Seed the FA cup draw ?

[Hiney]

FA Cup winners since 1985:

Manchester United
Liverpool
Coventry City
Wimbledon
Liverpool
Manchester United
Tottenham Hotspur
Liverpool
Arsenal
Manchester United
Everton
Manchester United
Chelsea
Arsenal
Manchester United
Chelsea
Liverpool
Arsenal
Arsenal
Manchester United
Arsenal
Liverpool
Chelsea

 

[ali jenkins]

When Chelsea won it in 97 and 00 where did they finish in the league?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

6th and 5th respectively.

 

[ali jenkins]

So technically, they were the last team to finish outside the top 4 and win the FA cup in the same season

 

[Left Footer]

Portsmouth v Cardiff will be a nice FRIENDLY final, two sets of well behaved fans.
Anyway it will be a classic compared to the utter shite that Man Yoo and Chelski served up last year in the so called dream final.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Chelsea were not part of the Big four when they won it a couple of times.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Hiney and Wardy,i agree with you. It is just that the way the game is run now i/e the 39th game etc. Look at how Liverpool were treated after winning the Champions Lge,but finisnhing outside the top four. They will bend the rules to help a certain few.

 

[surrey jim]

Look at how Liverpool were treated after winning the Champions Lge,but finisnhing outside the top four. They will bend the rules to help a certain few.

same as the benjani deal with pompey/man city,

 

[Spunk Bubble]

Definitely no seeding.

The beauty of the FA Cup is that anyone can draw anyone, and that's how it should always stay.

Absolutely !!

 

[Leekbrookgull]

But will it ?

 

[Norman Potting]

Utterly ridiculous idea - the will be thinking of adding an extra game to the Premiership fixtures and playing it abroad somewhere before that happens.

 

[andybaha]

In England this year's final won't be a problem. Wembley will be sold out whoever makes the final and I don't think TV viewing figures will be all that affected. I will probably watch it when I haven't bothered to watch a final in years.

I can't see WBA v Barnsley being a big seller in Asia or around the world though and for this reason I'm sure the FA and the TV companies would love to see some kind of seeding in future.