It's hornchurch

[pjace]

At home in the semi-final f the FA Trophy

[ncfcog]

They have a countdown clock on their home page to the next game . . . which (at the time of writing) is just 26 days and 37 minutes away!

https://www.hornchurchfc.com/

[60YearsAPie]

'The Mighty Urchins' - great nickname

[upthemaggies]

Glad we can't meet them in the final. No disrespect to them because they're the sort of club this competition should be about, but for us to play a club like them or Concord Rangers in the final would be embarrassing. Hereford would be good opponents at Wembley because they've been through a very tough time (including re-forming) since dropping out of the FL and if fans are allowed back for the game, it should be a very big deal for them which excites the whole town. Woking are fairly local to Wembley and in our league of course, so that would probably make for a close game. They won it three times in the 1990s and then lost in the final in 2006 when it was being held at Villa Park whilst Wembley was being re-built.

[i961pie]

Glad we can't meet them in the final. No disrespect to them because they're the sort of club this competition should be about, but for us to play a club like them or Concord Rangers in the final would be embarrassing. Hereford would be good opponents at Wembley because they've been through a very tough time (including re-forming) since dropping out of the FL and if fans are allowed back for the game, it should be a very big deal for them which excites the whole town. Woking are fairly local to Wembley and in our league of course, so that would probably make for a close game. They won it three times in the 1990s and then lost in the final in 2006 when it was being held at Villa Park whilst Wembley was being re-built.

Embarrassing for who?

[Wedgie_pie]

See Hornchurch manager Mark Stimson won the FA Trophy four times, one as a player, three times a Manager...So plenty of experience in the competition...

[Elite_Pie]

Hereford would be good opponents at Wembley because they've been through a very tough time (including re-forming) since dropping out of the FL and if fans are allowed back for the game, it should be a very big deal for them which excites the whole town.

When the draw was made on Talksport, it was mentioned that when they reached the FA Vase final at Wembley in 2016, Hereford took 20,000 fans plus a bull that was paraded around the pitch before the game!

[irish_pie]

20,000 and a bull.... could that be bulls**t?

[LEPiePie]

Yeah they did. They were in Long Eaton Uniteds league that season. They brought about 500 fans to a night game at our place in the league.
When Long Eaton played at theirs the attendance was just over 3,000, the league average was about 125!

[Elite_Pie]

Yeah they did. They were in Long Eaton Uniteds league that season. They brought about 500 fans to a night game at our place in the league.
When Long Eaton played at theirs the attendance was just over 3,000, the league average was about 125!

Given the current circumstances us getting to the final, playing Hereford, actually being there, and losing would feel far better than it should. I'm still gutted by our tame surrender to Harrogate last time at Wembley because that really mattered, but this is a bit different.