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Article: Saddlers edge out battling minnows; FA CUP: Jones strike is just enough as League One side survive a tricky test.(Sport)
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- Birmingham Mail (England)
- Article date:
- November 9, 2009
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Byline: Brian Halford
NEVER mind 22 millionaires kicking a ball around in front of 90,000 prawn sandwich munchers in May: this is what the FA Cup is all about.
Stourbridge, on their first foray into the first round after 133 years, against Walsall, potential fall guys but themselves desperate for a cup run which might pit them against some of the aforementioned millionaires.
A proper FA Cup tie.
No millionaires on the pitch here, unless the Saddlers have recently rejigged their budgets to spectacular effect. And not a prawn sandwich in sight. Pork batches and gravy. Delicious. Just a captivated crowd watching two fully-committed teams ...