That’s the USA you’re thinking of, not UEFA. And he can’t become President until January 20th.
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Ranieri’s brother is doing the draw
Its awfully complicated stuff with all the mixing and transferring of balls, they handle it wonderfully tho
Handy that they seem to have a little shelf just out of view that they can rest the balls on
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Do you prefer the UEFA system to the FA Cup draws where Chief Executive Graham Kelly does a short, monotone introduction from a broom cupboard at FA headquarters at Lancaster Gate, and Chairman Sir Bert Millichip and Secretary Ted Croker pull the numbered balls out of a velvet bag?
I think both have their merits and suit the respective characters and cultures of each competition very well - in fact I think it’s a good example of multiculturalism working on a practical level.
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the FA Cup draw or The Draw as i like to call it is the industry standard
“number 1” - dictated perfectly with The Queen’s English
“uuh, Arsenal” - Graham always had the list of teams
“willl play number 53”
" uh emm that’s Hull City or Gravesend and Northfleet"
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“that concludes the draw for the FA Cup third round , ties to be played on Saturday 5th January”
you always know where you stood with this draw, i often wondered where did they unearth that funnell type device they used to pour the balls into,
off you would go then and populate your FA cup wallchart with the information, if not already doing so during The Draw
the GAA also put their own twist on proceedings , first by bringing in a back door draw, then a qualifier draw and then the greatest caveat of them all , dividing the qualifiers into mystery A and B section with various permutations and predefined criteria by the CCCC ensuring that some teams cannot play each other for a variety of evolving reasons.
this can baffle Des at half 8 on a monday morning , also the fact it takes place on radio is suspicious , perhpas an independent oberver form Stokes Kennedy Crowley is present but the FA cup simply wouldnt stand for this as you trust the inetgrity of The Draw due to the time honoured protocol been observed
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I loved the way Graham Kelly would say matter of factly in the introduction: “We now come to the draw for the Sixth Round* of the FA Cup.”
Simple and timeless.
For a few years RTE put “Intro” by The XX as a backing soundtrack to the GAA qualifier draws. It sounded so forced and by attempting to inject an artificial sense of suspense into proceedings by using mood music, cheapened the whole process, in my view. The FA would never have stood for it.
The Ulster Championship draw, like the Ulster Championship itself, is always the piece de resistance of draws in the GAA - the protocol used draws hugely from the classic Kelly/Millichip/Croker FA Cup draw template - the bowl used may differ from the velvet bag used by the FA, but the facial expressions are just as dour, and that’s reassuring to the viewer like me for whom draw integrity is of the utmost importance, and again it fits the cultural character of the competition.
*Always the “Sixth Round”, never the “quarter-finals”.
You are entirely 100% correct.
Hibs founded by a man from our neck of the woods. I’d have a soft spot for them.
The Scottish Cup Final that Hibs won was my favourite game of last season
My heart was brooookennn. Great scenes.
A profile of Celtic’s opponents Hapoel Be’er Sheva for your perusal:
http://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/sport/sport-opinion/extraordinary-story-hapoel-er-sheva-11751488#ICID=sharebar_twitter
Still awaiting @mickee321 's scouting report on them.
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Aguero just shit himself
Aguero shits himself again.
This Romanian crowd are displaying Mayo levels of booing.
Easy
A hattrick?
Missed two penos.
City looked nice tonight. Not much opposition though. No one getting stuck into them.
Pep is a genius .
I’d say Keith Andrews is a bit of a simpleton.