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Would you have an International FA Cup over friendlys?

Sat Dec 07, 2013 12:10 am

Would you like to see an F.A cup Format international cup which would include every team in the world put into 1 draw and drawn out in knock out fashion over a seasonal period.
So that would be one game per month however many rounds probably about the same as the F.A Cup with the gaps beetween rounds,

and it could even look at having minnows in the first Round as the fa cup and Big teams to come into it in the 2nd or 3rd round.

It would give every team a shot at winning a cup so places like Wales this would be extremely exciting and a bit of an adventure instead of playing meaningless friendlys. It would be a serious competition as big if not bigger than European Cup

Re: Would you have an International FA Cup over friendlys?

Sat Dec 07, 2013 8:00 am

No

Re: Would you have an International FA Cup over friendlys?

Sat Dec 07, 2013 8:08 am

No.
Loads of reasons why it wouldn't work and teams wouldn't want it.
Costs. Too many injuries. Travelling round the world to be watched by small crowds. Would cost clubs loads in travel with no return. Enough football already. Small non league teams who survive on the revenue from the FA cup would go under as they wouldn't recieved the bonus round payments as they do now.
FIFA would have to pay for prize money etc or the regional groups uefa etc
Crap idea

Re: Would you have an International FA Cup over friendlys?

Sat Dec 07, 2013 8:48 am

every team in the world mate - how long is this competition going to go on for??

Re: Would you have an International FA Cup over friendlys?

Sat Dec 07, 2013 6:37 pm

Bluebird For Life wrote:every team in the world mate - how long is this competition going to go on for??


are you not aware how many clubs are in the fa cup theirs only just over 200 countrys

Re: Would you have an International FA Cup over friendlys?

Sat Dec 07, 2013 6:48 pm

sloper_road_legend wrote:
Bluebird For Life wrote:every team in the world mate - how long is this competition going to go on for??


are you not aware how many clubs are in the fa cup theirs only just over 200 countrys


sorry - are you serious? There are between seven and ten rounds of the FA cup in total -maybe a couple of thousand teams each season. There must be a couple of million teams involved in a 200 country competition...

Re: Would you have an International FA Cup over friendlys?

Sat Dec 07, 2013 7:16 pm

he's talking about a NATIONAL team competition, not a CLUB competition! :lol:

Re: Would you have an International FA Cup over friendlys?

Sat Dec 07, 2013 7:49 pm

Deano1 wrote:he's talking about a NATIONAL team competition, not a CLUB competition! :lol:


Ah - fair enough :oops: