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150 years of history is still alive as FA Cup gets underway in style

As the Emirates FA Cup gets underway, The NLP caught up with The FA’s Director of Professional Game Relations Andy Ambler
150 years

Magic of the cup is still alive today
As the Emirates FA Cup gets underway, The NLP caught up with The FA’s Director of Professional Game Relations Andy Ambler

A MILESTONE YEAR
THE FA Cup celebrates 150 years this season. It’s a fantastic milestone for a wonderful cup competition.
We’ve got 729 teams entered – 348 have been playing over the course of this weekend. That just goes to show the beauty of The FA Cup. It’s what makes it what it is.
The competition is oversubscribed every year. It’s an odd number of teams this season because of the revamp to the Pyramid and there are always so ma...

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