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The Cup

on BBC Radio 2

Presented by Bryon Butler The 100th FA Cup Final An affectionate look at the history of the oldest football tournament in the world through the eyes of some of its outstanding personalities, including:
C. B. Fry. Test cricketer, athlete and scholar, who played for Southampton in the 1902 final. G. A. Scorey. the policeman on the white horse who helped control a crowd of 200,000 at
Wembley's first final in 1923. Bill Shankly.
Bob Stokoe. Lawrie McMenemy and John Lyall
Remember the giant-killers? Walsall, Yeovil, York City. Colchester,
Hereford, Blyth Spartans. Trace the Cup story from its humble start with just 15 clubs in 1871 and the early days dominated by the universities, public schools and officers' messes, to today's million-pound professionals.
Producer BRYAN TREMBLE

Contributors

Presented By:
Bryon Butler
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C. B. Fry.
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G. A. Scorey.
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Bill Shankly.
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Bob Stokoe.
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Lawrie McMenemy
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John Lyall

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