The magic of the FA Cup third round and how Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham changed Marine AFC forever
by Lawrence Ostlere
Jan 05, 2024
4 minutes
Marine’s 2021 FA Cup run was so far detached from reality that their manager, Neil Young, remembers every kick like a vivid dream. He can still see the last penalty of the shootout which shocked League Two Colchester United on their own patch in the first round, “one of my greatest memories in football”. He can still picture Niall Cummins’ dramatic 120th-minute winner against Havant & Waterlooville in the second round which sparked “bedlam”, even in an empty stadium in lockdown.
That result was their ninth knockout win of the competition and it put , a volunteer-led club playing in the Northern Premier League Division One North West, with some of the biggest team in the world. It was
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