11, 20:22:08
        
        Liverpool FAC defeats (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jan 11, 20:37:46
        
        Details (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Jan 11, 20:17:01
  - As I said the other day, no one outside of the top league has one it for nearly 40 years (n/m) (Other Football) - Augustus Pablo, Jan 11, 19:01:39
    - Dul innit. (n/m) (Other Football) - DrDublin, Jan 11, 19:05:43
      - It’s no coincidence that even lesser teams rest (n/m) (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Jan 11, 20:46:31
- Leeds v Harrogate on the iplayer - 0-0 at half time (Other Football) - norwaay, Jan 11, 18:42:03
  - Yeah. Lots of good match ups but the big teams were mostly at home (n/m) (Other Football) - Bertie Russell, Jan 11, 19:14:14
    - Yep (n/m) (Other Football) - norwaay, Jan 11, 19:15:15
- What did they do? (n/m) (Other Football) - Bertie Russell, Jan 11, 18:36:44
  - Put Man City v Salford on TV (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Jan 11, 18:38:36
    - Better than putting Norwich's game on. (n/m) (Other Football) - MORDENCANARY, Jan 11, 18:39:56
      - Why? It’s 3-0 at HT (Other Football) - jamesward, Jan 11, 18:41:30

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