IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR EVENT: Women's FA Cup Final 2020

Yesterday, I published a whinging post about the blog being ruined due to the women's FA Cup being cancelled, and the GKA not being able to travel to the games.   Today, I received this 'ironic' email from the FA:-  'The Football Association is pleased to confirm that it has received approval to conclude the last three rounds of the 2019/20 Women’s FA Cup in the early part of the 2020/21 season, with the Final to be played at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 31 October. With government guidelines still uncertain as to the level of fans permissible in stadiums, The FA will refund all ticket holders for the postponed final in May.' Is this email ironic? I'm not quite sure as Alanis Morrissette's definition is much different to mine. I decided to look for a dictionary definition:- 'Happening in a way contrary to what is expected, and typically causing wry amusement because of this.' According to that definition, the email was ironic as I wasn't expecting it and it caused me wry amusement because of my previous blog post.   https://thegiantkillingadventure.blogspot.com/2020/07/2020-blog-re-think.html The Women's FA Cup is back on, and at last, the FA has committed to refunding the cost of the ticket that I'd bought to the final that was supposed to happen back in May. I'd already been refunded for my quarter final ticket between Everton and Chelsea.   Win, win, win...

2020 blog re-think

The GKA has had a re-think about the 2020 edition of the blog.  

It's initial purpose was to follow the Women's FA Cup from the extra-preliminary round, right through to the final. 

This can not be done as the women's FA Cup was abandoned at the quarter final stage due to Co-vid 19.

The Men's FA Cup was an afterthought and our second purpose was to compare and contrast the women's game at each level of the football pyramid to look at similarities and differences.

I guess, the main difference is money as the men's game continued and the women's game didn't - I feel that single comparison is enough. The men's game at the top level is strong enough to continue with money gained from TV rights and can afford to take a hit from the loss of gate receipts - the women's game isn't there yet.

The third purpose was to visit stadiums, and talk about the journeys and the adventures of the GKA.  Our quarter final post showed that the only stadium available at the moment is my TV.

All purposes of the blog no longer exist in this current climate, so I'll give a brief summary of the games. 

In the Semi finals, Arsenal beat Manchester City 2-0 and Chelsea beat Manchester United 3-1.  This sets up an all-London final on Saturday 1st August, 2020.

Back in 1977 we were following the FA Cup to compare how that contrasts with the modern day women's game - as stated, we can't do that.  In our 1977 semi final, Liverpool beat Everton to set up an all-North West final against Manchester United.