ITV FA Cup Intro

[XWestlifeLoverX]

Love this song so much should be on every football show...match of the day etc

[swansmad1996]

this is fabulous, so much better than that cartoony shit on now

[22sheamatt22]

This is brilliant



[pompeytrue657]

Standing up and singing this at the FA Cup final in 2010 was the best day of my life Play up Pompey!!!

[ronaldinhollew]

Listening to that great rendition, and watching those famous pictures, it saddens me to see the modern FA Cup the way it is.

Played on the same day as league fixtures, a week before the last day of the season. What disrespect towards the greatest cup competition in world football.

[DonforDead]

@ronaldinhollew Totally agree, the FA Cup is a beautiful tournament. Makes people like me, whom support lower League teams proud to be defeated when we come up against big teams.

It also gives every team in the country a go at competing for who is truely the best team in the country.

Teams who play weakened squads, sicken me. And we don't have FA Cup weekend all season anymore..

I'm only 16, but it's MY favourite tournament, above the UCL..

ANd I sing ABIDE with me with passion every year.

[nikbyrne]

sends that tingling feeling through your whole body when you listen to this, truely great song, makes you proud to be english

[1JediRevan]

This should be our national anthem. It tears me up everytime I hear it.

[conormcgihon1]

AVFC

[StokieBoy31]

going to the FA Cup semi final at Wembley next month i cant wait until this is sung !

[trixwiz7]

I'm not British and I haven't been raised Protestant. In fact, I'm Australian (of British and Irish descent mainly) and was raised Catholic, and to some extent I've been brought up to ridicule Anglican English tradition. But this moves me to tears. There's so much emotion in this hymn. It's only fitting that something so passionate should be the flagbearer for moments equally passionate as Steven Gerrard's 90th min Cup Final equaliser. And that's just one fantastic FA Cup moment...

[gilly4441]

makes me cry

[Halleybone99]

poperpants! get a life u complete sad act!

[Halleybone99]

poperpants! get a life u complete sad act!

[Halleybone99]

jridgway86 Get a life you complete sad act!!!

[ugforthewin]

Come on Crawley.. lolol. :]

[jridgway86]

Whose actually singing the song? It's the best version I've heard and I would like to know. Ta 

[jridgway86]

This song gives me goosepimples and makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. This intro is so much better than the latest one.

[deanobwfc44]

good to see big winston on this vid! Imagine if he saw the state of this country now! He'd be turning in his grave

[pompeytrue657]

pompey as the last slide lifting the fa cup fantastic! play up pompey!

[hogalog]

which team is featured in this the most?

[MonVie]

They should have stuck with this intro, much more heartfelt than the latest one.

[psifla]

@MonVie With you 100%. The latest one does not compare.

[Mikeb1001]

King Eric lifting the trophy after scoring the winner against the scousers in 96, shame it doesn't have that goal as well, it's been used a fair few times on the FA Cup intro's. One of the reasons I watch the Cup Final still, even if United aren't in it, is the presentation of the royal party before the match, and the National Anthem and Abide With Me. It sets it apart from any other football match, it gives it a bigger sense of occasion even than the CL Final ceremonies.

[mancity1000]

@babooo1973 I agree, this reflected the FA Cup's history as the oldest football tournament in the world and ITV went and got rid of it for some "cartoon super heroes" theme

[hogalog]

@mancity1000 btw..... haway benty ;)

[mancity1000]

@hogalog Just be thankful Tevez missed an open goal and Bent's penalty just squeezed in under Joe Hart :)

[Ewartable]

@mancity1000 please please please bring back this song

for the FA Cup i love it and the intro is what the FA cup is about

[mancity1000]

ITV seem to be getting good at intros now. The England international one is top, the World Cup intro was decent but the FA Cup is the best one. The FA Cup is the oldest football trophy in the world, and this intro certainly captures that

[hogalog]

@mancity1000 shame its 2 years old. theyve done some crap cartoon thing last year.

[10JamesDowling]

they should always have abide with me in the FA Cup Intros it begins it to life i cried doing the 2003 FA Cup Final singing it. Should be the national anthem of English Football

[DrummerDudeRyan]

I don't mind the f.a cup but it's not important and you get all the injuries i don't mind it when united go out of the cup. Europe is better and always will be :)

[DonforDead]

As a Chelsea fan I have always said.

Forget Europe.

The FA Cup is the one.

[PeterleePoolie]

Brilliant shows how the F.A cup used to be when the Likes of Bob Stokeo took Division Two side Sunderland to Wembley and won the FA cup over Big Leeds Utd in 1973 !!! NICE ONE BONNY LAD !!

[DjQuick2008]

cuz hes a twat and always biased hes a prick id take motty and lawro anyday

[DjQuick2008]

I always did prefer FA cup on BBC having that irish cunt jim beglin on commentary defaces the Britishness of the cup

[seamirock]

how can you say that considering the amount of foreign players in the thing?

although i fucking hate jim beglin.

[danegel]

What a thick cunt you are.

[cardiffcity122]

I was at the 2008 FA Cup final, and when this is played before the match it's surprising how many fans sing this! I love this intro!

[WICKEDMAN85]

This version gets me everytime, I agree it could easily replace God Save The Queen. What a chilling song it makes your realise what life is really about!!!

[poperpants]

Every FA Cup game i stand with pride when this is played the FA Cup is British and makes me proud to be british

[Humphrey0106]

@poperpants Its ENGLISH mate. Be proud to be English, not British! :)

[poperpants]

@Humphrey0106 haha yer :P sorry :')

[BackFromNowere]

@poperpants The FA Cup is English. Not British :) 

[SirCharlesBarrington]

Reminds me of when the country was Great Britian, now without the greatness.

[HTFCbarmyarmyHTFC]

abide with me should be the national anthem

[ubear]

@HTFCbarmyarmyHTFC It almost is, at least on the FA Cup Final. lol

[backtoblack111]

this intro makes me happy to be british copy and past if you are to :]

[zaccrosland]

great intro

[jajye29]

Anyone knows what is the name of the song for the FA Cup and Community shield in 2007?? The intro i mean

[eJasminde]

Another good intro from ITV to go with their england internationals intro.

[nicklanglands]

I 100% agree, why on earth did they change it to that new one. Its rubbish putting it mildly....

[pompeytrue657]

did u c pompey there did you see it of course u did we rule the south

[Semaj0]

cant belive Chelsea took it home in a bin liner in the boot of a car, makes me want to cry ;(

[EvertonAreTheBest]

Not long to go cant wait to go back to Wembley on the 30th May 2009. Got my tickets now COME ON YOU BLUE BOYS!!

[motorsportsfan41]

lol what happened in the final?

[RsDezDude]

after hillsborough, i thought it was good for liverpool to win the cup in 1989

[17NU]

COME ON CHELS!

[tomalty1991]

who is the liverpool goalkeeper in the scene?

[dixie60]

if your talking about the goalie in yellow at the end its dave beasent who captained wimbledon in the 1988 cup final

[Dannie85]

Its not a Liverpool keeper, its the Wimbledon team that famously won the cup against Liverpool, yeah they were sponsed by Carlsberg before switching to Liverpool later on.

[Diavolo1500]

the best intro yet from itv

[tomalty1991]

does anyone know who this sung by?

[chocchipcookie26]

James Donaghey - he also played Oliver in the West End, fantastic voice!

[BRUMMIEFAN4LIFE]

aboid wid me i think

[dazduff02]

wat is this song called

[simpsonandrew007]

abide with me.