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JLAHF Podcast: History Of The Champions League

Just Look At His Face - Podcast / By firsttouchonline

This podcast delves into Champions League history, starting with the year Chelsea were banned and Hibernian pulled a fast one.

JLAHF Podcast: The Fall Of The FA Cup

Just Look At His Face - Podcast / By firsttouchonline

Why have top teams turned their back on the FA Cup? Chris Lepkowski and Dave Bowler discuss the fall in popularity of the world\’s oldest tournament.

west brom olayer holding the fa cup trophy in 1968

The Magic Of The Cup: Season 1967-68

Classic Articles / By firsttouchonline

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.

Magic Of The Cup – Season 1973-74

Liverpool in the USA / By firsttouchonline

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.

The EPL Winter Break Debate Rolls On

Dave Bowler's Team Talk / By firsttouchonline

Once again, the EPL is concluding that something is wrong with the game – and then busily choosing to blame the wrong thing.

VAR – What Is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing

Classic Articles / By firsttouchonline

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

More FA Cup Fairy Tales Make Headlines

Matty Lawrence Column / By firsttouchonline

Premier League teams are typically scorned and made out to be the pantomime villains of the FA Cup when they field vastly weakened teams.

Sorting FA Cup Facts From Fiction

Dave Bowler's Team Talk / By firsttouchonline

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.

Ronnie Radford celebrates his FA Cup goal in 1972

The FA Cup Is On Life Support

Matty Lawrence Column / By firsttouchonline

The FA Cup has gone the way of the Monty Python parrot. There are numerous examples of teams treating this majestic competition with disdain.

The FA Cup, And How To Save It

Classic Articles / By firsttouchonline

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.