Buzzin Grumpy

This season’s FA Cup final is to be held at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 14th May, and for the first time in its history the oldest football cup final in the world will share the stage with Premier League football matches.  This only highlights the pathetic ongoing battle for supremacy between the English FA and the Premier League.

Seven Premier League games were actually scheduled at the start of the season for Saturday 14th May to kick-off at 3pm with the possibility of two games being rescheduled if those teams are in the FA Cup final.  There are a further three games scheduled for the following day.  So why can’t all 10 games be played on the Sunday with any postponed games being rescheduled for the following Wednesday?

Throughout my childhood I would be really excited about watching not only the FA Cup final itself but also the build-up to kick-off, watching the teams coaches making their way to Wembley, being introduced to each player and reliving each round and all the goals; and at 3pm the whole family would sit down to watch the whole match live.  The only other match report that day would be the Scottish FA Cup which, in most cases would include more goals, but not be of much interest to a boy from the Garden of England.

I’m aware that football has changed and it is no more a working class only pastime.

Furthermore the Premier League is a successful brand and as such is run like a business; and if it wasn’t for the profits that are made, English football would not have some of the best players and possibly the best league in the world.  But that is no excuse for the Premier League to act like a spoilt schoolboy who will only let you play with his football at playtime if you agree to play by his rules.

Premier League Football Matches originally scheduled for
Saturday, 14 May 2011

Arsenal v Aston Villa, 15:00
Blackburn v Man Utd, 15:00
Blackpool v Bolton, 15:00
Chelsea v Newcastle, 15:00
Man City v Stoke, 15:00
Sunderland v Wolverhampton, 15:00
West Brom v Everton, 15:00

Premier League Football Matches originally scheduled for
Sunday, 15 May 2011

Birmingham v Fulham, 15:00
Liverpool v Tottenham, 15:00
Wigan v West Ham, 15:00

FA Cup Semi-final Draw
Stoke v Bolton
Manchester United v Manchester City

There are no scheduled nPower Championship games!