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.