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Tall Dart wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 8:47 pm I thought I could remember the draw being done on the day of the match?! either way I'm impatient and would blow tradition lol...

Spike wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 10:37 pm

Tall Dart wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 8:47 pm I thought I could remember the draw being done on the day of the match?! either way I'm impatient and would blow tradition lol...

Monday lunchtime is most common but you're right, it has on many occasions been done on Saturday evening, just after the day's matches have ended. I remember being in our old Watling St ground bar at around 5pm on a Saturday, (with the visiting Bournemouth supporters straight after our 1-1 draw), and that was when Man Utd v Dartford or Bournemouth appeared on the TV screen. Skip described that as the "happiest split second of his life" and I recall the now common place tradition of hurling beer up into the air was born. Therein followed a booze fuelled party enjoyed by both sets of fans. Had we not lost the replay I could have crossed another entry off my bucket list. That was a glorious split second.

Tall Dart wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 8:56 pm

Spike wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 10:37 pm

Tall Dart wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 8:47 pm I thought I could remember the draw being done on the day of the match?! either way I'm impatient and would blow tradition lol...

Monday lunchtime is most common but you're right, it has on many occasions been done on Saturday evening, just after the day's matches have ended. I remember being in our old Watling St ground bar at around 5pm on a Saturday, (with the visiting Bournemouth supporters straight after our 1-1 draw), and that was when Man Utd v Dartford or Bournemouth appeared on the TV screen. Skip described that as the "happiest split second of his life" and I recall the now common place tradition of hurling beer up into the air was born. Therein followed a booze fuelled party enjoyed by both sets of fans. Had we not lost the replay I could have crossed another entry off my bucket list. That was a glorious split second.

thanks spike, glad I wasnt going mad. I remember hearing all about that moment you mentioned, re fa cup potential draw against man utd. you never know what can happen....

Tall Dart wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 8:47 pm I thought I could remember the draw being done on the day of the match?! either way I'm impatient and would blow tradition lol...

dartLion wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 10:33 pm

Tall Dart wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 8:47 pm I thought I could remember the draw being done on the day of the match?! either way I'm impatient and would blow tradition lol...

This from 19 years ago - Friday, 20 December, 2002, 08:27 GMT
FA Cup draw turns back clock
The BBC and the Football Association have announced the FA Cup draw will revert to its old Monday lunchtime slot.
In a move that will delight the traditionalists, the fourth round draw will be made live on television and radio at 1300 GMT on 6 January for the first time in ten years.
"The FA Cup Monday lunchtime draw was a tradition many of us grew up with," said BBC's head of football Niall Sloane.
"We hope the public will be pleased to see its return in the new year with simultaneous live coverage on BBC television, radio and online."
Paul Barber, the FA's director of marketing and communications added: "It's fantastic that the FA Cup draw is returning to a Monday lunchtime slot.
"I'm sure millions of fans around the country have great memories of gathering around a radio and listening to the draw."

That last sentence was me!!

rick wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:44 pm James and Samuel will be on the mics this weekend.

Make sure to join them just before kick-off at: https://mixlr.com/dartsfc

herbie wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 9:46 pm

Tall Dart wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 8:56 pm

Spike wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 10:37 pm

Monday lunchtime is most common but you're right, it has on many occasions been done on Saturday evening, just after the day's matches have ended. I remember being in our old Watling St ground bar at around 5pm on a Saturday, (with the visiting Bournemouth supporters straight after our 1-1 draw), and that was when Man Utd v Dartford or Bournemouth appeared on the TV screen. Skip described that as the "happiest split second of his life" and I recall the now common place tradition of hurling beer up into the air was born. Therein followed a booze fuelled party enjoyed by both sets of fans. Had we not lost the replay I could have crossed another entry off my bucket list. That was a glorious split second.

thanks spike, glad I wasnt going mad. I remember hearing all about that moment you mentioned, re fa cup potential draw against man utd. you never know what can happen....

vs Bournemouth, was at Watling Street for the draw and scuffles, then we found out the winners got to play man united and they got stuffed in the replay missing out on a trip to old trafford and tv fame

then the away trip to worthing which ended our best cup run which was disappointing both for the pitiful ground we lost at - when a ball went over the back goal it was in someone's garden and they had to use another one - even worse when my dad and me went in the ground bar before the kick off pamphlett and others were having a bloody pint - no wonder they lost

the away trip to redhill ended my blind faith, that was a bloody dismal night

they've been letting me down since 1974, my bar for hope is set very low these days and the debacle of last year's penalty shootout changed nothing

i would love to be surprised though