I have written previously about the decision to abandon the practice of FA Cup replays. The decision was taken at the behest of clubs who would never need to be involved in the First and Second rounds but the FA capitulated again to the demands of the “Big Clubs.” Well the second round was this weekend and a couple of non-league clubs managed to get through whilst a handful did themselves proud!

The draw for round three has been made and Arsenal must be disappointed. Their season is over! Liverpool pulling away in the league and the prospect of being embarrassed by a resurgent Manchester United in the Third Round of the cup. Spare a thought also for Pep. Just when he thought things could not get worse, he is thrown a massive banana skin with a tie against Salford. To be fair, I have been impressed with how he has faced this mini crisis. Unlike Wenger and Arteta, he has not trotted out every excuse on the planet. I wish him well.

Full draw….

(I don’t think Nil Nil Harris at Millwall will take Dagenham & Redbridge for granted. He is too wily for that.
I think that’s the game I will go to. Could be a real scrap on the pitch from beginning to end. Nice one for Accrington Stanley. Hope they get a decent payday.)

There is a nice competition to win tickets.

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Meanwhile our intrepid travellers have been out and about. Darren Ashley was as Amersham Town which I rate as one of my favourite step 4- step 6 grounds. See his report here and Christian has been asking all the right questions at Leek Town in Staffordshire. You can see his review here.



Christian also has a nice Christmas Raffle coming up and I will be donating some match tickets. If you can either donate or want tickets, shout him here

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