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Wrexham rocked up to the Amex, shook their booty, ruffled some feathers, sang a song or two and then rifled back off to Wales to plot the final act. Wreckx!
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FA Cup: Sutton United 0-2 Notts County. John Motson, hubbub on the Sud Curva, Kylie & Jason, By Jovi, Chaka Demus & Pliers.
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FA Vase, Chas & Dave, Darryl Hannah, ice cream van, Bovril, one (no, two) sendings off, six goals and some to and fro. Smashing. VCD Athletic 3 – 3 Tunbridge Wells
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Sutton United in Europe: The Anglo Italian Cup, long train journeys, Gianluigi Buffon, Poole Town, Chieti, Triestina, Modena and Jossy’s Giants.
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Brentford 1-0 Basingstoke Town: “… Ron Noades was self-appointed manager of the team, which sounds even more ridiculous as I write this than it seemed at the time …”
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FA Cup stalemate at Oakside. Redbridge 0-0 Oxford City. The Cup’s lowest-ranked remaining side live to fight another day. And they nearly nicked it.
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1977/78: Jackie Marks, Blyth Spartans coach, interviewed at St James’ Park after the Blyth .v. Wrexham game by Match of the Day:
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“I don’t think we’re going to win it [the FA Cup], although I’m not sure yet” – Redbridge Gaffer Terry Spillane. He’s the chirpiest nervous manager we’ve spoken to.
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Here’s a little treat thanks to Spartans fan Ross Teasdale. With due respect to Mr Ian Brown, a Dublin DJ has added commentary from Blyth’s 1978 FA Cup Run and the Spartans fans to give … F.E.A.R a new lease of life.
Ross: “It brings a tear to the eye and the hairs on
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Blyth Spartans: Created by and imbued with a sense of Greek history by a man with no link to football, who then disappeared. What happened to Fred Stoker?
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It’s half-term report time. The qualifying rounds are over and we enter the realms of the ‘proper. What have the FA Cup’s new sponsors done well and what have they done badly?
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Leatherhead 2-3 Sutton United. Classic cup tie goes to extra time: banana skin, goals, silly red cards, saves, dubious penalties, chewed fingers and some morons leaving a poised cup tie with five minutes to go. Idiots.
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If, like us, you were out of the country on important state business, you might have missed the last proper round of the FA Cup. If so, here’s a round-up. Oh – and the draw …
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With the FA Cup reaching it’s ‘Real’ Zenith, our first journey into FA Vase territory for the season. Warren Carter on Seaford Town 1-2 Tunbridge Wells.
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Alphonse Reyrolle and Hebburn Town – Take one Tyneside town, add a French industrialist, start up a footy team and, hey presto, 99 years later they’re mixing it with the big boys on the verge of FA Cup history.
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Well, I’m sure it’s all been said, so I don’t think I’m going to add much to the party but the EPPP storm has broken me.
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Rushed pub choices, unwelcome halloween ephemera, Elton John, fisticuffs and ‘cheaper than the Bescot’. Chris Maddock on Lancaster 0-3 FC Halifax.
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Ulrika Jonsson, Sir John Betjeman, Sid James, The Gore, Ian Walker and THAT hair, Geoff Hurst-a-like and bukake. Nope, we have no idea how Stuart Fuller does it either but it’s all in there!
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FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Round: Cray 1 Dartford 2. The underdog put back in the kennel but gave a good account of themselves. Ice cream sellers the winners.
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FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Preview: We’re a whore for the underdog so it’s about time we had a break to see who the league clubs want to avoid …
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Michael Hudson opens up a new avenue for therealfacup, FA Cups from around the world! The Emperor’s Cup. J-League holders, Nagoya, take on 4th tier Suzuka.
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The FA Cup makes an appearance at a kids’ football tournament, the kids attention span wanders and parents take the Under 10s section far too seriously. Alan Fisher gets it off his chest …
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My god this was hard work …
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Worthing 0-0 Beckenham Town. FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round action, well, chips, from Mark Chalcraft of the Internet’s ’2nd Yellow’ website.
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Ever been to a game on a steam train? Steve Scott has. Bridgnorth Town 0-2 Long Buckby.
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Warren Carter: … Then the tweet came through from Sean Sonner saying simply ‘I love football’. Who could disagree with him on a day like today?
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“SHUT UP, 4″ – Andy Lloyd Williams with yet more FA Cup praise for refs. Bournemouth Poppies v Truro City … with added dog poo.
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Here’s a short update on some of the FA Cup predictions we got before the season kicked off.
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How to have a free day, not look at porn, go to the wrong station and accidentally go to a game that next week is an FA Cup game. Bromley 1-1 Welling.
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Banbury United 1-3 Slough Town. Slough fan Warren Carter pays a poignant visit to Banbury, Slough march on!
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Are analytical tools ruining football by mechanising a players' reactiv thought process and nullifying positive play? A lunchtime thought from therealfacup.
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1977/78: Jackie Marks, Blyth Spartans coach, interviewed at St James’ Park after the Blyth .v. Wrexham game by Match of the Day: