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The Bards of Stratford Town have a script for FA Cup dreams

PORRIDGE and prawn crackers will be on the menu for Stratford Town’s players as they look to serve up an FA Cup upset at home to League One Shrewsbury Town this afternoon.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
7 November 2021

By David Lawrence

STRAT’S CUP MAGIC! Stratford Town are ready to await the visit of Shrewsbury Town in front of the TV cameras this afternoon
PICTURE: GARRY GRIFFITHS

PORRIDGE and prawn crackers will be on the menu for Stratford Town’s players as they look to serve up an FA Cup upset at home to League One Shrewsbury Town this afternoon.
The Southern League Premier Central side booked their place in the first round of the competition for the first time in their 80-year history and manager Paul Davis is keen to keep a sense of normality in spite of there being a record-breaking 2,800 suppor...

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