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Amazing. Tottenham vs. Marine in FA Cup this Sunday. 161 places apart in the standings. Largest gap ever. Some of the facts are astounding.

Posted by Volnelk Jan 8 '21, 05:47

"Marine's squad are due to have their final COVID-19 tests over the next 24 hours in order to play the game, but so far, the group of part-time players who include a bin man, car production line worker and teacher, have avoided the positive tests that have affected several clubs in the third round.

And Young, who is a railway worker as well as Marine manager, said it has been tough to prepare for the Spurs clash."

https://www.espn.com/soccer/liverpool-engliverpool/story/4282431/liverpool-everton-help-marine-to-avoid-preparation-crisis-for-fa-cup-clash-against-tottenham (www.espn.com)

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go bin man! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 8, 05:52
What sport could reasonably do some kind of contest like this in North America? Cause I want to see that happen. - Reagen Jan 8, 05:51 22
- If you consider the conference tournaments part of it, NCAA basketball kind of does this. -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 8, 06:01 3
  - Yep, I was thinking exactly this. With the pattern of byes in the FA cup for the upper teams, the parallel works. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 8, 06:29
  - It's in the spirit of it. But make it bigger. -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 06:04 1
    - Yup. -- nm - znufrii Jan 8, 06:10
- Basketball - nba / d1 (power 5) / d1 mid-majors /d1 bottom feeders / d2 / d3 / NAIA... -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 8, 05:58
- A baseball tournament that involved every single minor league team as well as the majors would be the closest. - Volnelk Jan 8, 05:53
- baseball -- nm - mud Jan 8, 05:53 15
  - Hockey would have enough levels to do something with as well. Get the college and junior teams involved. -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 05:59 14
    - I could totally see an NHL team against some Senior hockey team. - spamlet Jan 8, 06:05 4
      - Jonesy? -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 06:06 3
        
        Shoresy is totally taking out Crosby with a cross check. -- nm - spamlet Jan 8, 06:07 1
        
        Give your balls a tug, you titfucker. -- nm - Shaun Jan 8, 06:12
        
        :-D -- nm - mud Jan 8, 06:07
    - (biggest worry would obviously be some idiot cheap shotting someone with a $10M year contract) -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 06:00 8
      - Semi-related: I have a friend who went to Eton with Prince William. Wills apparently was the #1 rugby target in every circumstance. -- nm - mafic Jan 8, 06:11 7
        
        half the team were probably Semenko's to beat down anyone they thought looked at him funny -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 06:18 6
        
        but it is rugby, so more like 3/4's -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 06:23
        
        Not so much. Seems he was mostly on his own. -- nm - mafic Jan 8, 06:23 4
        
        yikes, even my brother when he played had a guy or too to discourage late/dirty shots (he played in the Canada Games a few years; fast like lightning) -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 06:24
        
        "We don't take too kindly to elites here at... Eton College..." -- nm* - Reagen Jan 8, 06:23 2
        
        It was more that nobody stood up for him against the other slightly less fancy schools. -- nm - mafic Jan 8, 06:32 1
        
        :-[ -- nm - mud Jan 8, 06:34

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Amazing. Tottenham vs. Marine in FA Cup this Sunday. 161 places apart in the standings. Largest gap ever. Some of the facts are astounding.

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