Over recent months, we have called upon regular followers of non-league football in order to guess
at which players might stand a chance of forging a career in the Football League, should they wish
to take the opportunity. First up was Michael Hudson; the proprietor of The Accidental Groundhopper
website running the rule over the Northern League.
Should Tottenham fail to win their gimme game in hand, that hand will be wiping egg off that
puffy face.
For those who don't support Tottenham, the frequently heard refrain of, "we've got such and such
points, and when we win our game in hand..." got old a long time ago. At long last the fixture lost
to the months-ago unpleasantness in London (August riots) will be resolved on Wednesday, and none
too soon.
szólj hozzá: Everton v Tamworth 2:0 (FA Cup
Scorer:
Heitinga (Eve)
Baines (Eve) Pen
szólj hozzá: Everton v Tamworth 2:0 (FA Cup
Scorer:
Heitinga (Eve)
Baines (Eve) Pen
The FA Cup Third Round this weekend sees a handful of fascinating ties for the non-league clubs
still in the competition, with Blue Square Premier title chasers Fleetwood Town taking on
Blackpool, Tamworth travelling to Goodison Park to play Everton and Salisbury City of the Blue
Square South making the journey to Bramall Lane to play Sheffield United.
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Landon Donovan's second foray into the Premier League gets underway later today, with Everton's
match against Bolton (3 p.m., Fox Soccer Plus/FoxSoccer.tv). Early rumblings have Donovan slated
for the starting lineup, though that has yet to be announced publicly by Everton.
Twenty years ago in January, Wrexham AFC managed one of the great FA Cup surprises of all time.
They had finished the previous season at the bottom of the Football League and had only been spared
relegation to the Football Conference on account of the League expanding its size, while their
Third Round opponents in that competition, Arsenal, had ended the previous season as the champions
of England.
Stockport County entertain Grimsby Town at Edgeley Park in the Blue Square Premier this evening,
in a match which hints at the extent to which the fortunes of clubs can wax and wane over a period
of time. Ten years ago, both clubs were in what we now know as the Championship. They start this
evening as non-league clubs, and not exceptionally successful ones on the basis of their starts to
the season.
Having spent the past few days working in North Yorkshire, I've been able to engage in a guilty
pleasure of mine: football stadium rubbernecking on the train. Although perhaps not living up to
the heights of the Birmingham New Street - Nottingham special in which eagle-eyed passengers take
in the grounds of Tamworth, Burton and Derby within a mere 20 minutes, a debut ride between
Leeds and
John Mousinho: Could be on his way out of BHW?
If you didn't know already, today is the last day of the January transfer window. It's that time
of year when Sky Sports turns into a soap opera and prices go through to roof. It's been a
ridiculous day in that sense. How Andy Carroll is worth £35m is beyond me.
Tyrell Belford hopes the FA Youth Cup will provide him with the perfect opportunity to add another
winners' medal to the family mantelpiece.
The 16-year-old's father, Dale, was once on Aston Villa's books as a goalkeeper and went on to win
the 1989 FA Vase with Tamworth.
Belford junior admits his Dad has been a major influence on his fledgling career and hopes he can
enhance the family name by going on to enjoy success at the highest level in the future.
