Woking v Watford: FA Cup third round – live!

06 January 2019 01:49
Minute-by-minute report on the action from the Kingfield StadiumWoking’s Geoff Chapple: ‘Never write off a shock’Any thoughts? You can email Rob Smyth 1.28pm GMT Watford have made 11 changes from the side that drew 3-3 at Bournemouth in the week, and hopefully allayed Alan Dowson’s fears of a cricket score. Woking are without their leading scorer, Max Kretzschmar, who has a hamstring injury.Woking Ross, Collier, Cook, Gerring, Casey, Jolley, Edser, Taylor, Hyde, Luer, Loza.Substitutes: Schotterl, Bradbury, Little, Hodges, Hester-Cook, Wheeler, Spence. 1.21pm GMT If you can’t wait until 2pm for your next hit of pharmaceutical grade liveblog euphoria, Nick Ames is currently following West Ham v Arsenal in the WSL. Related: West Ham v Arsenal: Women's Super League – live! 1.18pm GMT Pre-match reading Related: Woking’s Geoff Chapple: ‘Tim Buzaglo was lazy but he could turn any defender' 1.03pm GMT We’ll also have updates from the other 2pm games, which are: 10.26am GMT Hello. That’s enough of the pleasantries; let’s do some time travel! I’ve prepared 1.21 gigawatts and set the DeLorean to 5th January 1991, the date when Woking - and Tim Buzaglo in particular - became part of FA Cup folklore. Buzaglo scored an expert hat-trick as Woking beat West Brom 4-2 at the Hawthorns in the third round of the FA Cup, an achievement which registered 9.7 on the footballromanceometer - and which briefly turned him into a slightly discombobulated celebrity. Woking met Everton at Goodison Park in the next round, and played very verily in a 1-0 defeat. The glory of that cup run often overshadows some memorable giant-bothering a few years later. They beat a number of Football League sides from 1994-97, and also drew away to Premier League side Coventry before losing a replay 2-1. Continue readingreadfullarticle

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