Introduction


Welcome to the blog that records a personal journey through the football season from a North East perspective.

For 2017-18 A Good Cup Run will not restrict itself to cup games. Although priority will be given to Cup, Vase and Trophy ties, some more workaday matches from the Northern League, the Northern Premier League, and the National League North may be covered.

Friday, 9 August 2013

2013-14 Season Preview


The new cup runs begin soon with FA Cup extra preliminary round giving a wide range of attractive games on Saturday 17 August (Friday 16 August at Bishop Auckland). Last season none of the local non-league teams got beyond the second qualifying round, and once the league teams joined, only Middlesbrough made any progress, with three home ties before losing to Chelsea.

The Northern League will hope to get a team or two through the qualifying rounds this season; Spennymoor, West Auckland and Shildon being the best bets. Unfortunately Darlington 1883 are still excluded. Of the big boys Newcastle are well overdue some success, having never yet featured in A Good Cup Run.

The FA Vase kicks off with its first qualifying round on 7 September. Once again the stronger Northern League teams will target Wembley to maintain their grip on the competition following Spennymoor’s triumph last May.

And this season we may dip into the FA Trophy as well, with the preliminary round scheduled for 5 October. Darlington 1883 are in this one, but now relative minnows despite being holders as recently as 2010-11 (in a previous incarnation).
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