FA Cup 4th Qualifying draw

Quoted from tintowner

I know this doesn't concern us anymore but there is a few interesting looking ties.

South Shields v Scunthorpe United

Anstey Nomads v Chesterfield

Notts County v Coalville Town

Blyth Spartans v Wrexham

Remember Blyth Spartans playing Wrexham back in 70’s I believe and game (maybe a replay) was played at St James Park with massive crowd of over 40,000 if I remember correctly. Think Alan Shoulder may have been playing for Blyth and his goals earned him a transfer to Newcastle.

The days when the FA Cup really meant something.

Quoted from tintowner

I know this doesn't concern us anymore but there is a few interesting looking ties.

South Shields v Scunthorpe United

Anstey Nomads v Chesterfield

Notts County v Coalville Town

Blyth Spartans v Wrexham

Didn't Wrexham knock Blyth Spartans out in the 5th round proper in the late 70s?

Not sure about Wrexham knocking out Blyth Spartans in the late 70's, but I well remember Blyth Spartans knocking Town out in the early 70's. 3-1 it was, at Blundell Park, when we were in the old Third Division and they were in the Northern Premier League. Big cup upset of the day, I think, and I recall their goalkeeper hobbling around almost on one leg towards the end of the game after he got injured, and he still kept us out! The romance of the cup indeed, even if Town were the "Giants" who got "killed" that day!

Quoted from moosey_club

Didn't South Shields beat Cleethorpes in the Vase (?) final just a few years back?
They are generally a very handy side.

4 0 to Shields if I remember correctly. I was at the game and watched the Trophy final afterwards.

Quoted from TonySmith

Not sure about Wrexham knocking out Blyth Spartans in the late 70's, but I well remember Blyth Spartans knocking Town out in the early 70's. 3-1 it was, at Blundell Park, when we were in the old Third Division and they were in the Northern Premier League. Big cup upset of the day, I think, and I recall their goalkeeper hobbling around almost on one leg towards the end of the game after he got injured, and he still kept us out! The romance of the cup indeed, even if Town were the "Giants" who got "killed" that day!

I dont like to correct people but you are getting your North Eastern non-league teams mixed up. We played Blyth at home in 1973 at B.P. I cannot remember the score but they earned a replay. It was the time of the 3 day week so the replay kicked off at 12.00 noon on the following Tuesday. Town won 2-0 and went on to lose to then First Division Burnley at B.P. in Round 3. Incidentally the programme ftom that replay is the most valuable post war Town programme regularly making a ton or more even on e-bay on the rare occasion it comes up for sale.
The 3-1 defeat was a couple of years later to Gateshead at B.P. They had a scrawny ginger centre forward called Slade who mullered us that day. We were 3rd Dvision so it was a massive shock.

Quoted from barralad

I dont like to correct people but you are getting your North Eastern non-league teams mixed up. We played Blyth at home in 1973 at B.P. I cannot remember the score but they earned a replay. It was the time of the 3 day week so the replay kicked off at 12.00 noon on the following Tuesday. Town won 2-0 and went on to lose to then First Division Burnley at B.P. in Round 3. Incidentally the programme ftom that replay is the most valuable post war Town programme regularly making a ton or more even on e-bay on the rare occasion it comes up for sale.
The 3-1 defeat was a couple of years later to Gateshead at B.P. They had a scrawny ginger centre forward called Slade who mullered us that day. We were 3rd Dvision so it was a massive shock.

I remember those games although I gave the Blyth replay a miss. I wish I had gone and bought the programme

A good site to check all those results you just can't remember.

https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1148&teamTabs=results

Thanks Barralad, no offence taken I assure you. It was Gateshead I'm remembering then, that's good to know. It was all a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away!

Quoted from TonySmith

Thanks Barralad, no offence taken I assure you. It was Gateshead I'm remembering then, that's good to know. It was all a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away!

So was the pitch from the stand! Sh1te ground