FTFA: "You do get a lot of fakes and copies of old cup final tickets, but we have had this one checked and it even smells right."

Well if the smell fits...

It would be worth a lot more if you could travel back 113 years and actually see the game. And maybe pick up a few items whilst you were back there and then. A couple of Van Goghs, maybe.

So about a 9% annual rate of return, assuming the original ticket wasn't scalped.

Coincidentally the last time Aston Villa won anything worth mentioning?

The game, the first final to be played at Crystal Palace, remains famous for the fastest goal ever scored in an FA Cup final - 30 seconds - and also for the fact that the Cup was stolen shortly afterwards and never recovered.

Brummies.

I still have a ticket for the first Deuce Bigelow movie. It's gonna be a heirloom!

Back then, the game was played exclusively by condemned criminals, who would use shards of broken glass taped to the backs of their hands to wrest control of a roughly spherical chunk of horsemeat from their opponents.

The game at that time was called "fytebol", and the crowd consisted entirely of wild turkeys, which in that era outnumbered people on the British Isles ten-to-one, and moved about unmolested and without fear.

go "the Baggies"

So FA stands for "fruity asses" since we're talking about British sports (I mean 'sport')?

Rusty Shackleford:The game, the first final to be played at Crystal Palace, remains famous for the fastest goal ever scored in an FA Cup final - 30 seconds - and also for the fact that the Cup was stolen shortly afterwards and never recovered.

Brummies.

Oh oh oh but they all said that hooliganism was a trend of the '80s and brought on by economic and political factors!!!

bubbaprog:Rusty Shackleford:The game, the first final to be played at Crystal Palace, remains famous for the fastest goal ever scored in an FA Cup final - 30 seconds - and also for the fact that the Cup was stolen shortly afterwards and never recovered.

Brummies.

Oh oh oh but they all said that hooliganism was a trend of the '80s and brought on by economic and political factors!!!

Hooliganism, yes. Being a Brummie, on the other hand, is a timeless illness which causes sporadic cleptomania, not too unlike being a Scouser.

DON'T TELL ME WHO WON!

/I tivo'd it and I'm watching it next year.

Read halfway through before learning what sport the ticket was for.

113 years ago? That is classic game. All the players have fallen down and none will say something unfortunate in an interview and the losing coach wont be fired for nearly winning and no headbutts will happen.

Cagey B:Back then, the game was played exclusively by condemned criminals, who would use shards of broken glass taped to the backs of their hands to wrest control of a roughly spherical chunk of horsemeat from their opponents.

The game at that time was called "fytebol", and the crowd consisted entirely of wild turkeys, which in that era outnumbered people on the British Isles ten-to-one, and moved about unmolested and without fear.

Did they use Duct Tape, or Electrical Tape ?

anyone else think its a fake?..because i do..

Control_this:So about a 9% annual rate of return, assuming the original ticket wasn't scalped.

I think the word scalped had an entirely different meaning back then.

The "Fark:" Cliche is WAY overused. How is this even odd?

Fark: the game was played 113 years ago

Romero: Sports paraphernalia is often worth lots of money.

The game was played on Adolph Hitler's 6th birthday.

/bet you didn't see this one going to Godwin
//The same Crystal Palace where the earliest recorded music (1888)occured?

oldebayer:It would be worth a lot more if you could travel back 113 years and actually see the game. And maybe pick up a few items whilst you were back there and then. A couple of Van Goghs, maybe.

Google it first then bet on the outcome while you are there.

/hey, it worked for Biff...

British FA cup?

not quite...

Perhaps they heard that a goal is imminent.

Despite the joke, I resent int'l soccer for doing so many more things right than our domestic sports leagues, who have bastardized their seasons and playoff systems for TV dollars. At least in the EPL, the team that has the best season is the actual champion, not the top seed for some convoluted playoff system.

Blue Summer Union:So FA stands for "fruity asses" since we're talking about British sports (I mean 'sport')?

Nope, it means f**k America, seeing as British sports are more popular all over the world than American ones.

British???? FAIL Subby

Try English. Scotland has their own Cup competition (and league for that matter). Wales, we that's more complicated.

Cornwell:Hooliganism, yes. Being a Brummie, on the other hand, is a timeless illness which causes sporadic cleptomania, not too unlike being a Scouser.

Bah! Damn you Cornwell! I came in here to make a scouse comment.

/One month away 'till the new EPL season!

And it's probably STILL tied at 0-0

RogerDodger:And it's probably STILL tied at 0-0

FTA:"The game, the first final to be played at Crystal Palace, remains famous for the fastest goal ever scored in an FA Cup final - 30 seconds"

FAIL.

TonnageVT:Cornwell:Hooliganism, yes. Being a Brummie, on the other hand, is a timeless illness which causes sporadic cleptomania, not too unlike being a Scouser.

Bah! Damn you Cornwell! I came in here to make a scouse comment.

/One month away 'till the new EPL season!

Now also featuring HellHull. The threat to hubcaps just doubled.

TonnageVT:FTA:"The game, the first final to be played at Crystal Palace, remains famous for the fastest goal ever scored in an FA Cup final - 30 seconds"

FAIL.

Only to be called back by some mystical offsides rule that the line judge from the opposite side of the field thinks he saw.

The point is that the main responsibility of any defender in soccer is to kick the ball as HARD as he possibly can towards the parking lot so the clock can wind down.

If there's a busy street or intersection near your field, kicking it that way is even better.

Soccer is the only sport where the defense is consistently and richly rewarded for wasting time. Your time, the fans' time, our time.

Any sport that takes a Miracle to come from behind by two scores, is impractical and would never work in a real country.

Zimbabwe and Yemen can take their rusty tin can sport and kick it around all day and give themselves trophies for slipping one past an uncoordinated goal keeper.

Meanwhile countries that aren't in the stone-age can keep playing sports that actually make sense outside of the backyard.

Settle down, douchebag.

lotustuned:Nope, it means f**k America, seeing as British sports are more popular all over the world than American ones.

Sorry, the American Empire never reached the extent of the vast British one. It's easy to export your institutions when you have political and military control of the country.

Take a look at the countries that participate in international cricket matches.

RogerDodger:Meanwhile countries that aren't in the stone-age can keep playing sports that actually make sense outside of the backyard.

Oooh! You mean "Break for commercials"? National sport over there isn't it? Never quite understood the rules though. How do you count scores?

Elomis:DON'T TELL ME WHO WON!

/I tivo'd it and I'm watching it next year.

Funny.

RogerDodger:TonnageVT:FTA:"The game, the first final to be played at Crystal Palace, remains famous for the fastest goal ever scored in an FA Cup final - 30 seconds"

FAIL.

Only to be called back by some mystical offsides rule that the line judge from the opposite side of the field thinks he saw.

The point is that the main responsibility of any defender in soccer is to kick the ball as HARD as he possibly can towards the parking lot so the clock can wind down.

If there's a busy street or intersection near your field, kicking it that way is even better.

Soccer is the only sport where the defense is consistently and richly rewarded for wasting time. Your time, the fans' time, our time.

Any sport that takes a Miracle to come from behind by two scores, is impractical and would never work in a real country.

Zimbabwe and Yemen can take their rusty tin can sport and kick it around all day and give themselves trophies for slipping one past an uncoordinated goal keeper.

Meanwhile countries that aren't in the stone-age can keep playing sports that actually make sense outside of the backyard.

Troll 1/10

I wonder what the scalpers will charge.

RogerDodger:Soccer is the only sport where the defense is consistently and richly rewarded for wasting time. Your time, the fans' time, our time.

Yeah, because in the NFL, if a team is winning, they don't just run the ball over and over again to waste time, right? They don't let the clock run down by doing NOTHING, not even giving the other team a chance to perform said "miracle".

Once again, you fail.