Hello Accrington!
Me and my good pal Johnny the Rhino, are from Manchester & are attempting to do the ‘FA 34’ this season which means attending one game from each round of all 3 FA knockout competitions:- all 10 FA Vase, 10 FA Trophy & 14 FA Cup including all 3 finals at Wembley. Game No. 17 of 34 for us will be your home game v Oxford United on Saturday, our 8th game in the FA Cup this season.
Last year we successfully followed the path of the FA Cup and made lots of friends from lots of different clubs along the way. We started with Chadderton FC in the extra preliminary round staying with them until they got knocked out then follow whoever knocked them out and so on.. all the way to Wembley where i was on stage with Sir Trevor Brooking handing out awards before taking our seats courtesy of Budweiser to watch Chelsea beat Liverpool 2-1 in the final. Attempting the 34 this season gives us a chance to see more clubs & visit different grounds.
I write a fairly successful blog about our adventures and although it’s from a ‘neutrals’ point of view, we always tend to side with the home team on match day and try to get somewhere near the half way line if we can. I don’t write the blog for any sort of financial gain it’s purely for the love of the game & just an expensive hobby lol so if you see a couple of fat, middle age blokes with ‘shameless-style’ accents & ‘1 Leg On The Cup’ wrote on their coats on Saturday come & say hello! We’re really hard to miss!
I usually tweet the progress of our journey from @1LegOnTheCup on match day if you want to follow & i always follow all football fans back.
Cheers & thanks for reading..... Tony 1 Leg. Blog -
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