Newcastle head to Stevenage in FA Cup 3rd round.
Posted on November 28th, 2010 | 109 Comments |
The romance of the FA Cup is something that is recognised the world over. Every year there are shocks and success stories and tales of David v Goliath. People love to back the underdogs, and the FA Cup remains one of the only competitions that can pit Champions League teams against local amateur sides.
Newcastle haven’t had much luck with cup draws in recent years, and they usually get drawn away at some of the real big hitters like Manchester United or Arsenal or Chelsea. It’s very seldom that we get a plum draw, and the last time I can think of that happening was a few years back against Yeading, and a couple of years before that, ironically against Stevenage. We still managed to just about scrape through those ties aswell, with the help of a replay against Stevenage. That is the magic of the FA Cup.
We haven’t always had the same fortunes however. You can bet your bottom dollar that stories of Ronnie Radford will get dragged out of the archives around this time of year. That was way back in 1972 when we were drawn against Hereford United in what should have been an easy win for Newcastle. It wasn’t, and The Magpies were sent tumbling out of the cup thanks to Ronnie Radford’s rocket shot.
But enough talk of upsets as I don’t want to think about it anymore. Newcastle will once again head to Stevenage in an astonishing rematch of the game that took place way back in 1998. I’m not a massive fan of the way that Newcastle acted over that tie, but I’m pretty sure it will be different this time around. Anyway, I won’t go into that too much as you can watch this video and make your own minds up about it all.
The matches will be played on the weekend of the 8th and 9th of January, and I have a funny feeling we could well be on TV for this one.
What was I saying about David v Goliath?
I couldn’t believe that as I was writing about Stevenage that we actually got drawn against them again :lol:
I remember it was pretty tasty back then :D