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FA Cup gates down

PostPosted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 5:25 pm
by Christies Child
In general FA Cup First round ties saw a fall in gates compared with the home teams regular EFL Fixtures.

As an example Accy gated only 1166 for their First Round replay with 219 of that gate from Guisley.

However we didn't do much better for our home tie v Hartlepool.

Begs the question if the FA Cup has lost some of its sparkle particularly in the earlier rounds.

Re: FA Cup gates down

PostPosted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 8:49 am
by mrpotatohead
Historically this has always been the case ......blah blah blah........

Re: FA Cup gates down

PostPosted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 9:48 am
by Posh
Gated?



Gated????



GATED!!???



G A T E D!!!!

:cry:

Re: FA Cup gates down

PostPosted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 10:13 am
by Bare Grills
Gated :o :lol: :lol:

Re: FA Cup gates down

PostPosted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 11:32 am
by marky No.1
Bit of a tongue twister

Re: FA Cup gates down

PostPosted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 11:35 am
by Shrimp Girl
'Gated,' stands alongside 'podiuming' in our rich and colourful language. The use of such terms embiggens us all :D

Re: FA Cup gates down

PostPosted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 11:43 am
by Bare bum
:D

Yep, I love embiggening .......... well, or being embiggened

Re: FA Cup gates down

PostPosted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 11:56 am
by Christies Child
Posh wrote:Gated?



Gated????



GATED!!???



G A T E D!!!!

:cry:


:cry: :roll:

Re: FA Cup gates down

PostPosted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 2:00 pm
by Keith
Christies Child wrote:In general FA Cup First round ties saw a fall in gates compared with the home teams regular EFL Fixtures.

As an example Accy gated only 1166 for their First Round replay with 219 of that gate from Guisley.

However we didn't do much better for our home tie v Hartlepool.

Begs the question if the FA Cup has lost some of its sparkle particularly in the earlier rounds.


Bet if you do the same comparison for non-league teams at home, you'll see the opposite to be true. That's the 'sparkle' of the FA Cup. If we draw Everton at home in the Third Round, you might see a gate increase!