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easley91

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Jan 27, 2011
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Not at Anfield - it’s a formality. At Accrington it’s the tie of the round, but that won’t be the case at Anfield. And with a big away allocation just about every Accrington fan who wants a ticket will get one, so you’re not even televising it for the benefit of the Accrington fans.
Fabled Anfield atmosphere, lower league Accrington Stanley going to take on the Premier League leaders. Trust me, I can see why it would be picked for TV whether you agree with it or not.
 

Shanks

Kinda not anymore....
May 11, 2005
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Fabled Anfield atmosphere, lower league Accrington Stanley going to take on the Premier League leaders. Trust me, I can see why it would be picked for TV whether you agree with it or not.
Reckon the advert has something to do with it too :)
 

muppetman

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Jul 29, 2011
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I think the video of the Tamworth lot (including their chanting) is magical - exactly why the FA Cup still (just about) means something.
 

ripley

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Mycroft Jones

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Quickly checks Tamworth's attendances this season and notices that they have only exceeded 2000 in their 4000 capacity ground once and only 363 turned up for the Birmingham Senior Cup game against Coventry Sphinx. I don't blame them for trying to maximize earnings from this game.
 

TheHodFather

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Aug 22, 2013
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Quickly checks Tamworth's attendances this season and notices that they have only exceeded 2000 in their 4000 capacity ground once and only 363 turned up for the Birmingham Senior Cup game against Coventry Sphinx. I don't blame them for trying to maximize earnings from this game.
Yeah I can sort of understand the frustration if you're one of those 363 who probably go to every game, but these sort of matches are like gold dust for non-league teams. For clubs like Tamworth when they enter the FA Cup each year the dream is to get to the third round and draw a premier league club at home. These clubs basically live hand-to-mouth and this will be a really significant amount of money for them that means they won't be having to worry about paying the bills and keeping the lights on for a while. It's not profiteering.
 

Saoirse

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Aug 20, 2013
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Quickly checks Tamworth's attendances this season and notices that they have only exceeded 2000 in their 4000 capacity ground once and only 363 turned up for the Birmingham Senior Cup game against Coventry Sphinx. I don't blame them for trying to maximize earnings from this game.
To be fair the county cup competitions are effectively U21 games for the higher level sides in them like Tamworth, it's only notionally a senior team fixture. But yeah, they're a very poorly supported side.
 

worcestersauce

"I'm no optimist I'm just a prisoner of hope
Jan 23, 2006
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There are two cup games tonight but they aren't on television as far as I can see, does anyone know why they're playing tonight?
 
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