Macclesfield 2 Crystal Palace 1

[Longlostjack]

At a time where football is slowly being ruined by greed it's games like this that remind you why it's the best sport in the world.

Didn’t the Government step in after the FA wanted to sell all rights to TNT Sports? Happy if they did because I enjoyed that on BBC 1 today.

 

[Malaga]

Fully deserved win, better team on the day, great stuff

 

[JackFish]

Margate 1 Swansea 0 was considered a massive embarrassing shock back in the day, so this is off the scale.

We've had a few of those - Havant & Waterlooville, Margate, Kettering, Nuneaton (twice!) and Minehead.

 

[MrSwerve]

Technically the biggest shock of all time?

I must admit I rolled my eyes when the comms were mentioning ‘the biggest upset of all time’…to be honest I didn’t realise how low Macclesfield were in the league system (put it on at kick off, while putting together furniture…ffs), add to that the fact that Palace are the holders, it really is the biggest FA cup shock ever.

 

[3swan]

Well looks like they banked around a nice 120 thou or so for that and probably another 30 or 40 if they lose the next round

Players had better be given a belated xmas bonus out of that

Fairly sure I heard they had made £400k before the win bonus so £1/2 million in total

 

[Swanjaxs]

We've had a few of those - Havant & Waterlooville, Margate, Kettering, Nuneaton (twice!) and Minehead.

Had the pleasure of being at Havant & Waterlooville, on the trip down we were planning our trip to Anfield in the next round

 

[monmouth]

We've had a few of those - Havant & Waterlooville, Margate, Kettering, Nuneaton (twice!) and Minehead.

I know, but Margate was the one that I remember shocked my young idealistic self to the core. It holds a special place and I remember it being on the news (probably the welsh news, but, you know, 12 or so. After that, more cynical worldly wise me was hardly surprised. h&W being 3-0 up when I switched the score on after getting home from some do, did make me raise an eyebrow to be fair.

 

[Andrew - North Hill]

Didn’t the Government step in after the FA wanted to sell all rights to TNT Sports? Happy if they did because I enjoyed that on BBC 1 today.

They didn't step in, the FA Cup I believe is on the 'crown jewel' list of sporting events and so TNT knew they would have to "sub-let" (so to speak) some of the games to a terrestrial provider.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

They didn't step in, the FA Cup I believe is on the 'crown jewel' list of sporting events and so TNT knew they would have to "sub-let" (so to speak) some of the games to a terrestrial provider.

Only the final.

 

[Andrew - North Hill]

Only the final.

Wow. Crikey.

I remember a time when there was much more on that list. Hardly anything left on it these days.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

Wow. Crikey.

I remember a time when there was much more on that list. Hardly anything left on it these days.

Only ever been the final in terms of the FA cup.

 

[monmouth]

Only ever been the final in terms of the FA cup.

That used to be the ONLY live game shown all season. It felt bigger than winning the league in those days, or at least equal..

 

[Birchgrovejack]

I was expecting to see them top of their league, but theyre around 14th

 

[exiledclaseboy]

That used to be the ONLY live game shown all season. It felt bigger than winning the league in those days, or at least equal..

Agree. You’d get that and possibly one of the European finals if am English or Scottish club was involved. They felt like events then. I still love the FA cup mind.

 

[Swanjaxs]

This is why the FA Cup really is worth persevering with. A draw means a replay, not a penalty shootout.