Sunday, 25 October 2009

Where's Paulton?

Norwich City 1-0 Swindon Town


How can it be possible after all these years that there are still English teams I have never heard of?

We knew relegation to League One would mean Norwich turning out on FA Cup first round day for the first time in half a century and we knew there would be a good chance of facing non-league opposition, maybe even local side Lowestoft Town.

I joined the draw late as it was being made on TV and saw on the screen that Norwich had drawn Paulton Rovers away. Now that's a proper cup draw! Early inspection of the internet suggests they may switch the tie thus denying us a taste of the Southern League on first round day. I am already wondering what the (if there are any) broadcasting facilities will be like.

As for the Swindon game, well it wasn't the most memorable of all time but Chris Martin's goal was enough to send Norwich up to fifth. My personal triumph came from covering a game featuring a player called Kevin Amankwaah without any unsavoury on air incidents.

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