Meet the Tamworth part-timers looking to shock Tottenham's £667MILLION squad in the FA Cup third round
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As Tamworth prepare to take on Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup third round, the gulf in footballing lifestyles couldn't be more pronounced. On one side are millionaire internationals; on the other, part-timers juggling football with day jobs like bricklaying, zip selling, and financial advising.
![[Manager Andy Peaks is a teaching assistant and works all hours to balance the two gigs]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/10/15/93963173-14267001-image-a-19_1736523126359.jpg)
Yet this team of non-league grafters believe they can give Spurs - whose squad is valued at a whopping £667million, with club captain Son Heung-min earning approximately £190,000 per week - an almighty shock when they meet at midday on Sunday. Here, Mail Sport profiles the players, and the hard-grafting gaffer, looking to send shockwaves through football's oldest competition.
![[Goalkeeper Jasbir Singh was the penalty shootout hero against Hartlepool. The building surveyor says he is often mocked by opposing fans for looking like Rishi Sunak]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/10/14/93960517-14267001-image-a-18_1736520361749.jpg)
For Tamworth gaffer Andy Peaks, balancing work and football is a way of life. Tamworth will be the focus of the FA Cup third round as they host Tottenham on Sunday. Manager Andy Peaks is a teaching assistant and works all hours to balance the two gigs. By day, he supports students with learning disabilities at a college in Kettering. By night, he masterminds Tamworth's cup heroics, which most recently saw them knock out Hartlepool United in a nail-biting penalty shootout.
![[Zip salesman Callum Cockerill-Mollett & others embody the down-to-earth ethos of the squad]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/10/08/93950125-14267001-image-m-5_1736498856863.jpg)
He returned home at 2.30am that night had little time to savour the result as he was back in the classroom by 8:30am the following morning - business as usual. That being said, the Tamworth boss is happy to forego sleep if it means his side get to progress in the competition and play teams like Tottenham - noting the stakes are even higher for him given he has family ties to Spurs.
![[Midfielder Tom Tonks boasts a throw-in so long that it's become a running joke at Tamworth. When he's not playing football he is running a sandwich firm]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/10/08/93950107-14267001-image-a-1_1736498683579.jpg)
