When Ryan Clarke made his debut for Bristol Rovers, Tony Blair was year into his second term as Prime Minister, Jude Bellingham hadn’t been conceived and broadband was a distant dream.
Heybridge Swifts came within a whisker of pulling off another FA Trophy shock as National League South Hungerford Town edged through following a tense penalty shoot-out at Scraley Road.
IN what was a tightly contested match, it was the hosts who were victors at Parkside with Aveley scoring a goal with 15 minutes of the match remaining to defeat local rivals Hornchurch.