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FA VASE FACTFILE: Final four are racing towards history

A new name will be etched onto the Isuzu FA Vase this season as all four semi-finalists are appearing at this stage of the competition for the very first time.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
24 March 2024

By Phil Annets

A NEW name will be etched onto the Isuzu FA Vase this season as all four semi-finalists are appearing at this stage of the competition for the very first time.
This also means that the 50th FA Vase final will follow the pattern of the 49 others that went before it whereby at least one of the clubs in each final appeared in it for the first time ever.
And this season also sees the return of the traditional two-legged semi-finals for the first time in five years, with the second legs scheduled to take place seven days after the first.
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