The âDiddy cupâ of the acting circuit.
Ah, a Golden Globe is a big dealâŚI know they split the acting and have a second category for comedy but itâs still hard to win one.
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At least one of the league cup and the FA cup should be scrapped. Absolutely no need for two domestic cups in England
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On the contrary, the winners of each should be awarded the two Champions League places currently given out to fourth and fifth in the Premier League.
And the Champions League should move to two leg straight knockout and be called something like the European Cup.
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Fifth in the prem doesnât have a place currently. Iâd agree with giving a Champions league berth to the FA Cup winners and make it worth something again.
Iâd nearly turn the league cup into a championship and below cup
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The prestigious Bristol Street Motors Trophy is already in place for clubs from League One down
That could be merged with the league cup
The league cup for teams who donât qualify for Europe would be ideal
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Iâd keep prem teams out of it.
And Iâd give the losing FA cup finalist the champions league place, rather than giving the league an extra one.
Northern Ireland club football lost a lot when it did away with its assortment of cup competitions, the finals of which would each have highlights on UTV at 10:40pm on a Tuesday night and be presented by Adrian Logan or Mark Robson standing pitch side at Windsor Park or The Oval, and commentated on by Jackie Fullerton. Youâd have a different Cup Final in each of October/November/December/January/February, and possible replays.
There was:
The Budweiser Ulster Cup
The TNT Gold Cup
The Cawoods County Antrim Shield
The League Cup
The Mid-Ulster Cup
The City Cup
These competitions should be revived and the winners of each get Champions League places.
Other countries need to learn from the mistakes of Northern Irish club football.
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The FA Cup should be for teams who finish in the top division and most of the Championship. The League Cup should be for the remainder of the football league as some of the pairings for the FA Cup have no value at the moment.
Also there should be preliminary quarter finals.
I canât comment on NI football as I didnât watch it then nor I donât watch it now.
I donât get the whole âprestigious league cupâ argument though. I grew up a Man U fan and every year, without fail, youâd see a team of Jonathan Greening and Ronnie Wallwork and Erik Nevland and Co playing in the league cup.
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Spurs v Arsenal in the 1987 Littlewoods Cup semi-finals (there were three games) were some of my formative football memories, though itâs possible I experienced at least two of them by hearing about them the following morning. My oulâ fella liked Arsenal at the time because they had Niall Quinn and David OâLeary. Epic games.
Football was so much better when you could have lads like Ian Allinson and Martin Hayes winging it and succeeding.
Iâd have to check but I think Spurs played Arsenal five times that season and every game was won by the away team.
Mate, donât let that put you off, TFK is built on lads arguing about stuff they know fuck all about
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Agreed on the European cup. Have a nations league type champions league with teams from all top leagues and call it a super league played midweek. In parallel have a straight 2 legs knockout European cup (with the current trophy) for domestic league winners only. 53 teams (i think) into 1 pot open draw.
I think it could work
Hayes fiddled the system alright.
Celtic couldnât get a tune out him.
You left out the big one.
Mr Brightside is an absolute banger
A few minutes of absolute feelgood pop music
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