cup fever has taken over in my house especially know the postie just delivered my tickets for the final

and whoever u support u got to admit this seasons fa cup has had it all,especially upsets.
barnsley had a great run knocking out liverpool and chelsea.
little havant and waterloo as well in knocking out swansea and then taking the game to liverpool,frightening thier fans half to death
even pompey against man utd(how the hell man utd lost that game is unbelievable)
as for cardiff this has been one hell of a season(a true rollercoaster ride) theres been so many ups and downs.
downs -court case(which as far as i know aint sorted yet),and some pretty dire performances on the field in some games.
ups -new stadium is making good progress,court case is hopefully nearly sorted,we have one of the hot-*test*-('") youngsters in our side since toshack,we didnt get relagated,if we win the cup we are garaunteed a place in the uefa cup,and we are in a FA CUP FINAL
shit at last count we have even got 4 or 5 cup songs
ive been to 2 cup games this season and seen 2 brilliant goals JFH scored a stunning goal against wolves and i had perfect view of it,and ledleys goal in the semi at wembley,even andy gray said it was class

good things come in threes they say so i hope to see another cracking cardiff goal in the final,and also WHEN we win that will make it three trips to wembley

I have to put my national rivalry aside for the cup because I always route for the underdog so come on you Bluebirds.

I'm not fussed who wins.

I want them both to win

a) Pompey because I'd like to see 'Arry finally get his hands on some silverware

b) Cardiff as it'll be a fantastic achievement by such a tiny club to win the most famous domestic cup in the world.


Either way, it will be the pinnacle of most of the players' and fans' footballing lives and hopefully it will be reflected in the football we see ............. rather than the massive anti-climax it usually is.

Go Pompey.

Has it been sorted out whether Cardiff would be permitted to play from "England" in the UEFA Cup?

Yep, it was sorted out a couple of weeks ago.

If Cardiff win then they're in Europe.

IMO they shouldn't be allowed though. It's been well known for a very long time that if any Welsh team wants to qualify for Europe through a cup competition then they can only do it through the Welsh version of it.

I believe Cardiff should be allowed to play in Europe if they do win the Cup. They have played in the English football league for as long as they've been in existence, the fact that in recent years (only in the last 10-15) there has been a Welsh Premier League is neither here nor there. If the English FA had a problem with Cardiff (and the other Welsh teams who play in the English football leagues, including down the system as far as Merthyr) playing in their leagues then they should have kicked us all out. But they didn't. So the debate is null and void, they play in the English leagues, so they represent the English leagues. It's fairly simple...

Good luck to 'em.

Looking at the two last posts on here i expected to agree with mr p....but

Well said Kev cos i know how much you dislike Cardiff....If they win they will try their hardest in europe but won't get far, not by a long shot...theres teams outside the English leagues allowed in and they play shite in europe to you know

Kicking us welsh out of your stuck up english 92 is the only way to go...

I have to agree with MTTC.
Only because then you lot will maybe stop carping on about the rules being changed in the CL for Liverpool to qualify from 5th place.

Edit for a typo and to just say......is this the first time myself Saj and MTTC have agreed on anything???

It is shocking, but we are all in agreement!

I agree with Scott, if Cardiff do go into the UEFA Cup chances are they'll get knocked out in the qualifying round, maybe the 1st Round. They aren't the first team at Championship level to play in the UEFA Cup, Millwall lost to the Hungarian team Ferencváros back in 2004/05.

I have a funny feeling Ipswich were relegated to the Championship but still managed to qualify for the UEFA Cup through the fair play league, and played in the UEFA Cup in the Championship.

I don't think the English FA will kick the Welsh teams out, they have no reason to do so. There's an on-going debate regarding the Welsh non-league teams, should we play in the League of Wales, or continue as we have done. The LOW is rubbish, I'd rather travel to crap-holes such as Hitchin Town with the hope of one day getting back into the Conference, than switch to the LOW. I know there's the argument 'ah yes, but you can qualify for Europe/the Champions League by playing in the Welsh leagues' - yeah, we'd play in the 1st Qualifying Round of the CL and get hammered by some Eastern European team. No thanks!

I'll take our FA Cup runs each year, we make more money that way than any journeys into Europe would make for us. Look what happened to Barry Town. A prime example of how not to do it!

Also, for the record I was also in agreement with the decision to put Liverpool in the CL when they won it and finished 5th in the league! The champions of any tournament should always be given the opportunity to defend it, it's only right.

Unlucky Cardiff, a credit to the Championship.

Another dire game though..........

Your right, the games wasn't great but I can't remember many truly great cup finals in recent years.

Shit..Was the final today??? Thought it was Sunday.