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Mitch Mansfield speaks to the public at the Commonwealth Games events to find out what Glasgow's legacy will be.

Podcast: Commonwealth Games: what will Glasgow 2014's legacy be?

Mitch Holder-Mansfield speaks to the President of KSIMC of London at the Prayer for Peace event on Sunday 17 August 2014.

Prayer for Peace: interview with Sheikh Mustafa Jaffer, President of KSIMC of London

Mitch Holder-Mansfield speaks to the Chair of Stanmore Jaffery’s at the Prayer for Peace event on Sunday 17 August 2014, in London.

Prayer for Peace: Interview with Mohammedali Gokal, Chair of Stanmore Jaffery’s

Since July 1928, the 'Last Post' has been played every evening at 8pm by volunteer buglers from the local fire brigade at the Menin Gate war memorial in Ypres, Belgium, in honour of the soldiers of the former British Empire and its allies who died in the Ypres Salient during the First World War.

Many of us remember bearing witness to the ceremony on school trips or holidays, but few of us have given thought to the volunteers that continue to make it happen every day in perpetuity.

One hundred years on from the start of the First World War, Mitch Mansfield travels to the Menin Gate to find out more about the men still playing the 'Last Post', and what the future of the ceremony might be.

Includes interviews with Chairman of the Last Post Association Benoit Mottrie, and bugler Raf Decombel.

Who are the men still playing the 'Last Post'?

For the average football fan, the FA Cup begins in January with the Third Round Proper. For fans of amateur non-league clubs like Horsham FC, however, the long road to Wembley began in August – 9 months from the final – with the preliminary rounds.

In recent years, the FA Cup has been criticised for losing its magic and relevance, and it is currently without a lead sponsor after Budweiser decided not to renew its deal. 

Searching for the much mythologised 'romance' of the world's oldest football competition, Mitch Mansfield reports from Horsham FC's preliminary round win over Ryman Division One South rivals Corinthian-Casuals FC at Goring's Mead.

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