This week two UK Cypriot clubs take their place in this prestigious FA Vase Cup. It is the second qualifying round stage. New Salamis and St Panteleimon FC who both play in the Spartan South Midlands League the final will be held at Wembley Stadium..

New Salamis are at home to Cornard United on Saturday October the 10th 2020 at 3.00pm at Haringey Borough, CVS VAN HIRE STADIUM, (COLES PARK) White Hart Lane, London N17 7PJ.

Cornard United Football Club is a football club based in Great Cornard, near Sudbury, Suffolk, England. They are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Division One North.

St Panteleimon FC will be playing away from home to Rothwell Corinthians at 3.00pm at Sargeants Lawn Address: Desborough Road, Rothwell, Northamptonshire Postcode: NN14 6JQ

Rothwell Corinthians F.C. is a football club based in Rothwell, Northamptonshire, England. They play in the United Counties League Premier Division.

St Panteleimon are flying high at the moment they are top of the Spartan South Midlands League after five games four wins and one loss. They beat Rayners Lane last week 4-2 their goals coming from Sham Abufalah, Hamza Miezou and two from Courtney Massey.

New Salamis have played three games still unbeaten one win and two draws. Last week they drew with Winslow FC 2-2 with their goals coming from Joseph Stauntonn and Antonio Michael.

The FA Vase effectively replaced The FA Amateur Cup in 1974. 

For the first time in history, small clubs – even village clubs – had the chance of playing in a national final at Wembley.

The first Vase finalists were Hoddesdon Town from the Spartan League and Epsom & Ewell from the Surrey Senior League. The Hertfordshire side edged home 2-1 before a crowd of 9,000.

Even a competition as democratic as The Vase had its elite clubs in the early years. Billericay Town, initially of the Essex Senior League, won it three times in four seasons. Halesowen Town, then in the West Midlands Regional League, appeared in three Finals and were successful in two. They even beat a Southall side that had a young Les Ferdinand leading the attack.

Until the new Wembley opened in 2007 the record attendance for a Vase Final was the 26,489 who saw the drawn 1989 Final between Sudbury Town and Tamworth at the old Wembley. Tamworth won the replay 3-0 at Peterborough and Ian Moores, a former Division One player with Tottenham Hotspur, scored one of the goals.

The 2013-14 Vase competition was the 40th in history. Wembley had hosted 34 Finals, Villa Park and St Andrews two each, Upton Park and White Hart Lane one each. Thirty-two different clubs have got their hands on The Vase, donated by former FA Councillor Frank Adams. Whitley Bay lead the way with four wins.

 

 

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