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The draw for the FA Cup 2nd Round is live on ITV today at 2pm.

Here all the numbers;

1 Colchester United
2 Corby Town or Luton Town
3 Chesterfield 
4 Notts County
5 Stevenage or Franchise
6 Southport or Sheffield Wednesday
7 Rotherham United or York City
8 Droylsden
9 Bury
10 Cheltenham Town
11 Wycombe Wanderers
12 Dagenham & Redbridge or Leyton Orient
13 AFC Wimbledon or Ebbsfleet United
14 Lincoln City
15 Torquay United
16 Hereford United
17 AFC Bournemouth
18 Chelmsford City 
19 Swindon Supermarine
20 Yeovil Town
21 Southampton
22 Cambridge United or Huddersfield Town
23 Burton Albion or Oxford United
24 Dover Athletic
25 Tamworth
26 Darlington
27 Crawley Town
28 Brighton & Hove Albion or Woking
29 Macclesfield Town or Southend United
30 FC United of Manchester
31 Carlisle United
32 Dartford or Port Vale
33 Northampton Town
34 Fleetwood Town or Walsall
35 Barnet or Charlton Athletic
36 Swindon Town
37 Accrington Stanley
38 Hartlepool United or Vauxhall Motors
39 Stockport County or Peterborough United
40 Brentford or Aldershot Town

23 vs 36 please!

27 v 36 (away win) would wet my willy.

Home tie, preferably against a lower league club, would be fine.

Or Darlington away :D

23 and 36 please, any order. Or a non-league team at home.

Am I missing somthing here? Why does everyone want us to play Burton Albion?

It's all about the money. We need a nice easy home tie against the lowest non-league team possible.

An away game in the 3rd round against a top PL side could be worth £500k or more.

Hope Marine get an away game at one of the big L1 clubs - would be like winning the lottery for them.

Southampton away would be nice for Marine. Saints shit the bed just thinking about anything Swindon related at the moment!

If we don't get Marine or Oxford a nice home tie would be lovely. Would be interested to see the sort of support FC United of Manchester would bring. Wouldn't fancy them away though!

For some reason I thought Championship teams came in at this round.

Because you're a bit thick?

Anyone else worried about playing Oxford and losing again?

It would be truly horrific.

Ah you can't get revenge/bragging rights back if you don't play them.

Yes :)

When are the next round games going to be played?

I will laugh my arse off if we draw Marine.

You couldnt make it up if that happened

You just made it up tans

Second Round ties to be played on the weekend of 27 and 28 November 2010

I'm hoping for 19 or 23 for obvious reasons. Wouldn't mind drawing AFC Wimbledon away either although they have to beat Ebbsfleet in the reply.

Want an easy tie please. I would like Marine to get an easy tie as well. See if they can get a huge 3rd round tie. I hope Marine get televised next round.


I might have thought that as well.  :-[

A non league team away from home, so we may be on tv

Pox please.....no non league, even Marine thanks.

Pox, Pox, Pox.

Home tie. Hopefully against a team outside of League One.

why are the pox playing at 3 today?

I am really excitamated

Also, I feel sorry for whoever draws FC United of Manchester. They'll be the most hated team in the land if they beat them!

There's always one tie after the draw these days... Which is odd.

by the way, the orange and black FAC ball is shit.

It looks like a floater.

'ere we go then.

Fingers crossed it's a decent draw.

come on, good one please

boo

not oxford

no scum :(

possible AFC vs McDons!!!!!!!!

maybe AFC at home to MK!! if both win their replays

Oooh, come on Wimbledon!

Fuck sake.

away at crawly

good one for the SCR's

Sussex will be pleased!

bollock, out to crawley then - our non league exit for the decade! reg will be especially happy.

Wet willy for Sussex then

You sly dog.

well winnable.

Wimbledon vs mcdonalds should be on tv


Our game got a good chance too as could be cupset

Good draw. Ground I've not been to before and a real chance of progressing.

Everybody away

Colchester Vs Supermarine

its some money but not exactly a  big money spinner.

Sod, Col U for Marine, poor draw for them. :(

Phil Smith's old team.

Might make the telly though

What a crap draw. At least it's a Southern team I guess. Would have hated something like Bury away.

It's a game we should win, but Crawley are on the up, spent money and there's a real buzz about the place. I hope it's not another Histon-esque performance.

I'm quite pleased with it.

A ground i've never been to, a non-league team and a real chance of being on telly. Crawley are the new Notts County, spending big and unsettling rival teams players in the conference. Plus, Steve Evans is a cunt!

Maybe, an away game at Southampton or Sheff Wed would have been sure fire cash for them though.

The best team in Non-League at the moment.

Reg will be fearing the worst!

Would be very surpised if our game is not on tv

Ha ha. Get in. I can almost walk to that.

AAAAAhhahahahahahah

Bet McDons bottle it. Their fans will get battered if they travel!

That's a very good point. Do the home fans chant "Come on you fraudsters"? One of the less likable non-League sides, so a good chance to put them out

Didnt Crawley spend stupid money in the summer and have players like Sergio Torres? Very winnable but equally definitely a potential banana skin. Hopefully it'll be on tv as wont be travelling all the way there.

If one of AFC or Franchise don't get through then i reckon we'll be on telly. If they do however both do the unthinkable then it's gotta be that tie. Worst possible draw for AFC fans.

A winable tie, but someome pleas tell Jim Rosenthal that our manager is Danny WILSON not WILLIAMS.  I hope he has the same amount of success though!

Old evil Jim seemed quite keen on it, and Southgate.

A sunday game would be perfect for me as Ive got to stocktake on the saturday.

Fully agree on that. ITV are already bigging up the tie, so it's odds on it being on TV.

But the possibility of AFC Wimbledon against the Franchise could be the undoubted tie of the round, and a tie a lot of fans in this country has been waiting to happen for the last 8 years.

ESPN will show 2 games as well dont forget

They did. Paid in excess of £100,000 for him reportedly, aswell as signing the likes of Brodie and Tubbs for serious money. Reported to have a budget of £1,000,000 for january!

And of course recently have been linked with Robert Pires. I've said it once and i'll say it again, it'll all end in tears.

Crawley wear red so we'll be playing in black hopefully !

a potential histon sized banana skin but you have to be happy with the draw.  a real chance of a round 3 pay day. 

You mean Franchise?

AFC fans will be loving it.

What do you expect from a Pox fan?

And me, my brother is getting married on the saturday in croydon. Be ideal if it was moved to the sunday for tv

2 hours from Swindon, 2 and a half from Gloucester.

Hardly Carlisle is it?

Quite fitting, Rosenthal's always seemed to be stuck about 40 years behind the times

Nope. I know a Wimbledon fan and it's the draw they don't want. I'll ask her why a bit later, but it suprised me aswell.

We are League One.  Crawley are non-league.  We have a good manager, they have a crook.  We have players who have been here a while (and some from the youths), they have mercenaries.  We will win.

both AFC and MK wont win their replays.

everyone wants to see it too much, so it wont happen!

It is a difficult drive though.

I remmember the M25 being a complete foul up on the way back from that friendly there.

Cup game so we'd play in black whatever.

It's about 2 hours 20 on a good run.  Saying that M25 on a weekend you never get a good run. If you are driving I'd allow 3 hours to be safe.

will we wear black at home on tuesday then?

It's not the best of drives, but fucking hell we could've been drawn somewhere a lot further away.

May make it a train day. Any know what that's like from Swindon?

dunno, but we wore white at wembley

Crawley have a few former Oxford United players plus that Matt Tubbs chap.

Looking forward to it.

Exactly, top of every AFC fan's list every time.  If we get this tie it'll be amazing and Franchise will be completely shitting themselves from boardroom to players.

I nearly jumped out of my chair with excitement when this was drawn.

He's an Oxford fan isn't he?

It's a bitch of a drive though and already been to the ground for a pre season friendly about 5 years ago. I'm back playing most Saturdays when we're away now anyway as enjoying playing much more than watching at the moment

I think the people who watch MK will be too scared to go, especially being unfamiliar with what football used to be like. Although I forget that like any true Man U supporter says, when questioned, "I've always supported them," so they won't have far to walk.

What we need to remmember is that a draw at Crawley is a good result, it keeps us in the Cup.

At Histon a few years ago, a draw would have been a good result. We were playing shite, in lots of ways they were the better team, but instead of keeping our heads we went for it in a ham fisted way and fucked it right up at the back.

You'll do the one Mex does in reverse, he can tell you about it.

About 3 hours i'd guess through london.

Don't know if I much like the sound of doing a reverse Mex!

So did I. And the fact it's at AFC is even better, as I don't think AFC fans will ever want to step into the plastic stadium at Franchise.

Wankleman will be shitting himself if both get through.

We wore red at home to Torquay in the JPT.

Brentford will be wearing their change strip anyhow.

No comparison with Histon as Crawley try and play football.

I fucking hate drawing non league as we always play shite......even when we win.

You can or you can go via Reading and avoid London altogether. It's normally cheaper as well.

Hopefully it'll be on the telly so I won't have to miss it :)

I hope it's moved to sunday, I can go then!

Terrible draw for both sides...the only grain of comfort I take is that Crawley are bound to go bust sometime this season, hopefully in the next 3 weeks.

From the AFC website in response to the Cup draw :

Depending on the outcome of two replays, we have been drawn against Milton Keynes in the FA Cup 2nd round to be played on 27 November.

Most people know the way that Milton Keynes obtained their football club. It was wrong then and it is still wrong now, which makes this fixture very painful for us. However, when we entered the FA Cup we understood that this might happen and we will go about our business professionally and complete the fixture. But we would have preferred that it hadn’t happened. We have no further comment to make at the moment.

http://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news.php?Psection_id=2&Psub_section_id=1&Open=5349#5349

Exactly. They DON'T want this fixture, like i said.

How can they not want this tie?!

If they win it they'll love that they had the fixture

Wimbledon supporting mate of mine put it as FA Cup is competition with history and tradition, for proper football fans. Franchise shouldn't even be in it, so for AFC to have to play them almost helps justify their existence and gives them a touch of history and so respectability they don't deserve. Which makes sense, put like that. Hope Stevenage put the fake fuckers out, then everyone's a winner

Are they worried it might get out of hand?

They must have known the day would come?

Because if Wimbledon lose it will be like they have been fucked over yet again

Could be interesting if it kicked off

It's not an easy train journey, 45 minutes from London but obviously that would be expensive. The problem is at the other end it's 20 minute walk to the ground.

Aside from the traffic, it's a simple car journey.

Im hope MKs coach gets bricked on the way into the ground.  :D

It completely contradicts the history and traditions of the competition to even have to give Franchise a place, never mind the possibility of them progressing. Therefore AFC having to play them in this manner goes against their views. Stevenage to win for the good of football!

Yeah but if they win...

Done in by the womble disorder squad!

I would love to go to Dongs v AFC...

Orrinocco shouting "C'mon then, thats have it!".

Pretty much bang on what my mate said too (see previous pg)

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Uncle Bulgaria stood there with a smoke bomb

Shall we all go dressed as Wombles?

Just seen you beat me to it. Yours is probably more detailed and reliable, so just go with that.

But like Spence says, they must have known that they'd play them someday, FA Cup or not?

I see their point, but what would the fixture be if not a great advert for real fans?  AFC in one corner with the world behind them vs the evil Franchise in the other.

http://www.wombles.org.uk/
This lot could probably give the plastics a run for their money
[url width=360 height=240]http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00642/news-graphics-2007-_642789a.jpg[/url]

Article done a couple of days ago on why 'AFC Wimbledon cannot face Franchise' :

5 November ~ When my club AFC Wimbledon won their game against Basingstoke in the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup and went into the draw for the first round proper, I was again faced by comment by my friends about the prospect of a match against Franchise. Frankly I can’t think of anything worse. I never want to see it happen. "But it would be so good to beat them," my mates say, imagining that I, a Dons Trust founder member and former season-ticket holder, would treat the game as the ultimate derby.

No. A derby game is between neighbours, rivals, possibly even enemies. It's like a golf match or ten-pin bowling evening against the annoying bloke next door, or those idiots in finance, or your smug brother-in-law. You'd love it if you win; conversely you'd have to grit your teeth in the face of taunting if you lose. But essentially, you acknowledge the right of your rivals to exist. And life is more interesting with them around. You hate them, but would miss them if you went. Well, that’s not the case with Milton Keynes.


This is not "rivalry". Wimbledon fans feel very strongly about the murder of our club and the removal of our rightful League place, and we are in no mood to forgive and enjoy a game of football with those who committed such acts. Erik Samuelson, the chief executive of AFC Wimbledon, said: "Some people have said that it's great because there are two clubs now instead of one, but that's like someone coming and taking everything you own, and when you finally rebuild your life, saying isn't it wonderful that we are both doing so well."

And it's not the prospect of losing that bothers me. Yes of course I'd hate to lose, but it's more fundamental than that. Milton Keynes stole my club and its League position, losing in the cup or league doesn't matter compared to that. I don't believe the club has a right to exist. I want it to go out of business as soon as possible, I don't want Wimbledon giving Milton Keynes any sort of spurious legitimacy by playing them.

And there are more practical considerations, too. One is the likelihood of violence. It’s always a bad thing and never to be condoned. But I can imagine the sight of MK supporters just standing there in club colours would be too much for some Wimbledon fans. I don't defend that, but I think it's true. Also can you imagine the programme notes if Wimbledon were at home? "We'd like to welcome Franchise to the Fans' Stadium for this afternoon's match." And the potted history of the club that such publications carry: "Franchise were formed in 2003 after stealing the registration and league position and forcing football fans in south-west London to start their own club again at the lowest level of senior football... We wish them well and hope they enjoy their day at the Fans' Stadium." It just doesn't make sense.

Another long-term fan, Richard Douglas, also doesn't want to see the clubs meet: "Out of the despair of May 2002, we could have gone two ways, to hatred and bitterness or to something better and hopeful And Wimbledon is a club of love and hope following that despair, and I don't want to be reminded of that bitterness. And I don't think I'd like what a match with them would do to me."

Prior to the FA Cup first round draw, many fans on website forums were expressing the hope that the two clubs would come out of the bag together; that didn't happen, but if they both win their ties the prospect will be repeated. And if Wimbledon continue to gain promotions (currently we are top of the Blue Square Premier) the likelihood of meeting in the league comes closer. Douglas again: "I'd prefer to cross with us going up, of course. Actually I'd want them to fail and sink without trace, but if we met in the League at least that means we were back on the same level."

Those who play and work in football are necessarily less sentimental than fans – they have to be – but even the management of Wimbledon would struggle with a fixture with Milton Keynes. Samuelson said: "I know the media love the idea, but I hate it, I don't want it to happen at all. I'm sure the club would fulfil their obligation if we had to, because the penalties if it didn't would be draconian. But personally I don't want it to happen, and if the match was away I don't think I'd go, although I understand that some fans would want to. If the match was here then my job would mean I would have to be here and formal, but I wouldn't welcome them, because they would not be welcome."

He added: "I understand it's a good story for the media, but it's a good story that was very painful for us." So, for those fans and journalists who try to persuade me and my fellow Wimbledon fans that such a game would be one of the matches of the season, I can only say: Please don't. Aled Thomas

http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/5886/38/

Step aside Scot Munroe and STFC Gazzza. I give you Summerof69, the new cut 'n paste king.

And I thank you....

That article sums up the feelings of the majority of AFC Wimbledon followers I guess and I imagine we would feel exactly the same if it were us in their shoes.  I hope the tie doesn't happen, preferably from Franchise being knocked out and AFC Wimbledon going through.  If it does happen, it will probably be the only game in history where every single other football supporter from anywhere in the country is 110% behind the home team!

Surely not 'every other' just every football supporter. Franchise Scum can't be classified as proper football supporters

Very true.

Sadly, there are many people out there who do not care about the whole Wimbledon saga.

Got to be a good chance of us being one of the three televised games. Wouldn't rule out Marine being live either.

Not many other stand out ties unless the MK vs Wimbledon comes together.

I cannot see it. They normally only go to potential cup upsets when the smaller side are at home, which is why our game at Crawley is likely to be televised.

Burton appear to be winning.

Pox are out !

So there is no chance of meeting them this season.

I would have thought our game is nailed on to be shown live, as would Wimbledon v 'Wimbledon' if that's how it pans out. I really hope it does. Colchester v Marine..would be nice if it got shown live but I suspect it's the wrong way round to be considered for live coverage.

Yes, but they're shitheads and wrong and therefore should be ignored

I may be wrong but aren't Marine and FC United the lowest placed teams left in the competition? As they've both got teams near the top of League One (if Brighton get through) then it makes their games the biggest upset possibilities, which would make them appealing. Unlikely yes, but a possibility.

Maybe Town for the ITV game and Marine for one of the two ESPN games.

Marine won't be on TV. They'll get a fair bit of paper coverage and may be one of the 'chosen' games on a highlights show, but there are more potential banana skins for the TV execs to show live

Almost no chance Marine will be on TV, any non league team home to a league game will be more attractive to ITV/ESPN.  

Pretty much nailed on we will be on TV though i'd imagine.

Why don't all you marine plastics go on their fucking forum?

I couldn't give 2 shits about marine. They are of no importance.

I wonder if the proper Supermarine fans treat the extra crowd with as much disdain as we do when people turn up in droves because we're playing Leeds.

They are of much less importance to me than Town or England but fair play to them. They've done bloody well to be where they are considering they had one foot in the grave in the summer. I'd like to see them do well. They're no threat to Town and it would be good to see them give the Scummers a good shoing in a few years whilst we consolidate in the Championship. 

When are we playing "the Lids Scum", I didn't know this.
Why doesn't any fucker tell me what's going on.

Anyone know when the tickets go on sale ?

We aren't playing Leeds

Let's be fair it's a shit draw.

But to be honest, based on the fact that we are one of the bigger teams in the cup at this stage there aren't many good fixtures that we could get that we don't play in a league game anyway, the possible exceptions being Marine or the Pox (who are out anyway :D ),

So all you can hope for is a Home ( :no: ), and/or a winable ( :nod: ) draw.

Until we (hopefully) get to the 3rd round there isn't much chance of getting a decent cup game.

What's the bet Crawley tickets on sale to Club Red members only first.

Sorry, should have added ;) in relation to your quote

It would go against what the club has told the fans.

Only just got in from work and seen the draw, personally I think it's a great draw.

Selfishly, it's an excuse to go back to Sussex on the piss the night before, but even without that it's a new ground for many, a decent away end, an easy drive (M4, M25 and M23 - really simple for those who are moaning and shouldn't take more than 2 hrs), close enough for us to take a decent mob and just a proper cup tie.

Cheer the fuck up, book your train tickets or whatever, get pissed and enjoy a decent day out.

PS. If we are on TV...pretty please can it be the Friday night or Saturday evening, not the fucking Sunday Lunch, thanks.

You mean as you and some others do, it's by no means a royal we. The more the merrier as far as I'm concerned, it means a better atmosphere and more importantly more money for the club which benefits the club.

Marine appear to think the same. They go out of their way to attract fans of other clubs, especially Town, with their discounted rates for season ticket holders of other clubs. Plus I think you'll find the majority of "proper" Marine fans support Town to some degree as well - at the game I heard plenty of "proper" Marine fans updating each other with the Town score. Good chance "proper" Marine fans are some of the "plastics" that turn up when we play Leeds.

Am I the only person who thinks the "proper" vs "plastic" argument is stupid?

You're the only one who has bitten.

Though there's been more talk of them rather than our own club which I do find irksome.

Club Red is fucking gay.

I bought a 5 year season ticket last year and I still don't qualify to get a black 3rd shirt or discount in the club shop.

I hope the colchester dick the blue scum

That better?

You can get a shirt Ralphy, you have to sign up for the 'One Red' thing which is free for season ticket holders. You can do it online too.

The discount is annoying, but I'd rather have an extra £20 off my season ticket than 10% discount or whatever it was.

Can you? I will investigate cheers.

good shout.....though on a good run its 2 hours max.

I do like the black shirt!

Our game as a great chance of being televised, aren't really any other stand-out fixtures.

I hope Wimbledon/Franchise doesn't happen.

I was watching You Tube vids on the demise of Wimbledon, it was pretty gutting to be honest. Actually made me quite angry and i've always been fairly indifferent to the proper Wimbledon.

Don't think I could face it if happened to us. The media would have a field day, though I think it'd be a day in hell for MK 'fans'. They'd get ran all over London; before, after and probably during the match as well. Winkelman would also be an idiot for showing his face anywhere near the ground. Football violence has been toned down a lot in recent years, but I reckon this has the potential to top most things if it were to happen.

May be going overboard but just imagining the same happening to us pisses me off, so I couldn't imagine what it'd do to the Wimbledon lot looking over and seeing a bunch of people who stole their club stood there in MK shirts, in their stadium.

you still have to pay £50 for it. Your not a true fan without this Clubred membership Con.

I rekon there were at least 1500 Leeds fans in the home end last season.

There were absolutely loads near us in the DRS enclosure. When we took the lead there were about 50 of us all going mental, running towards the pitch, when you looked behind literally half the crowd  in the enclosure part was still sat down.

Still, they soon wished they hadnt come.

So when you consider of a crowd of 14500, I rekon about 4800 were Leeds fans, that doesnt leave an awful lot of fair weather Swindon supporters? Which was pretty much confirmed when we didnt sell out for the Charlton PO 1st leg.

I don't think there were masses, but I certainly know people who have no interest in football who went.

As long as swindon fans aren't denied tickets as a result I definitely don't care, in fact we need as many people to come among as possible.

I never treat the part times fans with disdain...who am i to say when someone should watch the Town...i dont get all this shit about part time supporters..someone who has watched the town once has got as much right to have there say etc as me who has been watching for 35 years.
All clubs have part time supporters...........so what if we do,good luck to them.

Very happy with that draw, nice and close!

Lets just hope we avoid a Histon-esque performance.

http://www.crawleytownfc.com/newsdetails.php?ID=1713


Looks like they fancy it...talking it up for the TV.....do we really want it on the box?

Thanks leefer

that is fair enough,but they are a local side to us so it's gonna come up on here.most of their players-management-directors and fans are linked to stfc in one way or another.

Just read that, but...'Project Promotion'?!  Which ever marketing-try-hard dreamed that one up...for fuck's sake, have a word with yourself.  An automatic entry in to the Wankword Lexicon Top 10 if ever I saw one.

I've just decided that I've taken a strong dislike to Crawley.

Me to.....fancy going to this....Wankword is exelent by the way.

i agree with you it is good that both teams are in the next round, hopefully we beat the Cabin crew team from Crawley especially as their Manager thinks he has won the game already

If it is televised and on a sunday, I will not be happy!

Please be moved to sunday!!

Anything but this, please. Personally buzzing for this, the tie of the round for sure, and should be a decent crowd, both home and away

Be a sell out I reckon. From memory I reckon the away end will take about 1k.

i dont get it.how is our game the pick of the ties?

Big spending Top of the conference v last years play off finalists. Potential giant killing etc .I reckon it is the best tie from a neutral perspective.

On paper it's a side at the top of the bsp against one near the bottom of l1, which looks ripe for an upset

Small terraced ground. Non League team on a high, it will look good on TV.

Well Swindon were first club mentioned by the BBC report on the draw. "Minnows Swindon Supermarine" that is.

Not that the BBC have any rights of course.

Which games r then?

dunno.that's why i asked

When will tickets go on sale?

away end holds 1600, terraced as well. should be decent and would like to think we'd shift the majority of those. Trains are looking a bit steep though.

I don't think there is any chance of an upset. We're going to get stuffed.

I can't go, which I'm rather disappointed with. Not an ideal draw with them doing so well in the Conference but if we find form between now and then it's still a game we should expect to win.

I can walk to it....  Get in!  When's it to be played?

Is it fuck I do it loads.  It's an hour and a half, maybe two.

Its certainly an interesting tie but fuck it we're 2 divisions above them and as long as we play to our ability then 9 times out of 10 we win. Plymouth away was a crap draw but we stormed through it. Funnily enough the pressure may well be on Crawley to giant kill - its certianly not just going to be on us.

You can get a group saver to crawley from reading for 10 per person

dream draw for me, the only team in my county west sussex. peice of piss from swindon so stop your moaning, i will be home half hour after final whistle. winner.

Uninspiring draw for me. Awkward to get to with a 3 and a half hour drive, and against a side that can beat us on their current form, meh.

we can have a knees up mother brown :girlgiggle:

Steam! Steam! Steamroller!!

If it's a Saturday game it would make sense to go on the train. Cheapest I can find from Swindon is 12 quid, but that means you have to stay in Crawley until 8.45pm!

If it's a Sunday, should be a piece of piss by car.

My thoughts exactly.  Of course Crawley could win this.  They're on the up at the moment and will be relishing a tie against us.  But please...if any of us (and the players/manager) go in to this thinking anything other than 'this is a game we should win', then something's wrong.  We're talking about Crawley, FFS.  Not Sheff Weds, Southampton or Huddersfield.  Crawley.

Bet you couldn't believe your luck! A year late for me but a good excuse to revisit.

God you would think that Crawley just drw Manchester United, Aresnal or Chelsea in the FA Cup

http://www.crawleytownfc.com/newsdetails.php?ID=1713

Sounded like a Nazi propaganda leaflet....

when do they anounce which games are going to be screened live :hmmm:

The words 'Project Promotion' is vomit inducing.

And if you haven't heard about their manager, read this :

http://www.twohundredpercent.net/?p=8698


And another article on why AFC didn't want to draw Franchise :

http://www.twohundredpercent.net/?p=9773

Well aware of his dodgy dealings at Boston and how he got nicked!

they best be moving this to the sunday, i get married the day before 15 miles up the road in croydon and ive already told the wife about this

If she truly loves you she'll understand. There are plenty of other days to get married but we may only play away to Crawley once. If she doesn't understand she's a selfish bitch and you're better off single anyway. Man up.

You need to stamp your authority on this marriage from the off.  Give in and it'll be a life time of misery.

haha

You haven't met his Mrs. I have and trust me, you don't want to get on the wrong side of her!!

Eh Ollie? ;)

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

You can fuck off if you think im going to your wedding now.

ROAR!

I think this match needs a better publicist

The whole terrace can hold 1600 but we could just give you the 15% allocation we have to in the FA Cup.  That would limit you to about 750 tickets, split between seats and terrace.  It's a case of wait and see how many you get.

Peter, what do you reckon your chances are against us?

You're flying at the top of the Conference and with home advantage, you must fancy your chances?

Of course we fancy our chances, although we'd have preferred the other Swindon lot of course!  The funny thing is we've been better away from home that at home this season.  We've won at Kenilworth Road, Luton were pre-season favourites to go up automatically, have just ended Newport County's 18 unbeaten run at home and beat Guiseley 5-0 after they had gone a run of 17 games unbeaten and flying high in the BSBN.  Add in a win over fancied Mansfield 4-1 on their own patch and we look quite handy on the road.

We seem to be a bit more reserved when playing at home and if we do get coverage you'll be pleased to know we've only won once in front of live cameras. 

We should get over 4000 for the game, maybe even 4500.  We probably won't be able to go much over that once segregation has accounted for.  I also wouldn't be surprised if it was made all ticket.

Your away form doesn't look that great this season so far.  I guess the sending off helped on Saturday.  We should be able to give a good account for ourselves.  It'll be the first real indication as to how far the side has come in a short space of time.

It was a shame to read Phil Smith's comments on the BBC website earlier.  He was well liked at Crawley and had circumstances been different with our finances at the time I'm sure most fans would have wanted him to stay.  He still gets talked about on the Crawley forum now and again.

 

It's relatively tame this season compared to some of the stuff that was posted on their last season.  :eek:

I don't think the sending off had much impact to be honest on saturday. We were all over Plymouth from the start!

The trouble with us is, you never know which Swindon is gonna turn up. There's the Swindon who like to play football and use the wings and then there's the Swindon who played against Charlton last tuesday and were absolute dog shite.

You've obviously not seen a) our record against non-league teams in the FA Cup and b) our record in televised matches. It doesn't make good reading (for us).

"A few years ago they were struggling financially so they've had their ups and downs, " he said.

"But they're really flourishing at the moment with a bit of money behind them.

"They're top of the Conference which isn't easy so they'll be a tough game.

"As non-league grounds go it's quite smart and fairly new.

"It's not a horror show and the changing rooms are spacious so there won't be any prima dona crying or anything."

Although Crawley will enjoy the underdog tag, the former Millwall keeper does not think they will have overwhelming support.

"There will probably be quite a few people in non-league that will be backing us," he said.

"Everyone begrudges a team that's got plenty of money all of a sudden."





What's wrong with that? He hasn't been disrespectful and has given you some praise.

He's right about some conference fans probably backing us, rival fans don't like clubs with a money. That's just a fact.

If it's only 750 the game will have to be all ticket, as I would expect us to bring 1000+. So if it's potd there would be a fair few trying for the home parts.

Knowing how the home fans get treated I wouldn't be surprised if they gave you the whole of the 1600 terrace and a few hundred seats, and then wonder why the attendance is only about 3500.

We should bring a fair few for this one. New ground, southern etc. Although there would be less if it is on tv.

What sort of numbers do you guys travel in to league games?

Depends really. We took a fair few to Dagenham. We took 500 to Plymouth on Saturday despite our poor form recently. I think our average is around 600. There are a lot of Southern games in this league though. The Northern ones tend to see between 200-400 at best.

Of course we did take 6000 to Fulham in round three last season so will be looking to take 8000 to Old Trafford in the New Year for the third round :D

If we play Man United we will easily take 10000 when we played them in the league cup in 1996 their was a big following and that was midweek united played some young kids Scholes Butt and Neville

We're averaging about 750 this season. Over 1k at Daggers and Franchise, Most games in and around London we take 1k, as all the london/ home counties lads come out of the warmth, myself included!

We will sell out our allocation easy for this.

Will it be limited to 2 tickets per season ticket holder?

Lived in Pound Hill for a while.

Ground is quite near Pease Pottage services.

900 to Walsall was a good turnout.

Shame really, the fans are ready for success this season, dont think were going to get much though.

Worst date/time confirmed according to Crawley website:

We are delighted to announce that our Second Round FA Cup tie versus Swindon Town has been selected as a televised game to be shown live on ESPN.


The fixture has been moved to:

 

Friday 26th November 19.45 Kick Off

 :no:

Where can you see all the away fans stats?

There's a statto that collates them all on one of the general forums. I think it's footballforum.net

Franchise look like they're about to go out to stevenage on penalties

The Mongs were alway going to bottle it.

A-fucking-men.  Cunts.

I see Stevenage scored a convenient 90th minute equaliser

90+5 actually :D

Oh well.

Yay, nice one Stevos. Or are they "The Nage"?

The Borough.