At 35, Hungerford Town’s Danny Robinson may fall into the young manager’s category. But he’s been picking teams since he was 20 years old at Burghclere.
Burnham, now plying their trade in the Combined Counties League, started the match on top, hitting the crossbar twice in the first quarter hour and having a “goal” by Gavin James chalked out for offside.
The Ducks took the lead six minutes from half time when a Lee Stobbs cross from the right was missed by Ducks centre forward Aaron Berry and the Fairford defence, only to fall to Jamie Jellis, who was unmarked 12 yards out.
Competing in the competition for the first time the Hereford-based side welcomed a crowd of over 300 people to the Herefordshire County Ground for the historic tie.