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Doug Ellis, poorly appointed corner flags, Gazza-esque, double-glazed tunnels, the white Gary Coleman and less Greek analogies than you were hoping for. Still a few though. Jamie Cutteridge.
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Imagine standing in the shower for twenty minutes with all your clothes on. Then imagine going to stand next to a football pitch in those clothes … hello summer! Colliers 1-1 Chessington
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The Daggers take a day off from their Diary. A confusing array of ground swapping and a generous giveaway to groundhopping. One day, two grounds, four teams.
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When his own side, Glossop North End, suffered FA Cup defeat before he’d even arrived back from an inconveniently timed holiday, Jonathan Haggart felt there was a hole in his season before it had begun. Which is why, on Tuesday night, he found himself at…
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Tomasz Mortimer goes to see his old team take part in the FA Cup. Familiar faces, familiar hoardings, spilled Bovril, young teams and touchline managers.
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Fisher FC secretary Dan York recalls the former Athletic’s FA Cup journeys and looks forward to a re-invigoration of the dream in historic Chichester.
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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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Some teams have been doing it for years, others are new to the FA Cup. Colin McNeillie documents Newton Aycliffe’s first ever foray. Nine goals, one direct from a corner.
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Where the hell did all those people come from? FA Cup final penalty save hero saves no penalties. therealfacup find itself on a train out to the ‘burbs, enjoys free burgers and sees an experiment succeed. The FA Cup must be underway again. And how!
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Is this the first published FA Cup report of the season? We think so. Andy Hudson thinks so. Get in! 9:40pm, ten minutes after the final whistle, no press box, no laptop, TAKE THAT Henry Winter! It is possible.
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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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Manchester City may well still have the ruddy flush of hard-fought victory in their cheeks and be parading ‘their’ FA Cup around the US of A but for hundreds of non-league sides, the Extra Preliminary Round of the 2011/12 FA Cup starts in but 4 weeks. Don’t get your hopes up but one of the team’s we’re going to see don’t do dull cup games … Current front page features Extra Preliminary games from previous years.
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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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Arundel 4 Hailsham Town 1. A little trip south for the extra preliminary round of the FA Cup. Featuring such joys as back heels, 3-1-4-2, wasps, pie, castles, Father Jack and some more wasps.
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Last season we followed the Road To Wembley of a man on a mission to raise much needed funds for Cancer Research UK. This season Richard Knowles takes a trip back to where the campaign began.
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It feels like the first day of term, it’s still summer, been anywhere nice on your hols, got new trainers, how full is your Panini, that new Geography supply teacher is fit, shouldn’t we still be watching cricket? Ahem.
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An early preview of the FA Cup. Where will we end up for the Extra Preliminary Round on day one?
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We are all now polishing off our summer footballing aperitif, so it must be time for the starter course of the Extra Preliminary Round of the FA Cup. Woohoo. Back to therealfacup we go.
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A sunny mid-summer Sunday afternoon saw us travel to Broxbourne to see them take on local rivals Enfield in the Extra Preliminary Round of the FA Cup.
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Tooled up for our raid on Norf West Lahndan we head for Lords for the smack of leather on willow, cucumber sandwiches, a flask of tea and maybe a nip of gin. Oh, no, hang on, that isn’t linseed oil, it’s deep heat, the football season has started and excitement is in the air!
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The draw for the Extra Preliminary Round of the FA Cup was made this morning and the fixtures have been released.
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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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“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.”