The FA Cup final might be one of football's most glamorous occasions, but what is the competition really like in its earliest stages?

From a team that lays claim to being the first World Cup winner to a side featuring Chris Waddle's son, the qualifying rounds are full of interesting stories.
The long journey to the FA Cup final begins on Friday, with 368 teams competing in the extra preliminary round.
BBC Sport takes a look at some of the more intriguing stories surrounding those qualifying games.
With a long history and a famous tradition, the FA Cup is widely regarded as the most prestigious domestic cup competition in the world.
West Auckland Town have reached the first round proper of the competition on three previous occasions, but supporters speak most fondly about their biggest claim to fame - being the first winners of the World Cup.
The team from the small County Durham village were invited to participate in the inaugural Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy in 1909. It was one of the first international tournaments in world football and, consequently, was considered by some as the first World Cup.
West Auckland Town won the tournament, and repeated that feat two years later, beating Juventus 6-1.
"There was nothing about it in the English press at the time, but it was massive news in Italy and all over the newspapers," says the club's general manager Stuart Alderson.
"We got to keep the trophy and we had it on display until 1994, when it was stolen. We have a replica now, and people still come from all over the world to see it."
West Auckland begin their pursuit of FA Cup glory at Lancashire-based side Nelson, a team which also boasts a proud history, having been the first English side to beat Real Madrid in Spain.
They were a league side during the 1920s, rising to the old Second Division - now the Championship - in 1923, beating the likes of Leeds and Manchester United.
In preparation for their first campaign at that level, they opted for a pre-season tour of Spain, where they beat Real Oviedo 2-1 and Real Madrid 4-2.
"Everybody is well aware of the team's history in Nelson," manager Mark Fell said. "The story of beating Real Madrid has been passed from generation to generation.
"This club has a rich history and it is our job to make this generation proud of their team."
When the teams are read out for Staveley Miners Welfare's tie against Worksop Town on Friday night, there could be a very familiar name among them.
Jack Waddle, the 20-year-old son of former England winger Chris, recently signed for Worksop, the side his father played for 15 years ago.
"Jack is very much following in his father's footsteps," Worksop secretary Paul Stacey said. "He missed our first two games through injury, however I believe he is in the squad for the FA Cup game."
Chris Waddle played in two FA Cup finals at Wembley - losing one with Spurs in 1987 and another with Sheffield Wednesday in 1993.
With a World Cup winner and the son of an England winger involved, there is already an international feel to the FA Cup, but that is heightened by the inclusion of FC Romania. It is not the country, of course, but a team named after it.
Formed by Romanian Ion Vintila and his friends eight years ago, Hertfordshire-based FC Romania have progressed a great deal since playing their first competitive fixture against a team called Beating Chastards.
They shot up seven leagues in eight seasons, turned semi-professional this year and have even had a former international footballer on their books.
Claudiu Raducanu, capped twice by Romania, previously played for Espanyol in Spain and Romanian side Steaua Bucharest, for whom he scored against Southampton in the 2004-05 Uefa Cup.
He left in the summer but Vintila has not ruled out the possibility of him returning. The prospect of an FA Cup appearance may prove a tempting proposition.
"The FA Cup is the oldest competition in football, and it was always our goal to play in it," says Vintila. "We usually get around 80 to 100 people at games, but hopefully 500 will come down for this game."
FC Romania, making their FA Cup debut, play Haverhill Rovers in the extra preliminary round this weekend.
As a child, James Phillips used to dream of guiding a non-league side to FA Cup glory as he played Championship Manager on his computer. On Saturday, the 22-year-old Romsey Town boss will not only get to live out his dream, but he'll also be making history as the youngest manager in the competition's history.
"I was one of those sad people after school who was sat there for hours playing Championship Manager," Phillips told BBC Sport. "I always used to try to take a really small club up through the leagues. From a really young age that got my interest going. Now I'm doing it in real life."
Perhaps winning the award for the most unusual name, and statistic, is Billingham Synthonia - the only team in England named after an agricultural fertiliser.
The Synners most famous player is Brian Clough. The former Derby County and Nottingham Forest manager made four appearances for them, scoring three goals in the 1952-53 season before he went on national service.
On Saturday, the team named after fertiliser host Durham City. It could make for an interesting tie if they progress and are drawn against West Allotment Celtic in the preliminary round...
Never mind dreaming of a Wembley final appearance, the players at one club have their eye on another prize for doing well in the FA Cup - £15 kit bags.
Sporting Khalsa host Pegasus Juniors and, if they win to progress to the preliminary round, a bag sporting the club's emblem is all theirs.
"That's the joys of the FA Cup at grassroots level," Sporting Khalsa manager Ian Rowe told the FA.
"The pros are fortunate enough to get to the quarter finals, semi-final and final - we are just looking to win one game so I can splash the cash and buy the lads a £15 bag each."
Ellesmere Rangers have been involved in the FA Cup every year since 2008-09, but they got into this season's edition by the skin of their teeth.
The Shropshire-based team compete in the West Midlands League Premier Division - the 10th level of English football -  and qualified under the FA's points per game system, which rewards those clubs who miss out on automatic qualification with a place in the competition based on their form across the previous season.
Ellesmere qualified in the final slot, effectively making them entry number 736 - the last team in the hat.
"We finished 11th last season so we didn't expect to get in this year," says club secretary John Edge. "It really is a big boost for the club because the prize money can help you through a whole season."
On 30 May, 2015, the FA Cup trophy will stand on a pedestal at a packed Wembley, but its journey begins in more humble surroundings.
The trophy will travel to Gloucestershire on Saturday, to the town of Fairford, whose team begin their FA Cup journey with a home tie against Knaphill.
"It is a huge day for the club," said committee member Chris Tanner. "Everyone at Fairford is looking forward to the game and to have the FA Cup coming to town is quite special.
"The FA Cup generates tremendous interest for clubs both in the professional game and non-league and Saturday will be no different.
"Perhaps some won't have realised the FA Cup starts in August."
The Football Association has quite a job on its hands to make sure all extra preliminary round results are accurate, and that teams do not field ineligible players.
In previous years, the home club would report results by voicemail message, which would then have to be decoded by the FA and Press Association before the result could be confirmed and later published. These days the system is set up to be more efficient.
The FA sends out an automated text message to each club 15 minutes after kick-off, which explains how the result needs to be reported by text simply by replying to the message. The result and attendance is then published automatically on receipt by The FA of the incoming text message.
In order to avoid clubs fielding ineligible players, both teams are required to complete an official team sheet, which is then inspected by a match official, prior to a tie taking place.
The above are just a few of the unique tales to come from this year's FA Cup, but we want to hear your FA Cup story.
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Additional reporting by BBC Sport's Nabil Hassan.


Celtic host Motherwell and Hearts travel to face St Johnstone in two all-Premiership ties in the last 16 of the Scottish League Cup.

League One sides Peterhead and Alloa Athletic face top-flight opposition - Rangers and Inverness CT respectively.
Premiership sides Aberdeen and Partick Thistle are away to Ayr United and Dundee United respectively.
Top-flight Hamilton host Greenock Morton, with Championship rivals Hibs and Queen of the South in opposition.
The ties are scheduled to be played on Tuesday, 9 August.
Sunday's draw followed the last of 80 group games, with United's 2-0 win over fellow Championship side Dunfermline Athletic confirming Ray McKinnon's side as runners-up in Group C.
McKinnon told BBC Scotland: "It is a home tie, which we were hoping for.
"It will be a difficult game. Partick Thistle are a good team and they are a league above us at the moment."
Peterhead's tie against Rangers is a repeat of last season's Petrofac Training Cup final, which the Ibrox side won 4-0 ahead of them winning the Championship title and promotion.
Jim McInally's side were surprise winners of Group A as Premiership side Dundee failed to qualify, as were Alloa in Group D ahead of holders Ross County, who failed to live up to their billing as top seeds in their section and also exited the competition.
Kilmarnock were the other top-flight side to fail to qualify from the eight sections as European representatives Aberdeen, Scottish champions Celtic, Hearts and Hibernian joined the competition after being given byes into the last 16.
Hearts, who finished third in the Premiership, will be involved in probably the tie of the round against St Johnstone, who finished fourth.
Alloa, Morton, Thistle and Rangers had joined the European quartet as seeds for the last-16 draw thanks to winning their groups with the highest number of points.
Alloa Athletic v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Ayr United v Aberdeen
Celtic v Motherwell
Dundee United v Partick Thistle
Hamilton Academical v Greenock Morton
Hibernian v Queen of the South
Rangers v Peterhead
St Johnstone v Heart of Midlothian
Ties to be played on Tuesday 9 August


Thousands of pro-democracy activists have returned to the streets of Hong Kong for their first big rally since mass protests last year.

But the number of protesters - put by organisers at 13,000 but by police at half that figure - was far lower than the earlier demonstrations.
Their key demand is fully democratic elections for the territory's leader.
A large police presence was in force to prevent demonstrators from occupying key areas of Hong Kong.
But the protesters did not carry out a repeat of the occupations that shut down parts of the city for more than two months last year.
Last year's Occupy demonstrations at their peak were attended by tens of thousands of people from all walks of life. There were later violent clashes with police, and the final protest camp was dismantled in December.
One organiser of the latest march, Daisy Chan, told the South China Morning Post that although the turnout was lower than expected it "only shows that Hong Kongers are no longer satisfied with conventional ways of protest" and people were taking up "new ways to pressure the government".
The protesters were watched by about 2,000 police officers as soon as they began their march through the city's upmarket shopping and financial districts.
Those who took to the streets in Hong Kong said they needed to stand up and be counted, if only to protect existing freedoms. That means exercising the freedom to march even if no-one in power is listening.
Some of the younger marchers put the low turnout down to fatigue, saying large numbers would pour back on to the streets when the moment was right. But one 60-year-old cautioned against youthful optimism, warning that Hong Kong would have to wait for the downfall of the Chinese Communist Party before seeing genuine democracy.
That party has comfortably outlived many predictions of its demise. It is watching events in Hong Kong closely and will see a low turnout as vindication of its strategy to avoid force and overt direction of events while making no compromises on political reform.
At this point, Beijing will feel it has won the battle - if not yet the war - and is likely to carry on shaping Hong Kong's political destiny according to its own design.
China has promised the semi-autonomous territory direct elections in 2017, but ruled that candidates had to be vetted by Beijing.
Pro-democracy legislators - who hold about 40% of the seats in the Legislative Council - strongly oppose the move.
Protester Julia Choi told the AP news agency that pro-democracy candidates "would not even be nominated, so this is pseudo-universal suffrage, we do not have the rights to elect who we want".
Many demonstrators carried yellow umbrellas - the symbol of the political campaign. A large banner caricaturing Hong Kong's Chief Executive CY Leung read: "Reject fake democracy, we want real universal suffrage."
But speaking on local radio on Sunday, Lam Woon-kwong of the Executive Council, Hong Kong's top policy-making body, warned protesters: "You can't threaten the central authorities."


A Cardiff academic's strategy for cutting violent crime using data from accident and emergency departments will be rolled out in Australia.

Prof Jonathan Shepherd's award-winning "Cardiff Model" for identifying violence hotspots has won a Â£740,000 ($1.4m Australian dollar) grant.
The model will be used in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra.
Prof Shepherd, of Cardiff University, said it aimed to cut "the harm violence inflicts on citizens and communities".
In 2008, he was awarded the Stockholm Prize for Criminology for the model - since used in the Netherlands, South Africa and the United States.
The model sees anonymous intelligence gathered from hospital A&E departments and shared with the police, public health bodies and local authorities.
It was trialled in the Welsh capital between 2002 and 2007, with Cardiff University finding a "significant and enduring reduction in serious violence" compared to 14 other cities.
An evaluation published in the British Medical Journal in 2011 suggested it helped toward a 32% drop in aggravated assaults and a 42% fall in hospital admissions in Cardiff.
Prof Shepherd said: "The goal of this approach is to provide basic information that complements police records so that law enforcement and alcohol licensing can take appropriate and intelligent steps to reduce the harm violence inflicts on citizens and communities."
He will team up with researchers from Deakin University, in Victoria, Australia.
The scheme will be rolled out in the three Australian cities over a five-year period, with funding from Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council.


Islamist fighters said to be linked to al-Qaeda have destroyed the tomb of a local Muslim saint in the Malian town of Timbuktu, officials and locals say.

The gunmen attacked the shrine and set it on fire, saying it was contrary to Islam, according to the official.
Tuareg rebels and Islamist fighters took control of Timbuktu, a UN heritage site, after a military coup in March.
Unesco said the town's capture could endanger its "outstanding architectural wonders" .
Residents said armed men from the Islamist group Ansar Dine threatened locals going to worship at the grave of Sidi Mahmoud Ben Amar.
"What you are doing is haram! (forbidden). Seek help from God directly rather than the dead," one of the gunmen said, according to a resident quoted by the Reuters news agency.
A local politician, El Hadj Baba Haidara, told Reuters about the atttack:
"They attacked the grave, broke doors, windows and wooden gates that protect it. They brought it outside and burn it," he said. "This tomb is sacred, it is too difficult to bear."
A local official said the fighters had threatened to destroy other saints' tombs, according to the AFP news agency.
Strict Islamists regard shines as idolatrous, while some Muslims, especially Sufis, regard them as an accepted part of Muslim worship.
On its website, Unesco, the UN's cultural agency, says Timbuktu is the location of three great mosques dating back to the 14th century, as well 16 cemeteries and mausoleums.
Founded in the 12th Century, Timbuktu became wealthy at the nexus of important trading routes for salt and gold, reaching its apogee in the 15th and 16th centuries.
It became a major intellectual and religious centre, and still houses tens of thousands of manuscripts, some dating back centuries.
Rebels demanding independence for a Tuareg homeland and fighters of Ansar Dine, which is said to be linked to al-Qaeda, took advantage of the chaos that followed the March coup to overrun the northern half of Mali.
The coup leaders in Bamako said they had toppled President Amadou Toumani Toure because he failed to give sufficient support to troops battling Tuareg rebels in the north.
Under international pressure, they later handed back power to a civilian government, but remain influential.


Bob Jungels moved into the overall lead of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday as Giulio Ciccone won the 10th stage.

Luxembourg's Jungels, 23, took the lead from Etixx-Quick Step team-mate Gianluca Brambilla, with the Italian dropping to sixth overall.
Bardiani Valvole rider Ciccone finished 42 seconds ahead of Tinkoff's Ivan Rovny on the mountainous 136-mile ride from Campi Bisenzio to Sestola.
"Today I'm living the most beautiful day of my life," said Ciccone.
The 21-year-old, who only turned professional this year, added: "It doesn't feel real. It's like being in a bubble."
Team Sky's Mikel Landa began the day one minute and 18 seconds off the lead, but illness prevented him finishing the 10th stage.
"It was pretty clear that the illness had badly affected him and that he wasn't going to be able to continue," said team manager Sir Dave Brailsford.
Trek Segafredo's Fabian Cancellara, who was ill just before the start of the Giro, also pulled out before the start of the stage, as did Team Katusha's Alexey Tsatevich.
The 11th stage on Wednesday is the mainly flat 141-mile route from Modena to Asolo.
Stage 10 result:
1.  Giulio Ciccone (Ita/Bardiani Valvole) Five hrs 44mins 32secs
2.  Ivan Rovnyi (Rus/Tinkoff) +42secs
3.  Darwin Atapuma (Col/BMC Racing) +1min 20secs
4.  Nathan Brown (US/Cannondale) +1min 53secs
5.  Damiano Cunego (Ita/Nippo) +2min 04secs
6.  Andrey Amador (Crc/Movistar) +2min 10secs
Overall standings:
1.  Bob Jungels (Lux/Etixx-Quick-Step) 40hrs 19mins 52secs
2.  Andrey Amador (Crc/Movistar) 26secs
3.  Alejandro Valverde (Spa/ Movistar) +50secs
4.  Steven Kruijswijk (Ned/LottoNL) same time
5.  Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Astana) +52secs
6.  Gianluca Brambilla (Ita /Etixx-Quick-Step) +1min 11secs


Lille have offered free entry to women after sexist banners appeared in the home crowd in Saturday's Ligue 1 match at Lyon.

One sign depicted a woman above the word "kitchen" and another showed a man alongside the word "stadium".
Lyon's president said on Twitter the club were investigating the incident.
Lille have since confirmed their home match against Lorient on Saturday will be free for all women, saying: "Ladies, you are welcome with us."
Lyon's women's team have won the French title 14 times and their captain Wendie Renard highlighted the banners on Twitter, saying: "Lyon supporters... can you give me an explanation for that banner? The men at the stadium, the women in the kitchen?"
Club president Jean Michel Aulas replied: "The club will get tough and will file a complaint against the creator of this banner."
Lyon, who are fourth in the league, lost the match 2-1 at Parc Olympique Lyonnais.
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The number of people out shopping in the UK on Saturday and Sunday fell by 4.1% compared with last year's August bank holiday, retail researchers say.

Analysis firm Springboard had predicted a 6.5% increase in footfall at shopping centres, retail parks and high streets.
Springboard's Diane Wehrle said she was surprised by the decline, which could not be blamed solely on bad weather.
Bank holidays were becoming more focused on leisure activities such as eating out, she said.
The August bank holiday is taken in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, but not in Scotland.
Ms Wehrle said there had been a shift from daytime shopping to evening trips.
Footfall at shopping centres rose by 7.3% between 5pm and 8pm on Saturday, compared with the same day last year, and soared 17.4% for the four hours until midnight.
The post-8pm increase for shopping centres reflected a rise in the number of food and beverage outlets in shopping centres compared with last year, Ms Wehrle explained.
On the High Street, there were 8% more shoppers between 5pm and 8pm and a 10.8% increase between 8pm and midnight.
However, when both Saturday and Sunday were combined, footfall at shopping centres was down by 7%, shopping centres recorded a 3.3% decline and the total for out-of-town retail parks was 2.4% lower.
Tom Nathan, general manager at Brent Cross shopping centre in north London, said he was not concerned as trading in July and August had been quite resilient.
"Some of the schools are going back a bit later this year, which could have been partly responsible, so I anticipate a busy week ahead as people shop for back to school items," he told the BBC. "It certainly looked very busy yesterday - the restaurants were rammed."
Mr Nathan also said that fluctuations in shopping patterns might depend on the weather.
Data released earlier this month from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggested warmer weather and the weaker pound had helped boost retail sales in July.
Retail sales rose by 5.9% compared with the same month last year, the ONS said.


Leading Indian activist Kavitha Krishnan has become the target of internet ire after a disparaging tweet against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Ms Krishnan had tweeted, "Careful before sharing #SelfieWithDaughter with #LameDuckPM. He has a record of stalking daughters."
Mr Modi had, in his monthly radio address to the nation, asked people to send in selfies with their daughters.
He is fronting a movement to save and educate girl children in the country.
The tag #SelfieWithDaughter had begun trending soon after Mr Modi's radio address ended, with over 20,000 people submitting pictures.
A small village in Haryana had begun the campaign, asking people to send in selfies with their daughters to win a prize. Over 800 people had participated in the initiative.
Ms Krishnan's tweet enraged Mr Modi's supporters on Twitter, who tweeted back at her, condemning her for her remarks.
The sheer volume of tweets directed at her and referencing her, meant that Ms Krishnan's name began trending on Twitter, along with  #SelfieWithDaughter and #MannKiBaat which is the name of the prime minister's radio show.
Many of the tweets were highly abusive, sometimes accompanied with threats of violence. Ms Krishnan has taken to retweeting some of the most offensive.
Ms Krishnan told BBC Hindi that she "welcomed" these reactions because they "expose the mindset of these men who are actually anti-women".
She said she did not feel isolated or scared since she had also received a lot of support with Twitter users pointing out that the stream of abuse directed at the activist contradicted the #SelfieWithDaughter tag, that many of them had been using.
Ms Krishnan was not the only high-profile woman attacking Mr Modi's new initiative.
Actress Shruti Seth also delivered a salvo of scathing tweets at the prime minister, asking him to "be more than a photograph".
Like Ms Krishnan, Ms Seth was also at the receiving end of a wave of online abuse. She retweeted some of the more offensive ones and responded to a few.
Mr Modi has a huge army of online followers, who fight many battles on his behalf, and react violently to any criticism of him.
They were particularly active during his successful election campaign in 2014.
Ms Krishnan's tweet was in reference to a 2013 incident entitled "snoopgate" by local media.
Two news outlets said they had accessed audio recordings containing telephone conversations in which the president of the ruling BJP Amit Shah (then general secretary) was directing the illegal surveillance of a young woman in 2009.
According to the recordings, the surveillance of the woman had been ordered by someone called "saheb" (sir) which was assumed to be a reference to Mr Modi, who was then the chief minister of the western state of Gujarat.
The matter of illegal surveillance was taken up by the Supreme Court, which directed the petitioner to drop the "scandalous charges" against the prime minister.


MK Dons defender Gary MacKenzie has apologised for headbutting Charlton striker Yann Kermorgant in Tuesday's 2-1 loss at the Valley.

The pair clashed just before half-time with the game goalless and MacKenzie was shown a straight red card.
He was given his marching orders for a similar incident with Huddersfield's Alan Lee in September.
"I'd like to apologise to my team-mates and my manager and the fans," the 26-year-old told BBC Three Counties Radio.
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"On the incident, firstly I was just doing my job. I made a good clearance and then I was kicked on the ground and when I confronted the player he headbutted me.
"And I retaliated which obviously was wrong.
"I've apologised and I'll apologise again. It was wrong. I should have alerted the referee if he didn't see it - or the linesman who conveniently didn't see it either.
"I find it hard how half a stadium can see it but a referee and linesman can't.
"I need to learn from this. It's not the first time it's happened. Maybe I am a target for players who think they can wind me up. But I need to get that out of my game or it could hamper my career."
Dons boss Karl Robinson said MacKenzie's actions were unacceptable and added the Scot would be punished internally.
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But the MK manager praised the defender, who will be suspended for four games, for facing the media immediately after the game.
"I bet you were all shocked to see the player want to come to speak to you," he said.
"If we make mistakes we stand up as men, hold our hands up and internally we'll deal with everything else.
"The player can't headbutt our player, I'm disappointed they missed that.
"But I can't accept what happened afterwards. I'm so proud of him in a weird way, coming out and accepting his punishment. I'm not proud of what he did but he'll learn from it."


Everton have signed Swiss striker Shani Tarashaj from Grasshoppers Zurich, for a fee of around £3m.

Tarashaj, 21, has signed a four-and-a-half year deal and will be loaned back for the rest of the season so that he can complete his national service.
He has scored eight goals in 18 games for Grasshoppers this season.
"Shani is an enormous young talent in Swiss football who, without a doubt, will have a great future," said Toffees manager Roberto Martinez.
"We are delighted to have found a young player who believes that our club is the perfect step for him to enhance his quality and to grow his career.
"He fits in really well to our style and the way we want to play the game. He is a family boy, hungry and he is desperate to fight for his place in our talented young squad."
Tarashaj is Everton's second signing of the January transfer window after bringing in defender Matthew Foulds from Bury.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


Bournemouth winger Ryan Fraser has signed a three-and-a-half year contract extension, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2020.

The 22-year-old Scotland Under-21 international has been with the club since arriving from Aberdeen in 2013.
He spent the majority of last season on loan at Championship club Ipswich Town before making his Premier League debut for Bournemouth in August.
Since then, he has scored three goals in 13 top-flight appearances.


Petra Kvitova cried after winning her first match since being stabbed during a burglary at her home in December.

The Czech, 27, looked impressive in beating American Julia Boserup 6-3 6-2 to reach round two of the French Open.
Kvitova suffered career-threatening injuries to her left hand in the attack, but recovered quicker than expected to play in Paris.
The two-time Wimbledon champion said: "It's a pleasure to be here and I'm happy I made the decision to play."
Kvitova first picked up a racquet again in March, 12 weeks after the attack, and began practising properly at the beginning of May.
She had initially targeted Wimbledon for her comeback but, despite admitting she was "still not 100% ready", decided she was fit enough to play in France.
There are a few things to improve but what can I expect after such a long time
The 15th seed won the opening point of the match with a cross-court forehand and only needed 74 minutes to overcome world number 86 Boserup.
Her parents Jiri and Pavla and brothers Jiri and Libor were in the stands on Court Philippe Chatrier - the main court at Roland Garros.
"Thank you for everything, you helped me through this difficult time," said Kvitova.
"I'm glad with how I played. There are a few things to improve but what can I expect after such a long time.
"I was happy that I didn't have any pain. I promised my doctor, who gave me the green light, that if I feel pain in my hand during the match or in the practice, I'm stopping immediately."
A French Open semi-finalist in 2012, Kvitova will face American Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the next round.
After the match, Boserup tweeted: "Congratulations to Petra Kvitova for so much more than winning a tennis match today."
Eighth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova, who beat American Christina McHale: "I don't want to think of what she's gone through. I saw her this morning and I hugged her. I'm like, How are you doing? How are you? How was time off?"
Olympic champion Monica Puig after her win over Roberta Vinci: "It was such a traumatic experience. I'm really happy for her and I'm glad to see all of the players giving her a warm welcome back because she deserves it. She's such a great champion and a truly amazing person off the court that, you know, she deserves that and more."
American 12th seed Madison Keys on Twitter: "I'm crying the happiest of tears."
French player Alize Cornet on Twitter: "Tears in my eyes watching Petra Kvitova winning her first come back match at Roland Garros. So emotional and inspiring... Bravo Petra! #fighter."


The Irish justice minister has published legislation to introduce a national DNA database in the Republic of Ireland.

Work to prepare the legislation has been under way for two years and Justice Minister Alan Shatter said he expects the database to be operational in 2014.
He said the key aim of the bill was to assist police in tackling crime.
Mr Shatter said it would help link crimes and identify suspects.
"The intelligence generated will be invaluable to the GardaÃ in relation to identifying prolific offenders involved in volume crime such as burglary, but also in relation to serious offences against the person, such as homicide and sexual offences," he said.
"It will contribute to the move towards more effective, targeted and smarter policing and will also facilitate co-operation with other police forces in relation to mobile criminals."
The minister insisted the database would also be of benefit in establishing the innocence of persons suspected or wrongly convicted of offences.
Mr Shatter said "substantial changes" had been made to the bill put forward by the previous government in 2010.
"The bill published today is substantially amended in many respects to address issues that gave rise to genuine concerns, including in relation to the sensitive area of the retention of samples and DNA profiles of persons who are not subsequently convicted in order to ensure that any interference with their privacy rights is justified by the public interest in the investigation of crime and is proportionate," he said.
The bill provides for the taking, subject to appropriate safeguards, of biological samples in the form of mouth swabs or hair follicles from suspects and convicted persons including sex offenders from which their DNA profiles will be generated for entry in the database.
Crime scene profiles from unsolved crimes whether occurring before or after the new legislation becomes law will also be entered in the database.
The database will be established and operated by the Forensic Science Laboratory of the Department of Justice and Equality at its current location at Garda headquarters, Phoenix Park, Dublin.
The minister said he was "determined" to ensure the DNA database would be operational as soon as the legislation was enacted.
"To make this happen, the Forensic Science Laboratory has been furnished with resources for the necessary specialist staff, and to allow for the purchase, installation and validation of sophisticated robotic sample handling instruments to cater for high throughput of samples," he said.
"These are now in use and will be capable of processing the anticipated increased submissions associated with a national database."


A 60-second look back at the biggest headlines of the political week, with Daily Politics reporter Ellie Price.

31 March 2017 Last updated at 15:41 BST
Featuring the triggering of Article 50, the Scottish Parliament approving a call for a second independence referendum and a proposed crackdown on terrorists using social media.


An independent TD (member of the Irish parliament) has denied there is a human impact on climate change.

Speaking in the Dail (Irish parliament), on Wednesday, Danny Healy-Rae said "God above" controlled the weather.
During a debate on the issue, he denied the burning of fossil fuel was the main cause of global warming.
Scientists believe gases released from industry and agriculture are adding to the climate change.
Human activities such as burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas are increasing the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2), the main greenhouse gas responsible for global warming.
The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is now higher than at any time in the last 800,000.
Mr Healy-Rae said: "I don't agree with all this stuff about climate change at all.
"There have been patterns of climate change going back over the years before there was ever a combustible engine."
He said paying carbon tax was "hurting the young fella going to work in the morning, the lorry on the road and the tractors in the field."


Russell Knox believes victory at next month's Scottish Open at Castle Stuart would be the biggest win of his career.

Knox was born just a few miles away in Inverness and is hugely excited about playing on his home patch.
"This is it for me." the 30-year-old Scot explained. "This is one of the biggest tournaments I could ever play.
"To come home to Inverness and play as a pro for the first time is something I thought could never happen, so I can't wait."
Knox, the leading Scot in the world rankings at 24, has been based in the United States since winning a golf scholarship in 2003.
But he is relishing playing so close to his birthplace at the Scottish Open from 7-10 July, a week before the Open at Royal Troon.
"The atmosphere is going to be just amazing and it will feel like playing in a major," he said. "I'll go there and give it a crack.
"Of course winning the WGC event in China was massive for my career, but everyone dreams of winning in their home town and I'd love that to come true for me.
"Even just to play is going to be amazing as well, but if I can play well and get to lift the trophy at the end, it would be a huge bonus.
"If I can win at Castle Stuart, it will be the biggest win of my career."
Knox recently tied for second place at the Irish Open, won by Rory McIlroy, and the 30-year-old hopes the home crowd will have a similar impact when he turns up in Inverness.
"I've taken a lot of encouragement from my form and recent result at the Irish Open and BMW [PGA Championship at Wentworth]," he said.
"Playing in Ireland with Rory kind of made me look forward to Castle Stuart because he was the heavy home favourite with the crowd."
The Castle Stuart course is only seven years old, so most of Knox's golf as a younger man was played a few miles along the coast.
"I wish Castle Stuart was there when I was growing up in Inverness," he said. "I've been able to play it a couple of times over the last few years and it's a spectacular course.
"Growing up, the Nairn Dunbar course was a big part of my childhood. I was basically raised on links golf and I think that helped me improve because there's such an importance to be able to hit all shots."
Knox could have played Castle Stuart the last time the Scottish Open was staged there in 2013, but he turned down the opportunity to try to retain his tour privileges in the USA.
"I wanted to play there so badly, but I was struggling to keep my card in the US at the time, so I had a horrible decision to make," he recalls.
"Ultimately, it has worked out fine, but at the time I was still 100% convinced that I'd made the wrong decision not to come and play.
"I'm very happy that I managed to play well and it's taken care of itself now."
Knox became a member of the European Tour at the start of 2016 with a view to trying to force his way into Darren Clarke's Ryder Cup team, which takes on the USA at Hazeltine in September.
"My Ryder Cup chances are going to come down to the three majors that are left and the Scottish Open," he said.
"I will be playing the WGC Bridgestone event in Akron even though it is the same week as the French Open.
"The points don't count, but a big performance there would also go a long way.
"I have the opportunity. If I play well, my chances are good. If I don't play well then I won't deserve it."


League Two side Stevenage have signed midfielder Harry Beautyman on a free transfer from Northampton Town.

The 25-year-old joined the Cobblers from Peterborough for an undisclosed fee on a two-year deal last summer and played 27 games in all competitions.
But only five of those came after Justin Edinburgh was appointed as Northampton manager in January.
He is Stevenage's third summer signing after the arrivals of Alex Samuel and James Ferry.
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New technology is helping to cut car insurance premiums for young drivers while older motorists are seeing costs rise, research suggests.

Drivers aged under 25 have seen the average premium fall by 5.5% in the year to August, according to researcher Consumer Intelligence.
They have been helped by black box technology, which reduces premiums by monitoring driving patterns.
In contrast, motorists aged over 50 have seen their premiums rise by 8.6%.
Black box technology, or telematics, records the speeds and driving patterns of young drivers and the time of day that they are on the road.
This allows young drivers to prove to insurance companies that they are low risk, and so their premiums should drop as a result.
Ian Hughes, chief executive of Consumer Intelligence, said this innovation was reversing the "massive increases" in premiums for young drivers seen at the turn of the decade.
"Older drivers are to an extent helping fund premium reductions for younger motorists and need to ensure they are receiving the best value for money from their insurer," he said.
Young drivers still face the highest costs, despite the shift in prices. The average cheapest annual premium for all motorists was Â£696 in August, but it was Â£1,680 for drivers aged under 25 and Â£258 for motorists aged over 50.


Bristol City have signed Schalke goalkeeper Fabian Giefer on loan until the end of the campaign.

The 26-year-old has made one appearance for the German Bundesliga side this season, playing in a Europa League game against Red Bull Salzburg in December.
The former Bayer Leverkusen keeper joined Schalke from Fortuna Dusseldorf in the summer of 2014.
"Fabian has come in to compete for the number one jersey," said City head coach Lee Johnson.
"He's certainly got a good pedigree, having played in the Bundesliga, and we hope he has a successful spell with us."
Meanwhile, City have sold Richard O'Donnell to Rotherham for an undisclosed fee.
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Lancashire's Alex Davies and Kyle Jarvis put on 100 for the 10th wicket to frustrate Derbyshire on day three.

The away side were 43-4 when the impressive Tom Taylor (6-61) trapped Alviro Petersen lbw, but Ashwell Prince (97) and Steven Croft (70) put on 160.
Lancashire were 264 ahead when their ninth wicket fell, but Davies (89) and Jarvis (17 not out) added valuable runs to leave a far tougher target of 365.
Derbyshire then lost both openers cheaply to end the day on 27-2.
Wicketkeeper Davies struck nine fours and five sixes to reach his highest first-class score as he dominated the partnership with Jarvis.
Peter Siddle and Tom Bailey then took the wickets of openers Ben Slater and Billy Godleman with Derbyshire needing to make the highest score of the match to win.
Lancashire's Alex Davies: "A lead of 250, 260 is quite slender going into a full day tomorrow so we knew we had to hang around and help the team get into a good position.
"Those extra runs will give us a bit more scoreboard pressure. The pitch is still doing a bit laterally and will start to go up and down as well which will help us.
"I think the weather is set fair and if we bowl anything like (we can), we should be able to knock them over."
Derbyshire's Tom Taylor: "I think it's definitely possible (for Derbyshire to win), it's just how many big partnerships we can get and we've got to chip in.
"The ball has swung and it will swing again in the morning so it would be a great win but we fancy ourselves to try and get them tomorrow."


A prominent Muslim cleric is being investigated in connection with the murder of Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch, police say.

Ms Baloch, a controversial figure known for her outspoken posts and suggestive photos and videos, posted selfies with Mufti Abdul Qavi last month.
He was suspended from two important councils as a result.
Ms Baloch, 26, was strangled by her brother Waseem early on Saturday in their hometown of Multan.
He admitted the apparent "honour killing", saying it was justified.
The cleric has denied any role in the murder but says he will appear for questioning if summoned by police.
Following the murder he said Ms Baloch's fate should serve as a lesson for others who want to mock religious figures.
He also said that he had "forgiven" her.
Police in Multan say they are also investigating Ms Baloch's other brother, Aslam, a junior army officer whom her father accused of encouraging Waseem to murder her.
A video posted on Facebook by this Pakistani comedian titled 'This one's for Qandeel Baloch' has been shared more than 11,000 times. He questions why Pakistani society has "placed its honour between the legs of a woman" and become so willing to resort to violence when confronted with something deemed objectionable.
Junaid told the BBC that while he personally did not support Ms Baloch's actions, he believes Pakistani society is too easily offended and needs to change. "Why don't we get offended by things that actually affect our lives? Why should we get offended by a girl in Lahore who decided to show a little cleavage?" he asks.
Sadly, Ms Baloch's death didn't come as a surprise given her actions, he adds - an indictment on a society where people are too willing to "play God" themselves.
The response to Junaid's video has been overwhelmingly positive, he says, but that does not erase the fact that some on social media feel her murder was justified and having been making that known.
Her father, Mohammad Azeem, said she had supported the entire family financially.
Ms Baloch, whose real name was Fouzia Azeem, divided views in conservative Pakistan, with many disapproving of her actions.
The model and self-declared "modern day feminist" faced online abuse and death threats.
Her death has sparked a debate over "honour killings" and what is acceptable behaviour online for women in Pakistan.
"I believe I am a modern day feminist. I believe in equality. I need not to choose what type of women should be. I don't think there is any need to label ourselves just for sake of society. I am just a women with free thoughts free mindset and I LOVE THE WAY I AM." (Facebook, 14 July)
Love me or hate me both are in my favour. If you love me I Will always be in your heart, if you hate me I'll always be in ur mind (Facebook, 3 July)


England's Danny Willett has withdrawn from the US Open before starting his second round due to an ongoing back injury.

The 2016 Masters champion shot a nine-over-par opening round of 81 on Thursday, the joint second worst score of the day.
The 29-year-old, who has a history of back injuries, was due to tee off at 19:58 BST at Erin Hills in Wisconsin.
"Another disappointing week comes to an end," said Willett on social media.
He added: "Working hard to get back but the body and swing not allowing it, sorry guys."
Willett also pulled out of last month's Players Championship at Sawgrass midway through his second round and missed the World Cup in November to avoid aggravating his back problem.
At Augusta in April, he became the first defending Masters champion since Mike Weir in 2004 to miss the cut and split with caddie Jonathan Smart last month.
He blew a three-shot lead in the final round of the Maybank Championship in Malaysia in February to finish tied fifth.


Four Mexican officials have been charged with aiding the escape of the notorious drugs lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman from a maximum security prison.

Two are members of Mexico's secret service who were based at the prison. The others were control room employees who should have monitored his cell.
They are accused of not raising the alarm once Guzman had escaped.
Guzman escaped in July through a tunnel in his cell that ran 1.5km to a building outside the prison walls.
Guzman's Sinaloa cartel is responsible for much of Mexico's trafficking of drugs to the US.
At least three other people have already been charged in relation to the escape.
The latest charges allege that the four officials did not follow protocols and alert their superiors. Prosecutors add that all the necessary systems needed to sound the alarm were fully functioning.
Guzman's son may have provided a clue as to where the drug lord is hiding.
Alfredo Guzman tweeted: " I am doing fine here,  you already know with whom."
Attached to this was a picture appearing to show his father disguised, with Costa Rica tagged as its location.
However, there has been speculation that the location was set deliberately as a decoy.
After his escape in July, Guzman took to Twitter to taunt the police and insult Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.
Mr Pena Nieto has promised that all those who had participated in the escape will be punished with "the full weight of the law".
Two prison officials and the prison's warden have already been fired in response to the escape.
A July poll in the newspaper Reforma said 88% of Mexicans believed the escape was an inside job, and 65% blamed the authorities' incompetence rather than Guzman's cunning.
One point of controversy has been whether the Mexican government should have agreed to a US request to extradite Guzman on the basis that American prisons would have been harder for Guzman to break out of.
First arrested in Guatemala in 1993, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman spent nearly a decade in another maximum-security Mexican jail before escaping, reportedly in a laundry basket.
He was on the run for 13 years before being held again in 2014 after a series of high-profile arrests of associates and covert surveillance by the US authorities.
He had been tracked by a special unit of trusted Mexican Marines to a series of safe houses.
He was finally found with his family at a seaside condominium in a resort town, Mazatlan.


Premier League newcomers Huddersfield Town have agreed a club-record £10m fee for Manchester City's Australia midfielder Aaron Mooy.

Mooy, 26, spent last season on loan at Huddersfield and played in their play-off final win over Reading, which secured them a place in the top flight.
It is thought the fee will be made up of an £8m initial payment, plus a further £2m in add-ons.
There are also buy-back and sell-on clauses included in the deal.
Mooy joined City from Australian club Melbourne City 12 months ago on a three-year contract.
He has not made a senior appearance for Pep Guardiola's side.


Tomislav Salopek, a 31-year-old father of two from Croatia, worked as a surveyor working in Egypt for French firm CGG, which specialises in the exploration and production of gas and oil.

He was on his way to work on a highway west of Cairo on 22 July when his car was stopped by a group of armed men.
The Croatian foreign ministry said the group "forced him to get out of the car and drove away with him in an unknown direction".
Mr Salopek was not heard from again until he appeared in a video last week from Sinai Province, the new Egypt-based affiliate of the Islamic State group.
Speaking in English, he confirmed his identity and said the militant group had threatened to kill him unless the Egyptian government released all female Muslim prisoners.
Following the release of the video, Ardiseis Egypt, a subsidiary of CGG, confirmed he was one of their employees.
Zlatko Salopek, Tomislav's father, in an appeal for his son's release, had said his only motivation "to go to your homeland was exclusively to earn bread for his children. Nothing else".
He is reported to have been married for eight years and, according to AFP news agency, he was described as a friendly young man by neighbours in his home town in Croatia.
It is not clear how long Mr Salopek had been in Egypt, but according to his Linkedin profile he had been working for CGG since last December.
His career profile shows he was no stranger to the region.
Last year, he spent eight months working as a surveyor in Libya for the North African Geophysical Exploration Company (Nageco).
He had also spent time in Syria, Morocco and Iraq.
Announcing his alleged beheading on social media, alongside the publication of a gruesome photo, the militant group said Mr Salopek was killed for Croatia's "participation in the war against the Islamic State".


Ex-professional wrestler Hulk Hogan has won a further $25m (Â£17m) in punitive damages from gossip site Gawker over the publication of a sex tape.

On Friday, the Florida jury ruled Gawker had violated Hogan's right to privacy, awarding him $115m (Â£79m) for economic damage and emotional distress.
But jurors decided on the additional measure as a punishment for the company and a deterrent to others.
Gawker, who warned the verdict was already "debilitating", will appeal.
The video was posted in 2012 after Hogan, whose given name is Terry Bollea, was secretly recorded having sex with his friend's wife.
Hogan's legal team successfully argued the New York-based website violated his privacy and the video was not newsworthy.
The closely-watched case raised questions about the freedom of the press in the digital age and could lead to greater caution among online sites.
Gawker Media was hit with a $15m ruling, while owner Nick Denton was stung with an additional $10 million.
The editor who posted the video and wrote the accompanying post, AJ Daulerio, must also pay $100,000.
However correspondents say the company stands a good chance of getting the damages reduced or reversed on appeal.
The jury was told that Gawker Media is worth $83 million, while Nick Denton has a total of $121 million. Mr Daulerio has no assets, the court heard, only thousands of dollars in student debts.


People "must not keep making the same mistakes" when responding to acts of terror, Jeremy Corbyn has warned.

In a speech made after a UN resolution calling for action against so-called Islamic State was approved, he said Labour would support "every necessary measure" to protect people in the UK.
But it was "vital" in a time of tragedy "not to be drawn into responses that feed a cycle of violence", he said.
Meanwhile, David Cameron wants to build support for air strikes on IS in Syria.
The militant group - also referred to as Isil and Isis - has said it carried out the attacks in Paris that left 130 people dead.
There is no timetable for a Parliamentary vote on UK military action in Syria, although the UK does carry out air strikes against IS in Iraq.
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"The dreadful Paris attacks make the case for a far more urgent effort to reach a negotiated settlement of the civil war in Syria and the end to the threat from Isis," Mr Corbyn said.
"It is the conflict in Syria and the consequences of the Iraq war which have created the conditions for Isis to thrive and spread its murderous rule.
"Everyone, including Muslims in Britain, wants to see the defeat of the murderous and reactionary cult of Isil."
Mr Corbyn opposes UK forces joining allied air strikes against IS strongholds in Syria, but is under pressure to allow his MPs a free vote on the issue.
He said action against IS "that sticks on the ground, destroys the virus and reclaims the hearts and minds" will have to come from the "Arab and Muslim world" and could not be seen to be an external intervention.
Mr Corbyn said: "That is why we should use the UN Security Council resolution passed last night to accelerate moves towards a comprehensive settlement of the conflict."
The UN resolution, co-sponsored by the UK, calls on nations to "redouble and co-ordinate their efforts to prevent and suppress terrorist attacks" using all necessary measures. It received universal approval on Friday night.
The prime minister said the vote "shows beyond doubt the breadth of international support" to "eradicate" IS.
Mr Corbyn told the BBC the UN had backed "general action" against IS, including political and diplomatic responses, which he welcomed.
It does not specifically say military action, he said.
But he said: "Labour will always stand up to any threat to this country and the people of this country.
"We're not going to leave British people or this country unprotected, but we do need a different approach to foreign policy."
This new approach was one of Mr Corbyn's "three pillars" that he set out in his wide-ranging speech.
He also said he wanted a new form of politics that gave people a say in decision-making and he said he wanted Labour to be an anti-austerity party that provided prosperity for all.
He went on to warn that ministers would be "gambling with the safety of the British people" if they made cuts to police budgets.
The Spending Review could include a police budget cut of more than 20%.
Chancellor George Osborne is set to announce the government's spending plans in Parliament on Wednesday.


Mandarin in English schools will get a £10m boost, and 5,000 more pupils will learn it by 2020, George Osborne has said on a visit to China.

The cash will be used to recruit and train teachers to teach the language to GCSE level, said the Chancellor in a speech to the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Mr Osborne suggested Mandarin would be more "relevant" than traditional options like French or German.
He revealed his daughter, Liberty, was already learning China's main language.
"In Britain, there is a hunger to learn more and understand more about this great civilisation," he told an audience of Chinese financiers.
"I see it at home in Downing Street every night as my 12-year-old daughter does her Mandarin homework."
Mr Osborne said the investment would "give more young people the opportunity to learn a language that will help them succeed in our increasingly global economy.
"I'm here in China to help forge closer economic and cultural relationships between our nations, and this announcement is another great example of things we are doing to help grow both of our economies."
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan agreed the relationship between the two countries was vital to the economy.
"Teaching pupils these important language skills will ensure they leave school not just with an excellent education but fully prepared to compete in the global race," said Mrs Morgan.
A CBI survey last year revealed the growing importance of Mandarin for businesses, alongside French, German and Spanish.
But  research has highlighted low uptakes of languages at GCSE and A-levels, with traditional subjects like French and German in decline.
By contrast there has been a "modest increase", from a low base, in the number of schools offering Mandarin, a language widely recognised as crucial to the UK's long-term competitiveness.
Mr Osborne told the BBC: "At the moment about 1,000 children in our schools do GCSE Mandarin.
"Why don't we make that 5,000 children in our schools over the next five years... learning a language that is becoming a great international language, rather than, frankly, languages that are not spoken by very large numbers of people?
"That's an ambition that says Britain wants to be engaged in the future."
Mark Herbert, head of schools programmes at the British Council, said: "While it was encouraging to see Mandarin Chinese GCSE entries rise by 18% this year, more investment is welcome as overall numbers remain low compared to other important languages such as French, Spanish and German."


Although George Osborne committed the Tory party to a new fiscal rule before the general election - that the government would generate surpluses in all so-called "normal times" - it matters that he will tonight be confirming this rule is to be enshrined in law.

Because this represents a significant shift to small "c" conservatism in the stewardship of the public finances, compared with the consensus of the last 70 years.
Typically governments have either had no such statutory rules at all, or have been subject to looser constraints - such as the last Labour government's commitment to the "golden rule" of borrowing only to invest over the course of the economic cycle, which in practice wasn't a huge constraint on its public-spending ambitions.
So the chancellor's surplus promise represents a significant shift in economic and political judgement, and not just that the current national debt - equivalent to about 80% of GDP or national income - is too high and should be cut.
What the chancellor is implicitly arguing at the Mansion House tonight is that the public sector cannot generate the growth necessary to get the national debt down faster - that the optimal path is for the public sector to shrink, creating space for the private sector to take up the slack.
Now for the avoidance of doubt, quite a lot of economists - most but not all of them leftish - would say this is bad economics.
They might accept in formal terms, that national debt as a share of GDP would fall a bit faster. But they would also claim that we would be poorer as a nation, because what they would see as debt-reduction fetishism would mean that growth and prosperity would be lower than would otherwise have been the case.
So the new fiscal law will put the Labour Party, currently without a permanent leader or an ideological direction, on the spot.
It will be a test of the leadership candidates' commitment to maintain the size of the state. And it should occasion an unusually lively and important debate among wonks and policymakers.
Now for the avoidance of doubt, running a surplus in most years does not fix the public finances overnight, on the Treasury's calculations.
It estimated at the time of the last budget that if the government ran a 0.3% surplus on average it would take at least 10 years for the ratio of debt to fall to 60% of GDP - which is the maximum of the EU's Maastricht treaty, and therefore one benchmark of prudence.
And for debt to fall to roughly where it was before the 2007-8 banking debacle and recession, or just over 40% of GDP, would take two full decades.
Mending the roof, in George Osborne's favourite phrase, is not apparently a job apparently capable of being done at the speed of an emigre Polish builder.
That said, the Treasury's projection is that the national debt would not drop to that Maastricht level of 60% or so till 2036, if the government continued the previous approach of borrowing to invest, of running a surplus only on the current budget rather than on the overall budget.
So Osborne makes two other points.
First that we can't be certain there isn't another 2008-style economic calamity lurking just round the hairpin bend. And if we slump when our national debt is close to the current 80% of GDP, we'll then see government debt increasing to the dangerous growth-suppressing levels of an Italy (or worse).
Second, that the example of prudent Canada and Sweden is that public services are less vulnerable to savage cuts in the long term if the public finances are kept in healthier shape, because it means there should be more scope to borrow very temporarily, to cushion them in a downturn.
And there indeed is the heart of the matter - which is what kind of flexibility a chancellor would have under his approach to take evasive action when there are shocks, and also what on earth is meant by "normal" economic times?
Today it is impossible to properly assess the new surplus law, simply because we don't know the mechanics of it - we don't know how tied the chancellor's hands will be in practice.
There are a number of crucial uncertainties.
First is "normal" growth in GDP of about 2.6% or so - the average rate of growth since 1945. Or in the wake of the productivity-smashing disaster of 2008, is underlying growth now nearer 2%.
And would the de facto target for growth be a point, say 2%, or a range - a bit like the inflation target - of 2% plus or minus one percentage point?
Also would the direction of growth matter? In other words, would there be an expectation that surpluses would typically be generated when growth is rising, but that it is OK to borrow when growth is falling?
Now before the election the chancellor said that he would expect the Office for Budget Responsibility to be the arbiter of "normal" times.
But what does this mean?
Presumably the OBR will determine the UK's "normal" rate of growth, every few years or so. But will it then decide at any particular moment whether current growth is sub-normal or supra-normal?
And how often would it judge whether growth is normal and expected to remain so? Just twice a year, at the time of the autumn statement and in the Budget? Or would it be expected to make snap judgements as and when there is a big shock to the economy.
What matters probably most of all it whether the OBR would make the judgement about whether times are normal in retrospect, over the course of an economic cycle, in determining whether the Treasury has flunked or passed its surplus rule - or would it do this in a forward-looking way that could be prescriptive of the chancellor's actions?
So although the idea of generating a surplus in normal times may seem to have the virtue of simplicity, in practice it may be fiendishly complicated.


For Downton Abbey fans the end is almost here with the sixth and final series starting on 20 September, and it seems the cast are struggling to cope with its demise.

"I thought, 'I've done 200 jobs, they finish you go onto the next one', so I'm not going to get sentimental about the job finishing."
But Jim Carter, aka Carson the butler, found shooting his final scene on Downton Abbey was not like any other job.
"It came to an end and they said 'that's it for the servants thank you very much' and I thought someone should say something to the crew.
"I looked up and saw all their knackered faces and they work so hard and I thought 'oh my I'm really going to miss them' and I wentâ€¦I filled up completely and hopelessly."
And he wasn't the only one brought to tears.
"Phyllis Logan (Mrs Hughes) was on the floor sobbing, Lesley (Nicol - Mrs Patmore) and Sophie (McShera - Daisy) were hopeless," he says.
"I turned round and Lee the rigger, a great big guy who carries scaffolding around for a living had tears pouring down, Duncan the sound guy, Bobby the grip were all crying."
After six years of filming the cast and crew of the hit ITV show have become very close.
Michelle Dockery, who plays Lady Mary, and Laura Carmichael, who plays Lady Edith, even holiday together. They are planning on a girls' holiday together now filming has ended.
"It would be nice to have a break together and it would be nice to watch the first one (episode) together," says Dockery.
"I hope at some point we'll all watch an episode together but it's so difficult because everyone's so busy," says Carmichael.
The worldwide success of the show means the job offers have flooded in for the cast.
Joanne Froggat, who plays ladies maid Anna Bates, only had a weekend off after the end of filming on Downton before starting work on a new ITV drama Dark Angel, where she plays the Victorian poisoner Mary Ann Cotton.
She jokes the cast are so fond of each other they'd be happy to spend their retirement on Downton Abbey-themed cruises.
"There was a Downton-themed cruise a few years ago - I don't know if it was an official one but we'll be like 'we just want to hang out together again we'll do a cruise'."
Froggat has won a Golden Globe for her performance and is nominated for an Emmy this year.
"It's just been like a fairytale. But we are a true ensemble," she says.
"The success in America has been a huge deal for all of us."
"It's all been mad," says Sophie McShera, who plays kitchen maid Daisy. She recently won a role playing an ugly sister in Kenneth Brannagh's live action Cinderella.
"I would never have been in the position to even go up for that Disney film if I hadn't been in Downton - it's changed everything."
Her "telly mummy" Lesley Nicol, who plays Mrs Patmore, is very proud.
"I've said to her this means you are known by all the casting directors, and that's without price for someone of her age."
Nicol tears up when asked whether she'll miss their on-screen partnership.
She is debating her own offers - one is to sing at the Royal Albert Hall in a charity concert in December.
"I have done musicals but the idea of singing in a place like that when I'm not a singer... is a bit wonderful.
"I'll be so nervous I'll be upside down in the toilet but I think I've got to do it."
"It certainly opened up opportunities for all of us," says Hugh Bonneville, who plays the Earl of Grantham and who starred in the Paddington film.
"I obviously just play the same character whatever I'm doing I just wear different clothes. But I wouldn't have had the opportunity to meet Paddington without Downton.
"I'm going to try not to do something pre-war for 18 months so I can get away from these stiff collars and the rash they bring.
"I'm not going to miss our lovely sound man Duncan grappling with my chest hair every morning with his microphone. I'm not going to miss his hand up my shirt."
Elizabeth McGovern who plays his wife Cora, Countess of Grantham, is planning a musical future - she is going into the recording studio with her band Sadie and the Hotheads.
But some of the offers have been a bit more unusual says Jim Carter.
"Some people have charmingly and bizarrely asked me if I'd like to go to the wedding of their son or daughter and be a butler and I've rather charmingly said I'd rather lose my left leg than do that."
However, one offer he is happy to accept post Downton is to make a documentary for ITV where he gets to interview Sir Paul McCartney and Roger Daltry - something he says he would never have been offered in the past.
As for fans' expectations for the final series?
"It resolves in a way that is very appropriate to the show," says Bonneville.
"As with life some stories are finished and some are left open," something that McGovern agrees with.
"I really felt satisfied by it and I think the audience that has been faithful to it for these number of years will feel satisfied," she says.
As for Dame Maggie Smith, a fan favourite in her role of Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham, she has her own plans now filming is over.
"I'm going to be lying down. I believe for quite some time," she says.
"The other thing I will be doing is watching it. I will get the box set and have a good look.
"I certainly haven't watched anything that I've done. I have seen some of it, but I want to sit down and look at it all."
Downton Abbey starts Sunday 20 September on ITV.


The pioneering astronomer Caroline Herschel has become the subject of a Google Doodle commemorating her 226th birthday on 15 March.

But who was she and what contribution did she make in the history of science?
The astronomer was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1750 - the eighth of 10 children born to the oboist Isaac Herschel and Anna Ilse Moritzen. When she was aged 10, she caught typhus, which stunted her growth; her adult height was reported as four ft three ins.
In 1772, she left Hanover to live with her brother William in Bath, England. She initially assisted his endeavours as a musician, but as his interests increasingly turned to astronomy, so did hers.
However, she would become a significant astronomer in her own right.
Watching the heavens: The female pioneers of science
Ms Herschel discovered eight comets, rediscovered another and assembled a catalogue of 560 previously unrecorded stars.
She was also the first woman to be paid for her contribution to science. Caroline Herschel was awarded an annual salary of Â£50 by King George III in 1796 for her role as assistant to her brother, who by then had become Sir William Herschel.
After William married, she moved out of his property. But this also seems to have coincided with her becoming known as a scientist in her own right.
Ms Herschel is not a household name, but she was the first woman to be awarded the Gold Medal of the UK's Royal Astronomical Society in 1838.
It took until 1996 for another woman to win this award, when the American Vera Rubin was honoured for her work on galaxy rotation rates, which led to the theory of dark matter.
Her name has been bestowed on the comet 35P/Herschel-Rigollet, the asteroid 281 Lucretia (after her middle name), and the lunar crater C. Herschel.
And the Google Doodle can't help but boost her profile.


Mae nifer o adeiladau yn ne a chanolbarth Cymru wedi bod heb drydan ddydd Mawrth yn dilyn gwyntoedd cryf a glaw trwm.

Dywedodd Western Power Distribution mai Sir Fynwy oedd gafodd ei tharo waethaf, gyda mwy na 450 o gwsmeriaid wedi colli eu cyflenwad am gyfnod.
Roedd rhai pobl yn Rhondda Cynon Taf, Caerffili, Casnewydd a Phowys hefyd heb drydan.
Yn y gogledd, dywedodd  cwmni Scottish Power fod "ychydig gannoedd" o'u cwsmeriaid ym Mhorthmadog wedi bod heb drydan.
Maen nhw wedi ymddiheuro am yr anghyfleustra.
Roedd rhybudd melyn gan y Swyddfa Dywydd, i bobl fod yn "ymwybodol",  ar gyfer gogledd orllewin Cymru tan 11:00 ddydd Mawrth.
Mewn ardaloedd eraill, mae coed wedi cwympo yn achosi problemau ar rai ffyrdd yng Ngheredigion a Chasnewydd.
Mae gan Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru 15 o rybuddion llifogydd mewn grym ar draws y wlad.
Yn y cyfamser, mae Heddlu'r Gogledd yn dweud fod y gwasanaethau brys wedi eu galw i gynorthwyo dau wersyllwr, wedi i'w pabell gael ei 'sgubo i ffwrdd yng nghanol tywydd garw yn ardal Caernarfon.
Fe gafodd swyddogion o'r gwasanaeth tân, ambiwlans a heddlu eu hanfon i afon Glyn ger Waunfawr am 06:00, wedi i ddau berson ifanc fynd i drafferthion tra'n gwersylla ar dir fferm.
Dywedodd yr Arolygydd Owain Llewelyn o orsaf heddlu Caernarfon: "Diolch i'r ymateb cyflym a phroffesiynoldeb y gwasanaethau brys, fe lwyddom i achub y ddau berson ifanc ac osgoi'r hyn allai fod wedi bod yn drychineb, a hoffwn fynegi fy niolch i bawb.
"Mae'r ddau wedi eu cludo i ysbyty lleol i gael archwiliad ac rydym yn o broses o roi gwybod i'w teuluoedd.
"Er nad ydym yn gwybod yr holl amgylchiadau eto, fedra i ddim pwysleisio ddigon y peryglon o wersylla ger ffynonellau dŵr mewn ardal fynyddig gan y gall amodau'r tywydd a'r ddaear newid yn sydyn heb rybudd."


Police have cordoned off a Shetland beach after a "highly toxic" distress flare washed up on the shore in the recent bad weather.

The marine location flare was found on Saturday evening by a member of the public on Meal Beach, south east of the village of Hamnavoe on West Burra.
Police said the unexploded flare was believed to be highly toxic, and cordoned off the beach.
Bomb disposal experts are due to arrive at the scene on Wednesday.
Members of the public have been urged to stay away from the beach until the cordon has been removed and the area cleared.


Saracens increased their chances of a top-two finish with victory over Premiership play-off rivals Leicester Tigers at Allianz Park.

Freddie Burns kicked Leicester into a 6-0 lead but they lost Tom Youngs to the sin-bin and trailed at half-time after Billy Vunipola's converted try.
Sarries centre Marcelo Bosch crossed immediately after the restart and Chris Wyles scored their third try.
Charlie Hodgson added a penalty as Vereniki Goneva was sin-binned late on.
Saracens move up to second in the table while Leicester remain fourth - although Tigers will be displaced if Exeter beat Northampton on Sunday.
Burns gave Tigers a six-point lead after 11 minutes and Sarries missed two opportunities to reply through penalties.
Midway through the first period Tigers were caught offside 30 metres out but Bosch saw his kick stall in the wind and, following a high tackle, Alex Goode hit the post with his effort from inside the 22 four minutes before half-time.
Tigers had control of possession, and the game, for most of first half but lacked creativity in attack, using the boot to put pressure on the home side.
However the visitors were found wanting in their defensive work at end of the first half after Youngs was shown a yellow card for obstruction.
Following a succession of scrum penalties Vunipola powered over the line and Hodgson converted for a 7-6 lead at the break.
Sarries made a blistering start to the second half, as Bosch went over in the first minute following the re-start and Hodgson added the conversion.
After Youngs returned from the bin, Saracens scored their third try.
The Tigers came close to an interception but the ball was spilled into the hands of Wyles, who crossed out wide.
Sarries had to be strong in defence as Leicester looked for a way back into the game but Hodgson kicked a penalty for a 22-6 lead.
Tigers winger Goneva came close to replying with a try but knocked on close to the line as the Saracens defence put in a committed and disciplined display.
Saracens: Goode; Ashton, Bosch, Barritt, Wyles; Hodgson, Wigglesworth; M. Vunipola, George, Du Plessis, Kruis, Hargreaves (capt), Wray, Brown, B. Vunipola.
Replacements: Spurling, Barrington, Johnston, Itoje, Joubert, de Kock, Taylor, Strettle.
Leicester Tigers: Tait; Morris, Smith, Bai, Goneva; F. Burns, B. Youngs (capt); Ayerza, T. Youngs, Cole, De Chaves, Parling, Gibson, Salvi, Crane.
Replacements: Ghiraldini, Rizzo, Mulipola, Kitchener, Pearce, Harrison, Bell, Thompstone.
Sin Bin: T. Youngs (36), Goneva (78).
Referee: Matt Carley
Attendance: 9,982.


Manchester City fans got an early Christmas present when the club's new badge appeared to be leaked by a government office.

The new crest was supposed to be revealed on Boxing Day, and the club had put posters up around Manchester, teasing fans with clues of what the design would entail.
But their big reveal has now been ruined after the Intellectual Property Office published it on its website. Three days early.
Gone is the golden eagle, the stars, the motto, and the letters 'FC'.
In come a circular design, a red rose and the date 1894, when the club became Manchester City.
Fans have been quick to have their say on social media and not all of it has been positive.
The new badge is more of a throwback to the club crest worn on shirts from 1972 to 1997, when the ship and red rose featured prominently in a circular design.
It was in 1997 that City's current crest was introduced, when the round shape was replaced with a shield, a golden eagle and three stars, which the club say was "purely for style".
The club consulted with fans in September over whether to change the badge and many requested a return to the round design of previous crests.
One of the biggest changes is the loss of the words 'FC', a move that neighbours Manchester United took in 1998, when they controversially removed the football club reference in a re-design.
When the badge was leaked, fans were quick to have their say on social media:
Some did not like the change...
James Wilson: The badge is an important part of a clubs history. Some things should be left untouched.
Javed Chowdry: I see the 3 stars have disappeared as nobody had a clue what they signified.
Andrew Lynn: Taking the FC or football club off it as Utd did, trying to create a "brand".
Shane D: Its the Blue Peter badge
Some liked the return to the club's roots...
David P Burgess: Great to see the Lancashire FA red rose in it #hotbedoffootball.
Vince Vinsect Lee: Looks like the old badge which is a good thing in my eyes, the current badge isn't good and its launch coincided with our worst strip too.
Some took a chance to have a dig at the club...
Zinedine ZiDarren: 18.... 94....is that their average attendance figures in 2015??
Matthew Farmer: I trust it says "established 2007" on it?
Mark McKenny saw a similarity with City's MLS club New York City....
Mark McKenny: Let me guess, same group of designers? Preferred the old one.
While some saw an immediate problem...
Declan McHugh: City are getting ANOTHER badge. Again? What about all those people with tattoos?


The sister of a high-profile Northern Ireland psychic has won her appeal against being found guilty of fraud offences at a care home.

On Monday, senior judges quashed Bridgene Kelly's convictions for false accounting and forgery within the former Owenvale Court home in Belfast.
Her brother, 52-year-old spiritualist Patrick Doak's guilty verdict has already been declared unsafe.
The false accounting charges involved less than Â£100.
They dated back to September 2006 when both worked in the Springfield Road facilities, run at the time by St John of God.
Mr Doak, formerly of Lagmore Meadows in Dunmurry, was manager, while his 56-year-old sister, with an address at Linden Gardens in north Belfast, had been a carer.
At the time money was regularly entrusted to senior staff on behalf of residents in the home.
Earlier this month, Mr Doak's lawyers successfully argued that he was wrongly found to have acted dishonestly in dealing with new balance sheets created to correct staff errors.
The Court of Appeal heard new evidence from a residential worker who counter-signed the sheets but never testified at the trial.
At that stage the prosecution accepted her account raised issues which could potentially have gone before the jury.
Mr Doak, who helped set up the International Spiritualist Union and ran the Centre of Angels complex on the Falls Road in Belfast, had received a one-month jail sentence, suspended for two years.
His convictions were overturned due to the former colleague's testimony.
Following that outcome, lawyers for Ms Kelly returned to court to challenge guilty verdicts against her which resulted in fines of Â£400 being imposed last year.
With the prosecution not contesting her appeal, the panel of judges based their decision largely on written submissions.
Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan confirmed Ms Kelly's convictions were also to be quashed.


Olympic champion Claressa Shields won by knockout in the first women's boxing match to headline a premium television event in the United States.

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The American, 21, who won middleweight gold at London 2012 and Rio 2016, turned professional in October.
Shields stopped Hungary's Szilvia Szabados with a strong punch in the fourth round in Detroit to take the North American Boxing Federation title.
She previously won her first professional fight in November.
The fight - which topped the bill - aired on Showtime, a premium channel which requires traditional cable subscribers to pay an additional fee.
"I wasn't just out there brawling with her - I showed my skill, I showed my power," Shields said.
"I showed how I box like Sugar Ray Robinson and Joe Louis mixed together.''


The US and Cuba have signed an agreement to resume commercial air traffic for the first time in more than 50 years.

Some charter flights currently fly between the countries but the new agreement could see as many as 110 flights a day - more than five times the current number.
The flights could begin in autumn this year.
This is the latest stage in a thawing of the countries' relationship.
US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said the commercial flights marked a "critically important milestone in the US effort to engage with Cuba".
Cuban Minister of Transport Adel Rodriguez called it a "new era".
The US imposed a trade embargo on the communist-run island in 1960.
In late 2014, Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro announced that they would begin normalising their relationship.
They met for the first time in April 2015 in Panama, and shook hands and held a private meeting at the UN General Assembly in September.
There can be little doubt that the pace of the thaw between the United States and Cuba is quickening in President Obama's last year in office.
And this signing of a memorandum of understanding on commercial flights between the old enemies is a good example of that new impetus.
The announcement comes quick on the heels of a move by the US Treasury Department to allow the first US firm to set up premises in Cuba since Fidel Castro took over private business interests at the height of the Cold War.
Diplomatic relations between Washington and Havana have come a long way over the past year. Now they hope the economic links will follow fast.
Cuba reopened its embassy in Washington in July 2015 and a month later, the US reopened its embassy in Havana.
John Kerry visited the city for the ceremony and in doing so he became the first US secretary of state to visit Cuba in 70 years.
Mr Kerry has said the Obama administration wants to lift the trade embargo on the island, something Mr Castro says is essential for a normal relationship.
The Republican-controlled US Congress has blocked this.
The White House is contemplating a possible presidential trip to Cuba.


Ask senior officials in Number 10 what the most important issue is for voters and it isn't long before they point out that an economy "that works for everyone" is more than just a slogan.

A toxic mix of higher inflation, stagnant wage growth and falling consumer confidence means that 2017 and 2018 could see that economy in dark and chilly waters, and not working for many people.
The government will be expected to be ready with the lifeboats.
Lifeboats which many believe are on the small side and possibly full of holes.
Britain still has considerable debts, is running a deficit and has a productivity problem - meaning the economy is not producing sufficient economic wealth to increase general incomes.
So far, the UK economy has performed robustly in the face of dire warnings that a vote to leave the European Union would lead to an immediate and negative impact on economic performance.
Consumers have ignored the Cassandras standing at the shore, warning of shark-infested seas ahead, and have gone swimming anyway.
Today saw the first evidence that one of those sharks - inflation - is starting to nibble at the bathers' toes.
Inflation's rise to its highest level for two years can be directly linked to the value of sterling, which has fallen by 16% this year, mainly following the referendum.
As the pound falls in value, import costs of staples like food and fuel rise.
That starts feeding through to prices that consumers pay.
Of course, inflation is still at historically low levels - and no one is predicting a 1970s-style spike.
Meanwhile, a weaker pound encourages exports as it is cheaper to sell British products abroad.
But many are arguing that where clothing and fuel prices go today - up compared to a year ago - food is likely to follow, cutting into people's already stretched finances.
For the moment, supermarkets and their suppliers (remember the Marmite row?) are soaking up the larger part of higher import costs by reducing their profit margins.
The cut-throat food market means that the run-up to Christmas - retailers' most important time - is not a time for widespread price increases.
Some argue that this caution will not last much into the New Year.
If inflation does maintain its upward trajectory, then the Bank of England will need to consider the path interest rates might take.
Higher inflation is usually controlled by higher interest rates, but that reduces business and consumer spending power because the cost of borrowing money increases.
Less spending in the economy tends to be deflationary.
So if rates do rise, then that adds to the "cost of living" debate.
A debate the prime minister knows will dominate her time in Downing Street.


Chris Rushworth became only the second Durham bowler to take a Championship hat-trick, but Hampshire hung on for a draw on a rain-interrupted final day.

After taking two in two balls to end Hampshire's first innings, Rushworth had Michael Carberry caught behind with his opening delivery in their second.
Durham had declared 304 ahead on 190-4, with spinner Mason Crane taking 4-72.
And Crane was there at the end to see Hampshire to 179-9, surviving 5.2 overs with Lewis McManus (53 not out).
The result did neither side any favours with the home side 18 points adrift at the foot of the Division One table, and although Durham moved up one place to third with their first draw of the season, they are 38 points behind leaders Yorkshire, who also have a game in hand.
Resuming on 61-1, the north-east county's initial task was to put enough runs on the board quickly to allow their bowlers time to win the match.
Mark Stoneman (88) and Scott Borthwick (39) added 71 before both fell to the promising Crane and Paul Collingwood weighed in with an unbeaten 29 off 22 balls before he decided it was time to call a halt.
Following the shock of losing Carberry, Hampshire slumped to 39-5, with James Vince and Will Smith also departing for ducks.
Joe Gatting made 32 before he was leg-before to off-spinner Ryan Pringle (5-63), but Gareth Berg (36) and McManus put on 53 for the seventh wicket.
Hampshire were 142-7 with 24 overs remaining when a rain shower took nine overs out of the game and although Pringle had Jackson Bird lbw at the resumption for his first five-wicket haul in county cricket, Durham could not separate Hampshire's youthful last-wicket pair.
Three additional overs were bowled as Durham had completed the scheduled number before 18:00 BST, and after Collingwood dropped Crane at slip, 20-year-old McManus hit the final ball for four to reach his maiden fifty and secure a dramatic draw.
Durham captain Paul Collingwood:
"We played some really good cricket this week and I was disappointed not to get that last wicket.
"We've lost about 30 overs in the match, which is pretty crucial.
"We can take a lot out of this match, we've done really well, but it's a shame not to have won the game."
Hampshire wicket-keeper Lewis McManus:
"It got a bit tight at the end. We lost a few wickets which put the game back into their hands slightly but I had faith in Mason and myself at the end.
"We have a big four games coming up and if we do the basics well then we are pretty confident."


Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock says he bears no grudge against Nottingham Forest after they turned him down this summer.

Warnock spoke to Forest - among other clubs - before succeeding Paul Trollope as Cardiff boss earlier this month.
The Bluebirds, who are 22nd in the Championship, are away at 17th-placed Forest on Saturday.
"If I wanted to smile at people who turned me down in my career, I would never stop smiling," said Warnock.
"There have been a couple of times where I didn't think I would come back. Then last year at Rotherham I really enjoyed the buzz and to get an opportunity here is one not to be missed.
"It [Cardiff] is far better than i thought it would be. I have always thought it was a good club but I have just been surprised and amazed at the support from everywhere. Not just the city but the valleys, all round."
The 67-year admits If things had been different, he could have been in the opposite dugout in charge of Forest this weekend.
"I talked to a nice chap there throughout the summer and it just was not meant to be at that time," the 67-year-old added.
"I am a massive believer in fate. This fits me far better, my type of place, two-and-a-half hours from home as well. You don't get many opportunities like that."
Warnock will leave team selection until as late as possible as his squad monitor several minor injuries.
Meanwhile, Wales midfielder Emyr Huws, who has yet to feature under Warnock, may get a chance to impress in a behind-closed-doors friendly Cardiff hope to organise next week.
"I suppose it was unlucky for him to be away with the Welsh squad because he wasn't in when I was working with them and seeing what I could do and organise in a very important two days," said Warnock.
"He's been a bit unlucky but I've just not seen enough of him."


The mother of the youngest victim of the Manchester attack has been taken off life support and told about her daughter's death, the BBC understands.

Eight-year-old Saffie Roussos, from Leyland, Lancashire, was one of the 22 people killed at the Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena on 22 May.
She was there with her mother, Lisa, and older sister Ashlee Bromwich.
Family friend Mike Swanny said Mrs Roussos and Ms Bromwich were still in hospital but both "out of any danger".
Â£1m released for Manchester victims
Mrs Roussos was understood to be in a critical condition initially and on a life support machine.
In a post on Facebook group Leyland Memories, Mr Swanny said Mrs Roussos was now awake and out of surgery and added she was "fully aware of the situation".
Mr Swanny praised Saffie's mother and father Andrew Roussos for their "strength" and "bravery".
"They are all now together... Ashlee the eldest daughter is also out of danger and is talking to her mother," he wrote.
"Now they can start to deal and rebuild their lives."
Mr Swanny added: "I hope this news will make everyone smile as this is the best news we've had through this tragedy."
Saffie was described as "simply a beautiful little girl" by her head teacher at Tarleton Primary School.
Chris Upton said she was "loved by everyone".


Tesla founder and chief executive Elon Musk says pre-orders of the firm's much-anticipated Model 3 electric car currently total 276,000.

The California-based firm unveiled the five-seater car - its lowest-cost vehicle to date - on Thursday.
Mr Musk tweeted the total reflected the orders received by the end of Saturday.
Pre-orders of the Model 3 will not necessarily all translate into actual sales when the car is released, with first deliveries in late 2017.
It can be ordered in advance in dozens of countries, including the UK, Republic of Ireland, Brazil, India, China and New Zealand.
Potential car owners need to put down $1,000 deposits to reserve their vehicles.
Such has been the interest that Mr Musk tweeted the company was "definitely going to need to rethink production planning".
Mr Musk has said his goal is to produce about 500,000 vehicles a year once production is at full capacity.
The basic model will start at $35,000 (Â£24,423) and have a range of at least 215 miles (346km) per charge.
Tesla delivered 50,580 vehicles last year. Most of those were its Model S saloon, which overtook Nissan's Leaf to become the world's best selling pure-electric vehicle.
But the firm still posted a net loss of $889m (Â£620m) for 2015, partly because it spent $718m on research and development over the period.
It left Tesla with cash reserves of $1.2bn, down from $1.9bn a year earlier.
The company is facing competition from other electric cars with a similar price and range that will become available first, including General Motors' Chevy Bolt and BYD's Qin EV300.


"Human errors" led to the collapse of a case against eight former South Wales Police officers who investigated the murder of Lynette White, an independent review has concluded.

They were charged with perverting the course of justice for their role in the arrest and prosecution of five men for the murder in Cardiff in 1988.
The 20-year-old sex worker was stabbed more than 50 times in a docklands flat.
Three men had convictions for the killing quashed.
But the officers' trial  - the most expensive in British legal history - was halted in 2011.
The report by Richard Horwell QC found there was no deliberate attempt to cover up any crime.
Instead the investigation, ordered by the Home Office, blamed the collapse of the case against the officers on "multiple human failings" and "not wickedness".
It said the events that followed the murder of Ms White "represent one of the worst miscarriages of justice in the history of our criminal justice system".
Timeline: Lynette White murder
It made 17 recommendations for the police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to improve the process of disclosure of evidence.
Fourteen of these recommendations are for the police and three for the CPS.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd said the findings were "deeply troubling" but added: "I am pleased the causes have now been fully revealed."
She said: "The Home Office will write to both the police and CPS to bring their attention to the report's recommendations and every effort must be made to ensure they are acted upon."
Five men were originally put on trial in 1990 for Ms White's murder.
Tony Paris, Yusef Abdullahi and Stephen Miller - who became known as the Cardiff Three - were wrongly jailed for life in 1990 for the murder and freed in 1992 after their convictions were quashed.
In 2003, new DNA technology led South Wales Police to Ms White's real killer, Jeffrey Gafoor. He confessed to stabbing her in a row over Â£30.
In 2015, the eight ex-officers cleared of perverting the course of justice launched a High Court civil action against South Wales Police.
Graham Mouncher, Thomas Page, Richard Powell, John Seaford, Michael Daniels, Peter Greenwood, Paul Jennings and Paul Stephen sued for malicious prosecution, false imprisonment and misfeasance.
But the judge in the civil action dismissed their case at the end of 2015.
Matthew Gold, the solicitor for Stephen Miller - whose murder conviction was quashed - described the collapse of the officers' trial as "a terrible and inexcusable failure by the criminal justice system and the state".
A spokesman for South Wales Police said: "We welcome the report... in which Mr Horwell QC acknowledges the scale and complexity of the disclosure process in that matter.
"In the same way as significant civil litigation and the other reviews of the discontinued trial have found, he concluded there was no evidence of corruption, malice or misfeasance within the investigation of the former officers and has rejected the need for a public inquiry.
"A series of recommendations for national bodies contained within the report relate to how disclosure is managed and to disclosure training.
"Mr Horwell QC recognises the work that South Wales Police has already undertaken to respond to these challenges and we will continue to work with colleagues nationally to share our learning."
Police and Crime Commissioner Alun Michael added that 29 years after the murder "we now have a far greater understanding of all the events".
He said: "I have seen the enormous care with which the current Chief Constable and his team have left no stone unturned in efforts to get to the bottom of the whole affair.
"I hope the thoroughness of this report will now have addressed all the concerns that have been raised over recent years and provide reassurance to all those affected by Lynette's murder and subsequent events."
A CPS spokesman said: "We have recognised and accepted the shortcomings identified in this case previously, but we are pleased Richard Horwell QC recognises the significant improvements we have made in how we disclose material in serious cases.
"We will study the findings of the report in detail to consider whether any issues have been identified which have not yet been addressed."


A man has pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of a father injured in a triple stabbing which left his wife and 13-year-old son dead.

Aaron Barley, 23, admitted trying to kill Peter Wilkinson in Stourbridge on March 30.
He entered no pleas to two charges of murder, relating to Mr Wilkinson's wife, Tracey, and son Pierce.
Mr Barley was remanded in custody by a judge at Birmingham Crown Court. The case was adjourned until 19 July.
A provisional trial date was set for 3 October.
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