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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 the
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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.