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FA CUP FACTFILE: Stones are re-creating old history

National League South Maidstone United are the lowest ranked club left in this year’s FA Cup – the only sixth-tier club to have reached the third round.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
31 December 2023

By Phil Annets

FA CUP 3RD RND PREVIEW

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12.30PM – MAIDSTONE UNITED V STEVENAGE
NATIONAL League South Maidstone United are the lowest ranked club left in this year’s FA Cup – the only sixth-tier club to have reached the third round.
It is the first time that the Stones have made it this far in the competition in what is the club’s 22nd FA Cup campaign since forming following the demise of the original Maidstone United club.
This means the current club has matched the original club’s best Cup run.
Maidstone United take on League One side Stevenage nine years after the two s...

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