We know what’s always been said about goalkeepers. But for Chris Maxwell, the on-loan Cambridge United stopper enjoying a sensational start to the season, we can change the age-old adjective from mad to modest.
James Norwood?has always been a man in a hurry. After all, when he first arrived on the men’s football scene with Eastbourne Town he was still at school.
Olly Murs dreamed of playing at Wembley, and the semi-pro striker turned singer rocked the national stadium recently by playing Kylie Minogue’s role in a duet of ‘Kids’ with pop legend Robbie Williams.
The name Luton Town might be more famous for actually reaching the FA Cup final in 1959, and more recent Wembley wins inthe Littlewoods Cup and Johnstone’s Paint Trophy.
Better known as a former Premier League full-back with Tottenham Hotspur, Justin Edinburgh has spent ten years making his name as a manager in Non-League.
One of the proudest men inside Wembley at next Saturday’s FA Vase final will be Tommy Sampson, who earned himself legendary status in the last showpiece to be played at the old stadium 13 years ago.
Tom Killick hasn’t much enjoyed the Southern South & West league this season. The Poole Town manager has been enviously peering over the garden fence and thinking what might have been.
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.