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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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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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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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Gannin’ Away’s Andy Hudson talks to Hebburn’s Dean Nicholson about the FA Cup draw that pitted them against neighbours and Blue Square Bet big boys Gateshead.
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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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Juliet Jacques travels from Horley to Horley, returning for FA Cup football and maybe finding something, among the horribly familiar, she’d never encountered before.
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“Ladies and Gentlemen, yesterday at Wembley we might have lost the Cup but you the Liverpool people have won everything. You have won the admiration of the policemen in London and you have won the admiration of the public in London.”
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“Let He Who Didn’t Watch The FIFA World Cup Cast The First Stone” – John 8:2-1
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You’ve got a big day out, a final no less. Where do you want to go? City of Manchester Stadium? Hmmm, not really. What about Old Trafford? Well, maybe, but can’t we go to Wembley? ‘fraid not, some beegveegs are in town and they have fatter wallets and they don’t want the likes of you anywhere near the pitch for a couple of weeks before their delicate little waifs have to pirouette around it. But you’ll bring all your fans up to Manchester, won’t you …
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Our surprisingly successful poll (3,000 votes!) earlier in the year decided FC United of Manchester were the people’s choice for the most impressive team of the season in the early rounds of the Cup. Hythe Town came a fractional and deserved second. Now the losers ribbons are floating around Wembley, here’s our final instalment, our highlights of the year and our First Choice XI team of the year.
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Why doesn’t the football family help its siblings to get cup final tickets?
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What better way to ‘watch’ the Royal Wedding than through therealfacup’s Twitter feed, including the great and good of football writers, bloggers, referees, players and official football club feeds. Ahhhh, doesn’t she look lovely?
The Royalists were out in force early doors. Referee @gerrypimm complimented the royal couple-to-be on their early start “the anti
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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: An erudite essay about one man’s modern, painful ambivalence towards the oldest knockout tournament in the world – and how it can’t be revived. By Mark Finnigan, a supporter who’s no longer convinced by the Cup but knows full well he should be.
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Not another article about the Magic Of The Cup? Well, no, not quite! This one picks holes in Daily Fail opinion, proves it wrong and that the actual competition losing the FA Cup fans and its lustre is the Premier League. No, really. It’s got stats and everything!
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After a night of high drama at Broadfield, non-league Crawley knock the stuffing out of former FA Cup finalist Nigel Clough. Some people saw the giant killing but a whole load of others saw through it and into a world of murky dealings and a club throwing their weight around. This led to a small problem for therealfacup, what do we think about it … ?
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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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The draw for the 9th Round of the FA Cup is here and, for some odd reason there are only two teams left in!! We thought there were 5 or 6 rounds left yet but, apparently, no, it’s all down to the last two already.
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A quick review of and comment about the non-league clubs in FA Cup action this weekend. Harrow Boro’, FCUM, Dover, Swindon Supermarine and Tamworth.
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Our week in football courtesy of Twitter | Follow Friday | What we enjoyed this week | keepingitpeel | What’s up next? | Who made us chuckle | Thanks to a few (actually more than a few) | Do have a mooch round the site
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We follow non-league football teams, on the whole, we don’t much like that phrase but someone didn’t like ‘low level football’ and we used that – well, one of our contributors did. What do you reckon? Over sensitive or a fair point?
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At The Old Bank pub next to Sutton train station, Sutton United and ESPN arranged a little soiree in celebration of the FA Cup. The Real FA Cup were there, the ACTUAL FA Cup was there …
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Part 2: The Mysterious Tangerine is back to give us the second instalment of Blackpool’s life in the Premier League. After first looking at the playing side, this episode goes off-pitch to look at Blackpool’s stubborn resistance to $$££.
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It started on Facebook and spread like wildfire across Twitter. We have a quick look at Non League Day via the conduit of the Tweet, just a little look mind.
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Over the course of this season the ‘Mysterious Tangerine’ will bring us his own thoughts on what it is to be a Blackpool fan in the Premier League. One day we might even find out who he is. Here’s part one.
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Our resident Blackpool fan gives us the lowdown on Blackpool’s chances in this season’s Premier League.
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Found this today, from the archives
Fussball
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A lot has been said about the failings of English football this week and the number of coaches has been pinpointed. But who’s fault is it? It surely isn’t as simple as THE FA? No.
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So, the poor little mites in England’s squad aren;t happy at being booed for being awful. Do English Premier League players ever have to accept blame for anything at club level?
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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: