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The (Long) Road to Wembley

One fan's mission to watch a game in every round of the FA Cup



Neil Redpath

FASemi: Airport lounges, four pound pints & damp squibs

Thursday 22 April 2010, 13:00

It’s the morning of the first semi final the weekend has to offer, Chelsea v Aston Villa, and I wake up in an excited mood for obvious reasons. I leave the house with my novelty-sized match ticket, not...
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FASemi: 2,761 mile road finally reaches Wembley

Friday 09 April 2010, 16:17

As my FA Cup journey reaches the final stretch, I take stock on what I have achieved so far. Over eight months I have been to 12 rounds of this season’s FA Cup, witnessing 35 goals in 11 different counties...
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FA6: Coasting to Wembley

Thursday 25 March 2010, 17:00

Spurs have completed the line-up for the FA Cup semi-finals - and of course our diligent Cup watcher Neil Redpath will be there, for his lucky 13th round... FA Cup Sixth Round: Portsmouth v Birmingham...
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FA5: A proper Cup thriller at last

Friday 05 March 2010, 17:00

FFT.com's intrepid Neil Redpath has seen every FA Cup round since the very first, in August. The latest round was his first return visit... FA Cup Fifth Round: Reading vs West Brom Saturday February...
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FA4: A paid-up member of the Royal family

Friday 12 February 2010, 23:00

More from Neil Redpath as he continues his attempt to see a game in every single round of the FA Cup. His tenth was his hardest yet... Gone are the days of turning up at a match five minutes before kick...
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FA3: F-f-f-freezing at F-f-f-fulham

Friday 22 January 2010, 19:00

Intrepid explorer Neil Redpath continues his odyssey to see a game in every round of the FA Cup January is the month when the big boys start, with the Third Round. But for me, it's the start of the...
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FA3 preview: The Third man marches on the capital

Thursday 31 December 2009, 15:00

Fearless blogger Neil Redpath continues his mission to see a game in every round of the FA Cup. It's time for game number nine... It’s been a long long December waiting for the Third Round to creep...
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FA2: South beats North with ease

Friday 11 December 2009, 08:00

Our intrepid blogger Neil Redpath continues his quest to see a match in every single round of the FA Cup... Nobody likes withdrawal symptoms, especially in December. It’s over a month between the Second...
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FA2 preview: a North(ampton) vs South(ampton) clash

Friday 27 November 2009, 15:30

The Football League teams are in, but they're not having it all their own way. Eight Blue Square Premier teams, one from the Blue Square North and two from the Blue Square South make up the numbers...
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First Round fire and ice at the Abbey

Wednesday 25 November 2009, 15:00

The First Round Proper is finally upon us. After six matches and a total of 1120 miles covered in my Astra Elite, I decide to take a less stressful approach to travel by using the national railway network...
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First Round Proper: Enter the League boys

Friday 06 November 2009, 14:00

The 129th FA Cup rumbles on, and now the Football League teams enter the fray, writes Neil Redpath . The draw for the First Round Proper, as it's known to those of us who have been following the competition...
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FA4Q: Barked shins, dark toilets & no pies

Monday 02 November 2009, 15:00

Neil Redpath continues his mission to attend a game in every single round of the FA Cup. For his sixth adventure, he's off to someone's front room... Trying to find a parking space around Kenilworth...
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Ploughing through towards to the big boys

Tuesday 27 October 2009, 16:30

FFT.com's FA Cup correspondent Neil Redpath is attending a game in every round of the FA Cup. And it seems he's not alone... There’s one more round of games to go before the teams in the Football...
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A local affair at Lowestoft

Saturday 24 October 2009, 08:00

Neil Redpath is attending a game in every round of the FA Cup. His latest match was his nearest yet... There’s nothing like supporting your local team, so I'm told, and they don’t come more local to...
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Preview: All hail the four-out-of-fourers

Friday 09 October 2009, 14:30

FFT.com's Neil Redpath is watching a game in every round of the FA Cup. And after this weekend, there's just one round left before the big boys... It's the weekend of the Third Qualifying Round...
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Coke, poodle rock & half a fence

Thursday 08 October 2009, 11:00

Neil Redpath continues his quest to see a game in every single round of the FA Cup... FA Cup Second Round Qualifier Replay: Aveley vs Burnham, September 30, Mill Field “Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t!” I shout above...
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Let's spend a night together

Friday 02 October 2009, 16:00

FFT.com blogger Neil Redpath is watching a game in every single round of the FA Cup. No matter what the family circumstances... I thought I'd start this blog with some interesting statistics from this...
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Lawro, traffic and a planned care home

Wednesday 30 September 2009, 17:00

FFT.com blogger Neil Redpath is watching a game in every single round of the FA Cup. Most recently, this meant visiting some displaced Ducks... And so to Aylesbury. But not for a match, even though I've...
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End of Preliminaries... start of Qualifiers

Friday 11 September 2009, 16:00

The preliminaries are over. This weekend it's the FA Cup First Qualifying Round, where teams from level 7 of the football pyramid join in. (That's the level below the Conference North and South...
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Dogs, daughters and dodgy tellies

Sunday 06 September 2009, 09:00

FFT.com blogger Neil Redpath contiunes his bid to watch a game in every single FA Cup round – despite being on a family holiday FA Cup Preliminary Round Ashford Town vs Mile Oak Homelands, August 30 2009...
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Preliminary problems as giantkillings begin

Saturday 29 August 2009, 12:00

FFT.com blogger Neil Redpath 's bid to watch a game in every single FA Cup round reaches the Preliminary stage... and some family ties With some interesting results last weekend, Faversham will think...
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Dereham Town dreams still alive and kicking

Monday 24 August 2009, 09:00

FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round Dereham Town vs Leiston Aldiss Park It's 8am, the morning of the FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round, and it feels like Christmas and my birthday rolled into one. A year ago...
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The long road to Wembley starts here...

Friday 14 August 2009, 15:00

When a supporter of a successful Premier League team is asked: “What is the longest journey in football?” they will instantly waffle on about their trek to the far east of Europe for a Champions League...
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