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Bruce Forsyth entertains the crowd before the 1974 FA Cup final.
A piece of football graffiti spotted near Manchester city centre.
‘FC United in 1st round of the FA Cup!’
And finally, it’s a tale of mud, terraces and umbrellas as Third Division Northampton Town put First Division Coventry out of the cup in 1990.
Oh the magic!
“Wham, Bam, West Ham are in a jam”
Proof that Rory Delap didn’t invent long throws into the box as John Aldridge’s Tranmere Rovers put a West Ham team including Di Canio, Lampard, Ferdinand and Cole out of the third round in the 1999/2000 season.
Wrexham achieve a famous third round win against Arsenal.
A classic bit of partisan commentary as Stockport County dump Premier League QPR out of the third round of the cup in 1994
“Yyyeeeesss! And the crowd! Look at ‘im there! That’s what it’s all about!”
Following on from Ronnie Radford’s goal the Hereford United kop belt out You’ll Never Walk Alone, back when many a club would sing the song and not just Liverpool.
It’s the FA Cup third round today. There’ll be the usual talk of the magic of the cup and the hope for an upset from non-league and lower league sides.
The non-league sides still left in the competition (Crawley, York and Dover) will be hoping for a upset on the scale of this classic from 1972 when non-league Hereford United put First Division Newcastle out of the cup with an absolute screamer from the rocket-man, Ronnie Radford.
