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or The Paint Pot Trophy, will now contain 'proper' teams academy sides etc. I for one think Stanley should withdraw from it - or play their 1st year apprentices. The money we make on the gate is negligible so I think we should be the ones to make a proper stand against this ridiculous move.

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There's a petition on the go as well. 335 signatures within the first half hour or so. Gerron it and share it to facebook

https://www.change.org/p/the-head-of...ophy-proposals

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Done

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Done oer 600 now.

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Done

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Done. Almost as daft as the plan up here to include welsh and irish clubs as well as under 20s

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Done.

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#BoycottTheFA for too long these people have protected the bigger teams it's time we got someone in charge who looks after the lower leagues yes the big teams provide international footballers but where do them player spend thier youth on loan learning the trade? With the lower league teams, I remember not long ago joe hart was on loan at Shrewsbury and jack butlabd was at Cheltenham untill something is done it will not change, it's time to take a stand and take back our game from the top league fairy protectors #DycheOut

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Why boycott the FA if it is the FL? No idea why someone would refer to it as the EFA?

To be honest I thought most fans boycotted the FLT anyway hence the **** poor crowds. At least the PL are boosting the prize money, and Stanley may draw a team other than Carlisle.

Joe Hart was never on loan at Shrewsbury, it is where he played until 10 years ago fully on the books.

Why not blame FIFA, UEFA and the MLS too?

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We don't really need any more 'Tin Pot' fixtures.
Under the present format it's perfectly OK to give the competition a 'bit of a go' for the first couple of rounds early on in the season, as it gives managers a chance to play about with squad variations. Although then if you do get through to the later stages it is worth playing your best eleven as it could earn a bit of extra cash and kudos.:rolleyes:

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Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Norwich City, Reading, Southampton, Stoke City, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
All the teams to get involved

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up market lancashire senior cup then

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its just the start to get u20,s involved in more competitive football. as its been mentioned before the next step is to put them into the football league as it could be regionalised. don,t worry folks whatever the greedy league wants the greedy league will get. must be stopped whilst the lower division teams have a bit of clout.

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A Morecambe fan's view

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By SeagieYesterday at 16:15:36In response to Re: JPT
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Quite. I'll never attend another game of this tournament again and I hope all the Premier League kids suffer horrible career threatening injuries in every game.

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3686 signatures, is that all? We should get that many sig's from Pompey fans alone.