Is the "Romance" for the cup still there?

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"Romance of the cup" is a BBC coined soundbyte that was used to help revitalise a dying FA cup while they still had exclusive rights (and it worked too for a while, as witnessed by this thread).

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I mean thats not to completely disregard it, it's still the second most coveted prize in football on this Island and no club would turn their noses up at it but is there anything really special about it? In my opinion, no.

In my experience it’s the non Dublin teams who really get up for the Cup, suggesting that the GAA championship has more to do with Irish "cup fever (*groan*) than the FA Cup