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  FA Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A new, larger, trophy was bought by the FA in 1911 designed and manufactured by Fattorini's of Bradford and won by Bradford City in its first outing, the only time a team from Bradford has reached the final.
Therefore, though the FA Cup is the oldest domestic football competition in the world, its trophy is not the oldest; that title is claimed by the Scottish Cup.
For the first time, the FA Cup was played under a roof in the final of the 2002/2003 season, held on May 17, 2003 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, with Arsenal F.C. and Southampton F.C. benefitting from cover from the rain (Arsenal were the 1 - 0 winners).
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 FA Vase - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The FA Vase is an annual football competition for teams playing in the lower regional leagues of England.
Professionals were paid to play by their clubs, and the only cup competitions such clubs were allowed to enter were the FA Cup and, for clubs outside The Football League, the FA Trophy.
In recent years, entry to the FA Vase has been restricted to clubs in the eighth and lower tiers of the English football league system, those in the three levels above that entering the FA Trophy.
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 FA Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Other countries also have their own FA Cup, but they are obliged to make reference to exactly which Football Association the tournament is run by, for example the Scottish FA Cup.
The FA Cup was the first played since the competition was suspended during World War II.
The first match at the new Wembley Stadium will be the FA Cup Final to be held on May 13, 2006.
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 LIVERPOOL COUNTY F.A - DEVELOPING FOOTBALL FOR EVERYONE
Her design featured the FA Cup Trophy and drawings of her family, footballs and football kit, based on her favourite team - Manchester United.
As well as playing host to The FA Cup Trophy at their schools, Emily and Charlotte also won ten ISO Mitre balls for their schools to use for training.
FA Cup wall charts, maps, stickers and teachers' cards with background information on The FA Cup also feature in the pack.
liverpoolcfa.com /news/shownews.asp?recordid=76   (436 words)

  
 MegaShrimps - FA Trophy History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
When the later was abolished in 1974 the leading amateur teams joined the FA Trophy as it became and has since remained the premier competition for non-league sides.
The record attendance for an FA Trophy final stands at 34,842 as spectators witnessed Wycombe Wanderers beat Kidderminster Harriers 2-1 in 1991.
Morecambe made there first appearance in the FA Trophy in its inaugural season with an away fixture against North Wales side Bangor City, on that occasion the Shrimps lost 4-2 but success in the competition would not be far away.
megashrimps.co.uk /history/fatrophy.php   (379 words)

  
 FA Trophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The FA Trophy is an English football competition for clubs playing in the Football Conference,Southern League,Isthmian League,and Northern Premier League.Clubs at lower levels of the National League System play in the FA Vase.
It was created by The Football Association in 1969 for semi-professional teams, to complement the existing FA Amateur Cup.
When the latter was abolished in 1974, the leading amateur teams joined the Trophy.
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 TheFA.com - The FA Trophy
THE FA TROPHY: The FA Trophy competition kicks off at the weekend with 75 ties in the First Round Qualifying.
THE FA TROPHY: Ramsgate are eyeing a lucrative clash with AFC WImbledon if they get past Northwood on Saturday.
THE FA TROPHY: 150 teams enter the first round on Saturday in a bid to win the trophy lifted by Grays last season.
www.thefa.com /TheFACup/TheFATrophy   (94 words)

  
 Telegraph | Sport | FA Trophy: Conference six are in the mix
FA Trophy: Conference six are in the mix
The Football Association would never admit it publicly, but the last thing they want is a repeat of last year's FA Trophy final, which featured two clubs from outside the Nationwide Conference.
FA officials will, consequently, be content today to be supervising a quarter-final draw involving six Conference sides, of whom four are certain to be among the last eight.
www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2004/02/16/sfnfat16.xml&sSheet=/sport/2004/02/16/ixfooty.html   (347 words)

  
 LIVERPOOL COUNTY F.A - DEVELOPING FOOTBALL FOR EVERYONE
The F.A. The FA Sunday Cup gives the country’s leading Sunday League sides the unique chance to compete against each other in a nationally recognised competition and the chance to reach The Final at a Premier League ground.
Recently, a change in the entry criteria means that The FA Sunday Cup is now open to clubs in the higher divisions of their Sunday League.
As a member of Liverpool's FA Youth Cup winning team of 1996, Jamie rose meteorically through the Anfield ranks to become a vital member of the Reds first team, so is familiar with what it is like to run out onto the pitch where legends have played.
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 CHAMPIONS! CHAMPIONS! :: BARNET FC - CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 2004/05 - The HYDA Guide
The Bees once again competed in the FA Trophy this season and joined the competition at the 3rd Round stage, with all the other Conference National members, plus Hednesford Town, who were finalists last season.
The Bees progressed to the 4th round of the FA Trophy in comfortable fashion against a poor Farnborough Town outfit.
The Bees FA Trophy campaign came to an end on Sunday afternoon as the Conference leaders were beaten 1-4 by title challengers
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 Warwick Boar - Sport
Not only would the prestige of winning the Conference and the FA Trophy mean Yeovil would achieve a rarely accomplished double, but the estimated £100,000 revenue generated from the competition would prove a godsend for a financially ravished lower league club.
At the same time, just like the FA cup, it is a chance for smaller clubs to experience their 15 minutes of fame, particularly with the semi-finals and final transmitted live on Sky.
Whilst in the past the Trophy final had become synonymous with a grand finale at Wembley, allowing the minnows their moment in the limelight, the reconstruction of the new stadium at Wembley means that finals are temporarily being played at Aston Villa’s Villa Park until Wembley re-opens.
www.sunion.warwick.ac.uk /boar?article=1858   (695 words)

  
 England - FA Trophy Finals 1970-2003
The FA Trophy started in 1970 as the main silverware non-league teams would be able to compete for.
Despite being eclipsed initially by the FA Amateur Cup, the competition soon gained in popularity as the FA abolished the distinction between amateur and professional teams in 1974.
In 1999 the Trophy was remodelled after the manner of FA Cup and FA Vase (128 teams with six rounds to semifinal).
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 Fa Trophy Fourth Round Draw….. - My Football Forum - The Original Football Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
FA Cup high-flyers, Exeter City, who have their Third Round replay against Premiership giants, Manchester United this Wednesday, will be expecting to win their Trophy replay against Justin Edinburgh’s Billericay Town next Tuesday.
This is the third season that Carlsberg has been the FA’s presenting partner for the FA Trophy and forms an integral part of their support of football in this country.
Carlsberg is also the FA’s presenting partner for the FA Vase and the FA Sunday Cup, highlighting its commitment to non-League and grassroots football.
www.myfootballforum.com /showthread.php?t=7736   (565 words)

  
 . / Ray Houghton To Be Chief Guest At Final Of The Fa Trophy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
He said: “Non-league and grassroots football is the foundation upon which football is built and the FA Trophy is their version of the FA Cup.
The FA trophy is the non-League’s most prestigious cup competition and, at this level of the game ranks alongside the FA Cup.
As the FA’s Chief Guest, Ray will be introduced to an official line-up of the teams before kick-off and will present the winners’ medals and, of course The FA Trophy after the final whistle.
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 Billericay Town Football Club   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The FA Vase and The FA Trophy will both be at the event to mark the 25th anniversary of The Blues winning The FA Vase for an historic third time.
The FA has increased the total prize fund of The FA Vase by £50,000 to £400,000, giving clubs the chance to earn greater rewards for achieving success at every round with £15,000 to be awarded to the winners.
Carlsberg is The FA’s presenting partner for The FA Vase and The FA Trophy, which forms an integral part of their support of football in this country.
www.billericaytownfc.co.uk /vasegame/vaselatest.html   (711 words)

  
 ESPNsoccernet.com - England - Old FA Cup trophy up for auction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The trophy being auctioned by Christie's was the second awarded to the FA Cup winners after the 1872 original was stolen from a shop in Birmingham after Aston Villa won it in 1895.
The trophy on offer was first won by Sheffield Wednesday in 1896 and after Newcastle won it in 1910 it was retired and presented to FA president Lord Kinnaird whose family have retained ownership of it ever since.
The fourth trophy, cast from the same mould, has been in use since then and will be presented to the FA Cup winners at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on May 21.
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 Wembley Stadium - Press Releases
The climax to The FA Trophy, The FA Vase and The FA Sunday Cup, all in partnership with Carlsberg, will be played at the state-of-the-art Venue of Legends when it opens its doors in 2006.
Frank Parr, chairman of FA Trophy winners Burscough FC, Mike Harness, chairman of FA Vase holders Brigg Town FC, and Neil Twelftree, manager of FA Sunday Cup champions Duke of York FC, were given a tour of the fast-developing site by The FA.
The final of The FA Sunday Cup was staged at Liverpool FC’s Anfield in April.
www.wembleystadium.com /pressbox/pressReleases/nonLeagueFinalsOnRoad2Wembley20030717.htm   (534 words)

  
 FATrophyPreview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The waiting for the FA Trophy, in partnership with Carlsberg, to get underway is almost over for fans of the top non-league sides in the country.
The Isthmian Division One side, promoted to The FA Trophy after one season in The FA Vase when they got as far as the Fourth Round Proper, will be at home to league rivals Metropolitan Police on October 9th.
This is the third consecutive season that Carlsberg has been The FA’s presenting partner for The FA Trophy and forms an integral part of their support of football in this country.
www.pyramidfootball.co.uk /News/FATrophyPreview.htm   (495 words)

  
 Welcome to the Hertfordshire Football Association Website
FA County Youth Cup Round-Up Buntingford Town continued thier Cup run in their first ever appearance in the FA Youth Cup with a 1-0 victory over Henley Town.
Buntingford Town, competing in the FA Youth Cup for the first time in the Clubs history, eased past Halstead Town on Monday night 3-0, Cheshunt had a much tougher time drawing 1-1 with Hayes after extra time and coming through 4-3 on penalties.
Hertfordshire lost to neighbours Essex in the First Round of the FA County Youth Cup, In their first competitive game of the season Hertfordshire conceeded 2 goals without reply to crash out of the cup.
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 X - E X C E S S   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Surely retaining the FA Trophy on the club's shelves did make up for their Championship disappointment while ending Sliema's double aspirations.
On their part Sliema will be looking forward to make up for their FA Trophy setback tomorrow when they face same Birkirkara for the Super Cup final.
Sliema's president Robert Arrigo admitted that Birkirkara deserved to win the FA Trophy on the day but added that his lads will be all out to close the season with heads held high.
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 Gunners outshoot United for FA Cup trophy - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
Patrick Vieira scored the deciding penalty yesterday to help Arsenal capture their 10th FA Cup title - the first to be decided in a shoot-out in the 124th final of soccer's oldest cup competition.
United should have won their record 12th FA Cup comfortably.
Although the Reds have won the famous trophy 11 times, they have never managed to hold on to it.
www.jamaicaobserver.com /sports/html/20050521T220000-0500_80923_OBS_GUNNERS_OUTSHOOT_UNITED_FOR_FA_CUP_TROPHY.asp   (554 words)

  
 SportsFilter | Sports Weblog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The UEFA Champions League trophy is also a class piece of silverware.
The FA Cup is a fine looking trophy and I am sure it is heavy.
The FA Cup was known variously as the Cuthbert, the Clarence, and the Reginald Cup for short periods in the 1800s.
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 About GAFC -- Grays Athletic F.C.
Grays were the first Club outside of the Football Conference to achieve this league and FA Trophy double.
However a successful run in the F.A. Cup finally came to an end with a 4-0 defeat at Reading in the First Round Proper.
A narrow FA Cup 1st Round defeat against Aldershot and a sixth placed league finish provided a signal of the success to come for Mark Stimson's young squad.
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 FA Cup & FA Trophy Draws - News Archive - Gresley Rovers Online
Gresley Rovers have been drawn away for the Preliminary round of the FA Cup and home for 1st Rnd FA Trophy.
Gresley will visit Christchurch Meadow to play Unibond Division One Belper Town in the FA Cup Preliminary Round on Saturday 31st August 2002 and if successful we will be away again to either Barwell or Bromsgrove Rovers for the 1st Qualifying round on Saturday 14th September 2002.
In the FA Trophy Gresley have been handed a difficult draw at home to last seasons Unibond Division One champions Harrogate Town.
www.gresleyrovers.com /news/article/593   (157 words)

  
 FA Challenge Trophy
In 1969 The Football Association introduced the F.A. Challenge Trophy, a knock-out competition for non-League members of the football association with the incentive of an appearance at Wembley for the finalists.
With amateur clubs still being afforded that opportunity in the F.A. Amateur Cup (until 1974 when the competition was last played), it was felt that clubs with professional players, who could only enter the F.A. Cup, should have a more realistic chance of making it to the famed Twin Towers.
Since 1995 the trophy has been sponsored by Umbro.
www.the-english-football-archive.com /domestic_competitions/fa_challenge_trophy.htm   (98 words)

  
 The Birmingham Post (England): Football: Burton destroy woeful Woking; FA Umbro Trophy Burton Albion 3 Woking 0.(News)@ ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Football: Burton destroy woeful Woking; FA Umbro Trophy Burton Albion 3 Woking 0.(News)
The only surprise about this FA Trophy 'upset' was that Burton Albion did not double their goals tally.
The three-times Trophy winners, managed by five times winner Geoff Chapple, became the sixth Nationwide Conference side to...
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