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FA VASE FACTFILE: Force look to strike at last

Phil Annets from the FA Vase Factfile takes us through the facts and figures as the competitions gets underway next weekend.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
18 August 2024

ISUZU FA TROPHY & VASE – IN NUMBERS
ISUZU FA VASE QUALIFYING RND
By Phil Annets

@FAVASE FACTFILE

PRIZE GUYS: Romford celebrates victory in the Isuzu FA Vase Final
PICTURE: Alamy

595 THE number of entrants in the 2024-25 FA Vase competition.
187 The number of ties in the first qualifying round involving 374 clubs from Steps 5 and 6.
51 The number of ties that guarantee a Step 6 club will progress to the next round. At least 44 Step 5 clubs will exit in this round and there are 92 ties with the possibility of an upset. number of clubs participating in
14 The for the first time the...

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