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THAT SPECIAL CUP DAY WHEN WE PUT HISTON ON THE MAP

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NON-LEAGUE’S GREATEST CUP SHOCKS

By MATT BADCOCK
HISTON V LEEDS 2008 FA CUP SECOND ROUND

DAY TO REMEMBER: Histon celebrate their famous victory over Leeds after Matthew Langston’s headed winner, inset top, sparking joyous scenes, below
PICTURE: PA Images

LEEDS UNITED’S scouts hadn’t heard of Histon. In fact, they didn’t even know where it was until a google search revealed a small village just outside Cambridge.
Fans of the fallen Premier League giant may have wondered if they ever found it and managed to get a report back to then-manager Gary McAll...

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