Non-league previews: Alport “expects it to be rowing” in northeastern
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Non-league previews: Alport “expects it to be rowing” in northeastern

Alport has history in the competition-they reached the quarter final just three years ago. Regular starter George Carpenter is ‘The Last remaining Soul’ from the 2022 Cup Run, after being sent off in a fifth round against Coventry Sphinx.

Shields plays in the Northern League Division One – the same level as Midland Premier Side Alport – and has a strong history in the vase, after winning the tournament 10 years ago.

Alport -Manager Adam Shillcock said: “We leave Whitchurch at three o’clock on Friday night and just make sure we don’t have a worried trip up there and there are no hiccups.

“You know, we’re ready. We are prepared to give ourselves the best chance.

“But you know, we obviously play former vas winners. I mean, albeit over a decade ago, but the people who are linked to the football club will remember how it feels and they will obviously want to go again.

“I expect there will be over 1,000 people there and they are a well -supported club and it is obviously a big football area, right? Northeast and North Shields, South Shields and Newcastle. You know, they are fanatics in the game, so I expect it to be boring. “

Shillcock and Carpenter will be well aware of the vase’s challenges, which the boss has added: “He is the last remaining soul.

“George was actually sent in this round during the first half when we played Coventry Sphinx.

“We played Coventry Sphinx in their place in the same round and George was sent off for the first half and we were 3-0 down.

“We continued to draw the game 3-3 and then won it on penalty in the end, so he will obviously have memories from this round.

“And he has been with me since then and I was in the staff then, so I was one of the coaching staff so I was part of the football club when it happened, so I have seen the heights and the low vase for more recent years.

“But as I said, we just want to touch it, another and create our own heritage.

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