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Category: FA Cup

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Price is only an issue in the absence of value

19 Jan 2021
There is an inherent jealousy in football. Fans will go to great lengths to disparage the supporters of rival, more successful teams. Many managers will use all the tactics in…
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Bulls create FA Cup history in the sun Shine

21 Aug 2016
The was the top FA Cup tie in the Preliminary Round.  That was undisputed as AFC Mansfield were first in alphabetical order.  It was also another first for AFC Mansfield…
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The Long(est) Goodbye

29 May 201630 May 2016
When Bobby Moore virtually turned the lights out at The Boleyn Ground around 11.33pm on Tuesday 10th May, most West Ham fans shed a tear as the fine old stadium…
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The Christian way

31 Aug 201531 Aug 2015
Living in a hot-bed of Premier League and Championship fans (oh, and Millwall), Non-League football sometimes doesn't get a look in.  It's all Chelsea, Charlton Athletic, Arsenal and West Ham…
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In God’s Country

17 Aug 2015
The new TV deal signed last season by the Premier League sides meant that this weekend's football coverage started in unusual circumstances with a live Friday night game.  With games…
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US and them

21 Jun 201521 Jun 2015
We are very keen on eulogising about the magic of the FA Cup in this country and quite rightly so.  It is the oldest football competition in the world, full…
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At the Cole face

8 Nov 2014
Every Non-League team dreams of a run in the FA Cup. The chance to take on a Football (or even Premier) League side, the presence of national media around the…
Barclaycard Premier League…

I heard it on the Twitter Vine

8 Oct 20147 Oct 2014
Football has much bigger things to worry about than six second videos being shared across Social Media hasn’t it?  Well not if you read some of the more recent news…
FA Cup…

With am or without you

28 Sep 201427 Sep 2014
Every Non-League club starts the season with a dream of progression in the FA Cup.  For the players it is the thought of walking out at a Premier League (or…
England…

Best Song Ever

28 Jan 201416 Feb 2014
"And we danced all night to the best song ever. We knew every line. Now I can't remember How it goes but I know that I won't forget her 'Cause…
Dartford…

On the fourth day of TBIR Christmas – The worst game seen in 2013

29 Dec 2013
After notching up 90 games in 2013 we have seen a fair few crackers, a lot of average matches and then there is the pot that you want to immediately…
Dartford…

Ebbsfleet suffer at the hands of a wayward Cook

1 Nov 2013
Few people will have been happier with the result on Saturday from the FA Cup Fourth Qualifying Tie between Ebbsfleet United and Dartford than I was  (For Ebbsfleet, read Gravesend).As…
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Remember the Spartans

16 Oct 201316 Oct 2013
The name Blyth Spartans may not mean much to the younger football fan, but the Northern Premier League side are one of the most successful Non-League clubs in the history…
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I don’t care about the truth, I want some happiness

28 Sep 20136 Oct 2013
Take one look at the teams who enter the early rounds of the FA Cup and you cannot fail to be overwhelmed by a sense of a purer age of…
FA Cup…

Jacks of all trade

15 Sep 201321 Sep 2013
Today is the start of our FA Cup campaign.  From the moment the draw was made back in July, we have been looking forward to starting our long journey to…

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