Latest headlines from FA Cup Factfile, covering football, football, with clear attribution and direct links to the original publisher.
Stat of the Round Despite posting their best FA Vase run, Newcastle Blue Star are yet to win a game in the competition after four campaigns! . First time in 1st Round ever Retford FC – 9th campaign Forest Row – 4th campaign Honiton Town – 4th campaign Southwell City – 4th campaign Torridgeside FC … Continue reading FA Vase 2026-27 Q2 Rd Review
Stat of the Round Deal Town set a new FA Trophy competition record of longest gap between successive Q3 Round appearances of 56 years! . First time in Q3 Round ever Southall FC – 11th campaign Newmarket Town – 4th campaign Croydon Athletic – 3rd campaign Erith Town – 3rd campaign Hallam FC – 3rd … Continue reading FA Trophy 2026-27 Q2 Rd Review
Stats of the Round A great round for the town of Redcar as both Redcar Athletic and Redcar Town win 1-0 to reach the 2nd Qualifying Round for the first ever time! It’s the first time ever two clubs from Redcar have reached as far as Q2 Rd in the same season. Hendon FC posted … Continue reading FA Cup 2026-27 Q1 Rd Review
The FA Vase 2nd Qualifying Round kicks off with 18 ties on Friday evening and culminates with four games being played on Sunday afternoon. Overall there are 180 ties involving 360 clubs from Steps Five and Six of the non-league pyramid all keen to take that next step towards a potential once-in-a-lifetime trip to Wembley. … Continue reading FA Vase 2026-27 2nd Qualifying Rd Preview
The 80 remaining Step Four clubs will battle it out in the FA Trophy 2nd Qualifying Round for the chance to face higher league opposition in the next round and potentially going on to reach the ‘Proper’ rounds of the competition. Among them are five clubs who are competing in the FA Trophy for the … Continue reading FA Trophy 2026-27 2nd Qualifying Rd Preview
The FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round sees the 88 clubs from Step Three of the Trident Leagues join the competition alongside the 136 clubs that advanced from the Preliminary Round, the majority of which began their campaigns in the Extra Preliminary Round. . Five Alive There are 56 clubs from Step Five of the Pyramid … Continue reading FA Cup 2026-27 Q1 Rd Preview
Stats of the Round Portland United set a competition record of biggest gap between FA Trophy games having only previous participated in it during the competition’s 1969-10 inaugural season. The Blues also won to set another record of longest wait for first FA Trophy victory – 57 years! Aylesbury United 6-4 Sittingbourne FC is only … Continue reading FA Trophy 2026-27 Q1 Rd Review
Stats of the Round St Blazey had a 2-1 Cupset win over Barnstaple Town, the club’s first win over their opponents at their eighth attempt in 73 years, including having suffered a club record 1-9 defeat against them 51 years ago! Eddie Simon of Kingstonian FC has scored a hat-trick in both the Extra Preliminary … Continue reading FA Cup 2026-27 Preliminary Rd Review
The 16 clubs that prevailed in the Preliminary Round join the remaining 144 Step Four Trident League clubs for this coming weekend’s FA Trophy 1st Qualifying Round, with a handful of ties taking place on Friday evening. There are five former winners involved in the round two of which face each other as 2001 champions … Continue reading FA Trophy 2026-27 1st Qualifying Round Preview
After 219 clubs have already seen their Wembley dreams shattered, another 272 Non-League teams will battle it out in the Preliminary Round to try to keep their own dreams alive! . Record Opportunities The Preliminary Round begins on Friday night with a handful of ties and ends on Sunday with two 3.0pm kick-offs. The round … Continue reading FA Cup 2026-27 Preliminary Round Preview
Stat of the Round Blandford United won their first #FAVase game 42 years after first entering the competition (it was the club’s fourth game)! . First time in Q2 Round ever Blandford United – 4th campaign FC Peterborough – 3rd campaign Spartans Youth – 3rd campaign AFC Walcountians – 2nd campaign Club Thorne Colliery – … Continue reading FA Vase 2026-27 Q1 Rd Review
Debut Clubs Sill in FA Trophy AFC Stoneham, Mulbarton Wanderers . Equalling best run to Q1 Round Stotfold FC – 4th time in 4th campaign . Into Q1 and long time since last KO before it 52 years – Deal Town (3 campaigns) 43 years – Congleton Town (20 campaigns) 16 years – Barwell FC … Continue reading FA Trophy 2026-27 Preliminary Rd Review
