The Thatch

England's Old Mansions, I (First of Four)

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For Siobhan, with love ♥✿♥✿♥✿♥


Music: “Medieval Faire” Brandon Fiechter


Illustrations by Joseph Nash and other artists:

0:05 Berkshire.Aldermaston
0:15 Berkshire.Ockwells
0:40 Cheshire.Adlington Hall
0:50 Cheshire.Bramhall Hall
1:10 Cheshire.Crewe Hall
1:45 Cheshire.Dorfold Hall
1:55 Cheshire.Lyme Hall
2:15 Cornwall.Lanhydroc
2:25 Cumberland.Naworth
2:35 Derbyshire.Bolsover Castle
2:45 Derbyshire.Haddon Hall
3:20 Derbyshire.Hardwicke Hall
3:45 Devonshire.Ford House
3:55 Dorsetshire.Athelhampton
4:05 Dorsetshire.Milton Abbey
4:20 Cornwall.Place House

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Jane Burden Morris’ Channel

St Mary - Coney Weston - Suffolk

St Mary - Coney Weston - Suffolk ----- A fantastic country church with no tower but a thatched roof. This church is situated on the edge of a delightful village in the most idyllic setting overlooking Suffolk countryside. - certainly not a church to miss

St Mary's Church Coney Weston

March 2016: A brief look at the charming thatched roofed St Marys church at Coney Weston, Suffolk.

Pre-season at Shrewsbury Town FC

Dave Saltman, turf contractor and Managing Director of Pitchcare, discusses his pre-season plans for Shrewsbury Town FC

Ballyshannon 2011 - Jed Thomas Band - Too Much Alcohol

5th June 2011, at Owen Roe's Bar

Somerset fire

FA Cup | Wikipedia audio article

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:



00:02:50 1 History
00:05:39 2 Eligibility
00:09:43 3 Competition format
00:09:52 3.1 Overview
00:10:43 3.2 Schedule
00:12:10 3.3 The draw
00:13:11 3.4 Tiebreaking
00:16:13 4 Qualification for subsequent competitions
00:16:25 4.1 European football
00:18:11 4.2 FA Community Shield
00:18:39 5 Venues
00:19:07 5.1 Competition rounds
00:20:02 5.2 Semi-finals
00:22:10 5.3 Final
00:24:34 5.4 Artificial turf
00:25:36 6 Trophy
00:30:34 6.1 Original design
00:30:42 6.1.1 1871 original
00:32:34 6.1.2 1895 replica
00:34:20 6.2 Current design
00:34:29 6.2.1 1911 original
00:35:35 6.2.2 1992 replica
00:35:58 6.2.3 2014 replica
00:36:26 7 Medals
00:36:45 8 Sponsorship
00:38:08 9 Records and statistics
00:38:18 9.1 Final
00:38:26 9.1.1 Team
00:42:36 9.1.2 Individual
00:44:31 9.2 All rounds
00:49:02 10 Cup runs and giant killings
00:50:24 10.1 Early years
00:51:57 10.2 Non-league giant killings
00:53:58 10.3 Non-league cup runs
00:55:20 10.4 Giant killings between League clubs
00:56:03 11 Winners and finalists
00:56:13 11.1 Results by team
00:56:43 11.2 Consecutive winners
00:57:26 11.3 Winning managers
00:57:54 11.4 Doubles/Trebles
00:59:40 11.5 Outside England
01:00:32 11.6 Outside the top division
01:03:05 12 Media coverage
01:03:14 12.1 Domestic broadcasters
01:10:43 12.2 Overseas broadcasters



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SUMMARY
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The FA Cup, also known officially as The Football Association Challenge Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competition in the world. It is organised by and named after The Football Association (The FA). Since 2015, it has been known as The Emirates FA Cup after its headline sponsor. A concurrent women's tournament is also held, the FA Women's Cup.
The competition is open to any eligible club down to Level 10 of the English football league system – all 92 professional clubs in the Premier League (Level 1) and the English Football League (Levels 2 to 4), and several hundred non-league teams in Steps 1 to 6 of the National League System (Levels 5 to 10). A record 763 clubs competed in 2011–12. The tournament consists of 12 randomly drawn rounds followed by the semi-finals and the final. Entrants are not seeded, although a system of byes based on league level ensures higher ranked teams enter in later rounds – the minimum number of games needed to win, depending on which round a team enters the competition, ranges from six to fourteen.
The first six rounds are the Qualifying Competition, from which 32 teams progress to the first round of the Competition Proper, meeting the first of the 48 professional teams from Leagues One and Two. The last entrants are the Premier League and Championship clubs, into the draw for the Third Round Proper. In the modern era, only one non-league team has ever reached the quarter-finals, and teams below Level 2 have never reached the final. As a result, significant focus is given to the smaller teams who progress furthest, especially if they achieve an unlikely giant-killing victory.
Winners receive the FA Cup trophy, of which there have been two designs and five actual cups; the latest is a 2014 replica of the second design, introduced in 1911. Winners also qualify for the Europa League and a place in the FA Community Shield match. Manchester City are the current holders, having beaten Watford 6–0 in the 2019 final. Arsenal are the most successful club with 13 titles. Arsène Wenger is the most successful manager in the history of the competition, having won seven finals as manager of Arsenal F.C.