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[Albion] Arsenal in the next round of the efl cup
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Neville's Breakfast
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We could not bother. Maybe buy some property instead ? The football just gets in the way.
- Apr 19, 2018
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You might be onto something. League Cup winners get £100,000 - could just buy a house in Brighton and wait for 5 years instead, and that's a guaranteed return for the investment, very different from putting a team out every week.
pasty
A different kind of pasty
Seven all Premier League ties in the next round 
Arsenal v Brighton & Hove Albion
AFC Bournemouth v Everton
Manchester City v Chelsea
Manchester United v Aston Villa
Newcastle United v Crystal Palace
Nottingham Forest v Tottenham Hotspur
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leeds United
Arsenal v Brighton & Hove Albion
AFC Bournemouth v Everton
Manchester City v Chelsea
Manchester United v Aston Villa
Newcastle United v Crystal Palace
Nottingham Forest v Tottenham Hotspur
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leeds United
Nobby Cybergoat
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- Jul 19, 2021
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There's another point to add to the train issues for the game is that there was a possibility of extra time (and whatever time it takes for pens) complicating things in the FA cup. There was a strong possibility of not getting back until 2am or even not at all if there had been unforeseen train issues.
With this game, there will be several train options back and whatever happens with the game we can all expect to be back on the south coast by midnight latest.
People are also going to be taking their last few chances to say au revior to the Albion before the world cup.
If tickets are priced sensibly, I think we'll take a very large number
Ignore. Didn’t read properly.
HalfaSeatOn
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Fill it with a trophy wife and the business case stacks up.
Vaughan Storm
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No train to goring after quarter-past 10 so I doubt we'll take anymore than we did to spurs (if it's the same for other stations)
portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
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We’ll ask for 400 and sell out before becomes available to 1901 members, citing ‘we weren’t sure we could sell out, and it was the right decision blah blah’
portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
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Before the PL, when football was a sport, clubs also competed for this thing called ‘’glory’
It’s a strange concept today, but it was a real incentive!
studio150
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So who else was at Arsenal the last time we played them in the League Cup.
A replay (remember them?} November 1979 lost 4-0, a game mainly remembered as it was Glenn Geard's 45 minutes in an Albion shirt. (his entire first team career)
Hopefully a better result this time.
A replay (remember them?} November 1979 lost 4-0, a game mainly remembered as it was Glenn Geard's 45 minutes in an Albion shirt. (his entire first team career)
Hopefully a better result this time.
WOW! An awful lot of certainty there.
Nobby Cybergoat
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- Jul 19, 2021
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Really? There must be one if you change at hove at that time?
Dunk&Disorderly
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HUGE allocation please!!
Official Old Man
Uckfield Seagull
Arteta - "I wonder who GPott will play"
Arteta - "He'll play kids, I'll put my reserves out"
Arteta - "But he may play his first team, no I'll play the first team"
Arteta then gets himself worked up
Arteta "He'll say he's more interested in the league and play his kids but I'm not going to be fooled, I'm playing my first team. But it's GPott, he'll try and fool me and say he's interested in the league. But then it's only #BrightonandHoveAlbion and we can beat them. But then we can't beat them. No, it's the first team"
GPott - "Who? Arsenal. I'm sending the girls up"
PB - "Due to the lack of interest in the Womens team we've taken an allocation of 1500"
Arteta - "He'll play kids, I'll put my reserves out"
Arteta - "But he may play his first team, no I'll play the first team"
Arteta then gets himself worked up
Arteta "He'll say he's more interested in the league and play his kids but I'm not going to be fooled, I'm playing my first team. But it's GPott, he'll try and fool me and say he's interested in the league. But then it's only #BrightonandHoveAlbion and we can beat them. But then we can't beat them. No, it's the first team"
GPott - "Who? Arsenal. I'm sending the girls up"
PB - "Due to the lack of interest in the Womens team we've taken an allocation of 1500"
If the top 7 of the Premier League are getting a bye straight into the 3rd Round of the EFL Cup then they should have to play their 3rd round ties away to compensate for this obvious advantage. I appreciate that if they are drawn against each other such as Man City vs Chelsea then the tie should stand as drawn but in future why not just switch the ties around if they are drawn at home , ie - Derby vs Liverpool , Villa vs Man Utd , Brighton vs Arsenal etc.
Nobby Cybergoat
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- Jul 19, 2021
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Great shout. You could extend the away matches to the rest of the competition. Or they can just play the second round if they choose
The Gunners........never mind.
origigull
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- Jun 29, 2009
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I was there and was surprised to see Glenn in the first team. I went to school with his older brother. Glenn didn't play well if I remember correctly (but who did that game) but hey he can say he played against the arse at Highbury. If I remember right both Glenn and his brother were Burnley fans. Strange for that time, not being one of the bigger teams.
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