There was a time in English soccer when former Liverpool manager Bill Shankly's famous quote that football was more important than life or death was never far off the mark, particularly when it came to the FA Cup.
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Whatever trials and tribulations were being endured in the league, players and managers scented the whiff of Wembley Way and the chances to write their names in folklore.
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FA Cup third round weekend was traditionally the time when the minnows would dream, the sleeping giants would rouse themeselves and the big guns would set their sights on the world's most famous piece of sporting silverware.
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'' It's great to see that Everton showed and the respect they showed the FA Cup. It showed the quality of the club, the manager and the squad '', Cheltenham's manager Mark Yates of his side's defeat.
Everton is a wonderful club with lots of promising players.They play real good football