Tag: FA Cup

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In The Non-League Paper, January 8

THE Non-League Paper is still on sale today and it’s a must read with plenty of action from the National League down to Step 6, including all of the FA Trophy drama! We’ve got all the news plus reports and pictures from Saturday’s action!

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Sam Elliott: FA Cup magic is lost on TV bosses

SHOW of hands. Whose most memorable match was a pre-season friendly, a game when your team were given a bit of a lesson? Mine was. I’ll never forget Wednesday July 10 2002. It’s just shame the TV executives have.

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Neil Jensen: We all need Non-League’s FA Cup stories

IF YOU’RE of a certain age, the Monday lunchtime FA Cup draw used to have a little bit of magic about it. Radio Two would break its usual schedule and beam into Football Association headquarters for a bunch of elderly chaps to shake a velvet bag and pick out billiard balls one-by-one to construct the draw for the next round.