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"

	January 30th, 2012
	When Nil Becomes One
	Armed with a brand new camera, I was sure that Dulwich Hamlet would provide me with what I needed.

	May 14th, 2011
	Tempting Fate
	The playoffs may not be all that fair but they don’t ‘arf produce some great football matches. Dulwich and Leatherhead continued the trend at Fetcham Grove.

	May 4th, 2011
	Sparkle
	It’s not often you go to a game where there are 350 fans, the main stand is 20m from the pitch, the fans that are there go mental and turn a little corner of north London red like FC Union Berlin.

	May 1st, 2011
	Good Grief!
	Musings on the topic of end of season play offs, a new idea for the future and brief comment on the game we went to on Saturday, Ryman League Division 1 South – Walton & Hersham 0 Dulwich Hamlet 2.

	April 28th, 2011
	Winner Takes It All
	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.

	April 11th, 2011
	Bouncy Bouncy
	A tiny glimpse of early Spring sunshine and we’re off out to the pub in T-shirts before witnessing yet another Dulwich defeat.

	March 31st, 2011
	Panini Scandal
	Two surprise packages in this year’s Ryman (Champ Manager) Cup Final. Imber Court has nicely trimmed hedges. The Hamlet fans were immense but …

	December 11th, 2010
	Sutton 4 Wealdstone 3
	While everyone and all of their dogs were watching the dying embers of The Real FA Cup, we were in Sutton getting back to Ryman business. Over the last few years we’ve become a bit partial to Ryman action, most of the teams are enjoyable to watch and there are usually enough fans to generate a bit of atmosphere. 570 today!

	September 6th, 2010
	A Long Way To The Local
	Non League Day provided a chance to support my local team. Trouble was, they were playing away.

	August 25th, 2010
	Dear Henry, This Is Football
	Our first visit to Hamlet this season. Chat of England’s Alpha midfielder, Duku, naughty kids, blue boots backpass, a minute’s silence, the prolific Kevin James and some other stuff.