FA cup income money.

[Psaw2]

I have become less emotionally involved with Cambridge, and it has begun to show. I now realise Cambridge are a very small club with little chance of advancement. That wasn't always the case, 20, 30 thirty years ago. Now money, big money, even at our level rules everything it is no longer a sport.

Madame is a Villa fan, and being cruel by nature I have said that Villa have as much chance of finishing in the top six of the Premiership as Cambridge have.

NONE. When you think of the infrastructure of Villa, the money, fan base etc, its disgusting. And all those similar clubs.

Which brings me to the discussion on FA cup money, as if its important. It is not. Even winning in the third round and beyond makes no difference.

The money Carlisle could make on a cup run will be used up SOLELY to keep the club alive.

So you can continue to watch your team struggle...forever. Like Cambridge. When I was a mad fan, even an extra ten grand was important, transferring some hopeless reserve to Fisher Athletic, as you lot are now.
There really is no point supporting Carlisle United, or Cambridge.

If you feel there is, please post an argument for it. Id like to know what it is.

The Devil Incarnate. Lucifer Von Trapp. (Colonel). p.s, I know I am striking at a life long love of the club, etc, Same with me, but the blinkers are off.

[cocopops61]

There's no real money in the FA Cup for clubs like Carlisle,Cambridge or Notts until the third round proper where hopefully you may pull out a Prem club but for small clubs the money could keep them alive for twelve months and be a massive cash injection,then there's the romance of the cup,sure it's not as magical as it was in the past when the whole of Saturday afternoon as dedicated to the final game but I still love it,I certainly will be tuned into BBC 2 tonight to see who we pull out,will it be a league 1 side or a lower league banana skin,who knows but that's the magic of the cup Frank

[Psaw2]

Even getting the draw of a big club doesn't work. Cambridge drew Man U about 5 years ago, got a home draw,0-0. 9000 gate, advertising, tv etc. Went to Old Trafford, I didn't go as I don't go to watch no hope games, about 55,000 crowd, made mega bucks.

What did they do with the money?

NO ONE KNOWS.

The main stand holds about 3,000, if there is 1500 in there there will be about 1200 blokes. There is one sit down toilet for men, not bothered about improving that. The other problem is of course, corruption. The chief executive at the time apparently got Man u fever and spent it like Manu would have. Not on football though, on execs. There was an IDEAS man.

I believe that in the same way I believe there are fairies at the bottom of the garden. The chief exec had control of the money, not the chairman or the accountant, who apparently didn't do his job.

I mention this because if Carlisle get a good cup run, or county for that matter, it will disappear like morning dew in the sunshine.

YOU CANT WIN.

No pun intended.

Brigadier Gerard. of Stow Cum Quy.

[griff]

Aye lads, but try telling all that to Macclesfield. They got their timing all wrong,