Sorry to do this in the atmosphere of bonhomie, stevep, but you didn't post the result
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7380948.stm

Of course, the real match will be the reverse result now I have posted it.

A big-name OTFers cousin is flying back from Oz to be with us and I have just realised that I haven't checked with my Dad that he is driving me up.

Cheers for that Aldo, I'll be doing a name change for that week. Not that any will notice.

rick derris wrote:

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harry, we have great seats top tier near the front a banner would be great

Something unpleasant about Alan Green would go down well I feel.

just saw the result of the 'down under game'
the shape of things to come perhaps.
well played the cardiff lads..

But for the fact the whole issue has been sullied by one of the very poor "unofficial" Cup Final songs I would have suggested "Are you watching Leighton James?" for a banner. Had the FA not been so accomodating with our anthem I'd probably be planning something nasty about the queen.

In reality, I am not going to go to all the hassle of making a banner even if it wasn't sure to be confiscated by stewards given Wembley's strict rules on them.

Excitement having overidden my critical faculties I have now decided I like the Official Cup Final Song ( number 18 in today's official midweek chart, pop-pickers).

The other contributory factor may be the fact that one of my favourite players Kevin McNaughton is wearing a Danger Mouse costume throughout the video. This is for reasons unexplained but that I can only guess must be due to the fact that he already has an exclusive contract with another record label he cannot be seen to be breaking.

When was the last time two cities ( I presume Portsmouth is doing the same?) geared up for the FA Cup Final like it was a truly important expression of civic pride?;

BBC Wales mental trailer

Poor quality "street furniture"

What was the last Top Twenty FA Cup Final single?

Players actually recording their own songs

The obligatory commemorative FA Cup inflatable farm animals;




Dear oh dear oh dear;



It is going to be a long long week.

Now that is a proper cup final record. It has it all.

This thread is making me ever so nostalgic for 2003.

How about "OTF FAT JERRYL" as the banner?

Come on Cardiff (and I'm a Bristol City Fan). Let the world be full of peace and harmony.

Harry Parsons wrote:

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BBC Wales mental trailer

It's at times like this all sorts of people out of the woodwork. I knew he was from Monmouth but I hadn't realised Henry V was a Cardiff City fan.

A grainy picture of a tearful Elton at the '84 Cup Final.

Er, gulp!

The FA Cup Final, and at last, it's not only not between two of the big four, but one of the teams isn't even from the Premier League... and yet, given those criteria, I can't think of two teams I care less about than Cardiff and Partsmouth. Not in a 'I hate them' way, you understand, I just can't think of a reason to have positive or negative feelings towards either of them. Pity, really. Never mind.

It's worse for me. I kinda don't like either of them. The semis were rather disappointing from that perspective (as well as the poor quality of both games). I could really have enjoyed a West Brom-Barnsley final.

Even so, I'm definitely going to watch the game. For the first time for years.