FA Cup never loses magic (0)
- 4 Jan 09, 03:00 PM
It's that time of the year again - when a much-loved colleague advances with a tabloid in his hand jabbing a finger angrily at dwindling attendances for .
This is then followed up by full reading of every weakened team sent out by Premier League managers who place the great competition low on their list of priorities, with special emphasis on individuals we may never have heard of before, and may never hear of again.
An eagerly-anticipated annual ritual ends when he is confronted with the possibility of , and his eyes mist over at the prospect of a day out at Wembley in May.
The message is the same though - the FA Cup, in his eyes, is finished. The glory days, or the glory glory days as he would call them, are gone.
