UEFA cup qualification???

[Bring back Bryan wade!!]

Correct me if I am wrong, but if we make the FA cup semi finals with Man Utd, Chelsea and Man City does that mean we qualify for next seasons UEFA cup?

In which case we are only 180 mins away from European football!!

 

[brunswick]

wow

 

[Grendel]

The Europa League place would go to the next Premier League team who hadn't already qualified for European competition.

 

[Bring back Bryan wade!!]

The Europa League place would go to the next Premier League team who hadn't already qualified for European competition.

Are you sure about that Grendel?

Can anyone categorically confirm this?

 

[kevtherev]

Does that only apply to the losing finalists?...Why were Portsmouth not in europe this year?..Was that to do with their off field problems or has the european place for the cup been dropped?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Does that only apply to the losing finalists?...Why were Portsmouth not in europe this year?..Was that to do with their off field problems or has the european place for the cup been dropped?

They were banned from Europe due to their financial status.

Edit: Or not..!

 

[JBizzle]

Does that only apply to the losing finalists?...Why were Portsmouth not in europe this year?..Was that to do with their off field problems or has the european place for the cup been dropped?

Portsmouth decided against applying for the European Licence needed to play in Europe to save cash. Then they got to the final and had a MASSIVE hissy fit because they changed their mind after the deadline for the application.

BBC Sport - Football - Portsmouth Europa League appeal rejected by FA

 

[Grendel]

Are you sure about that Grendel?

Can anyone categorically confirm this?

Yep, that's how Liverpool qualified this season. Chelsea and Manchester United (domestic cup winners) qualified for Europe through their league positions. The League Cup winners place therefore went to 6th in the Premier League (Villa), and the FA Cup place went to Portsmouth. Portsmouth didn't have a European License, so the place then went to 7th in the Premier League which was Liverpool. I think that's how Fulham qualified a couple of season ago as well.

 

[Gully]

I think that's how Fulham qualified a couple of season ago as well.

...didn't they get there through the Inter Tonto Shield...or whatever they call it?

 

[Working class pride]

Lets be the fist 3rd division side to win the cup then. Simple

 

[Grendel]

...didn't they get there through the Inter Tonto Shield...or whatever they call it?

When they qualified for the UEFA Cup a few years back they did it through the Intertoto, but when they got into the Europa League last season it was through league position.

 

[Philzo-93]

The Europa League place would go to the next Premier League team who hadn't already qualified for European competition.

I thought that's just in effect for the League Cup final

 

[GT49er]

The cup winners do get a UEFA league spot - and if they've qualified by other means, then the runners-up get it. We'd have been in Europe in 1983/4 if bl**dy ManU had bothered to win the league!

 

[Marc]

blimey....European Football and Brighton in the same sentance, we've come a long way overnight

 

[Jonno]

I think we are GETTING AHEAD OF OURSELVES just a little

 

[Yoda]

Lets be the fist 3rd division side to win the cup then. Simple

We have got become the first to GET TO the final first.

 

[beorhthelm]

Millwall went through to Uefa cup after their FA Cup final.

 

[TS90]

They've changed it. The place goes to the Premier League rather than the runners-up

 

[GT49er]

They've changed it. The place goes to the Premier League rather than the runners-up

Doesn't surprise me, greedy Premiership buggers. Still, this whole discussion is looking a bit academinc now, isn't it?