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- From: djs@jet.uk (David J Stevenson)
- Newsgroups: uk.misc
- Subject: Re: Real Football in Torquay Shock (5-2 Ha!)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.092637.17185@jet.uk>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 09:26:37 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.094816.4988@jet.uk> <Bxt0BA.GGw@cck.coventry.ac.uk>
- Organization: Joint European Torus
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- In <Bxt0BA.GGw@cck.coventry.ac.uk> csg068@cch.coventry.ac.uk (** DECKER **) writes:
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- >In article <1992Nov16.094816.4988@jet.uk> djs@jet.uk (David J Stevenson) writes:
- >>Anyone know a worse football side than Torquay United? Not a great advert
- >>for the Football League as, on Saturday in the FA Cup against Yeovil...
-
- >I only caught the end of Match of the Day, and can anyone tell me which team
- >was responsible for the hilarious "dying fly" impersonations when they scored
- >a goal? I seem to remember that they wore red hooped shirts. It wasn't
- >Corinthian, was it?
- No, it was Kingstonian (from Kingston-upon-Thames), who drew 1-1 with
- Peterborough. Kinsgtonian are in the Diadora league (next down from the
- Conference, and one of the three Conference feeder leagues).
-
- The winners of their replay will be away to Plymouth in the 2nd round.
-
- On a slightly different note, does anyone know why the first and second
- round of the FA Cup are split into North and South zones, given that -most-
- of the teams (still) in at this point play in National competitions
- (Football League / Conference)?
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