Some 25 Covid tests were taken as part of the latest round of testing, and the eighth division side have breathed a huge sigh of relief with the results meaning they can now face Jose Mourinho s side.
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When Marine FC welcome Tottenham Hotspur to their Marine Travel Arena on Merseyside in the FA Cup, the non-league will target arguably the biggest giantkilling in the competition s history.
Sunday s tie marks another milestone for the Merseyside club, which has been transformed over the last couple of years with the help of Premier League funding.
Marine play in Division One North West of the Northern Premier League, the eighth tier of English football, and in 2019 a grant from the Football Stadia Improvement Fund (FSIF) transformed their fortunes.
MARINE striker Niall Cummins is hoping to keep his school pupils happy when he comes up against Tottenham in the FA Cup third round on Sunday.
The Northern Premier League side, playing in the eighth tier of English football, welcome Jose Mourinho’s superstars to the Marine Travel Arena for the biggest mismatch in FA Cup history.
By day Cummins is a secondary school teacher but this weekend he will be trying to get the better of the likes of Eric Dier, Toby Alderweireld and Davinson Sanchez.
“I am a high-school teacher in a secondary school in south Manchester,” Cummins said today. “Every kid has given me some stick, ‘Are you going to do this to this player, are you going to score, whose shirt are you going to ask for.’
Marine FC offer chance to become manager for a game in FA Cup raffle prize
Dec 31, 2020, 11:45 AM GMT
Marine are offering their managerial position up for a game as a raffle prize | Jan Kruger/Getty Images
Football Manager s addictively fun, isn t it? In a news story that could only belong in 2020, FA Cup giant killers Marine FC are offering fans the chance to bring their Football Manager fantasies to life and take charge of a game for a day - as a one-of-a-kind raffle prize.
The eighth-tier side were handed a dream FA Cup draw when they drew Jose Mourinho s Tottenham at home in the third round of the competition.