Johnstone's Paint Trophy - Second Round Draw
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highland fox
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newtonfox
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I know what your saying jeff
homer
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Didn't you get your Will Young tickets, then ?
I was hoping we'd get drawn to play at Wembley in the first round of the FA cup, but they were knocked out in the extra preliminary round.
bocadillo
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It will always be the case that midlands clubs will never be certain which group they will be put into. Similarly, the chances are that midlands clubs will have further to travel.
A club like Macclesfield could only be asked to travel as far as, say, Walsall or Carlisle. Midlands clubs might have to go anywhere in the country in these first two rounds.
I can't see why people might be bothered. It seems to me to be a good idea to keep travel costs down as much as possible in the early stages of a minor competitiion for the sake both of the clubs and their supporters. Regionalistaion is a good way of doing this.
bocadillo
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Please explain why. A line drawn down the middle of the country seems to be a good way to separate east from west.
bocadillo
Water Gypsy
But did you know a week ago that he was going to say it?
If they're going to regionalise it, splitting the Northern section into four groups of six teams would allow for a situation where no team has to travel more than 100 miles for a match.
Either do it properly to cut down on travelling, or don't bother at all.
bocadillo
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If you split it down that far, teams would be playing the same few teams every year in the 1st and 2nd rounds. Do Carlisle really want to play Morecambe every second season?
This competition is already more regionalised than any competition in the top 7 levels of the football pyramid and even at the 8th level there are journeys of around 100 miles or more.
Teams play the same opponents in the league every season, so why not in the early rounds of a cup they're not that bothered about?
At least local derbies might attract a few more fans.
Not that Carlisle have any local derbies, Morecambe is the closest team they could get in this competition, at 71 miles away. I'm sure they'd rather play them than go to Chester or Crewe, which are more than twice as far.
newtonfox
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No :icon_roll:icon_roll
jb5000
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This is no different from what the local non-league sides, such as Shepshed Dynamo, Quorn, Hinkley etc have suffered. Football needs to realise that there's a great big thing between the North and South. It's called the Midlands and it needs it's own leagues and cups.
newtonfox
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I agree ,would be good to have Midlands cup ,just don't know where clubs would fit in it though TBH
What with the beer cup,paint cup and FA cup.
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beaumontfox
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Darlington away, cos I ain't been there.(And it's not as far as Hartlepool so we'd be home before 11pm!)
bocadillo
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I'd finish up on the same coach from London, so would be home just after 10 in the morning.
beaumontfox
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