Gone Critical
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And you also fail to mention the FA cup where you have teams from the English 7th division playing in front of a packed Old Trafford - you just don' get that in footy and you never will.
This is true of AFL, rugby, basketball, gridion,tennis, athletics etc etc
Soccer, because of the relative difficulty in scoring, especially if a lesser teams takes a defensive mindset, is a sport where a vastly inferior side can at least remain competetive in a game.
For instance take an A grade ammo side or a top EFL side and pit them against the weakest AFL side and the result would be so one sided as to render the contest meaningless
AFL and the other sports mentioned could never have a FA style comp across the grades because the scoring system accurately reflects the difference between the teams.
The FA cup works because soccer scoring doesnt reflect this difference. So a match between Man U and a minnow still draws some interest and competition