Sheff Utd in Europe ?

[Tiny p]

If they beat hull in semi .

[JOHNNYAITCH]

If they do that and play Arsenal in the final and Arsenal finish in the top 4..I think? Surely if Wigan beat Arsenal and win the final they will go into Europe? I think

[cheshirevaliant]

Hope not, raises the possibility of us having to play them on a Sunday next season if they are playing Thursday night.

[Shropshire_Valiant]

Depends if Arsenal beat Wigan. If Arsenal win they will most likely qualify for the champs league anyway so their position in the Europa League(if they won the FA Cup) becomes vacant so the runs up get in.

 

It just shows what is possible though for a team even in the third tier(Sheffield are one win away from Europe and so were Bradford last season although they never looked likely to beat Swansea in the final). We've had Birmingham, Wigan and Ipswich all play in the Europe in the last 10 years when they've been in the 2nd tier! It would be great to see a side from what is effectively the 3rd Division qualify for Europe!

[JOHNNYAITCH]

If they do that and play Arsenal in the final and Arsenal finish in the top 4..I think? Surely if Wigan beat Arsenal and win the final they will go into Europe? I think

 

How can the above get a thumbs down ? I'm getting paranoid now ;)

[cheshirevaliant]

Depends if Arsenal beat Wigan. If Arsenal win they will most likely qualify for the champs league anyway so their position in the Europa League(if they won the FA Cup) becomes vacant so the runs up get in.

 

It just shows what is possible though for a team even in the third tier(Sheffield are one win away from Europe and so were Bradford last season although they never looked likely to beat Swansea in the final). We've had Birmingham, Wigan and Ipswich all play in the Europe in the last 10 years when they've been in the 2nd tier! It would be great to see a side from what is effectively the 3rd Division qualify for Europe!

 

We were in the Anglo Italian Cup 20 years ago as well! :)

[Fosse69]

Depends if Arsenal beat Wigan. If Arsenal win they will most likely qualify for the champs league anyway so their position in the Europa League(if they won the FA Cup) becomes vacant so the runs up get in.

 

It just shows what is possible though for a team even in the third tier(Sheffield are one win away from Europe and so were Bradford last season although they never looked likely to beat Swansea in the final). We've had Birmingham, Wigan and Ipswich all play in the Europe in the last 10 years when they've been in the 2nd tier! It would be great to see a side from what is effectively the 3rd Division qualify for Europe!

I am not sure that an English 3rd tier side can play in Europe, which was the reason for the Anglo-Italian Cup when Swindon won the league cup as a 3rd tier team.

[Fosse69]

We were in the Anglo Italian Cup 20 years ago as well! :)

As a Tier 2 team.