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FA Cup 6th Round or QFs - correct terminology ?
Topic Started: 23 Feb 2016, 09:50 PM (283 Views)
daib0
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We hear in the FA Cup two terms for the last 8 - Round 6 or the Quarter-Finals.

These seem to interchange at will - for example on BBC Sport last couple of days



FA Cup: Chelsea travel to Everton in quarter-finals - http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35625935

THE EMIRATES FA CUP - SIXTH ROUND - http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/fa-cup/fixtures



Which is the more 'correct' ?


Or which term do you prefer?



Just wondered ... :D



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I tend to say Quarter Finals. Most people seem to.
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daib0
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perhaps you're right, but a generation or two back I reckon it was the other way round :unsure:
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This is the 6th time we've made the quarter-finals, but we've only qualified for the 6th round five times - our first quarter-final in 1901 was actually the third round proper. So I'll say I prefer quarter-finals ;)
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The FA officially call it the Sixth Round, but the round contains the last eight in the competition (ie Quarter-Finals) - so both are correct. ;)
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