I must be honest and say that I was not unhappy that Kendal received an away draw. They will be playing Sheffield, the oldest club in the world, at about the time of their 150th anniversary and all the publicity tthey have managed to generate from that occasion. What's more they play just north of Chesterfield, so it's a relatively easy journey for me. Once again, though, the prospect of a Tuesday in Kendal looms over the tie, especially as this time any replay will be in November - brrrr!
A quick look at the Sheffield website reveals they are a club who want to go places. They have recruited loads of sporting celebrities as members (Michael Vaughan, Bobby Robson and Sepp Blatter among them) and have arranged some prestigious friendlies as well. It might be they are distracted by all of this and Kendal could slip in and take the tie. Sheffield are on a par with Grantham in the Unibond League 1 South, so Kendal will be favourites again.
I noticed in this week's Grantham Journal that two lads from Nottingham are doing the same as me in following the FA Trophy and will now be following Kendal - hopefully I will get to meet up with them. They, like me, followed the FA Cup, albeit 2 years ago and not last season. Unfortunately for them they missed out ontickets for the Final in Cardiff - this season should be easier for them.
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