That's a £160k in the coffers

12.40

TREMENDOUS!

Not a great draw though according to some bitter Loids.

YEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!!!!

Brilliant, I'll be able to watch that then !!!!

I've just a few mates of mine from school who are Hammers fans that if they want programmes from that game, they'll have to kindly give me the money sharpish so I can order them because they'll probably sell out like Leeds last Boxing Day !

Well done ITV, sensible choice !!!!!

anybody wanting to help tidy up in the millhouse at about 9.30 on the 24th?? the door might be slightly ajar that day,

I make it £301.5k and counting

1st round win 20k
2nd round win 30k
3rd round win 75k
highlights vs Fleetwood 7.5k
radio vs Stoke 9k
live vs WH 160k

Total £301.5k

I'll be there with a feather duster.

Hey I've been to Leyton Orient, the Fleetwood fog, Peterborough, Northampton and Millwall this year.

Would have gone to Brighton but something came up.

It works both way these live TV games - yeah you get young "supposed" Man U fans latching on and watching the match with everyone else, but for those who maybe not be able to get a ticket for the game at Pools and live miles away from the game. (which I fear may be a 7,000 sell-out - where could they all have come from ?), it's actually a great thing.

Its shite......if we'd been kicking off at 3.00 I 'd have been able to put an hours lieu time in and get away early......... no chance with three and a half hours lieu time...I'm well and truly fooked.

Apart from Fleetwood all less or just a little bit more than 100 miles away from Kent, your first thought should be trying to get to the Vic.You could get a ticket if you wanted one and if it's not a sell out you'll have contributed to that because you'd rather watch the game from this;

Which is not bad for such a shitty draw, I am sure you will agree. Do all of the loids have such perverse views?

Actually, it makes it all the more difficult that. Trying to get up to Hartlepool for an early afternoon KO.

I'll have to see about a cheap way of getting up there, if I can, if not, it'll just have to be the TV.

Why not stay over at your cousin's the night before?

er............what are you on about?

I read that as the prize money for winning each round. Let's face it, the FA rake in millions and millions from the national side and various sponsorships and tv deals, so it's only right the prize money for their premier knockout trophy should reflect this.

See that's what you should have said in the first place and I wouldn't have had to have got my armchair out

That sounds a good idea in theory, Ripper, but my cousin may not be able to accomodate me...and which is more, the fact that he has a very nice girlfriend may make matters a tad difficult.

Why would that make it difficult?

Unless he is scared that she'll not be able to resist you?

I'm sure that he can find room for you in his lovely big house.

I'll have to ask and see whether he and his other half would be happy to accommodate me.

That could only leave the problem of travelling to Hartlepool.

Sorry I tried to post this after the elvis post. The one referring to the amount of money we will make. And that fact that PJ Poolie mentioned about the loids saying it was a bad draw. Does that make more sense now? I was being ironic, I think.

Reading between the lines there's clearly some history between PoK and said girlfiend.

You dirty dog PoK, no wonder you don't get to many home games.

Snowy is easily confused.

It would certainly appear that way wouldn't it.

I bet this thread ends up about six pages

About the history between PoK and TPP's Mrs?

Cool.

History between myself and my cousin's girlfriend...

Absolutely nothing - you could see a tumbleweed go by in the amount of time it takes to tell you that.

History between myself and my cousin's girlfriend...

Absolutely nothing - you could see a tumbleweed go by in the amount of time it takes to tell you that.

Unfortunately, I haven't had the pleasure of making her acquaintenance.

the fact that you said it twice makes me think you protest too much!!!


blimey Kent! never knew you had it in yer

I was always taught to never trust a man that keeps repeating himself. Something to hide.

Maybe Sussies was right all along!

look if you really wanted to be here you would find a way. there are plenty of trains run

I'm trying the quickest, most cost-effective way of maybe trying to get up there and I'm working through a couple of scenarios now.

Hey, Elvis, just because I'm studying for a degree doesn't mean I'm that well-off you know.

whats your nearest train station?

Now I just thought the train services to the North-East were certainly not cheap, direct and helpful in terms of getting you there for the game, but I forgot about Grand Central !

Do they do any cheap fares ?

Ask for a lift on the West ham site pok...

Do you know, my Dad read the book they brought out - he likes reading about all that - he started reading one chapter and then he put it down because he reckoned what they were saying was a load of rubbish !

Could well do. POK's love life will run and run........................

if you can get to heathrow you could fly to teesside for 44 quid. grand central takes you back to Kings Cross for £35

I think what I'd have to do is if I went, I would have to get a train to Victoria from home or geta coach after Uni from Canterbury to Victoria, then get a coach up to Middlesbrough, and then get a bus or a train to Hartlepool from there, to capitailise on the cheap coach offers, or get a direct coach to Hartlepool.

If you were stopping at your cousin's gaff then maybe him or their lass might pick you up from Diddlesbrough?

nah, TPP couldn't pick him up! imagine how awkward THAT conversation would be...

I'll have to see what happens.