FA Cup
Britishnoun
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an annual knockout competition for a silver trophy, open to all member teams of the Football Association
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the trophy itself
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They also reached the quarter-finals of the Europa League in 2020 and an FA Cup semi-final in 2019.
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The Eagles begin the defence of the FA Cup at non-league Macclesfield on 10 January - and former England defender Joleon Lescott believes Glasner will be able to use his fringe and youth players to help him to juggle the demands of competing in Europe and at home.
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"They've got Macclesfield away in the FA Cup, the play-offs in this competition, maybe they can play in those games and give some of the experienced players a rest," Lescott told TNT Sports.
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"We have Crystal Palace supporters for 60 years who never saw us win anything," said Glasner when asked recently about his memories of last May's FA Cup final triumph over Manchester City, the south London club's first major trophy.
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Colin Addison: Played for Arsenal, Nottingham Forest and Sheffield United, and he was Hereford United's manager on their famous 1971-72 FA Cup run in which they upset Newcastle.
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