When Fourth-tier Calais Came Within Inches of Winning the Coupe De France

After their founding in 1974 following a merger between Racing Club de Calais and Union Sportive, Calais Racing Union FC would spend a quarter of a decade bouncing around the amateur leagues, and they found themselves in the fourth tier of French football when the 1999/00 season rolled around, having posted losses of £200,000 the…