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Stevie Boy

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Pogue Mahone

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So I'm guessing those who are saying the semis shouldn't be at Wembley would be happy to donate any tickets they get if we reach that stage to charity?
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Utterly ridiculous thing to say.

The semis should NOT be at Wembley, as it takes away some of the magic that getting to the FA Cup Final at Wembley used to offer.

You can believe this, but then be delighted to get the opportunity to see the Albion there. It'll be great if it happens, but not as great as getting to the final after a semi somewhere else.
 




Pretty pink fairy

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Pogue Mahone said:
Utterly ridiculous thing to say.

The semis should NOT be at Wembley, as it takes away some of the magic that getting to the FA Cup Final at Wembley used to offer.

You can believe this, but then be delighted to get the opportunity to see the Albion there. It'll be great if it happens, but not as great as getting to the final after a semi somewhere else.
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JUST A PLASTIC DAY OUT, but then again we've got a few of those on board :nono:
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Not just 'pure greed'- SF happened on a regular basis at the Old Wembley in the 90's. My understanding when I went on a New Wembley Tour - and from what I have read, was that SF's have to be played their currently to pay off Club Wembley (or something like that) and by 2022 (?) they can move from there again.
 


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Pogue Mahone

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Brighton4Cambridge3 said:
Not just 'pure greed'- SF happened on a regular basis at the Old Wembley in the 90's. My understanding when I went on a New Wembley Tour - and from what I have read, was that SF's have to be played their currently to pay off Club Wembley (or something like that) and by 2022 (?) they can move from there again.
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They'll never move them away - it's a cash cow for the FA.

I think I remember that the first time that they did it was when Arsenal played Tottenham one year - when Gazza scored that ridiculous free kick, before f***ing up his career in the final. That was when they realised that serious money could be made from it. If two North London clubs hadn't played each other in a semi one year, who knows, it may never have happened,
 






pasty

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Pogue Mahone said:
They'll never move them away - it's a cash cow for the FA.

I think I remember that the first time that they did it was when Arsenal played Tottenham one year - when Gazza scored that ridiculous free kick, before f***ing up his career in the final. That was when they realised that serious money could be made from it. If two North London clubs hadn't played each other in a semi one year, who knows, it may never have happened,
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Correct. The first one played was the Spurs Arsenal game as there wasn't a neutral venue in London big enough, and travel logistics for holding it anywhere else would have been a nightmare. The other semi that year happened to be the 2 Sheffield's and they whinged and whined about the other semi being played at Wembley, so theirs was as well.
 












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