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FA Cup 1984/85

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De FA Cup 1984–1985 was de 104de editie van de oudste voetbalbekercompetitie ter wereld, de Engelse FA Cup. De eerste ronde begon op 17 november 1984. Het toernooi eindigde op zaterdag 18 mei 1985 met de finale in het (oude) Wembley Stadium in Londen onder leiding van scheidsrechter Peter Willis. De beker ging voor de zesde keer in de clubgeschiedenis naar Manchester United, dat in de finale met 1–0 te sterk was voor Everton. Het winnende doelpunt kwam in de verlenging op naam van de Noord-Ierse aanvaller Norman Whiteside. Schema kwartfinale halve finale finale                                         Manchester United 4    West Ham United 2       Manchester United 2 2 4      Liverpool 2 1 3    Barnsley 0   Liverpool 4       Manchester United 1    Everton 0   Everton 2 1 3    I

How do I hide Chekhov's Gun?

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2 1 If there is a gun on the mantelpiece in the Act 1, then in Act 2, that gun must be fired. Background I'm a big believer in Chekhov's Gun. I try not to do anything or introduce any new plot point without first foreshadowing it, no matter how subtly. This is easy in film. A lazy way to do it is to have some object appear in the background, or perhaps briefly show it on TV. A watcher who's paying attention gets the reference, a watcher who isn't, doesn't. It's harder in writing. Every single thing that you mention, for at least a moment, is right in front of the reader's eyes. There's no such thing as background text here - everything is in the foreground. Sometimes, I want to show the reader that there's a gun on the mantelpiece, without saying "Hello! This i