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Football: Fan's Eye View: Reading - How the FA Cup stopped our rise

GENERATIONS OF football fans have been brought up on the magic of the FA Cup. Youngsters dream of scoring at Wembley, while their fathers talk of the giant-killings of yesteryear.

Village teams in the preliminary round hope to make it to the first round proper and play against a real League side. As winter deepens, the villagers give way to the semi-professionals, keen to impress anyone who might ask them to sign for a Premiership club.

As the qualifying rounds progress, players who rely on the game to pay their mortgages develop loftier aims - to reach the third round and meet Manchester United. But there is also a downside. For teams trying to win promotion or avoid relegation, the FA Cup ...

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