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Two memorable days to go down in history

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
25 January 2026

I AM now 72 years old and have supported two football teams over the past 60 years, Sutton United and Crystal Palace.
I was born in Sutton and went to school in Croydon and have always believed in supporting my local teams.
I was there at Gander Green Lane on January 7, 1987 when Non-League Sutton United pulled off an epic FA Cup shock with their 2-1 defeat of top division and former FA Cup winners Coventry City.
At the time I was a teacher of French and PE/Games at a school in Cheam and had been asked to manage one of the Sutton Schoolboys football teams. Matthew Hanlan was my cent...

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