January 30th, 2012

Armed with a brand new camera, I was sure that Dulwich Hamlet would provide me with what I needed.

September 30th, 2011

Have you ever noticed that it’s almost impossible to find out FA Cup scores in the early rounds?

Well so have we – so we decided to fix the problem using Twitter.

If you are going to a cup game this weekend and you are on Twitter, if you use the #facup hashtag in

September 20th, 2011

An enthusiastic cup’er attempts to show his other half what she’s missing by taking her to Wingate & Finchley. What could possibly go wrong?

August 22nd, 2011

As if we needed reminding, Fisher FC demonstrate to those who could be bothered to watch what the Cup is all about.

May 14th, 2011

The playoffs may not be all that fair but they don’t ‘arf produce some great football matches. Dulwich and Leatherhead continued the trend at Fetcham Grove.

April 11th, 2011

A tiny glimpse of early Spring sunshine and we’re off out to the pub in T-shirts before witnessing yet another Dulwich defeat.

February 22nd, 2011

A top of the table clash between local rivals Chorley and Chester provides more than just football for the locals to talk about.

February 2nd, 2011

ITV are well aware that no-one is interested in the group stages of the Champions League so they hawk the FA Cup around like it’s the new black until March. When it comes to highlights packages though, they really couldn’t give a monkeys.

January 9th, 2011

The FA Cup has lost many of its traditions over the last 20 years but there is one that remains and gives the old competition a real boost compared to League games.

January 7th, 2011

One half of therealfacup finds that access to vast sums of money doesn’t necessarily mean good football.

November 9th, 2010

Hayes fail to produce the required cup upset as Gareth Ainsworth’s injury time winner puts Wycombe into the next round.

October 26th, 2010

Carshalton Athletic will forever wonder what might have been after two stunning goals were not quite enough to beat Chelmsford at a freezing Melbourne Park.

October 13th, 2010

St. Albans could count themselves lucky that they were still in the Cup after Saturday. But would the possibility of a plum tie against local rivals Luton Town have any effect on them in the replay?

October 10th, 2010

Lower league FA Cup football in early autumn. It’s all about mud, scrapping, windswept pitches and getting stuck in, right? Not in balmy St. Albans it wasn’t where we were treated to some superb football, came very close to witnessing an upset and supped ale in the great outdoors. Bootiful.

September 27th, 2010

Staines breeze past Tooting & Mitcham with the help of a certain Mr. Walcott.

September 14th, 2010

South Park have come a long way in this, their first venture into the FA Cup. But would Ryman Premier side Cray Wanderers prove too much for them?

September 6th, 2010

Non League Day provided a chance to support my local team. Trouble was, they were playing away.

August 31st, 2010

A trip to a place that is remarkably free of drinking establishments doesn’t seem, on the face of it, an ideal day out for us at The Real FA Cup. Neither did it for most of the rest of the human race.

August 17th, 2010

Mole Valley’s first chance of FA Cup glory on a soggy/sunny/soggy/sunny August evening ends in defeat as Chertsey Town bag five. Rainbows, an early touch of the ball, gourmet dinner and a Papali appointment.

April 22nd, 2010

Sitting in the bottom three, five games without a goal and a new manager – could River Plate take anything from a game with table-topping Godoy Cruz? Our bread and butter is, as I’m sure you’re aware by the name of the site, the FA Cup.

November 11th, 2009

Terry Brown took his Wombles to The New Den on Monday to take on League One high-fliers Millwall in the First Round.

November 4th, 2009

The First Round of the FA Cup is almost upon us and, as the TV money floods in, kick-off times are altered to such an extent that we will be attending no less than 3 (three!) matches this weekend!

October 14th, 2009

After a pulsating encounter, it took 17 penalties to separate Ashford Town (Middx) and Hendon.

September 27th, 2009

The Welsh boys from Merthyr crossed the bridge into England to take on Chippenham.

September 24th, 2009

We’re launching our Official Song! And this is your chance to record your own version for the website.

September 14th, 2009

Horsham progress to the next round on a sunny day in Horsham after 2 Sussex teams failed to produce an FA Cup classic.

August 29th, 2009

A Friday night trip to Chertsey saw a narrow victory for the visiting side.

July 6th, 2009

You have until 5pm on August 14th 2009 to cast your vote to decide which of the Extra Preliminary Round matches we should go to.

July 3rd, 2009

In order to help you decide which of the 203 Extra Preliminary Round matches to go to on August 15th, here is a map of them all.

July 1st, 2009

The draw for the 1st Qualifying Round of the FA Cup has been made.