Andy Peaks ‘immensely proud’ as Tamworth take Tottenham to extra-time in defeat
Andy Peaks ‘immensely proud’ as Tamworth take Tottenham to extra-time in defeat
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Andy Peaks was “immensely proud” of his Tamworth players after they produced a heroic FA Cup display to take Tottenham to extra-time before they suffered a 3-0 loss. There were 96 places between the clubs at the start of the third-round weekend, but the part-time outfit pushed their Premier League opponents all the way on an occasion for the whole town to be proud of.
A tinge of disappointment surrounded the final result after Thomas McGlinchey and Jordan Cullinane-Liburd went close to a dramatic stoppage-time winner for Tamworth at the Lambs Ground. Meanwhile, the decision to scrap replays from this year’s competition meant the non-league club missed out on a lucrative return meeting at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
It allowed Spurs to eventually progress with Dejan Kulusevski and Brennan Johnson on target in extra-time after Nathan Tshikuna’s 101st-minute own-goal broke the deadlock on a memorable occasion for the National League side. Asked about the lack of replays, Peaks admitted: “That’s all changed, we knew that and it is what it is. Nothing has changed on today. To take a team to extra-time, it is unbelievable.
“I am immensely proud and I just said ‘don’t be disappointed because we almost created history there’. “They were disappointed at the end because I think they were that close to nicking a goal at the end and it would have made it 1-0 to us, but I said ‘be proud’.
