fa cup

[Smeg 0]

we got tamworth, wonder if this is gonna be the 1st post

[Smeg 0]

woo hoo its is the 1st one! thx webteam!

 

seriously? anyone reckon this will get TV coverage?

it proberely would have if tamworth had gotten anyone below us in the league but hey!

i reckon 1-1 there and 2-0 on the replay with match of the day criticising us for not letting them win (like they did when we beat dagenham!)

[Steve Hopkins 0]

How easy (or hard) do you think it would be to get tickets?

[Ultramagnetic 0]

I''ve saw Kings Lynn play at the Lamb ground in the 90''s.  Its a proper ''old school'' stadium (a bit like the walks really) which might be a bit of a shock to our overpaid prima donnas.

[Huddy 0]

I''ve got a bad feeling about this one.

However, it isn only Tamworth and a cup run would be nice, the 4th round should be reachable! and that would be a cup run by our standards.

[Syteanric 1]

sod what MOTD think!

8-0 to us and Earnie to waer a "hansens a W***ker* t shirt!

jas :)

[Chris Meadows 0]

liverpool-arsenal and chelsea-macclesfield will defo be on tv, perhaps our game will be too

[Baahmy Army 0]

Evening!

Tamworth fan here come to infiltrate your forum for a while!

Any questions you have about our wonderful club, ground and town then fire away.

Let''s be havin'' you! (Bet you''ve not heard that before!)

[Regime Change 0]

I doubt it will be televised.  I think Liverpool V Arsenal or the Aldershot/Basingstoke game will probably get the TV cameras.

Tamworth almost beat Stoke last season so it''s not going to be an easy game, but, I''m going to be optimistic and say 3-0 to Norwich.

[......and Smith must score. 1,600]

[quote user="Baahmy Army"]

Evening!

Tamworth fan here come to infiltrate your forum for a while!

Any questions you have about our wonderful club, ground and town then fire away.

Let''s be havin'' you! (Bet you''ve not heard that before!)

[/quote]

Evening Baahmy Army ( do sheep really make that noise ? )

Thanks for logging in as I''m sure you realise that probably the most us Canaries know about your fine town is the '' Tale of the Tamworth Two ''( for those who''s finger''s not on the pulse they were the two pigs who, a while back, legged it out of the abattoir,and, instead of ending up as rashers on our plate, were put out to grass for the rest of their lives. A result ! ) 

Just looked on the Tamworth club web-site but can''t find anything about the size of the ground and/or away support capacity.

I''ve been to Burton Albion before. From the pictures on your web-site your ground looks similar. Is it a bit like that ?

At least if we can''t all get tickets it''s bound to be one of the live matches on TV

[......and Smith must score. 1,600]

[quote user="Greg Sayer"]

seriously? anyone reckon this will get TV coverage?

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I think it almost certainly will........

Unless by some miracle Salisbury manage to win at the City Round then there are no other non-League teams at home in the 3rd Round.

The TV companies will always go for the David v Goliath tie -- if David''s at home -- so I expect to see us featured live sometime over that weekend.

[......and Smith must score. 1,600]

[quote user="Chris Meadows"]

........and chelsea-macclesfield will defo be on tv, perhaps our game will be too

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If Macclesfield had been drawn at home then it certainly would but as it''s the other way round it''ll only be highlights on MOTD

[YankeeCanary 0]

I wonder if we''ll go with a 4-5-1 formation????

[Bovril 264]

im not so sure we will be on  tv , although the sky tv cameras were at theyre ground today in the ''''packed clubhouse'''' to see who they drew, so maybe sky will hav it but, this years''s draw is amazing...

Liverpool vs Arsenal

Man United vs Villa

Chelsea vs Macclesfield

Salisbury/Forest vs Charlton

Everton vs Blackburn,

as someone said though, they do like david vs goliath, but it depends on how much they consider ''little old norwich'' to be a goliath!, but yeah if salisbury fail to make it, then i can see us being the 2pm kick off on sunday for the bbc, with the bbc picking the arsenal vs ''pool for 5.35pm saturday and then man united vs villa 4pm sunday and i presume sky will then pick the everton vs blackburn or the salisbury tie

 

theres my predictions anyway!

[1st Wizard 0]

saturday 5:30 one will be liverpool versus arsenal

sunday 2:00 will be tamworth versus norwich

sunday 5:00 will be chelsea versus macclesfield

[Mello Yello 2,572]

Will Earnie, like Mr Ashton - be mysteriously ''injured'' for the cup-tie in January?...[:|]

 

[Chris Meadows 0]

that was what i was thinking josh

[Syteanric 1]

[quote user="......and Smith must score."][quote user="Baahmy Army"]

Evening!

Tamworth fan here come to infiltrate your forum for a while!

Any questions you have about our wonderful club, ground and town then fire away.

Let''s be havin'' you! (Bet you''ve not heard that before!)

[/quote]

Evening Baahmy Army ( do sheep really make that noise ? )

Thanks for logging in as I''m sure you realise that probably the most us Canaries know about your fine town is the '' Tale of the Tamworth Two ''( for those who''s finger''s not on the pulse they were the two pigs who, a while back, legged it out of the abattoir,and, instead of ending up as rashers on our plate, were put out to grass for the rest of their lives. A result ! ) 

Just looked on the Tamworth club web-site but can''t find anything about the size of the ground and/or away support capacity.

I''ve been to Burton Albion before. From the pictures on your web-site your ground looks similar. Is it a bit like that ?

At least if we can''t all get tickets it''s bound to be one of the live matches on TV

[/quote]

ground holds 4000

we get 1 3rd of capacity....

jas :)

[Baahmy Army 0]

[quote]Evening Baahmy Army ( do sheep really make that noise ? )

Thanks for logging in as I''m sure you realise that probably the most us Canaries know about your fine town is the '' Tale of the Tamworth Two ''( for those who''s finger''s not on the pulse they were the two pigs who, a while back, legged it out of the abattoir,and, instead of ending up as rashers on our plate, were put out to grass for the rest of their lives. A result ! ) 

Just looked on the Tamworth club web-site but can''t find anything about the size of the ground and/or away support capacity.

I''ve been to Burton Albion before. From the pictures on your web-site your ground looks similar. Is it a bit like that ?

At least if we can''t all get tickets it''s bound to be one of the live matches on TV

[/quote]

 

The Lamb holds 4,100 in total, but against Stoke last year that was limited by safety reasons to 3,700 ish.

The away end (which does have some cover and a very good snack bar!) hold around 850, plus you''ll get a few seats in the main stand.

You probably went to Burton''s old Eton Road ground (they moved to a nice new ground last year) which is very similar to ours, except painted a horrible yellow colour (oops - sorry!)

You can park at the ground but it''s a nightmare getting out so follow signs for The Snowdome and park there, it''s a short walk to the ground from there.

As for pubs, none really close to The Lamb but town is only ten minutes away and there are plenty there.

Enjoy!

[Syteanric 1]

[quote user="joshmickelburgh"]

saturday 5:30 one will be liverpool versus arsenal

sunday 2:00 will be tamworth versus norwich

sunday 5:00 will be chelsea versus macclesfield

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Liverpool vs Arsenal and Man u vs Villa will be on.. i think Basingstoke/the shots vs Blackpool will be the other game as they had a feature on MOTD last night.

More so because Basingstoke are the lowest ranked team in the cup.

jas :)

[ianboogie 0]

very hard as there ground only hold 4,000 so i think that will get about 1,000 tickets.bring on the fourth round.

[whoareyou? 0]

Come on guys, be positive. The last time we got am FA Cup draw like this, we put 8 past Sutton Utd!

[:D]

[ZLF 335]

Hi baahmy - how has the drawn been taken in Tamworth?  A disappointment or well received?  Do you fancy your chances?  An upset result could see our manager for the chop  - i''ll get me coat.

before that though how is your midfield -does it graft and get in team faces, high up the pitch?   Any stars to look out for?   And do you have anyone who can put in a decent cross?   If that part of your game is looking good then I reckon you could spring a surprise.

 

 

[Shaun Lawson 0]

Yes - having been at the Tamworth-Wealdstone FA Cup game in 1987 from

which your club hardly seems to have looked back, I''d like to know the

following: have your fans learned how to behave now, or do you still

randomly throw fireworks onto the pitch and attempt to assault as many

away supporters as possible?

[sussexcanary 0]

I can''t see us being live On TV as the media just aren''t interested in NCFC.  I''d rather not witness the disinterested expressions on Messrs Lineker and Lawrenson''s faces thanks ! Plus we''re rubbish on live tele anyway and would probably lose.

[7rew 0]

I really want us on the bbc on saturaday if possible - its my birthday, come on make it happen.

[Tom NCFC 0]

One of the first match I went to was Norwich vs Dagenham and Redbridge, it was 1 - 1 draw so come Tamworth anything is possible but i''ve got a feeling that we''ll beat Tamworth!

[Baahmy Army 0]

[quote user="ZippersLeftFoot"]

Hi baahmy - how has the drawn been taken in Tamworth?  A disappointment or well received?  Do you fancy your chances?  An upset result could see our manager for the chop  - i''ll get me coat.[/quote]

Slightly dissapointed, mainly because of last season where we worked hard to beat Bournemouth and Hartlepool, got Stoke in the 3rd round and were utterly upstaged by Burton getting Man Utd! We were hoping for a Prem club, but we''re at home so who knows?

[quote]before that though how is your midfield -does it graft and get in team faces, high up the pitch?   Any stars to look out for?   And do you have anyone who can put in a decent cross?   If that part of your game is looking good then I reckon you could spring a surprise.[/quote]

 

The whole team grafts, we have to, we have no stars and are still part-time in an almost completely professional league. John McGrath (Ex-Villa and Doncaster) is probably our best player, did you see his goal on MOTD? We rely quite heavily on getting the ball in the box quickly so if your centre-halfs are off form we might cause you problems.

 

 

[Baahmy Army 0]

[quote user="Shaun Lawson"]Yes - having been at the Tamworth-Wealdstone FA Cup game in 1987 from which your club hardly seems to have looked back, I''d like to know the following: have your fans learned how to behave now, or do you still randomly throw fireworks onto the pitch and attempt to assault as many away supporters as possible?
[/quote]

 

 Some of us don''t like to be reminded of the 80''s!!

 Our average crowd at that time was around 250, the 2000 that turned up for the Wealdstone game consisted largely of the scum of Tamworth (of which we had a fair few back then) looking for trouble, it was a bad day.

 We have worked hard to get the reputation we hope we now have, a family club with a loyal, loud but well behaved following. Self-policing is mainly responsible for this, we know who the idiots are and they are made quite aware that they are not welcome at The Lamb.

[Shack Attack 0]

The BBC will be desperate for an upset so they can wheel John Motson out to witter on about the magic of the cup (a cup that most of the Premiership teams now field reserve teams for) and show endless replays of Ronnie Radford''s goal.

Non-league side at home to a styruggling Championship side recently in the Premiiership, I''d be very surprised if we''re not on TV

I can just hear Lineker now, "Can Tamworth cook up an upset against Delia''s Norwich". Oh dear..