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Is there room for another FA competition?

Is there room for another FA competition?

Fixture congestion or trophy winners, opinion split on it's determination

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Trevor Knell
Dec 04, 2023
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We’re all pretty aware that the FA competitions as non-league clubs give us something different in each one although we’re all not able to enter all three, imagine the fixture congestion if it was allowed!

The FA Cup provides cash and exposure. In the first instance it’s a great source of income even from the opening qualifying rounds for those who go deep into the draw and are still standing three or four games in.

Mostly it’s not expected and these days you’ll find very few that budget for even making it through a round let alone two. Actually receiving some money through the first few rounds for not progressing is very welcome.

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