The Poolie Bunker

F*cking Sutton away if we beat Tamworth. Gateshead got a home draw, Spennymoor and Stockton both away too.

As I mentioned elsewhere Pools always get shitty draws. Give the lads who don’t regularly feature a run out vs Tamworth and repeat the exercise against Sutton if they manage to win. Otherwise, the sooner that we are no longer involved with this annoying distraction from the primary target this season the better.

Another absolute kick in the nads of a a draw

Terrible draw as usual.

Kev will be on in a minute saying both games are 'must wins'

To be fair we've already beaten both teams... Sutton don't have a 3G anymore so no reason (if we win tomorrow) we can't go and beat them in the next round. It's not an easy draw but it's not massively tough either so not too bad, apart from the fact it's another trip to London...

FA Trophy fourth-round draw (ties to be played January 4)

Aldershot Town v Chertsey Town or Dagenham & Redbridge

Kidderminster Harriers v Slough Town

Leamington or Rochdale v Stockton Town

Altrincham v Barnet

Gosport Borough v Torquay United or Horsham

Biggleswade Town or AFC Totton v Oxford City

Sittingbourne v Chesham United or Salisbury

Forest Green Rovers v Chorley

Woking or Havant & Waterlooville v Radcliffe

Sutton United v Hartlepool United or Tamworth

Gainsborough Trinity v York City

Basford United v Hanwell Town or Eastleigh

Yeovil Town or Weymouth v Boreham Wood

Gateshead or Farsley Celtic v Boston United

Hampton & Richmond Borough v Spennymoor Town

Southend United v Southport or Peterborough Sports

Sutton 7th in league.

It’ll be a good measure of how we are doing….might as we’ll be positive…..we are where we are.

We are so luckless that if we got through to the F.A.Cup semifinals and the other 3 teams left in the competition were Man U, Newcastle and Bournemouth, we'd draw Bournemouth.

It is indeed a shit Draw, as per usual- though immaterial if we fail to get past Tamworth

Reckon it's guaranteed that whoever we lose to- will inevitably get to the final- will only be happy with that, if it is the final!

At least then both the fans and players alike will be less star struck and used to the surroundings for when we win the playoffs!

Mr Burns Blue and White Army!

Drive carefully to Southend n Sutton Pools no. 1 supporter.
But if we draw at Southend. Try not to dress it up as a cracking result.
Both games are must wins sir.

Well they are if we want a trip to wembley. Sometimes getting a shit draw pools upset the odds, i remember when we got wycombe couldnt get any worse and we won.

Well they are if we want a trip to wembley. Sometimes getting a shit draw pools upset the odds, i remember when we got wycombe couldnt get any worse and we won.[/quote]

I was at Wycombe that night (the beginning of the Palace cup run)- weather was shocking and they missed a couple of decent chances, when it appeared easier to score. Had a few beers after the match with a few fellow Poolie Exiles

talk about the interest being sucked out of you. not sure if i,ll bother watching the stream tonight and might nip over to rochdale to watch stockton if the dale get through. have we actually ever beaten sutton anytime at their place and could not give a toss now who they,ll be playing in the next round. further you go in kp competitions the worse it is when you do get knocked out like rotherham a few seasons back.

Well done Spennymoor.

And the game was at Hampton, Pools couldn’t even beat them on home soil !

And the relevance is?

that spenny must be better than us because they beat a team we lost to. that went out at junior school for me anyrate.

york, barnet and the world conquerors gateshead also out. giving some luck in the draw spenny could be playing gainsborough in the final if they show more interest than some of the others seem to have in this dying competition. by the time we get to the final it will be played somewhere like rochdale to accomodate the clubs and fans who are actually interested in it.

I dont like correcting people Mr A, but you got one of the club names wrong. It is Real Gateshead

surely its time for them to play in an all white kit and rename their ground the new bernabau.

I reckon you do have a real sense of humour afterall Jamie

What’s funny about my comment, I have a sense of humour but not as weird as yours, I struggle to imagine you running companies.

spenny home to the boston stranglers and we,d be away again to kidderminster if we had progressed. stockton away again if they overcome rochdale at worthing.

Eeh, by gum...I can remember the good ol days when we could both talk about getting a plum first round tie in the 1st round of the Fa or League Cup..

I struggle to accept you are a real person Mr.Frog.

I struggle to think what’s between your ears Leggie.

and actually being really excited by it with the whole ground being open and not reduced admission costs to bribe us to attend.

Stockton holding Rochdale at 0-0 at H/T tonight.

I struggle to think what’s between your ears Leggie.[/quote]

I am beginning to wonder why your living in Thailand could it be something to do with what's between your legs or whats been removed and changed in that area. Come on spill the beans are you a real man real woman or a mix of the two Mr Frog. I promise you I will not be " green " with envy if you finally confess

Lost on penalties after leading 3-1 in the shootout.

Totally bottled it.
Anyhow good luck Spennymoor.
Would like to see the Trophy stay in the North East.

Maybe Pools start getting past the early stages just for a change.

How the ambition levels have dropped off recently.
Ah well.
Musent grumble to much.