therealfacup

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"disillusioned with football at the top level, we visited our local team, Dulwich Hamlet, to watch them play Broxbourne Borough in the Preliminary Round of the FA Cup and were hooked"

	August 27th, 2011
	Marathon To Pegasus Via Hercules
	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.

	August 27th, 2011
	Bedraggled
	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

	August 25th, 2011
	Daggers Double
	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.

	August 24th, 2011
	Keeper Striker Keeper Striker
	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…

	August 24th, 2011
	“Well Done Beany”
	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.

	August 23rd, 2011
	The Amphitheatre Of Dreams
	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.

	August 22nd, 2011
	Excellent Fish
	As if we needed reminding, Fisher FC demonstrate to those who could be bothered to watch what the Cup is all about.

	August 22nd, 2011
	Aycliffe 2 – 7 Synthonia
	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.

	August 20th, 2011
	Ascot United 1 – 2 Wembley
	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!

	August 19th, 2011
	Sunderland RCA 7 – 0 Birtley Town
	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.