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1 minute ago, TIL 1010 said:

I heard that we have only sold 13 tickets.

Is that for the bus?  All match tickets are pay on the day as far as I'm aware.

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7 minutes ago, Matt Juler said:

Is that for the bus?  All match tickets are pay on the day as far as I'm aware.

Yeah should have made that clear, apologies.

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1 minute ago, Duncan Edwards said:

Wonder how much interest there’d be if the kids made the final? 

Doesn't worry me about tickets for that as i am in your dad's 750 Elite. 😉

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1 minute ago, TIL 1010 said:

Doesn't worry me about tickets for that as i am in your dad's 750 Elite. 😉

Was a genuine question. I understand why people are dismissive, it has traditionally always been a lower league competition and a chance for said clubs to get to Wembley. In that respect, the first time Spurs Youth or whatever win it, it will somehow devalue it. 

But would we, collectively, turn down a Wembley final purely on principles? 

I was thinking about going to Oxford because I’ve never been before...🤷‍♂️

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An anomaly with this competition is that in an already difficult task of an u21 team playing a professional 1st team, is then shorn of any international players i.e idah,adshead,mair,fitzpatrick, due to the international break, making the task even harder

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45 minutes ago, Duncan Edwards said:

Was a genuine question. I understand why people are dismissive, it has traditionally always been a lower league competition and a chance for said clubs to get to Wembley. In that respect, the first time Spurs Youth or whatever win it, it will somehow devalue it. 

But would we, collectively, turn down a Wembley final purely on principles? 

I was thinking about going to Oxford because I’ve never been before...🤷‍♂️

Unless I'm mistaken, and I very well may be, I don't think the u23 teams are allowed to win the competition?  I read that somewhere recently and it surprised me.

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A sign of how football has become, when I saw the thread ‘Oxford United’ I though I was opening it to see another club facing going to the wall, thankfully it’s not! 

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5 hours ago, nutty nigel said:

I heard it was pay on the gate.

It is, £10, free parking at the ground too for those that are driving

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5 hours ago, ncfcstar said:

Unless I'm mistaken, and I very well may be, I don't think the u23 teams are allowed to win the competition?  I read that somewhere recently and it surprised me.

That’s very strange, what happens if 2 U23 sides make it to the final at Wembley? 

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7 hours ago, ncfcstar said:

Unless I'm mistaken, and I very well may be, I don't think the u23 teams are allowed to win the competition?  I read that somewhere recently and it surprised me.

I don’t think that’s correct. Man City academy got to the quarters last year, surely you’d have to stop them at the group stage (if they finish 1st or 2nd then 3rd place goes through), otherwise somebody is going to effectively get a bye in one of the knockout rounds. 

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6 hours ago, JF said:

A sign of how football has become, when I saw the thread ‘Oxford United’ I though I was opening it to see another club facing going to the wall, thankfully it’s not! 

I think they have two billionaires on their boar! But FFP rules restrict spending which is how clubs should be run.

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On 02/09/2019 at 20:15, Indy said:

I think they have two billionaires on their boar! But FFP rules restrict spending which is how clubs should be run.

The mental image of two billionaires riding a boar brought me much joy.

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9 hours ago, SwindonCanary said:

That's 3 matches on the trot that I've watched us lose. I'm beginning to think it's a good idea to miss Manchester City. 

@SwindonCanary, or anyone else who was at the match - did any of our youngsters stand out to you as looking particularly promising?

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