Non-League Paper

MARINERS TAKE THE HONOURS IN FA CUP AWARDS

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
24 January 2021

MARINE are the big winners this year of football’s FACTAs – the awards that specifically recognise the achievements of Non-League clubs in the FA Cup.
The Step 4 Mariners won through seven matches to reach the third round of the competition where they were drawn against Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspur, a match beamed live by the BBC cameras.
Neil Young’s side picked up three of the four FACTA awards available – only the second club to do so in the same season after Hereford in 2017/18.
The other award was claimed by National League North side Chorley, who fle...

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