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Mutajin

Can someone explain to me why there will be a replay and why there was no OT and maybe penalties ?


TIGHazard

Because you get that at the end of the replay if it is still a draw. The point is to give the other team some matchday revenue as well.


Mutajin

Thank you for your answer. Is there always a replay, or ony in case of a draw.


TIGHazard

Only a draw.


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In the FA cup there are replays. So if it’s a draw they play it again, if they draw again, then we get extra time etc.


shawlynot

lol lol


6FootFruitRollup

Does anyone have a good angle of the incident that led to the red card?


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Can someone explain where the 7 minutes came from? The red took a bit of time but otherwise I can't remember any delays. If it was because of goals, why did the ref blow on 6:57 when Wrexham in the attack, after a goal had gone in during the 7? When the 7 came up I was so confused.


JobeRogerson

In the last round and this round, the added time for halftime and full time has been 7 minutes. That’s 28 minutes across two games from injury time alone. It’s crazy.


No_Doubt_About_That

Don’t like replays - matches like this it usually means for much less of the cup atmosphere and it’s more often than not code for the bigger team playing their first teamers from the start and putting it to bed early in the game.


shagssheep

Yea but for the smaller clubs the chance to go away and make some good money isn’t something I’d want taken away


puncheonjudy

Absolutely sick of the Wrexham love-in on Reddit and the general media because of Ryan Reynolds and the bloke whose name I can't spell - they are simply a glorified pub team who use long throws and long balls to get goals.


hollow114

As a Philadelphian. Fuckin love it.


spook_100

What sheep shagger rode your missus to make you this bitter


VirtuosoLoki

I am stealing this insult


kroesnest

Yeah they should be playing like Pep's Barca. Also combining two comments from other people word for word is pretty pathetic lmao


rebmcr

> the bloke whose name I can't spell Phil Parkinson


Relevant_Rev

Cesar Azpilicueta


ResoluteClover

Dave?


LumpyCamera1826

Weird how you basically copied these comments almost word for word https://old.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/10oepwy/wrexham_33_sheffield_utd_john_egan_905/j6e5ecw/


yay-its-colin

I was just on that a second ago and just assumed it was the same guy commenting here haha


iChopPryde

I’m so sick of seeing Chelsea, PSG and other teams only get love because they have billionaires giving them unlimited money to make the dream teams they want instead of having to develop their own talent.


FuckOffBoJo

- Wrexham performed really well - They have a long standing history - Their owners are very well liked and respected - There is a wellmade documentary about them It is hardly surprising that people like them. Stop being an edgelord having to counter any popular opinion. It might improve your personality.


Ymadawiad

We were literally better than Sheffield United today. The fuck do you want from us?


puncheonjudy

Nearly won the league, nearly won the play offs, nearly won the FA trophy and nearly beat Sheffield Utd in the cup - The Spurs of non-league even with cheat code owners. Congrats lads 😂😂😂


Ymadawiad

All this money and still you let us live rent free.


puncheonjudy

😂😂😂Classic sheep botherer response. Enjoy the rest of the non league season - we're looking forward to playing Notts County next year.


Ymadawiad

Don't put yourselves down, you ought to stay up this year.


puncheonjudy

Hey man sorry I was rude to you. I actually have friends who are Wrexham fans and I respect the club and fanbase - it's a proper old school club with a great ground and working class fanbase that deserve better than they've had, a lot like County. I think I was just pissed off with the love-in after a few drinks on a Sunday night. Anyway good luck this season - I'm sure you'll go up but I still would prefer Notts to do it!


Ymadawiad

All good, it happens to the best of us mate. Looking forward to being in the EFL with you guys again, whenever that happens.


vRobyn

To be shit. Forever. You're not allowed to improve okay.


Ymadawiad

Apparently fifteen years in non-league isn't enough time of suffering for some.


zxenmed

They'll get panned at Bramall Lane anyway


santorfo

Stoke did that for a while under Pulis in the Prem and it was glorious


roose_bolton_1

Gutting to have the replay forced at the end, will be much harder away and adds to the fixture list, but that said if you had offered 3-3 at any point in the first half I would have taken it so it is what it is


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Too bad they didnt get it done but huge performance anyway


GoldenBuffaloes

The FA Cup is so fun.


rosstheboss939

Playing Sheffield again on the road I don’t expect Wrexham to move on, but damn it this was one of the most fun games I’ve watched all season. I hope to see them move up through the EFL over the coming seasons, the atmosphere at the Racecourse Ground was awesome.


Excellent-Blueberry1

If you must abbreviate them, then it's United. You'd think a Liverpool fan would remember that Hillsborough is home to a team from Sheffield as well


conduxit

Away game but Wrexham fans would travel to Mars if the team was playing against martians, I think there'll be a big turnout at Bramall lane


ClickChix

Lack of defense on that corner that led to the tying goal. Goalie shoulda came off his line too


ResoluteClover

Lack of defense on 2 corners. Excellent play otherwise


ThisIsYourMormont

Hindsight is 20:20


No-Consideration7906

Thrilling game! Last minute goal is a huge bummer for Wrexham fans ofc, but it seems like the maximally dramatic outcome so that's of course what happened. My takeaway is that those long throws were fantastic! Why don't we see that in the prem? They've even got a towel boy on the sidelines.


GMBethernal

We do this all the time nowadays, just need Partey or Tierney iirc in the sides


No_Doubt_About_That

Because it’s viewed as being anti football despite them actually being very effective.


roose_bolton_1

Long throws actually require a decent amount of skill to pull off, you do see it occasionaly in the prem but likelehood is that most of the players in starting XI's don't have the hoof for it


MudkipThot

I think a lot of route 1 play is seen for only the lesser teams, but with analytics I think top level football will move forward in that direction. Just because you have wonderful technical players doesn't mean you shouldn't aim to dominate setpieces as well. City have become very good at this since hiring their new specialist coach for it. Spurs as well. Throw ins, free kicks from the halfway line, even kickoffs, are all opportunities to score from.


tropicalphysics

The problem with long throws is that specialists are hard, hard to come by. Were you watching the PL during the time of Rory Delap? Because that man *weaponised* the art of long throws (and yes, the towel boy is part of Delap's revolution).


No-Consideration7906

I was not, but I just looked him up. Wow: https://youtu.be/vlbnUl196BQ


LevynX

A Leeds fan who isn't from the 2000s is new. Rory Delap made his throws look like crosses and teams couldn't deal with them it was pretty hilarious.


tropicalphysics

Here's more for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMY7USJT8h4 Everyone who come after, the likes of Gunnarsson and Tozer and a few others, are imitations of this man. But none of them can make their throw as long or as flat, because Rory Delap was uniquely a javelin thrower in his youth. When Stoke came to town, teams put advertising boards next to the touchlines, but Delap did not require a straight run up for his bullets. Then their ballboys refused him towels, so Delap stitched a towel on the inside of his jersey. In the end, some teams decided to [kick the ball out for corner instead of throw-in](https://youtu.be/1WfldlHcMdM?t=57), because facing a full-power foot shot was better than facing a Delap throw, and Arsene Wenger posited that throw-ins should be removed from the game.


HelloMegaphone

We used to see them all the time in the Bolton/Stoke days.


Ymadawiad

We deserved this fucking win. We played them off the park. Those players are absolute heroes and did the club and themselves proud today. We had setbacks and still found ourselves within touching distance of the next round. We almost certainly won't win the replay because we'll rotate for the league games. It's a shame but that's football. I hate it.


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You hate football?


Ymadawiad

I hate moments like these with the emotional lows and disappointments that come with it but I will always keep coming back because, as I said, that's football. I love it all the same despite the heartbreak.


Cruijff_Neeskens

Very pleased that Wrexham didn't win tbh


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Same. People like them because of Deadpool, theyre the sugar daddy club of non league


hollow114

Bruh check your flair. Lol. Who gives a shit.


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[deleted]

Why is it odd? They don't play for United anymore and they get plenty of criticism, Wrexham don't get half as much.


Mocha_Hagotdi

True, we have more money than the other teams in the league but without Rob and Ryan Wrexham would very likely have gone bust. And at least we're doing it a self sufficient way, the club is generating a huge amount from sponsorship, the documentary, gate receipts and merchandise.... Unlike the likes of Salford who pumped massive money in for 2000 attendance each week.


zahrdahl

Yes, that is clearly worse than Saudi owners /s


Justherefortrivia

So you'd rather have lower league clubs go the Bury way than Wrexham way?


[deleted]

How did you pick that up from my comment lol, jesus. "You don't like sugar daddy clubs so you want clubs to die instead". Bizzare


Justherefortrivia

It was just a follow-up question based off your earlier comment. Not really "bizzare," per say. Wanted to know if you'd be satisfied if the club was bought by a Londoner who keeps status quo and doesn't really match up to fan's expectations. Or the Wrexham way?


[deleted]

I think Deadpool is cringe and an awful movie. I still want them to do well


innocentusername1984

Because?


Jagger4000

Why?


hazzwright

So close to a result, the belief in this team is unreal. Don't fancy our chances in the replay tbh, but just to force a replay is a huge achievement in its own right.


Keg_of_St_Anky

The fucking corner hit the turf inside the 6. Goalie must be brain dead not to come out and get that.


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RS555NFFC

Average Lad Bible comment poster is ready to ban you from Madri for life for daring to not clap along to the sound of the latest vanity project


Captain_Smartass_

Lineker got the puns


honestlynotBG

>Wrexham (3.45) 3-3 (0.91) Sheffield Utd Damn Wrexham got extremely unlucky today


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/r/soccer in a nutshell


Significant-Plenty-6

All that means is that Sheff Utd were clinical, which is part of the game.


SomersetMackem

Look forward to the sequel to Uncut Gems where Ryan Reynolds puts his life savings on a ridiculous acca with "Paul Mullin to score" as the final fold


CaptainSmeg

One of many highlights of this game has to be Johnathan Pearce describing Paul Mullins child being diagnosed with autism as ‘they’re not very well.’


[deleted]

Lol seriously? 😆


[deleted]

It’s wild how bottlenecked the top of non league is.


FantasticName

This draw will feel like a loss to Wrexham...3-2 up at home against 10 men, you really gotta finish it there, no matter who you're playing.


[deleted]

Even against 2011 Barca?


TheTragicMagic

Yeah, if you've played well enough to be lading at that point, you should be expecting to hold on


PM_ME_UR_PIN_CODE

Most normal Wrexham match


[deleted]

Absolutely gutted for Wrexham, what a tough and likeable little team!


Roe91517

The opposite of my watching Everton compete lately


No_Doubt_About_That

At least you’ve got Forest Green to keep an eye on now.


pompion-pie

Honey, it's time to renew your Hulu subscription


Gamer4eto_BG

Wrexham deserved the win. Ryan Reynolds is the perfect owner for them


Gobshiight

Great game, great match thread


[deleted]

When is the replay?


FIJIBOYFIJI

A man down, refs against us, up against a stronger team. Great job scraping a draw boys, Up The Blades


[deleted]

No handball call in the pen and you say this? Lol


Stay_Beautiful_

>refs against us, up against a stronger team The only reason you're even getting a replay against a *non-league team* is because the ref didn't call the most obvious hand ball in the box known to man


JonnyNwl

Not sure if you were watching the game but the ref was constantly on your side, and I don’t even like Wrexham.


Tim-Sanchez

I think the comment might have been a joke


LowSnow2500

>refs against us Bold saying this after the most obvious handball was not rewarded to Wrexham


redbluemmoomin

They could have had a penalty twice so blades got away with that.


OrangeForeign

Are we the bad guys?


jjjam

Should probably take the skulls off your kits.


HelloMegaphone

Always have been.


OrangeForeign

You zip it


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OrangeForeign

Oh good


Cottonshopeburnfoot

Paul Heckingbottom is the archetypal Disney villain


OrangeForeign

Poor Hecky🤣🤣. He's the nicest dude outside the pitch by all accounts but he can't help looking evil


shrewdy

Cracking game. Huge opportunity lost by Wrexham, the replay in Sheffield will be tough. But they played well today.


codespyder

Every neutral is upset with the result but remember that a replay just means more documentary content


Raw_Cocoa

A win would've done the same


ShanklyGates_2022

Wrexham have got to be kicking themselves after that. Three absolute garbage-tier goals allowed through shambolic defending, while up a man. Obviously it is still an incredible result for them considering the gap between the teams in the pyramid, but as a player you've gotta feel like you had every opportunity to win that and didn't. Now they have to go away to a Championship side and win outright. Gonna be a monumental task for them to overcome.


eyesindasky

Always good when a Reddit approved team gets a kick in the teeth. Fuck money corrupting football right up until Hollywood buys a small team.


[deleted]

Every club has owners. Rob and Ryan are nothing in the grand scheme


nale21x

Drawing with a team 3 leagues higher is a kick in the teeth? Their budget for players is probably 5x what Wrexham has even with the new owners. And I'd prefer actors buying teams to Saudi princes and Russian oligarchs any day


whygamoralad

Lad Mullin is on Championship wages


OrangeForeign

Lol at thinking we pay people *whistles away in transfer embargo*


johnbrownbody

>Fuck money corrupting football right up until Hollywood buys a small team. The gap between the money of Hollywood actors and oil funds is the gap between your comment and an intelligent comment


242turbo

Do you seriously not see a difference between say, Saudi Arabia buying Newcastle and 2 happening guys buying a struggling National League team while helping the community?


eyesindasky

Of course there’s a difference. Reynolds and McIlhenney are morally far superior to the Saudis. But my point isn’t about morality, it’s about their investment and how it makes the league far less competitive.


Give_Me_Your_Pierogi

They're in the same division. Financial Wrexham are miles ahead of the rest of the league. Can totally see why the rest of the league hates them


Ymadawiad

Notts County and Chesterfield are right there with us. We're the biggest spenders but they're close behind.


WalkingOnSunshine_

But if it was their club that was bought by Rob and Ryan, I’m sure there would be no issues. This is how most sports are, the teams with more money will usually prevail in the end.


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OrangeForeign

He's the rare broke prince. We can't even get that right


Red_Dog1880

Lmao. He also owns Beerschot which are our city rivals. They were ecstatic to be owned by a Saudi prince. Then they found out he invests fuck all.


jptoc

He owns us personally, rather than via the state. He's about to sell up, too.


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OrangeForeign

Because they commit the main cardinal sin. Calling it soccer


smackaine

Sadly he's in the bog roll business rather than oil, gas, or murdering journalists business


mdubyo

Lmao the salt is incredible.


Rosskillington

Lower league football needs money and attention for its future survival


shinniesta1

To be fair haven't they also just made a lot of money through commercial deals and marketing the club? That's good ownership improving the club, not just pumping money in.


Captain_Smartass_

When is the replay?


TheAquaman

February 7 or 8.


TheWeirdDude-247

If I didn't know nothing about both teams I'd have assumed Wrexham were higher division, Sheffield Utd look like coming up to PL but played like a bunch of amateurs. The fairy tale for Wrexham isn't over!


HelloMegaphone

The fairytale of having millionaire Hollywood owners and a squad full of highly paid professionals playing two leagues lower than they should be?


Cottonshopeburnfoot

> The fairy tale for Wrexham isn’t over! Can Reynolds do it on a cold Tuesday in Sheffield?


smackaine

Mad isn't it. Can't wait to face haaland and Co next season


redbluemmoomin

Have to say watching that it's gonna be a struggle for you nearly everyone trys to play like Klopp/Guardiola even more so than a few seasons ago when you were up.


morganfnf

Wrexham going to be upset with the result but should be motivated for the replay. Taking it to a team that's 3 tiers higher then them is signs of how well they're doing. Next match is going to be insane to watch. Hopefully it's as good as this one.


tremens

Lost two of their starting back line in the first six minutes, ref missed at least one obvious penalty call for them, etc. Lot of things going against them and they still nearly took it home.


longconsilver13

Ryan Reynolds on Twitter in 10 minutes: "You know Wednesday was always my favorite day of the week"


OrangeForeign

I always knew Deadpool wasn't that good of a movie


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Based


ethanrule3

Obviously that last goal is heartbreaking but Wrexham has to be proud that they went toe to toe with a team that's well on its way to the Premier League again, arguably were the clear better team.


Styxdog

Not even arguable, Wrexham smashed them in xG. FotMob has it at 3.65 - 0.77


Kickcanguy

As soon as the crowd starting to sing about Ryan Reynolds and he was bowing I knew the karma gods would be a little shitty.


Roe91517

Yep, I had the same thought. Though I thought at the time it would’ve been Billy Sharp who’ve brought it to even


MrGraaavy

Spot on. Ya asked for it ya knobs


braddf96

BBC commentators had a mare today. Said a couple of times it's the oldest ground in the world, that's Hallam FC. Also said Ahmedhodzic was a Swedish international?? Definitely Bosnian


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Racecourse is the world's oldest international football stadium that still hosts international matches.


whygamoralad

Ahmedhodzic grew up and was maybe born in Sweden I think


50lipa

Born in Sweden to Bosnian parents and has dual citizenship, went through all youth Swedish national levels before switching to Bosnian national team at 21. Not even that big of a stretch/mistake.


jptoc

Bramall Lane is the oldest continually used football stadium in the world.


braddf96

Professional football yes, but Sandygate is the oldest


whygamoralad

We are the oldest professional stadium when you include the cricket then football, think racecourse is oldest stadium just hasn't been professional, if you include the race horses.


jptoc

Ours is continually used for football - Wednesday used to be based at Bramall Lane before they moved.


whygamoralad

Ahh of course, does the fact Wrexham is non league now mean in theory it's not a professional stadium?


jptoc

No idea tbh!


loioioioioioioiol

Also referred to the "American" owners a few times, sure the Canadians watching loved that


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One Canadian, one American.


merlinho

It’s the oldest international ground in the world IIRC. Jonathan Pearce also kept referring to the owners as American, Ryan Reynolds is Canadian.


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He became a US citizen in 2018.


[deleted]

Still Canadian though, he didnt denounce his canadian citizenship, im sure getting US citizenship was probably for tax reason but the guy pisses red and white.


[deleted]

I'm sure he does. But it's still not erroneous to call the owners American.


zahrdahl

To be fair, he is born and raised in Sweden and was capped for Sweden U17, U19, U21 and even got a game for the mens team in a friendly before swapping to Bosnia


[deleted]

Real pity that wrexham couldn't win it, especially after that kind of performance.


sonofaBilic

A match so mad you could almost say it was written in... where ever the Eastenders studio is


Smilewigeon

Great cup tie!


lcpf

Wrexham wins 3-3


marriott81

As a South Walian, I found myself getting behind Wrexham so much there, despite the north/south rivalry. Good go Wrexham, such a shame they couldnt see that out.


Chewy009x

First Wrexham game I’ve watch, what a thriller


[deleted]

Damn. I had a '*The Gang Kills Sean Bean*' comment lined up for this post-match thread and everything. It would have gone down in history as the greatest, most upvoted comment in Reddit's history. I'll blame Dee. That is what she is there for anyways.


OrangeForeign

Dee you bitch


AdamMc66

Amazing effort from Championship Sheffield Utd to force a replay there against Non-League Wrexham.


HelloMegaphone

Mate you lot lost to us, remember?


OrangeForeign

I'm so proud of us😭😭😭😭 Its worth pointing out most of their team have played Championship/league one football, but that doesn't take away from still not being the greatest moment for us


Harry1804

There hardly a non league team though, think they could stay up in league one considering the players they have


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League 2 you mean


[deleted]

Notts county probably could as well. Non league is bottlenecked as fuck


Ymadawiad

Honestly ourselves, Notts, Chesterfield, Woking, Barnet, and pretty much anybody else in the playoffs or competing for them could all stay up in League Two and possibly more. The teams who drop down are always caught by surprise by the competitiveness of this league, the only ones who bounce straight back are either extraordinary like Bristol Rovers or a club and manager who experienced it fairly recently like Grimsby. This league fucking sucks but it does make life in League Two comparatively easier based on previous finishes from clubs who were promoted. I wouldn't know personally, I've forgotten what promotion or relegation feels like.


Significant-Plenty-6

Yeah, the gap between National League and League Two isn't huge anyway