Mark Metcalf’s The Origins of the Football League is one of the most fascinating soccer books I have ever read. Metcalf’s diligent research gives us a firsthand look into the first season of England’s Football League, something that truly revolutionized the sport of soccer. You hear about the challenges faced by those early footballers and the journalists that followed them. Uneven pitches, sketchy weather, unforgiving equipment, pitch invasions, uncertain referees, the list goes on and on. But
The FA Cup is one of the world’s oldest sporting competitions, one where anyone can play anyone and anyone can beat anyone. It is a place of giant killers and upsets and an opportunity to make a name for yourself and your club. This is where Blue Square Premier side Mansfield Town now finds themselves after a win over fellow non-league side Lincoln City. Mansfield Town has won the right to have Liverpool come to One Call Stadium to play in