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Football: Fan's Eye View: Reading - How the FA Cup stopped our rise
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The Independent - London
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December 19, 1998
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Copyright informationCopyright 1998 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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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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