FA Cup – Southport for County

The date: 29th October

The Place: Southport, Haig Avenue

The competition: The FA Cup but not the proper bit, oh no. This is the 4th qualifying round – the FA Cup proper 1st round awaits us if we can get past the Sandgrounders.

So, a fixture from the past but under the non-league banner nowadays.

I think, as this could well be our one and only FA Cup tie this season, I will travel to this one. Good excuse for a couple of 99’s and a bag of chips on the sea-front. Who knows, if I don’t get too comfy in a pub I might even go and watch the match as well.

At least getting knocked out of the FA Cup by a non-league club holds no shame for us any more.



Apologies for the somewhat downbeat article. Still got those Wrexham blues.





A and F.