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FA VASE FACTFILE: It’s a year of firsts

SIXTEEN clubs are now just three wins away from an appearance at Wembley in what is the famous stadium’s centenary year.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
5 February 2023

FA VASE 2022-23
By Phil Annets @FACUPFACTFILE

5TH ROUND PREVIEW

SIXTEEN clubs are now just three wins away from an appearance at Wembley in what is the famous stadium’s centenary year.
Holders Newport Pagnell Town are the last remaining club to have actually appeared in a Vase final before, lifting the trophy at Wembley last May.
This means that for the 49th time in the 49th FA Vase Final there will be at least one club participating in it for the very first time. In fact, none of the other 15 clubs still in this season’s competition have even ventured beyond the quarter-finals of the F...

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