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Josh Bowler away at Norwich last game of season. Somewhere between Warnock and the Pandemic. Or so I’m told; I spent most of the game, pint in hand, doing keepy-uppy’s with a balloon. And I wasn’t the only one.
Our achievement of being a non-league team reaching the FA Cup QF was unequalled for over a century. Then 103 years later Lincoln City (then non-league) reached the quarters. Curiously (well curious to me anyway) I remember watching their early kick off 1-0 giant-killing cup victory over Burnley to match our 2-1 giant-killing cup victory over Birmingham in 1914 … in a pub in Birmingham just before going to see the Rs win 4-1 in 2017. Confused? It’s early.
In all the excitement I forgot to qualify the question by adding beating a team in a league above us ie. When was the last time we went away and caused a “cup shock” which I think was Boro in ‘82. Thanks for the WBA & Yeovil reminders anyway. Like you say it’s slim pickings. In fact it’s only just dawned on me the win at Cambridge earlier this season was the first and only time I’ve seen the Rs win away in any cup. And the first one I went to was Roots Hall in ‘75. Here’s hoping for a double this season 🙏🏼