Clubs from the 7th tier of the English Football Pyramid
join the fun at this stage of the competition.
232 teams will fight-it-out in this round.
As Sheffield FC beat Litherland Remyca FC 2 -1, we are travelling
with Sheffield to their next game against Rushall Olympic FC, which means that…
The GKA will be travelling 67.7 miles from ‘The Home of Football
Stadium’ to Dales Lane.
Rushall Olympic Football Club (nick named 'The Pics) are members of
the Evo-Stik League Southern Premier Division Central – the 7th Tier, and this is their first game in the 2019/20 FA Cup. They are currently at the top
of their League with 13 points from 5 games.
According to the team's official Website, they
play in the Evo-Stick League, but other websites refer to it as the BetVictor
League.
Rushall Olympic Football Club has been around
in some format since the early 1890s.
Olympics’ finest season came in 1964-65 when they
clinched the Staffordshire County League (South) First Division Championship
for the fourth time in five years and won 3 cups - the Lichfield Charity
Cup, the Sporting Star Cup and the Walsall Senior Cup.
Their Best FA Cup performance has been the 4th Qualifying Round (2008, 2012, and 2014). 2011-12 saw Rushall’s debut campaign in the Evo-Stik League Premier Division (BetVictor League).
The Dales Lane ground was officially opened on
Sunday 14th August 1977.
Rushall is based in the West Midlands and the village has been
around since at least 1086.
Above is the Rushall Parish Church.
Sheffield FC play in the Northern Premier South East Division
and they are currently 14th with 3 points from 3 games.
Let’s see how these two teams perform against each other in the
GKA on the weekend of the 6th to 8th September.
Blast from the past…
In 1976 Brian James’s journeys
followed his Preliminary Round winners Tividale to a 1st Qualifying
round game against Oldbury United. A 42.1-mile trip…
We’ll be bringing you
details of that game soon (for comparisons) … oh, and don’t forget the women’s
FA cup this weekend.
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