Occasional musings upon the noble game.

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Mark 'em Avenue! Mark 'em tighter than that!

Posted by Nik Myles on Wednesday, October 14, 2009, In : General 
The ephemeral majesty of the FA Cup. The stuff of schoolboy dreams, of romanticised days out, and of Liverpool in cream suits.

It's all a long way from the Horsfall Stadium in Bradford, where Buxton and Bradford Park Avenue huffed and puffed for near enough ninety minutes, both resolutely refusing to do anything of much note. The previous Saturday the two teams had provided what was by all accounts a fairly decent game, and I can only assume that the effort that went into that display left t...
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Shirebrook v Holbeach. FA Cup (Extra Preliminary) Aug 15th

Posted by Nik Myles on Wednesday, August 26, 2009,
<endnote><head> <meta> <title> shirebrook There's a quiz at the end of this, so stick with it.

Due to the unique way the Unibond football league is managed, I found myself with a free weekend, as Retford were made to feel as welcome at the opening round of fixtures as a referee at Warnock family barbeque. Still, never one to let the suits win, I manfully scoured the press for a suitable wet nurse. It being the first round of the FA Cup, I was fairly spoilt for choice. But being the fa...
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