The Magic Of The Cup: Season 1967-68
Dave Bowler has been busy lately working on a new project ‘The Magic Of The Cup’ that will cover each historic FA Cup season from preliminaries to final.
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Magic Of The Cup – Season 1973-74
First Touch writer Dave Bowler has been busy lately working on a new project. It\’s a series of books to be released over the coming years called The Magic Of The Cup that will cover each historic FA Cup season, including exclusive interviews with those involved.
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The EPL Winter Break Debate Rolls On
Once again, the EPL is concluding that something is wrong with the game – and then busily choosing to blame the wrong thing.
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VAR – What Is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing
VAR is Pandora’s Box. Open it and the game dies. The price the game pays is too high. Dave Bowler points out the folly of introducing video assistant referees
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More FA Cup Fairy Tales Make Headlines
Premier League teams are typically scorned and made out to be the pantomime villains of the FA Cup when they field vastly weakened teams.
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Sorting FA Cup Facts From Fiction
Let’s Set The Record Straight On Some FA Cup Facts. The idea that the magic of the FA Cup is lost is #FAKENEWS. Read all about it.
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The FA Cup Is On Life Support
The FA Cup has gone the way of the Monty Python parrot. There are numerous examples of teams treating this majestic competition with disdain.
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The FA Cup, And How To Save It
Barring getting elbowed in the head by Stuart Pearce and mugged off by Ginola, my biggest claim to fame was walking Millwall out as an FA Cup final Captain.
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FA Cup Replays On The Chopping Block?
The Football Association and the Premier League are looking at the idea of doing away with FA Cup replays and, worse yet, moving the competition to midweek.
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The Transfer Window Is Closing Soon
Silly season isn’t too far away. Just a few days til January transfer window closes and Chief Executives everywhere are starting to lose their grasp of reality.
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