Brilliant Burscough Beat Gillingham

Burscough's big day out in the FA Cup so nearly ended in tears. 2-1 down at home to Gillingham with just 60 seconds left on the clock. The dream was over, enter the magic fo the FA Cup, 89 minutes played and with the ball flying around it hit Ian Cox and went in, a cruel own goal against Gillingham but Buirscough didn't care they forces a replay, or had they? Depp into injury time it was a case of cometh the hour cometh the man, 23 year old Striker David Rowan scoring a late goal prompting amazong scenes at Victoria Park, one of the best upsets in the 125 year history of the FA Cup. I am delighted to say there were others.

Tamworth beat Bournemouth away from home to put themselves into the second round draw. Kyle Storers heartbreak turned to joy on 82 minutes when he converted the rebound from his missed penalty. Ex-European Champions Nottingham Forest suffered a highly embarrasing result at home to Weymouth, the non-league side holding them to a 1-1 draw. 10,305 saw Conference side South Weymouth earn the replay against Brian Cloughs old team, what would ol big head say?

Torquay equalised against Harrogate Town late on to save their blushes. Harrogate will howerver be happy witht he point another money spinnign tie awaits them mid-week. In a day that has seen cup upsets and giant killings, it was sad to see Leamington go down 9-1, yes 9-1 against Colchester. The home side didn't score their first until the 39th minute but a deadly 10 minute spell after half time saw Colchestr run out easy winners. Today the FA Cup has provided brilliant stories and entertainment, the attendances have been boosted, but I just wonder how many of the fans turning up for the cup ties will return when the teams go back to play in the league.

Pictured: Burscough's David Rowan