Connect with us

FA Trophy

Rally cry as captain Cook aims to set sail

Skipper Jack Cook is urging his teammates to write themselves into Wealdstone folklore by lifting the Isuzu FA Trophy at Wembley this afternoon.

By John Lyons

Skipper Jack Cook is urging his teammates to write themselves into Wealdstone folklore by lifting the Isuzu FA Trophy at Wembley this afternoon.
Stones memorably became the first club to complete the historic Non-League double of the Alliance Premier League (now National League) and FA Trophy in 1984-85.
Now, 41 years later, they are back at Wembley – and Cook doesn’t want anyone to forget that playing there is just part of the equation.
“We welcomed some of the guys who played at Wembley last time to the semi-final so it was a rounded moment,” he told The NLP.
“If you want t...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

SUBSCRIBE

Already a subscriber to our website? Login

Related Topics

Tackle the News

- Sign Up for our weekly Non-League Newsletter
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.
My Betting Sites
Pro Direct
Isuzu

free bets

online betting online betting

free bets

More in FA Trophy

  • Bury players celebrate during their FA Trophy third qualifying round triumph over Gainsborough Trinity. Bury players celebrate during their FA Trophy third qualifying round triumph over Gainsborough Trinity.

    Which non-league sides will face each other in the FA Trophy first round proper?

    The FA Trophy first round proper draw has been made – find out who your club will face in the next round.

  •

    SCHOLARS EARN HISTORIC RESULT

    STAMFORD 1 LOUGHBORO STUDENTS 2 By Gary Salisbury LOUGHBOROUGH Students are into the FA Trophy’s first round in their history after a comeback victory away at Stamford. Dominic James was quickly called into action for the visitors to deny Theo Hudson’s early effort, though was helpless to stop Kobe Sinclair-Linton....

  •

    GEORGE PURS AS PURITANS DELIVER

    PETERBORO’ SPORTS 1 BANBURY UNITED 3 By Lillianna Armstrong AJ George, Jacob Scott and Ben Nash scored as Banbury United earned back-to-back wins this season, dispatching Peterborough Sports at PIMS Park. The visitors began brightly but George’s goalbound effort was thwarted by an excellent Joe Burgess recovery block. Banbury were...

  •

    WORKINGTON 4 BLYTH SPARTANS 2

    By John Walsh ■WORKINGTON worked hard for it, as their weakened side eventually beat a spirited Blyth side in a six-goal thriller to progress in this season’s FA Trophy. The first-half had virtually been played all in Blyth’s half, yet the game’s first goal came from the visitors when Jordan...