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'FA Cup 150', SHORT-LISTED Football Book of Year 2022. My facts & stats have been in 8 of last 9 FA Cup Final programmes inc. 2024! Data provider to the FA.
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Looking for recommendations on a game I should attend on Sat. 22d February to celebrate my 60th birthday. Needs to be within an hour of South Oxfordshire. Be great to celebrate with fellow fans of the FA Cup (I'll even bring some copies of my book to hand out)!. #CountdownTo60.
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Due to #PremierLeague club owners greed & #FA lack of a backbone, Tamworth have been denied a memorable #FACup replay at Spurs. Forget about the financial rewards of such a tie, those Tamworth players have been denied the opportunity to play at a top stadium . and for what?
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At #FACup tonight Chesham Utd only had a recording of National Anthem with 'Queen' in it, so the tannoy announcer decided to do his own version to ensure 'King' was sung. Well that worked out perfectly! 🤣
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From #FACup 1st Round there are no replays. Not because it benefits the FA Cup. Oh no!. Replays have been discarded to allow Premier League owners to give their hoarded players supposed competitive matches vs National League patsies!. Those that facilitated this are a disgrace!.
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The full #FACup 3rd Rd schedule has been announced by @EmiratesFACup . A bigger dog's dinner of a fixture schedule could not have been created if they'd tried. Fourteen different kick times for 32 matches!. Does the @FA just want the FA Cup to die?
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The @FACupFactfile club badges montage of the 732 accepted entries in #FACup 2023/24. RT if your club is included. Levels of interaction with this Tweet will determine whether it's worth me continuing with this account on @Twitter
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#FACup 1st Rd TV picks. The story of the round is Hednesford Town, but completely ignored! Neither they nor Gainsborough Trinity have made Rd 2 this century!. As always the TV companies don't use their services to promote the FA Cup they use the FA Cup to promote their services!.
The #EmiratesFACup first round TV picks have been selected! 📺.
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More league divisions (5) separate Charlton Athletic from Cray Valley Paper Mills than physical miles do (<4)!. It's only the #FACup that can bring these two near neighbours together in a competitive match!. #cafc #themillers
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For the first time in #FACup 150 year history, and after more than 73,000 matches, two clubs beginning with the letter 'Y' will meet in the competition as Yate Town host Yeovil Town in 1st Rd. #FACup150 #YTFC . @EmiratesFACup
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The 737 clubs accepted into the 2020-21 #FACup . #PremierLeague #EFL #NonLeague #LetFansIn . 200 RT's and I'll Tweet an image listing all the clubs by position in the picture.
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As if celebrating ending 10 years without an #FACup win isn't enough, @IpswichTown fans can also enjoy the fact that the League club now with current longest non-winning FA Cup run is Norwich City!.
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@ESPNFC Not correct on three counts. First, Wrexham actually scored 19 goals in #FACup this season and . Second @TheNomadsFc scored a total of 21 goals this season. Third 13 other #NonLeague clubs scored 15+ goals this seasons too.
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#MoneyFirstFootballNowhere . The @FA has sold the soul of its own defined 'crown jewel' the #FACup for the modern day equivalent of 30 pieces of silver. 1. Replays are essential part of FA Cup. 2. Playing 4th Rd from Fri-Weds is NOT weekend!.3. Cup Final before PL season ends!.
The FA and The @premierleague have reached an agreement to strengthen the #EmiratesFACup format and increase support for grassroots football. Swipe for details ➡️.
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There are about 5,200 Saturday men's clubs in England. This £6.7bn will be split between 20 #PremierLeague clubs getting £335,000,000 each. If it was split between all clubs they would each get £1,288,461. What could 5,000 clubs do with £1.2m? . #MoneyFirstFootballNowhere.
Record deal, record number of matches 💰. The Premier League has agreed a £6.7bn TV deal for Sky and TNT to show 270 live games a season up to and including the 2028-29 season. The BBC will continue to show highlights on @BBCMOTD for four more years 🙌
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So the #FACup Final will happen at 5.30pm to enable Americans to watch it at a reasonable time, but the #RoyalWedding involving an American is at mid-day when most Americans will still be asleep!. #MakesSense.
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@BBCSport This is the most ridiculous football story of the day . if they have £250k each to spare then pass it on to #Nonleague and #Grassroots football where it is needed.
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The 552 badges of the clubs still in the 2018-19 #FACup by the Preliminary Round . RT if your club is still there!. #EPL #EFL #Nonleague
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Aldershot Town become the first #NonLeague club to score SEVEN goals away at a Football League club in #FACup history. Swindon Town 4-7 Aldershot Town. @OfficialShots #Shots
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@footballiceland @FIFAWorldCup The other 0.4% of Icelandic people were playing in it. #ARGISL #WorldCup.
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The 2017-18 #FACup Club Badges Collage. RT your badge position!. @EmiratesFACup .@nonleagueshow .@RobbieSavage8 .@henrywinter .@fcbusiness
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Unbelievable result in #FACup . @GainsTrinityFC win 5-4 on pens (after 18 penalties taken) following a 4-4 draw after having been 3-0 down!. Shame the TV companies decided not to show it, eh?.
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@AFCWimbledon This is the best news - congratulations. And this is THE chart that every football fan will enjoy - the best chart of modern day football. #afcw
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Top ranked 'Town' clubs in #FACup . 1 Huddersfield Town.2 Ipswich Town.3 Luton Town.4 Swindon Town.5 Grimsby Town.6 Shrewsbury Town.7 Mansfield Town.8 Chatham Town.9 Romford Town.10 Northampton Town.11 Halifax Town.12 Crawley Town.13 Yeovil Town.14 Cheltenham Town.
@FACupFactfile Teams with "Town" in their name? 👀.
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@GaryLineker @wwfcofficial @SpursOfficial No bigger compliment to Spurs than seeing Wycombe bringing on Akinfenwa. #WYCTOT.
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Another example as to why we should protect #FACup replays at all costs.
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Well done to Tranmere Rovers for producing this response to @FA working with @PremierLeague to change the format of the #FACup without consulting @EFL @TheVanaramaNL and other #NonLeague clubs involved in the competition. Any other club with a similar statement?.
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@GaryLineker Manager appointed in November. 3 months later club is in a higher league position than they were in November. Manager sacked!. #Ranieri #Fulham #FFC.
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@GaryLineker @ManCity @OptaJoe Man City have scored more goals in their last two matches than Huddersfield Town have scored in all their competitive games this season . #MCIBUR.
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Retweet if your club was one of the 737 clubs who took part in the #FACup this year. #FACupFinal #MUNCHE #EPL #EFL #Nonleague #Wembley
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@EFL Congratulations! You'll be forever known as organisation that began the ruination of football in this country!
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Graphic of all 736 #FACup 2016/17 entrants. Can you find your team?. RT with names of those clubs surrounding yours
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Goals scored in #FACup this season by the eight Quarter Finalists. 16 - @Coventry_City . 12 - @ManCity . 10 - @ChelseaFC & @LFC . 7 - @LCFC @ManUtd & @Wolves . 6 - @NUFC.
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As a result of today's announcement by the @FA regarding #FACup replays it means that the last ever replay to kick off was this season's 4th Rd tie @AVFCOfficial 1-3 @ChelseaFC and the last ever replay to finish was the 4th Rd tie @NFFC 1-1 @BristolCity (5-3 pens) on 7 Feb 24
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@TheVanaramaNL At least have the decency to call the Non-National League sides what they are . Under 21s . it's very misleading and disingenuous to not include that in their name in your fixture list!. #BTeamBoycott.
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The top 10 clubs in #FACup across the last 70 years are:. 1. Arsenal.2. Man Utd.3. Chelsea.4. Liverpool.5. Spurs.6. Man City.7. Everton.8. West Ham.9. West Brom.10. Leeds Utd. Reply with club name to find their #PlatinumJubilee FA Cup ranking.
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#FACup 3rd Rd Trivia. @maidstoneunited have gone further in this season's FA Cup than record 14 times winners Arsenal FC!
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Well done Grimsby Town for formally speaking out against today's FA announcement about removing #FACup replays.
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#NonLeagueDay 12/10/19. No Sky TV, no VAR,.No punditry, no rip off bar,.Young or old, boy or girl,.See best football in the world. God bless Non-League Day,.Viva Non-League Day,.Long live Non-League Day,.C'est magnifique Non-League Day,.Magnifique Non-League Day. @nonleaguedayuk
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Fielding an ineligible player.Should cause the game to be voided.Unless you're a Premier League club.Then expulsion can be avoided. But if you're a Non-League side.Dependent upon a volunteer.Field an ineligible player.Then you're out on your ear. #NationalPoetryDay.
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@borussia_en @markchapman .Old joke - who's the most unpopular person at a Borussia Mönchengladbach match?. The one who shouts 'give us a B'.
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Top 10 #FACup clubs of all time. 1. Arsenal.2. Man Utd.3. Chelsea.4. Spurs.5. Liverpool.6. Aston Villa.7. Newcastle Utd.8. Man City.9. Blackburn Rovers.10. Everton. Tweet club name to find out their position out of 3,220.
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Top scoring clubs of those still in #FACup . 16 @drfc_official .12 @ManCity .11 @AFCWimbledon .11 @shrewsweb .9 @BarnetFC .9 @NewportCounty .7 @officialpompey .7 @SwansOfficial .7 @SpursOfficial .6 @Boro.
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@EmiratesFACup @premierleague This is bullshit. The #FACup is supposed to be your crown jewel and Mark Bullingham even calls it 'the FA's biggest asset'. And you've just sold it for a pittance to the #PremierLeague an organisation who would quite gladly get rid of it altogether!. Hang your heads in shame!.
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80 years ago on 1st Sept 1939 Poland was invaded by Germany. On 3rd Sept 1939 Britain & France declared War. In between on Sat 2nd Sept 1939, 124 clubs set out on their #FACup journey, a journey that would end as soon as it began!. Here's their story.
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@GaryLineker The #FACup and replays are NOT what are causing football's ills. Football is not just for the wealthy few, and commentators like you should be using your influence to curb the excesses of the top clubs. But of course you're part of the gravy train. Start FA Cup earlier? Idiot!.
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@GaryLineker I don't care how many decisions #VAR gets correct*, it is ruining the experience of watching football. #IRNPOR #Worldcup . *And it gets as much wrong as right.
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@henrywinter I disagree. Unfortunately there will still need to be an asterisk - pre & post covid football are two different competitions - yes they would have won the normal #PremierLeague but changing rules and conditions part way through season means they are not true league champions.
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@piersmorgan Wrong as usual. This season has completed over 75%. Next season hasn't even started. Given potential 2nd peak of covid_19 it makes more sense to try to finish this one next season than start afresh. Better to finish this one and either scrap or shorten 2020-21 campaign.
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#FACup 1st Qualifying Rd draw published at 1.0pm tomorrow (Tuesday). Anyone else excited?. #Nonleague.
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Not chosen to be shown on @BBCMOTD or @itvfootball.
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For those asking, it has taken a lifetime of dedicated research to be able pull together this #FACup ranking document!. It might look like just two tables of data but it is driven by collating data from a database of 137 seasons, 3,183 clubs across 65,000+ FA Cup matches!
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Goals scored in this season's #FACup by the four semi-finalists. 19 @Coventry_City - 5 games. 14 @ChelseaFC - 5 games. 14 @ManCity - 4 games. 11 @ManUtd - 4 games
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@GaryLineker It's the first time in #FACup history that conceding a goal has resulted in a trip to #Wembley . #NEWTOT.
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The #FACup 2018-19 club badges picture . can you find your club amongst all 736 entrants? It all starts again on 10th August. Follow @FACupFactfile for stats and facts on every club in every round. #PremierLeague #EFL #Nonleague
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Top 'Rovers' in #FACup . 1 Blackburn Rovers.2 Clapham Rovers.3 Bristol Rovers.4 Tranmere Rovers.5 Doncaster Rovers.6 Forest Green Rovers.7 Bromsgrove Rovers.8 Oswaldtwistle Rovers.9 Basford Rovers.10 Gresley Rovers.11 Welton Rovers.12 Paulton Rovers. 51 Baffins Milton Rovers.
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The #FACup 1st Rd matches I think should be considered to be shown live by @itvfootball or @BBCSport . 1 @CAFCofficial v @CrayValleyPM .2 @SheppeyUFC v @WFCOfficial .3 @RamsgateFC v @wokingfc .4 @MarineAFC v @HarrogateTown .5 @HerefordFC v @TheGillsFC.6 @ChesterfieldFC v @Pompey.
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Walsall vs Leicester City is a far more attractive #FACup tie than Brighton v Wolves or Liverpool. It showcases what the FA Cup is all about and would probably have more interest than the all #PremierLeague tie chosen.
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The 2019-20 #FACup club badges montage!. Along with a list of all 736 clubs involved. I'm happy for them to be used on club websites, blogs & in programmes, but please let me know in advance if doing so. #EPL #EFL #Nonleague
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@MarineAFC @GaryLineker @alanshearer @IanWright0 The record #FACup win for @SpursOfficial is 13-2 vs Crewe Alexandra. @MarineAFC - "Is that all?". Marine 14-0 Sandhurst. #MARTOT.
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@BBCSport Let's scrap replays & just have extra time & pens in 1st game. Then let's scrap extra time & go to pens after 90 mins. Then why bother with 90 mins, just go straight to pens. Or why bother with pens, why not just toss a coin?. Or why not just let a computer pick FA Cup winner?.
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The only club to have played in the #FACup with a name that contains all the letters of 'Donald Trump' is the exotically named:. Metal and Produce Recovery Depot (No. 1). A (Morris) works team based in Oxfordshire the club reached Q1 Rd in 1947-48 season.
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Loath as I am to differentiate the #PremierLeague from the rest of football, but if Notts County get relegated today it would mean that @pnefc next season would be the only club to compete in every single Football League campaign since the first 1888-89 season. #EFL #PNEFC #Notts
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@GaryLineker The thing about #MOTD aside from it being on at a time when people want to watch highlights, is that it is advert free. If they only got rid of those unnecessary 'coming up' sections half way through it'd be almost perfect.
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As we head toward #Armistice100 I want to pay my own tribute to the fallen by commemorating those clubs that played in the 1914-15 #FACup and never participated in it again. #ThankYou100 #ArmisticeDay #FootballFamily .@footballandwar
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Congratulations to @maidstoneunited on a terrific 2-1 #FACup #Cupset win at Ipswich Town to become the lowest ranked #NonLeague team in last 16 since Blyth Spartans in 1978, and only the 11th NL team in last 16 since current structure put in place in 1925-26 season. #Stones
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The Queen attended/presented #FACup at 12 Finals to 12 different winners. 1946 @dcfcofficial *.1949 @Wolves.1953 @BlackpoolFC .1955 @NUFC .1956 @ManCity .1957 @AVFCOfficial .1959 @NFFC .1962 @SpursOfficial .1963 @ManUtd .1965 @LFC .1972 @LUFC .1976 @SouthamptonFC . *Attended only
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@GaryLineker @dannyhall04 Earlier rounds are played every 2 weeks already, with #nonleague clubs often having FA Cup as first game. Play them at end of previous season? Which of the 3 games a week they are playing in Apr & May do you suggest they skip to accommodate that?.You have no idea.
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#FACup - differences in Barnsley & Forest Green Rovers players ineligibility. Barnsley - breached rule 103 & fielded an unregistered player. Disqualified. FGR - breached rule 109 & fielded a registered loan player but without permission to play from parent club. Re-play tie.
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Ranked Top scoring clubs in #FACup history. 1 @SpursOfficial .2 @KTFCOfficial .3 @ManUtd .4 @Arsenal .5 @AVFCOfficial .6 @GainsTrinityFC .7 @Everton .8 @ChelseaFC .9 @Rovers .10 @HendonFC .11 @worksoptownfc .12 King's Lynn & @LutonTown .14 @LFC .15 @bishopafc .16 @ManCity.
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Who's excited about the #FACup draw tomorrow. Here's the badges of the 176 #NonLeague clubs in the draw. Who do you want to face/avoid?
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For me, the biggest story of #FACup 1st Rd is @Hednesford_Town and the club reaching the 1st Rd after starting in the Extra Preliminary Rd, becoming only the second club ever to do that feat twice. Completely ignored by the ignorant MSM but I will be there vs @GainsTrinityFC
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The 2019-20 #FACup club badges montage!. Along with a list of all 736 clubs involved. I'm happy for them to be used on club websites, blogs & in programmes, but please let me know in advance if doing so. #EPL #EFL #Nonleague
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Record 922nd #FACup goal for @KTFCOfficial now 2-1 up at Northampton Town!. Level 7 winning away at level 3 . would equal the competition's biggest away gap win!. #NORKET.
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What is the issue some people have with @BBCSport choosing @hashtagutd v @SohamTownRanger as their 'live' #FACup Q1 Rd on-line broadcast?. This tie has as much right to be selected as any of the 117 ties and has added benefit of raising profile of the competition at this stage.
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