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THE MAGIC OF THE FA CUP

DAVID HENNINGHAM on the bewitching charm of our nation’s favourite club competition – and why the Rag and Bone Men so often give the Distinguised Gentlemen a bloody nose

WELL, you just never know in the FA Cup.” That’s been a common response during a post-match interview from a dejected, humbled and humiliated member of a Premier League team.
As for me, I just don’t get it. I hear people talking about the ‘Magic of the Cup’, but I would like to know where this magic comes from …….Mr Blaine, Mary Poppins, Copperfield? Maybe there&r...

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