When Sam Bone takes to the pitch for Maidstone United’s FA Cup clash with Coventry City on Monday night, you can be sure he will pause for a moment to take it all in.
Maidstone United are the lowest ranked side for 46 years to make the last 16 of the FA Cup and only the 11th Non-League club ever to make it this far since the current structure was adopted for the 1925-26 season.
Chairman and mentor Denis Mair says ‘a light has gone out’ at Chalfont St Peter FC following the sad passing of popular striker Charlie Strutton at the age of 34.
Plan A is to take in Highworth Town’s FA Vase match but The Fox and I agree that the likelihood of Town’s game against Great Wakering Rovers is about as likely as me dating Nadiya Bychkova from Strictly Come Dancing so we set about formulating Plan B.