It is rather shameful that I have written nothing in the last few days of the exploits of our local football team, Crawley Town. I wrote on 11th January about their success at Broadfield Stadium in beating Derby County in the FA Cup 3rd Round. Well, last week-end they went down to Torquay and won again. They now become one of only six non-league clubs since WW II that have progressed to the 5th Round. And now they have the dream draw; they play Manchester United at Old Trafford. The Reds vs The Reds. This is a glorious fixture. No one really expects Crawley Town to win but they will go there and give it their best shot. They have nothing to lose. It is Manchester United who have got to get it right. Even if Crawley lose 7 - 0 nobody will complain and the match will earn them selves another £1 million. But if Manchester United slip up - and they may not play the strongest team, feeling that even below strength they will beat Crawley - who knows? How many people will go to watch? Normally, Crawley Town get about 2,000 people at Broadfield Stadium but I would not be surprised if 5,000 to 10,000 people go to Manchester.
I don't know what will happen. Obviously a Crawley win is a 100 - 1 shot. But for the players it is a dream fixture. To play probably the greatest football team in the world on the hallowed turf of Old Trafford. It is Roy of the Rovers stuff. It doesn't get better than this. And I wish them all the luck in the world.
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