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HEART & SOUL OF THE FA CUP

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
30 July 2017

DREAM STARTS HERE FOR ITS TRUE GUARDIANS

Nige TASSELL FOOTBALL AUTHOR

GLORY DAYS: The magic of the FA Cup was alive at Sutton United last season when they welcomed Arsenal to Gander Green Lane
PICTURE: Action Images

For many, it’s a mid-season diversion, one that doesn’t appear until a new calendar is pinned to the wall. For others, it starts a couple of months earlier, traditionally on frost-bitten pitches that require an 11thhour inspection from the man in black.
For us, though, it kicks off when the sun is still high, the swallows are darting around, and the sound of ge...

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