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FA Cup 13:54 - Aug 2 with 8808 views

It's back! The first of 241 Extra Preliminary Round fixtures take place tonight.

There are five games that stand out for me:-

Penistone Church - Charnock Richard (I just like the names)
Congleton Town - AFC Bury (possibly the biggest crowd & the tie of the round)
Virginia Water - Brimscombe & Thrupp (the Brimscombe name & picturesque ground do it for me)
Oldland Abbotonians - Amersham Town (ex Amersham player & I think they last played in the FA Cup in the 1969/70 season)

The last one being Thetford Town - Ipswich Wanderers (ex secretary of IW & as it is being played at IW I will be in attendance)

I do mainly lose interest in the competition once the qualifying rounds are completed!

[Post edited 2 Aug 17:00]

FA Cup on 11:37 - Oct 18 with 269 views

stowmarketrange

FA Cup on 11:22 - Oct 18 by Watford_Ranger
I get why but it’s a shame. I think there’s an element of ‘magic’ in upsets being televised. Even worse now they move half the games to Sunday for no good reason as they have with Bwood.

I can’t see why games are moved to a Sunday unless they’re being shown live on tv,or there is a fixture clash with another local team.Another nail in the coffin for our greatest cup competition.

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