Chelsea didn't have a number 9, so presumably Torres will walk straight into the Chelsea 9 kit.
Torres vacates the Liverpool 9, so I assume that Andy Carrol will walk into the kit Torres has just vacated.
Newcastle Utd's number 9 is again vacant.
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Chelsea didn't have a number 9, so presumably Torres will walk straight into the Chelsea 9 kit.
Torres vacates the Liverpool 9, so I assume that Andy Carrol will walk into the kit Torres has just vacated.
Newcastle Utd's number 9 is again vacant.
That effectively happened to my team, Exeter City, in 2005. We played Man Utd at Old Trafford in the 3rd round of the cup and managed to draw 0-0. They came back down to St James Park which, at the time, had a capacity of around 9,000. At the time my club was in the Conference (as Crawley are) but had considerably less money than Crawley do, in fact we had some really serious financial problems and had recently gone into administration, paying creditors just 10% of what was owed. Despite paying such small sums there were still huge debts, the two games against Man U raised enough money to pretty much save the club from going out of business.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alexamateo
I'm unashamedly proud of the game at Old Trafford, it was a fantastic day. And incase anyone's interested:
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And the replay (which I had to watch on telly :( ) wasn't too bad either
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Oh and we played Crawley in the conference that year, we beat them 3-2 at home and won 1-0 away
I was in the Stretford End for that game and I remember it well. Even though it was a slightly weakened United side, Exeter were fantastic, as were the Exeter fans. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by barryfullalove
It was a throughly weakened side but still streets ahead of what we had :p : I was just proud that they kept it to 2-0 in the replay when Rooney, Giggs, Scholes, Neville, Ronaldo etc. were playing...oh and the Scott Hiley nutmeg on Cristiano Ronaldo was classic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow
It is strange that one of the players that played in the first game is now a world cup winner and plays for Barcelona, and Steve Flack gave him the run around.
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Originally Posted by barryfullalove
I don't remember Pique ever having a good game for United. He must have only been 18 back then though?
That is awesome!!Quote:
Originally Posted by barryfullalove
I think that is one of the things that's attracting me to English Football, so many different divisions and competitions, it's all so interesting. I see that Exeter City is now in League 1. SO has any team that was in Conference made it to the Premier League? I know Blackpool was as low as League 2 a few years ago, What about your team?
Sadly we've never progressed higher than the league we're in now, in fact many say that the current squad is the strongest we've ever had. I doubt that we'll fly much higher but it's fantastic to dream of greater things. The league system is great for keeping aspirations because there is always that possibility of progressing further up the ladder.Quote:
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Lots of teams seem to have risen through the leagues from league 2, I remember seeing Exeter play Fulham and Hull (who got relegated to the Championship last year) when I was a boy. Not sure if anyone has gone from conference to Premier League, although I'd be interested to find out.
So you've grasped the league structure and the FA Cup (not many on your side of the pond seem to get their head round that), are you aware of some of the other cups? For example the League Cup (I think it's called the Carling Cup at the minute) is for all the league teams (i.e Premier League, Championship, L1 & L2) and the Johnstone's Paint Trophy is only for League 1 and League 2 teams. Neither of these are overly illusturous (many top clubs will field a weaker team in the League Cup because they don't mind if they go out), but each of them have the final held at Wembley.
Yeah he would have been a proper youngun, as were a lot of the other players.Quote:
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Leeds tickets may be expensive,but the large crowds they get for home games,are usually just under in in most cases above 30,000, which Is fantastic for the league they are in. My grandson and I were able to spend a weekend at old Trafford,meet ex players,enjoy an evening meal,then the following day play competitions on the pitch all day,thanks to AIG ,and get training and advice from training staff.For an eight year old Man U supporter like him,it was a magic day.