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Cup keeps Diamonds glistening

Chairman Rob Usher believes this year’s FA Cup run can be a “gamechanger” for AFC Rushden & Diamonds.
AFC Rushden & Diamonds hero Jack Daldy is hoisted up by joyous fans.

By Sam Gardiner

Chairman Rob Usher believes this year’s FA Cup run can be a “gamechanger” for AFC Rushden & Diamonds.
The NPL Midlands club were rewarded for their history-making victory over Morecambe with a trip to League One Burton Albion on Saturday.
And Usher believes the financial bene-fits that go with a deep run in the world’s most famous cup competition can set up clubs like Diamonds for life.
“It was our best day since forming, bar none,” he told The NLP. “We had 12 days to get the ground ready – it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done as chairman, so it was an unbelievable feel...

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