It was a third round that was compromised and simultaneously enriched Derby County predictably exited at the hands of sixth-tier Chorley Town having had to field a youth team with their entire first-team squad, manager Wayne Rooney and most of the Under-23 team missing due to a Covid-19 outbreak. The Championship side s starting line-up had an average age of 19 – nine of whom were making their first-team debuts – and fell behind early on before a killer second six minutes from time. The gap between the sides was 83 places but as far as conventional giantkillings go this probably wasn t it. Nevertheless it ensured that the fourth round contained at least one representative from non-league football. Chorley s players didn t care and celebrated lustily afterwards. On Friday night, there was a similarly magical story for the Aston Villa teenagers who took on champions Liverpool following the loss of 14 players to the virus. The academy youngsters duly relished the chance to shine,
Marine make unprecedented late transfer move before Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup tie
Marine have completed the signing of Clitheroe player-manager David Lynch on a short-term agreement
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Marine have completed the unprecedented signing of Clitheroe player-manager David Lynch ahead of their FA Cup third round tie with Tottenham Hotspur.
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Jose Mourinho will make plenty of changes to his Tottenham Hotspur team to face non-league side Marine in the FA Cup third round.
Tottenham score five to end eighth-tier Marine’s FA Cup run
Carlos Vinicius scored a hat-trick in Spurs’ comfortable victory, but the day was all about the club from Merseyside. By Press Association Sunday 10 Jan 2021, 7:12 PM Jan 10th 2021, 7:12 PM 6,499 Views 8 Comments
Carlos Vinicius scores his side s first goal of the game.
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TOTTENHAM ENSURED THEY were not the victims of the biggest ever FA Cup shock with a 5-0 win at Marine, who even in defeat proved the magic of the competition is still alive.
Never in the competition’s 149-year history has there been such a mismatch as the Premier League side travelled to a club 160 places below them in the football pyramid.