Spennymoor take on Telford.

It's FA Cup time again and it is the final round of the qualifiers.  Spennymoor Town take on AFC Telford Umited from the Conference Premeir.  The Moors come into this game in good form after a convincing 4-1 win in the league in their last outing against Lancaster City.  Spennymoor sit in 5th place in the league with 23 points and due to their impressive cup run so far they have games in hand on their rivals.
   

The Moors must be confident of a an upset in this game, although against opposition from the highest league in the competition so far, Telford remain bottom of the Conference with 10 points from their first 17 games.  The Bucks did however win impressively away in their last encounter turning over Woking 3-1.

Another blow to Telford is the sale of their forward Mike Phenix to league 1 outfit Barnsley.  Phenix scored twice in the last game with Woking, his 5th and 6th goals of the season.  The 25 year old 6ft 1 striker who is also able to play out on the wing is surely going to be a great loss for The Bucks.

Mike Phenix signs for Barnsley.

I remember Telford from the old Vauxhall Conference days back in the 80's.  As a Dagenham fan I remember the Bucks coming to Victoria Road this one time in about 1985.  A small section of young kids were singing some derogatory songs toward the Telford fans, a common occurrence in the mid 80's but I remember my mate Hula Hoop who could have only been about 10 at the time joining in with the song.  Hula Hoop loves a good sing song unfortunately he is forever singing the wrong words to songs, he sang "you look in the dustbin for something to eat, you find a dead cat and you eat it, in your Telford Scarves".     So wrong on so many levels.

In your Telford Scarves.

AFC Telford's man to watch will probably be their number 10 Tony Gray.  30 year old Gray is a former Droylsdon , Southport and Chester striker.

Tony Gray.

The Moors will be coming into this game as underdogs due to the higher level that their opponents play at, but with home advantage and as previously mentioned a good run of form in both cup and league Spennymoor may just have enough to pull off an upset and book their place into the first round proper where a big league 1 team could be waiting.

Good luck to the boys tomorrow.

Up the Moors!!