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Wrexham rocked up to the Amex, shook their booty, ruffled some feathers, sang a song or two and then rifled back off to Wales to plot the final act. Wreckx!
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FA Cup: Sutton United 0-2 Notts County. John Motson, hubbub on the Sud Curva, Kylie & Jason, By Jovi, Chaka Demus & Pliers.
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Bath 1-3 Daggers: A rant about the offside rule. A pig, not as annoying as Chelsea. A perma-tanned old midfielder. And when he says ‘rant over’, it’s not true … Simon Field at Twerton Park.
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Sutton United in Europe: The Anglo Italian Cup, long train journeys, Gianluigi Buffon, Poole Town, Chieti, Triestina, Modena and Jossy’s Giants.
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Blyth Spartans 0-2 Gateshead. Conference high flyers make light of their North East rivals, Jon Shaw tormentor in chief. Andy Hudson at Croft Park.
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Brentford 1-0 Basingstoke Town: “… Ron Noades was self-appointed manager of the team, which sounds even more ridiculous as I write this than it seemed at the time …”
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FA Cup stalemate at Oakside. Redbridge 0-0 Oxford City. The Cup’s lowest-ranked remaining side live to fight another day. And they nearly nicked it.
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1977/78: Jackie Marks, Blyth Spartans coach, interviewed at St James’ Park after the Blyth .v. Wrexham game by Match of the Day:
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“I don’t think we’re going to win it [the FA Cup], although I’m not sure yet” – Redbridge Gaffer Terry Spillane. He’s the chirpiest nervous manager we’ve spoken to.
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It’s 1977 and Ken Teasdale is about to witness one of the most exciting FA Cup runs a non league side has ever seen. They were robbed too. Andy Hudson listens on tenterhooks.
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Blyth Spartans: Created by and imbued with a sense of Greek history by a man with no link to football, who then disappeared. What happened to Fred Stoker?
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It’s half-term report time. The qualifying rounds are over and we enter the realms of the ‘proper. What have the FA Cup’s new sponsors done well and what have they done badly?
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Leatherhead 2-3 Sutton United. Classic cup tie goes to extra time: banana skin, goals, silly red cards, saves, dubious penalties, chewed fingers and some morons leaving a poised cup tie with five minutes to go. Idiots.
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No fewer than nine Hebburn players have their say on the Gateshead game, the FA Cup and the future. And they talked to Andy Hudson, of course.
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No Sweet Heaven for Hebburn as Heed Progress: Gateshead 3-0 Hebburn Town. Andy Hudson reflects on some Northern League heads held high.
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If, like us, you were out of the country on important state business, you might have missed the last proper round of the FA Cup. If so, here’s a round-up. Oh – and the draw …
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Romantic meals; couples coyly catching glances in each other’s eyes; hands brushing. This was Scalinis…
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Hebburn Town’s manager Paul Bennett admits to Andy Hudson that Gateshead are likely to win. But they might not …
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Hebburn Town Week – Meet The Squad. Andy Hudson gets the skinny on Town’s squad courtesy of midfield dynamo Dean Nicholson.
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Hebburn Town are approaching their final few days of preparation before they meet north-east neighbours, and non-league high-flyers, Gateshead in the FA Cup on Saturday. Andy Hudson talks to Hebburn Town keeper Dan Regan.
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Alphonse Reyrolle and Hebburn Town – Take one Tyneside town, add a French industrialist, start up a footy team and, hey presto, 99 years later they’re mixing it with the big boys on the verge of FA Cup history.
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Rushed pub choices, unwelcome halloween ephemera, Elton John, fisticuffs and ‘cheaper than the Bescot’. Chris Maddock on Lancaster 0-3 FC Halifax.
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Gannin’ Away’s Andy Hudson talks to Hebburn’s Dean Nicholson about the FA Cup draw that pitted them against neighbours and Blue Square Bet big boys Gateshead.
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Ulrika Jonsson, Sir John Betjeman, Sid James, The Gore, Ian Walker and THAT hair, Geoff Hurst-a-like and bukake. Nope, we have no idea how Stuart Fuller does it either but it’s all in there!
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FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Round: Cray 1 Dartford 2. The underdog put back in the kennel but gave a good account of themselves. Ice cream sellers the winners.
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FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Preview: We’re a whore for the underdog so it’s about time we had a break to see who the league clubs want to avoid …
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The FA Cup makes an appearance at a kids’ football tournament, the kids attention span wanders and parents take the Under 10s section far too seriously. Alan Fisher gets it off his chest …
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My god this was hard work …
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Worthing 0-0 Beckenham Town. FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round action, well, chips, from Mark Chalcraft of the Internet’s ’2nd Yellow’ website.
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Ever been to a game on a steam train? Steve Scott has. Bridgnorth Town 0-2 Long Buckby.
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Are analytical tools ruining football by mechanising a players' reactiv thought process and nullifying positive play? A lunchtime thought from therealfacup.
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1977/78: Jackie Marks, Blyth Spartans coach, interviewed at St James’ Park after the Blyth .v. Wrexham game by Match of the Day: