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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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FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Preview: We’re a whore for the underdog so it’s about time we had a break to see who the league clubs want to avoid …
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Here’s a short update on some of the FA Cup predictions we got before the season kicked off.
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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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One game left. Take two teams separated by 0 points and a handful of goals, put them on a park for 90 minutes and see which one wants the final play off place more. Add a sprinkling of FA Cup history, a bit of Cloughie, a bit of Revie, some Grecians, some Hove Albion and some FA Cup giant killing porn and you have our Ryman 1S preview of Walton & Hersham .v. Dulwich Hamlet. Enjoy.
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Our small part in the 2010-11 FA Cup is now pretty much over, having been on board from the extra preliminary round we’ve followed the usual slew of stories that make the Cup what it is. Here in Part One we ask you to pick out the Team Of The Tournament, next time in Part Two we look at the ephemera that makes the Cup what it is.
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It’s Watford v Brighton, straight out of the 1980s FA Cup story book. The pinnacle and start of lean times for both teams … a bit of Steve Foster, Thames Valley Royals, Grays & Keys, Floating Bob Maxwell and England’s failure
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FA Cup Second Round this weekend. Here’s a brief look at the main underdogs on show: Droylsden, FCUM, Swindon Supermarine, Swindown Town [wink], Tamworth, Dover and Chelmsford. Want to write for us? See the end of this piece …
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The Gills might be staring down the barrel of a Gooner powered Dover gun in this weekend’s FA Cup Dover shaped gun. But is that the least of their worried? Presenter of the Football Pubcast and editor of indie Gillingham website Gills365, Simon Head, gets frank.
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Let’s Get Ready To Rumble!!!!
There are four teams left who shouldn’t really be here. By rights and all the hackneyed ‘big club’ nonsense that pervades through all leagues, Tipton, Hythe, Poole, and Leiston are all 6 promotions away from a football league place. Frankly, it’s WAY OFF. But herein lies why we love
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After getting a bit of grief for our rather South-centric ITV preview in the previous round, we thought we’d redress the balance a little here and head a bit further North in pursuit of interesting games to big-up
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What a splendid week for Cup football and the Underdog. Of course, the media thirst for these giant killings is big, the thirst from fans is big but too much thirst slaking can drown you …
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A bit of a Northern tinge to this round’s preview, we hear from Glossop’s Jonathan Haggart and feature a few Vodkat teams. This week we’re off to Redbridge and Cray to see how they roll.
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It’s FA Cup Prelim weekend. We’re off to Corinth, a nod to Dulwich, a wave at the Charlton Brothers, lighting up the Dynamos, West Ham get a fright and the tale of one club becoming two and heading for a possible FA Cup match up.
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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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Fab’s due to pick his squad today, here’s what we want it to be. Fab will probaby choose Carrick instead of Parker though.
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Some time Real FA Cup photo contributor, Andy Taylor, takes up the keyboard to offer a preview of this year’s Championship …
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Can anyone except Chelsea and Portsmouth fans really be arsed to watch this year’s cup final, or even read a piece about whether anyone can really be arsed about this year’s cup final?
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… how much of a life highlight would it be to sit in the England dressing room, coveting the seat on which Goldenballs’ golden balls have perched, hanging your hoody on the peg that supported the full weight of Rio’s wardrobe…
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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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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.