S25/26 | FA CUP R3 | The Official Match Thread | Swansea City vs WBA | 2.30pm, Sunday 11th January 2026 | The Swansea.com Stadium

[Ringwood]

£11 for 2 tickets is nothing in the grand scheme of things. You can spend more in McDonald's!!

If this was against a prem side this game would be sold out.

 

[Dillwyn the Dog]

£11 for 2 tickets is nothing in the grand scheme of things. You can spend more in McDonald's!!

If this was against a prem side this game would be sold out.

It’s still a game that gets the hairs going up on the back of your neck especially of a certain vintage who remember our play off semi final with them back in the nineties. FA cup adds to that definitely

 

[jackharris]

If this was against a prem side this game would be sold out.

Absolutely. Which has been the case since the dawn of time. Ever since I followed the Swans when we get drawn against a supposedly ‘Big’ side we got good crowds. Such as at the Vetch v Liverpool, Spurs (League Cup), etc… That’s the magic of the cup.

 

[Ringwood]

Absolutely. Which has been the case since the dawn of time. Ever since I followed the Swans when we get drawn against a supposedly ‘Big’ side we got good crowds. Such as at the Vetch v Liverpool, Spurs (League Cup), etc… That’s the magic of the cup.

My point was it's not the money keeping people away Sunday it's more the opposition.

 

[jackharris]

My point was it's not the money keeping people away Sunday it's more the opposition.

Yes absolutely, having played them so recently it is going to have an adverse effect, unfortunately.

 

[J_B]

There would be more interest in a lower league team. The worst possible FA Cup draw is against a team in your own division side by side in the table who you played last week.

 

[jackharris]

There would be more interest in a lower league team. The worst possible FA Cup draw is against a team in your own division side by side in the table who you played last week.

Spot on, with a lower league team they may be disappointed at first that they didn’t draw one of the Prem big sides, but they would then get excited about playing away in perhaps a new ground for lots of them.

 

[Ringwood]

Lots of the lower league grounds are disappearing sadly. There were some gems back in the day. Darlo, Wigan, Reading, Shrewsbury, Oxford, Walsall, Gas, Boro, Colchester to name a few.

 

[Longlostjack]

Not on Swans TV and don’t have TNT Sports. Where to watch? Any suggestions welcome.

 

[swannage]

My point was it's not the money keeping people away Sunday it's more the opposition.

Never understood that mentality. You go to support Swansea surely, not watch the opposition

 

[Manselton Jack]

Never understood that mentality. You go to support Swansea surely, not watch the opposition

Neither do I really but that's the reality unfortunately.
I'll be there on Sunday because its the Swans playing a home game but we never get good crowds for cup games unless we're playing a biggish Premier League side.

 

[J_B]

Not on Swans TV and don’t have TNT Sports. Where to watch? Any suggestions welcome.

Presumably FAWAnews as usual?

 

[jackharris]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2009627271183974779

 

[jackharris]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2009543787736076395

 

[jackharris]

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