Well last year in the FA Cup only one of the semi-finalists came from the Premier League, that was Portsmouth. Cardiff, Barnsley and West Bromwich Albion were the other semi-finalists and although West Brom have a history, Cardiff and Barnsley have never troubled the top flight teams before. That's the beauty of cup football, it not only can happen, it does happen.
On 19/09/2009 18:05, "Mecki Foerthmann" <mec...@gmx.net> wrote: > Yeah - and pigs can fly. > We're talking professional sport here. > But then some people seem to believe that they see real fights in > Pro-wrestling too. > > George Land wrote: >> You can stretch analogies all over the place but in football (soccer) you >> can play in a non league team and still get the chance to score the winning >> goal against Man U at Wembley, that's the magic of cup competitions. The >> key is to get into the first team for whoever you play for, if you don't do >> that you don't get to play at all. >> >> George >> >> >> On 19/09/2009 15:41, "Mecki Foerthmann" <mec...@gmx.net> wrote: >> >> >>> I don't like sports analogies, and this one seems totally wrong. >>> I heard of the Yankees but I never heard of Orioles, but Chelsea and >>> West Ham are both Premier League clubs as far as I know. >>> IBM is Premier League too, but Rocket Software is definitely not, they >>> are not even in the 2nd division. >>> So our guy didn't get sold to West Ham to get the chance to play in >>> their first team and score the winning goal against Man U. >>> He ended up in some provincial team and won't ever get the chance to >>> play at Wembley at all. >>> >>> George Land wrote: >>> >>>> On 17/09/2009 16:19, "Charlie Rubeor" <crub...@1199nefunds.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Like most guys, I relate best to sports analogies. This feels like >>>>> getting >>>>> traded from the Yankees to the Orioles. For those of you across the pond, >>>>> think of being transferred from Chelsea to West Ham United. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> It's a good analogy - if you are playing in the third team for the Yankees >>>> or Chelsea then getting transferred to the Orioles (whoever they are) or >>>> West Ham may be the best thing that happens to you. >>>> >>>> You get to play in the first team, you get to take part in the big matches, >>>> you have a chance of scoring the winning goal against Manchester United in >>>> the FA Cup, you get a chance of being noticed. >>>> >>>> Being somebody in a smaller team can be many times better than being nobody >>>> in a big one. >>>> >>>> George >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> U2-Users mailing list >>>> U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org >>>> http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> U2-Users mailing list >>> U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org >>> http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> U2-Users mailing list >> U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org >> http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users >> >> > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
