The world’s oldest cup competition has turned 150 years old – and there’s plenty of gold stuffed away in those dusty annals, as brought to you by football historian Brian Beard
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He believes now is the time to honour the stature of the man given the 150th anniversary of the FA Cup this year.
Mr Bancroft said: I began researching this 30 years ago, and with it being the 150 year anniversary of the FA Cup, it would be nice to see him get the recognition he deserves, maybe looking at getting the gravesite restored or give it a plaque or something like that. I’ve found out some amazing things about the history of the FA Cup. I’ve even found three rail engineers who played in the early FA Cup finals and were never given recognition.”