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I'm afraid I disagree with Mr. Culmstock. I'm old enough (78) to remember when the FA Cup Was the big deal of the season and also (being a Whitby Town supporter) when the Amateur Cup was equally prestigious.
The FA Cup was dealt a death blow by the loathsome Manchester United FC when in 2000 they opted out of the tournament to play a few games abroad.
However, imagine if we DID start to do well in this season's trophy (and there's no reason why we shouldn't), then excitement (already at quite high levels) would grow even greater, which would please - among others - Uncle Clarke. And if we won the double! Fantastic. No, Mr. Culmstock, let's get these great cup competitions back to what they were - jewels in the crown of football.
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I'm afraid I disagree with Mr. Culmstock. I'm old enough (78) to remember when the FA Cup Was the big deal of the season and also (being a Whitby Town supporter) when the Amateur Cup was equally prestigious.
The FA Cup was dealt a death blow by the loathsome Manchester United FC when in 2000 they opted out of the tournament to play a few games abroad.
However, imagine if we DID start to do well in this season's trophy (and there's no reason why we shouldn't), then excitement (already at quite high levels) would grow even greater, which would please - among others - Uncle Clarke. And if we won the double! Fantastic. No, Mr. Culmstock, let's get these great cup competitions back to what they were - jewels in the crown of football.

Gary Johnson's view . . .

[b]“It’s a break from our league campaign,” said Gary.

“I’ve won the Trophy previously, so it is always a good competition when it gets to the later stages. As long as crowds can come back by the time the final comes around then that’s a fantastic day for any club.

“We have a couple of league games that are very important to us before that date, but rest assured, whichever team Aveley or Chesham gets through, we’ll know all about them – and we’ll certainly respect them.”
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Expect those not featuring regularly to be given starts.

This is a mickey mouse competition , I was saying last night I thought we had a welcome ten days off after the Dagenham match until boxing day but no we have to travel to Essex for a totally unnecessary distraction , I hope we play the youth team and any trialists we may fancy .

I guess as it stands at the moment we are the top team in this competition, but do we want to go far in this? With a compressed season games coming thick and fast and all that goes with Covid restrictions etc would we be better off ‘concentrating on the league’ I personally think so!

Chesham or Aveley away.

Aveley (Essex) is just down the road to me. New ground opened about three years ago. Currently in tier 2 so fans allowed but London & Essex may be in tier 3 by then in which case no fans.

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