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To hope we win tomorrow (light hearted)

276 replies

Imdunfer · 09/01/2026 14:15

We've drawn Crystal Palace in the FA Cup and as season ticket holders we've been able to get tickets in a stadium that only holds 4,500 tops. We have a plastic pitch only 100x60m and we're not even in the national leagues, which are the top 5 layers. We're at level 7, I think, maybe 8. It's a televised match if anyone wants to watch some truly amazing (not necessarily in a good way🤣) football.

Is it too much to hope that we might become giant killers?

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TulipTuesday · 10/01/2026 14:14

Get in!!!!

LetsGoFlyAKiteee · 10/01/2026 14:14

Yayyyyyyy

Idontknowwhy15 · 10/01/2026 14:14

You’ve only gone and bloody done it 😂

CharlotteStreetW1 · 10/01/2026 14:14

👏👏👏👏👏

Well done! Biggest giant-killing gap in the FA Cup - you've made history! 🏆

So pleased for you 😊

LushLemonTart · 10/01/2026 14:15

Yeeeeeeees!!! Get in. I was tense can't imagine how you feel @Imdunfer 🍾🎉🎉

burblish · 10/01/2026 14:15

Oh wow - Macclesfield absolutely deserved that, 100%! I think that is officially the biggest upset in FA Cup history (with the added spice that Palace were the Cup holders!).

MrsMitford3 · 10/01/2026 14:15

what a brilliant result.

they wanted it so much-so so deserved.

Love the crowd on the pitch and the players on their shoulders-goosebumps

And John Rooney and Frances Jeffers did a helluva job.

Like that they paid tribute to the player who sadly died.

InterestedDad37 · 10/01/2026 14:15

Congratulations 😀⚽👏👏👏

DustyMaiden · 10/01/2026 14:15

Well done

Spirallingdownwards · 10/01/2026 14:15

Phew!

And Congrats!

TheSleepingGiant · 10/01/2026 14:16

Amazing performance. Macclesfield were outstanding. Enjoy the celebrations OP.

ilovesooty · 10/01/2026 14:16

Manager Rooney is calmer than his brother 😁

mum2jakie · 10/01/2026 14:17

Amazing match to watch. Am still in shock

ByKindOpalPoet · 10/01/2026 14:17

Yes!!!! Well done Macclesfield

Lobsterteapot · 10/01/2026 14:18

Flipping eck didn’t even know Wayne Rooney had a brother!

TellMeMaMeMa · 10/01/2026 14:19

Fantastic result @Imdunfer You must be over the moon! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🏆

Jamesblonde2 · 10/01/2026 14:19

Smashing Football

Lobsterteapot · 10/01/2026 14:20

What happens next @Imdunfer 🏆

murasaki · 10/01/2026 14:20

I expect some comedy drunken posting from the OP later!

MummyInTheNecropolis · 10/01/2026 14:20

Bloody amazing. Can’t imagine how incredible the atmosphere must be right now, I hope you are enjoying every second of it OP!

Rehabblue · 10/01/2026 14:21

This is why I love the FA cup!!

IAmKerplunk · 10/01/2026 14:21

That was sweet how choked up Wayne Rooney got about his brother.

There will be some sore heads in Macclesfield tomorrow! 🥂 🍾

IAmKerplunk · 10/01/2026 14:22

Rehabblue · 10/01/2026 14:21

This is why I love the FA cup!!

Absobloodylutely! Dd and I were screaming at the end and we are a long way from Macclesfield 🤣

Sandsnake · 10/01/2026 14:24

SCENES!

We support Bournemouth and still hold the Cup in the highest amount of reverence for moments like this. Have tried to tell EPL obsessed 10yo DS about why, but I think now he actually gets the magic! All the very best for the next round (unless we get past Newcastle and you draw us… 😀)

Peonyperfection · 10/01/2026 14:24

Your wish came true!!