The Bizarre Rituals Of Mutual Loathing

The FA Cup may well be the oldest football cup competition in the world a fact that television viewers will doubtlessly be reminded of around three hundred times over the next seventy-two hours or so -but football supporters that don't have to habitually wipe rage-induced spittle from the corner of their mouths could well be forgiven for approaching this weekends fixtures in the Fourth Round of the competition with a degree of trepidation.

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