[Devongone]

I think you'd only have to be a Senior Side with the FA to compete in the FA Cup - junior (which has always seemed a perjorative description of them) teams can't ............ The FA is pretty archaic in its structure though, which allowed someone with the lack of insight of Geoff Thompson to rise through the ranks of Sheffield and Hallamshire to head the FA, and as a FIFA representative to sit on his hands whenever he wasn't applauding or shaking hands with Sepp Blatter .....

If we can't scout other teams in one of smallest counties without having actually to play them in the Derbyshire Cup ...... it's a pretty poor do. Surely we keep an eye on Buxton, Glossop, Matlock, Mickleover, Belper, Staveley, Ilkeston et al don't we?