So it's Mossley vs Runcorn Linnets in just over an hour's time in the FA cup preliminary round - #nonleagueday is currently a trending topic on Twitter which is a brilliant achievement when people pay no attention to non league the majority of the time!
The FA cup is perhaps the main thing each season which brings widespread attention to some non league clubs who manage to make it through all the qualifiers, and Mossley were so close to making it to the 1st round last season - winning 4 rounds of qualifying before being draw at home to Blue Square Prem side Darlington (3 divisions above Mossley) in the 4th and final qualifying round - where a bizarre if entertaining for the neutrals match finished Mossley 2 Darlington 6, with Mossley having THREE players sent off during the course of the game to kill off any chance of an upset. Oh and the stadium announcer shouting abuse at the ref after some of said sending offs.
Could Mossley go a step further? Unfortunately we're not anywhere near as good as last season, with nearly all of last season's team having switched to Curzon Ashton and Woodley due to the directors choosing to cut wages (whilst also putting up admission prices so we cost more than anyone else in our division, which hasn't gone down too well with the last two home matches having finished 4-0 defeats, hardly value for money!!!)
But it would great if we could get a bit of a cup run going again - financially and might be a boost for club morale, and from a fan's point of view it'll be a nice distraction from our poor league form and could mean some new away grounds to go to - love the train journeys to somewhere I've not been to before!
Fingers crossed and really looking forward to this one - hoping there'll be a larger than normal crowd too for non league day!
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