staines_rebel_Jr Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Uxbridge beat Webley FC 5-0. I don't know if wembley had any past players playing or not but this does end that gimmick which wrongfully took away the opportunity for non league players to play in the FA Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Yeller Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Hard to find a review of last nights match yet, but I see from the Wembley website that on Saturday only 3 "stars" bothered to turn up for the game. Cannigia and Ehiogu played, whilst Keown was on the bench. What happened to all of the others - Parlour, McBride, etc. What a joke the whole thing was. Typical Venables - let's get some publicity but have no substance in the thing at all. It's one thing appearing in a publicity photo in July but quite another when you actually have to turn up and play. Let us hope that Budweiser and ESPN see through this whole pathetic episode and that we never see its like again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epicrebel Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Canniga was playing (played well for a 45 year old) Venables wasn't there and Keown was in charge, not sure if any of the lesser known stars were there, but the well known ones NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brighton_rebel Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 But you can't blame Wembley for getting involved in all this. More people thru the turnstiles, on live tv and their twitter account has 1,500 followers. If you look at the 'my first match' thread it is often the bigger games where people got hooked on supporting Slough. Hopefully Wembley will pick up a few more regular fans because of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manimal Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Glad Uxbridge won! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 We can't really criticise though, two words: Man's Work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorshamRebel Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 I'd purposely put that out of my mind !! It seemed to be nothing but a joke to him, as most of his exploits seem to be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rebel1965 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Still our most sucsessful manager - 1 win, 0 draws, 0 lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windsor_Sec Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Hard to find a review of last nights match yet, but I see from the Wembley website that on Saturday only 3 "stars" bothered to turn up for the game. Cannigia and Ehiogu played, whilst Keown was on the bench. What happened to all of the others - Parlour, McBride, etc. What a joke the whole thing was. Typical Venables - let's get some publicity but have no substance in the thing at all. It's one thing appearing in a publicity photo in July but quite another when you actually have to turn up and play. Let us hope that Budweiser and ESPN see through this whole pathetic episode and that we never see its like again. Rebel Yeller, it would help if your comments were actually based on facts not urban myths. The whole idea of Venables and the ex-pros was thought up by Budweiser not the club ! My own opinion is that Budweiser have devalued the FA Cup and its' traditions but what more can you expect from an American brewery. Having said that, any non-league club would have jumped at the chance Wembley have been given as it's not just the cup but money has been put into the club through a two-year sponsorship and upgrading facilities at the ground although I think it is morally wrong that the main sponsors of the FA Cup should sponsor any club at any level as I believe it's a conflict of interests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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