The Magic Of The Cup

Bringing you stories of the FA Cup in glorious print

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A new football season is upon us, so why not indulge in some proper football reading, with "The Magic Of The Cup"?

1967/68, 1970/71 and 1973/74 all available here: https://t.co/cSg8LAel29

#LFC #WBA #Arsenal #EvertonFC #NUFC

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@3LionsPodcast Hydration break at Stoke on a Tuesday night - Bovril.

[Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating @YBTAHOAB]

https://t.co/07ifdovs28 Tuesday morning is absolutely no place for concentrating on work. Have a listen to this instead, as @MagicOfFACup offers up his list of World Cup kits, for the Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating Hall of Football Fashion Fame. @Scraggy_74 adjudicates.

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@ContraStrepitum @GoodwinMJ @grok How is a statement of fact a deflection? None of them will ever call a GE unless it's in their interest. They are all the same on that. This country needs a written constitution to cover this and to cover MPs defecting. Real binding rules.

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@ContraStrepitum @GoodwinMJ @grok Perhaps if the Conservatives had established precedent in 2022, Labour might have been forced to follow it. They didn't - nor did they do it after departure of Thatcher, Cameron, Truss. They are hardly in a position to complain.

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@BenObeseJecty I think this is accurate. In the same way, Boris Johnson never believed the country would actually vote for Brexit but just headed the campaign as part of his scheme to win the Tory leadership. For a decade and more the UK has been decimated by people acting purely for personal a

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@AndyBurnhamGM Unlike Reform, Restore and most of the Tories in their brown shirts.

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@PeterMakintps @andrewfeinstein The final paragraph could be pretty much said about every PM since Gordon Brown.

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@yad_williams Beyond which, I don't buy the idea of the best 3rd placed teams being based on points. Getting three points in a really strong group is better than getting four in a really weak one.

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@yad_williams And, with so many groups, the third placed teams from today are going to be in limbo for the best part of a week, with the ones playing later having a huge advantage of knowing exactly what they need to do.

[Aidan Williams @yad_williams]

🎵 Got a favourite World Cup song from the stunning catalogue of British & Irish team's dubious efforts?

Do you have a dream, or a bucket of vindaloo?

Is the world at your feet or in motion?

This time, more than any other time, see if we get it right. (we don't!)

@YBTAHOAB

[Steven Scragg @Scraggy_74]

This was nothing short of Biblical to be involved in, while @MagicOfFACup's editing skills have reached new levels of mastery... Find yourself a quiet skiving corner and give it a spin.

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https://t.co/jvhj1gKZwg Welcome to the Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating World Cup songs Top Ten. @loxleymisty44 plays the part of Bruno Brookes, @yad_williams is aghast at where World in Motion is placed, and @Scraggy_74 extolling the talents of Dana. Tune in pop pickers...

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@Scraggy_74 Let's not get carried away with the editing. Very kind anyway.

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@jonawils Lacks the majesty of the view from the Turf Moor press box

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@jonawils You're very kind.

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@jonawils Thank you kindly for the warm mention of my Ramsey book. Even I'd forgotten that bit!

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@Zoom In more @Zoom failure, after telling me on DM that they would look into it, I got a formula DM saying 'we hope we were able to resolve your issue' without actually trying. Does anyone there have a clue what they're doing?

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So @Zoom you renew subscriptions without sending an email to remind people that it is up and coming. You make it virtually impossible to contact you. You have a chatbot that does not work. When you do get through to a real person - Patrick - he posts

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@marcuseperjesi @JeremyClarkson He's made a very healthy living out of it

[Seb Hutchinson @Seb_Hutch]

Enjoyed this! Nothing like swimming in nostalgia 😊

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And @Zoom continue to prove they have no interest in their customers beyond emptying their wallets, by continuing to refuse to engage

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three messages of terms and conditions and then terminates the chat before you can reply. As customer service goes, you could hardly be any worse.