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Armed with a brand new camera, I was sure that Dulwich Hamlet would provide me with what I needed.
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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
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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?
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As if we needed reminding, Fisher FC demonstrate to those who could be bothered to watch what the Cup is all about.
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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.
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A tiny glimpse of early Spring sunshine and we’re off out to the pub in T-shirts before witnessing yet another Dulwich defeat.
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A top of the table clash between local rivals Chorley and Chester provides more than just football for the locals to talk about.
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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.
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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.
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One half of therealfacup finds that access to vast sums of money doesn’t necessarily mean good football.
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Hayes fail to produce the required cup upset as Gareth Ainsworth’s injury time winner puts Wycombe into the next round.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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Staines breeze past Tooting & Mitcham with the help of a certain Mr. Walcott.
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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?
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Non League Day provided a chance to support my local team. Trouble was, they were playing away.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Terry Brown took his Wombles to The New Den on Monday to take on League One high-fliers Millwall in the First Round.
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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!
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After a pulsating encounter, it took 17 penalties to separate Ashford Town (Middx) and Hendon.
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The Welsh boys from Merthyr crossed the bridge into England to take on Chippenham.
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We’re launching our Official Song! And this is your chance to record your own version for the website.
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Horsham progress to the next round on a sunny day in Horsham after 2 Sussex teams failed to produce an FA Cup classic.
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A Friday night trip to Chertsey saw a narrow victory for the visiting side.
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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.
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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.
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The draw for the 1st Qualifying Round of the FA Cup has been made.
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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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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.