U's:4 Robins:0 - Magic of the cup

A cliche-tastic weekend of action in the "worlds greatest cup competition" saw United book a second round date with York City.

"This is what the FA Cup is all about," screamed the ITV team on more than one occasion during Northwich's win over Charlton, neglecting to mention that more often than not these so called "David v Goliath" clashes involving "potential banana skins" like Paulton Rovers end up with David getting trounced by Goliath. Still I'm sure Paulton went out and "enjoyed their cup final" against Norwich - after all there's nothing like getting beaten 7-0 to lift the spirits.

While we're on the subject, well done to ITV for keeping the romance of the cup alive and selecting an imaginative choice of live games - who would have thought they'd chose to show plucky underdogs Leeds, Norwich, and Charlton? I look forward to watching Northampton v Southampton (who could resist a battle of the Hamptons?), Kettering v Leeds, and Carlisle v Norwich in round two.

One game which is unlikely to feature on the television schedules is Cambridge v York, although if the quality of goals in that match is similar to those we scored against Ilkeston then viewers will be missing out. If you haven't already done so, check out these badboys:



Given our run of luck in cup competitions in recent years, you can't ask much more than a home tie in the next round. York are a decent outfit, but a beatable one, and this must present an excellent opportunity to progress to round three and a match with a really big team. Or P*sh.