- published: 22 May 2016
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The FA Cup is an annual knockout cup competition in English football; first held in 1871–72, it is the oldest association football competition in the world. It is organised by and named after the Football Association, its official name being The Football Association Challenge Cup. For sponsorship reasons, from 2015 through to 2018 it is also known as The Emirates FA Cup. A concurrent women's tournament is also held, known as the FA Women's Cup.
The competition is open to any eligible club down to Level 10 of the English football league system, i.e. all 92 professional clubs (the Premier League and the three levels of the The Football League), as well as several hundred "non-league" teams in Steps 1 to 6 of the National League System. A record 763 clubs competed in 2011–12. The tournament is unseeded, although a system of byes based on league level ensures most competitors enter at progressively later stages. Played over 12 randomly drawn rounds followed by the semi-finals and final, the first six rounds are the Qualifying Competition, followed by six rounds of the Competition Proper, where 32 qualifiers meet professional sides for the first time.
I dreamt (that) I was driving away on a blue glass highway
I knew that this day was the day
And that's why I feel the way I feel
I'm still running, blue glass all over the place
My life seems nothing
You've got to push me today, push me baby
The brake's squeaks resound for a while increasing the violence
Of knowing it all comes to an end
And that's why I scream the way I scream
I feel like laughing, blue glass all over my face
My life was nothing