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FA CUP FACTFILE: It’s a year of FA Cup record breakers

Formed in 1881, Norfolk based Downham Town finally got its first taste of FA Cup football 142 years later – the longest a club has had to wait since formation before participating in this famous knockout competition.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
19 May 2024

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FA CUP FACTFILE
By Phil Annets @FACUPFACTFILE

FORMED in 1881, Norfolk based Downham Town finally got its first taste of FA Cup football 142 years later – the longest a club has had to wait since formation before participating in this famous knockout competition.
A 1-0 defeat at fellow Eastern Counties League Premier Division side Kirkley & Pakefield may not have been the result the club would have wanted, but the Town can claim this FA Cup record all the same.
And the records continued to tumble not long after the first matches of the campaign kicked off.
At 7.48pm on Friday August 4,...

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