St George’s Park hosts the event that contains six different disciplines, each with its own rule variations, over two days

Rhyce Ramsden is an electric winger with a silken touch and a floppy centre parting. When he plays he gets clattered from pillar to post. He was man of the match on Saturday as his team won the trophy they covet the most and he did it on one leg. As far as nicknames go, ‘the amputee Jack Grealish’ sounds about right.

“You know what they’re calling me? Not Jack Grealish, but Fat Grealish,” said Ramsden, after his Everton side ran out 4-2 winners over Portsmouth at the FA Disability Cup finals. “I’ll take it though. Being here playing in the cup, never mind winning it, it’s surreal, it’s mad.”

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