Thread: F.A. Cup - Rd 1
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Old 02-11-2020, 09:29   #23
monkey hanger
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Re: F.A. Cup - Rd 1

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Originally Posted by Chimer View Post
It's just possible that in this context "elite" is the opposite of "grass roots", i.e. entirely amateur matches on park pitches, and even if not, surely (!) an exception could be made for clubs still in the FA Cup.

One would hope ....
think elite is classed as national leagues north and south upwards. the word grass roots seems to have moved up from park pitches that we class as grass roots to something like north west counties level. that seems what county FA,s and the national FA seem to think anyway.
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