Phil Annets

Author of 'FA Cup 150' short-listed Football Book of the Year 2022 - Regular columnist in @NonLeaguePaper covering FA Trophy, FA Vase & FA Cup!

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From August to May, my #FACup / #FAVase / #FATrophy 2023-24 Season of articles in the Non-League Paper.

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@neilwatson01 Got it, thx. And good luck!

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All questions correct on first round of #popmaster today except the Stevie Wonder one ... I will never, ever want to know the answer to a Stevie Wonder question!

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@richardosman Not only that, but this too!

https://t.co/K5PVslfHF4

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For the first time in English football league history the top flight contains just FOUR clubs with names beginning with letters in the second half of the alphabet.

This includes the period when there were only 12 clubs in the League!

@BillEdgarTimes @richardosman

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#FootballFocus - do highlight in your show today this amazing #FACup achievement by FA Cup MegaFan CovBoy who has been to 68 FA Cup games this season!

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In today's @EmiratesFACup Final programme I celebrate the dedication and achievements of @Covboy1987pusb for whom the FA Cup Final will be the 68th #FACup game he has attended this season!

68th!

CovBoy saw at least one game every day it was possible to watch an FA Cup match!

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@ChartUpdate Like Elton once sang ... feels like Christmas in the middle of the year!

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Just finished doing my 39 point #Popmaster dance after the first round of questions today!

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@ChartUpdate @raye @samfender @oliviadeano You missed the other thing we learned ... that the chart compilers are not infallible.

Both 'Normal' by BTS and 'Nice To Each Other' by Olivia Dean are recorded as being at position -1 last week! Not sure if that's better or worse than being No. 1 😀

https://t.co/MKv71GlF5L

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I'm doing my #Popmaster 39 point dance after the second round today (even though the final question was a Stevie Wonder question)!

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@PhilAnnets Bravo 👏🏻

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Doing my 39 point #Popmaster dance after the first round today!

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@richardosman

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The 2026 #FACup winners better hope they don't draw a NL club in 2026-27 competition as only previous 4 times NL club has knocked out holders did so in 2 successive seasons!

1901 Spurs beat Bury,
1902 Southampton beat Spurs

1908 Norwich beat Sheff Weds
1909 Palace beat Wolves!

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@prodnose

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That moment when @Guymowbray delivered on his dare to include an Only Fools and Horses quote from Del Boy's stag do into his @thesilkmen vs @CPFC commentary in #FACup today.

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@ChartUpdate Surely the biggest chart story is Nat King Cole reaching a new peak of 31 with The Christmas Song? 😁

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Sing along now!

♫ Last Christmas Last Christmas was Christmas No. 1.

This Christmas it's Kylie's Xmas! ♫

#Christmas @ChartUpdate

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After getting 36 points on the first round, I got to do my 39 point #Popmaster dance on the second round!

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@ChartUpdate Do you know why 'Love In A Bottle' had its official artists changed on the UK charts website from last week to this?

Was - David/Cooper/Glenn/Alabado

Now - Hazbin Hotel/David/Cooper

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@Abo151 @ChartUpdate I've spent 43 years trying to forget Ebony & Ivory!

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@ChartUpdate European Queen did spend 3 weeks between 76 & 100 at the end of May 84, four months before Caribbean Queen was released!

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@JuliaHB1 @BBC They've dug themselves a 'Mariana' Trench sized hole to hide in till it all blows over!

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It would appear that @FACupFactfile has been nominated in the Non-League Award category in the 2025 FSA Awards - the winner is decided by an FSA Panel rather than a public vote.

Very pleased to be recognised alongside the other three nominees!