Ten reasons to be cheerful about the FA Cup Final

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1 It’s the year of the underdog, and to borrow from Ian Holloway, Saturday is woof day. We should be pleased about the snapping of the big clubs’ stranglehold on a competition they take less and less seriously. 2 Cardiff have managed to produce an FA Cup Final song that is not utterly terrible, merely deeply naff. 3 As one of the best groups of supporters in the country, Portsmouth’s ... [link]

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The FA Cup Final 2008
Published 5/16/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (200percent) at Twohundredpercent
... is largely insulting and, notably, takes clear precedence over the Ten Reasons To Be Cheerful article that it was a counter to. Why, one wonders, would The Times feel the need to run an article countering an article saying that, you know, having two teams that aren't Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool or Arsenal in the FA Cup Final might just make a nice change? I look forward to their Ten Reasons Why An All-English Champions League Final Is Bad For European Football. ...

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