It was just before Christmas when I went to Chesham to watch their FA Trophy second round tie with Barrow, and the Generals were sinking in The Meadow’s mud that had forced the players to warm-up on the neighbouring cricket club’s outfield.
The signing of Dele Adebola and David Artell in the last couple of weeks has bumped up the average age of Wrexham’s Dad’s Army so much that captain Dean Keates jokes the old ‘uns team in training has subs.
Norwich born and bred, a young Mark Tyler stood on a milk crate on Carrow Road’s old River End terrace every other week in the late 1980s and early 90s to watch and learn from his hero, Bryan Gunn.
There may not have been any FA Vase football played over the weekend but the draw for the Fifth Round of the competition was made at Wembley on Monday.