Northern Premier League

STATS GALORE IN CUP OF DREAMS

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
30 August 2020

DEBUTS, DERBIES AND NEW RIVALRIES

QUICK TURNROUND: Just 30 days will separate the final on August 1 and the Extra Preliminary Round

The 2020-21 FA Cup will be the 140th running of the competition, but only the 56th to contain an Extra Preliminary Round.
The last time the FA Cup officially began on 1st September was in 1945-46, the first season after the last enforced break from football. There were just four Extra Preliminary Round matches that season.
30The number of days between the 2019-20 FA Cup final and the 2020-21 competition starting, the shortest period ever between one s...

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