FA Cup 3rd Round Draw

[ripleyeagle]

That’s good, at least four premiership teams guaranteed going out in this round!!

 

[timmyb1971]

That’s good, at least four premiership teams guaranteed going out in this round!!

All I ever wanted was for Palace to win the FA Cup.
After they managed it at (what was for me) the 46th time of asking, I'm now getting greedy.
Not really bothered by the League Cup.
The only thing to top winning the FA Cup would be retaining it.
Would like another three trips to Wembley.

 

[Willo]

It's Macclesfield

A good draw for Macclesfield supporters playing a PL team at home.
I recall some of their players who were at League Clubs IE Menayese, Mellor, Matheson,Woltman.

 

[doombear]

It's bound to be televised as it's Minnows v Cup Holders. Bring it on. A great draw for us and Macclesfield. Of course, being Palace we'll make hard work of it.

 

[Painter]

A banana skin of a draw.

 

[Willo]

A banana skin of a draw.

This was my immediate reaction.
I have no recollection of our team playing Macclesfield.
Apropos their previous managers, both Sol Campbell and Paul Ince once occupied that position.

 

[Forest Hillbilly]

It's going to be dire, playing oop north. Clogging a ball around a potato field, dark skies overhead throwing buckets of rain down into the howling wind, in sub-zero temperatures.
The language barrier when trying to get a beer, and having to pay in Groats and shiny stones.
Still, it'll be good for the young supporters to see how things were when their great-grandad went to watch football.

 

[Norbury Old Git]

A banana skin of a draw.

You’ve been reading the Brighton press. It should not be and would be the most unlikely defeat in our history since we lost to Yeovil zillions of years ago. A banker if ever there was one.

With four Premier League teams definitely out and another six out of form teams at high risk of defeat, the omens look good for another Cup run.

 

[Willo]

You’ve been reading the Brighton press. It should not be and would be the most unlikely defeat in our history since we lost to Yeovil zillions of years ago. A banker if ever there was one.

With four Premier League teams definitely out and another six out of form teams at high risk of defeat, the omens look good for another Cup run.

I recall being defeated by Yeovil in the FA Cup back in the 60s.

 

[blackgirl3]

they have a awful plastic pitch which will make the game bit more level look ,how badly we played in norway 😳

 

[esox lucius]

I may be wrong but don’t Palace hold the record with the most defeats and cup exits by non league teams. Obviously going way back to the days when we were rolling around the bottom of the old fourth and third division south decades ago.

 

[BromleyMonkey]

Always nice to play someone different, great draw for them and us. Would’ve preferred Weston super mare or Boreham Wood though, Macclesfield’s too far north for me, I’ll get nose bleed if I go 😀

Got to admit, one thing I enjoyed about the draw was every time we got mentioned it was “holders Crystal Palace” 😎
But I did also keep thinking about those kids near the trophy, although I know ours is still at selhurst, I did keep thinking “don’t knock our trophy off the plinth you little shits”🤣

 

[AmericanEagle]

It's going to be dire, playing oop north. Clogging a ball around a potato field, dark skies overhead throwing buckets of rain down into the howling wind, in sub-zero temperatures.
The language barrier when trying to get a beer, and having to pay in Groats and shiny stones.
Still, it'll be good for the young supporters to see how things were when their great-grandad went to watch football.

Just how we like it Oop North, though unfortunately they have a plastic pitch.

 

[PalazioVecchio]

With four Premier League teams definitely out and another six out of form teams at high risk of defeat, the omens look good for another Cup run.

i disagree. To win the cup you must get down and dirty with a ton of skangers - and win a ton of games. Getting kicked off the park and good luck with referees & not conceding a lucky tap-in for the opposition.

I would rather us playing a couple Prem teams than ten League-One outfits with puddles on the pitch.

 

[BromleyMonkey]

A banana skin of a draw.

Normally I’d agree with you as I know what we can be like in the cups, with team selection and performance. But with Ollie probably putting out a strong side as he does and this lot being only 6th tier and not even in the top half of their division, even accounting for an early onslaught from them on a difficult pitch, it should be a fairly comfortable afternoon for us 🙏🏽

 

[mileend]

This was my immediate reaction.
I have no recollection of our team playing Macclesfield.
Apropos their previous managers, both Sol Campbell and Paul Ince once occupied that position.

You're forgetting that other premier league 'great' Robbie Savage

Apparently, (after listening to their current manager on 5 live Monday Night after the draw) when Savage left for Forest Green Rovers he stripped Macclesfield of four or five of their best players (Venables vibes)

So they've done great with rebuilding and with a player promoted to Manager and half a new side to reach the third round

Must be first choice for the TV coverage

 

[whatton]

You're forgetting that other premier league 'great' Robbie Savage

Apparently, (after listening to their current manager on 5 live Monday Night after the draw) when Savage left for Forest Green Rovers he stripped Macclesfield of four or five of their best players (Venables vibes)

So they've done great with rebuilding and with a player promoted to Manager and half a new side to reach the third round

Must be first choice for the TV coverage

Neil Danns’ last gig as a player was as player-manager of Macclesfield.

We have never played Macclesfield or Macclesfield Town in a competitive game (see the match database).

 

[Willo]

Neil Danns’ last gig as a player was as player-manager of Macclesfield.

We have never played Macclesfield or Macclesfield Town in a competitive game (see the match database).

I wasn't aware of this fact, thank you very much for this information.

 

[NMPalace]

Macclesfield is quite close to where i live and it's a nice tidy set up.

It's not Macc Town - they went bust - it's a new club, so we have never played them before.

When they reformed (a local business bought them for £500k) they moved through the non league pyramid predominantly by paying high wages for the league they were in.

Lat year they put minority owner Robbie Savage in charge and they won league the league to get promoted to the Conf North. Robbie then moved to Forest Green and took 3 of their best players with him (as he knew what their undisclosed release clause amounts were!).

Their current manager is ex player Adam Rooney who is is Wayne's older brother. Some teams in the Conf North are professional or near professional (40 week contracts) so Macc have found this season more hard going.

Despite the old Macc Town getting low attendances, often c,1500, the new club often get 3k per game. I think as they run a successful boys and girls club (teams c6 to 16 years old) they give cheap tickets to parents etc.

It costs £19 to go to a game, although i suspect prices might go up for our game.

As has been mentioned they have a plastic pitch.

The away end is an open terrace - it is not that big, probably holds c 1k. They usually give a section of main stand seats closest to the away end to the away team too.

The train station (direct trains from Euston) is not overly close to the ground, maybe 25 to 30 minutes walk. It's a similar walk to the city centre in the opposite direction, maybe slightly less.

 

[Willo]

Macclesfield is quite close to where i live and it's a nice tidy set up.

It's not Macc Town - they went bust - it's a new club, so we have never played them before.

When they reformed (a local business bought them for £500k) they moved through the non league pyramid predominantly by paying high wages for the league they were in.

Lat year they put minority owner Robbie Savage in charge and they won league the league to get promoted to the Conf North. Robbie then moved to Forest Green and took 3 of their best players with him (as he knew what their undisclosed release clause amounts were!).

Their current manager is ex player Adam Rooney who is is Wayne's older brother. Some teams in the Conf North are professional or near professional (40 week contracts) so Macc have found this season more hard going.

Despite the old Macc Town getting low attendances, often c,1500, the new club often get 3k per game. I think as they run a successful boys and girls club (teams c6 to 16 years old) they give cheap tickets to parents etc.

It costs £19 to go to a game, although i suspect prices might go up for our game.

As has been mentioned they have a plastic pitch.

The away end is an open terrace - it is not that big, probably holds c 1k. They usually give a section of main stand seats closest to the away end to the away team too.

The train station (direct trains from Euston) is not overly close to the ground, maybe 25 to 30 minutes walk. It's a similar walk to the city centre in the opposite direction, maybe slightly less.

Exceedingly useful information.Much appreciated. 👍

I know precious little about their current players, their system of play and tactics.
I shall have to garner this information from kind souls that I know.