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FA CUP FACTFILE: Proof dreams can come

The potential for being drawn against a Football League club in the first round of the FA Cup in November seems like a pipedream for the record number of 416 teams participating in this season’s Extra Preliminary Round on Saturday.
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By Phil Annets @FACUPFACTFILE

GIANTKILLERS: Histon stunned former winners Leeds United in the FA Cup second round in 2008
PICTURE: Alamy

THE potential for being drawn against a Football League club in the first round of the FA Cup in November seems like a pipedream for the record number of 416 teams participating in this season’s Extra Preliminary Round on Saturday.
However, a remarkable 19% of those kicking off the competition this year have actually experienced the limelight of being involved in the competition in the first round ‘proper’ before – and some have even gone beyond that...

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