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It’s an FA Cup year to remember!

EVEN though the FA Cup is celebrating its 150th anniversary, this season’s competition has still produced club records, competition firsts and many unusual facts and feats.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
15 May 2022

FA CUP – FACTS AND FIGURES
By Phil Annets @FACUPFACTFILE

HISTORY MAKERS: Kidderminster Harriers took their place in FA Cup folklore on route to the fourth round
PICTURE: Alamy

EVEN though the FA Cup is celebrating its 150th anniversary, this season’s competition has still produced club records, competition firsts and many unusual facts and feats.
Jersey Bulls lit up the extra preliminary round, winning 10-1 against Horsham YMCA in their first ever FA Cup game –a debut game margin of victory bettered only 10 times in FA Cup history. The Bulls would go on to be this season’s top scorers w...

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