FA CUP - From Beginning to the Final (I hope)

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Me and a friend had been thinking the same thing for a few years, watching a very first preliminary round FA Cup match and follow the winne...

Atherstone v Brocton - Extra Prelim Round

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Saturday 16th August Att 146   Winner receives £1500 from FA Arrived at the ground shortly after kick off. £3 at the turnstile an...

Brocton v Atherstone - Extra Prelim Round (Replay)

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Tuesday 19th August Att 95 Played golf just down the road this morning at Ingestre Golf Club. Almost 100 mile round trip. Bite to eat l...

Sutton Coldfield Town v Brocton - Preliminary Round

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Saturday 30th August  Winner receives £1925 from FA £5 entry and £2 the program. Getting more expensive. Eventually found a spot to...

Brocton v Sutton Coldfield - Preliminary Round (Replay)

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Tuesday 2nd September Arrived late. Nothing new there. Wow, twice as many here as there was against Atherstone. Not all Sutton supporters...

Halesowen Town v Sutton Coldfield Town - 1st Qualifying Round

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Saturday 13th September Winner gets £3,000 Played 9 holes in Devon at 10 in the morning (Day 3 of Captains Trip). Left 12 O Clock, a...

Ellistown & Ibstock Utd v Halesowen Town - 2nd Qualifying Round

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Saturday 27th September Winner gets £4,500 Arrived at the ground just before kick off. £5 to get in and the programs were sold ou...

Guisley v Halesowen Town - 3rd Qualifying Round

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Saturday 11th October Winner gets £7500 Att 751 Sat Nav got lost in Leeds!!  Take the third exit at next roundabout. Must have ...

Grimsby v Guisley - 4th Qualifying Round

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Saturday 25th October Winner gets £12,500 Att 1,761 Straightforward to get to. Strange thing is, the ground is not in Grimsby, ...

Grimsby v Oxford United - 1st Round

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Saturday 8th November      Winner gets £18,000 Att 3241 What a journey. Driving rain all the way. 50mph on 20 mile stretch of M...

Oxford United v Tranmere Rovers - 2nd Round

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Saturday 6 th December  Winner gets £27,000 Att 4,681 40 years ago I worked for a short time in Oxford and had some digs up the ro...

Tranmere Rovers v Oxford - 2nd Round Replay

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Tuesday 16th December Winner gets £27,000 Att 3,296 Off to my sisters for tea in Cheshire, drop in at a friends for half an h...

Tranmere Rovers v Swansea City - 3rd Round

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Saturday 3rd January Att 10,007 Winner gets £67,500 Many thanks to Notcutts Garden Centre Restaurant for their sponsoring my su...

Blackburn Rovers v Swansea - 4th Round

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Saturday 24th January Att 5,928 Winner gets £90,000 Can’t understand the gate. Almost half the Attendance of the Tranmere – Swa...

Blackburn Rovers v Stoke City - 5th Round

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Saturday 14th February  Att 13,934  Winner gets £180,000 Here we are back at Blackburn. For me a very poor attendance again.  A place ...

Liverpool v Blackburn - 6th Round

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Sunday 8 th March Winner gets £360,000 Att 43,820 Thank you ALL for trying to get me a ticket. Nothing materialised so chose t...

Blackburn v Liverpool - 6th Round Replay

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Wednesday 8th April Winner gets £360,000 Att 28,415 Third time at Blackburn so no problem getting a ticket. Came down early today and...

Aston Villa v Liverpool - Semi Final

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Sunday 18th April Winner gets £900,000 Loser gets £450,000 Att 85,416   930am and called at my daughters to pick up Darren and James...

Arsenal v Aston Villa - Final

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Saturday 30th May Winner gets £1.8m Loser gets £900,000 Att 89,283 Different approach going to the Final. Darren and James went on th...