RCA's Assistant Manager, Gary Errington, reports on the Clitheroe match.
Wow! They say anything can happen in the FA Cup and they’re not wrong. I’ve never been involved in a game quite like it. We were 4-0 down after 50 minutes and then the fight back began. Not before a good tongue lashing in the dressing room and a few home truths told to the shell-shocked squad. It was a time for leaders and characters to step up as we were getting outworked and outplayed, but the reaction was superb. It was a game with not great deal of quality but a lot of big hearts from the boys. We ended up with a 6-6 draw against Clitheroe, who were more shell-shocked than us at end of game. It felt like a victory for us. The management team were so pleased with the reaction and never-say-die attitude. A special mention to the traveling support, who were great, and the singing was superb and we at the club all appreciate it.
The journey home was superb with a great team bonding drinking session which included some great singing from the new lads who just joined the club. There is always a downside of these trips and this was who had to sit next to Swaz on the way home and go through his holiday pictures again. Luckily it wasn’t me.
We are looking forward to the replay with Clitheroe and hopefully we will give the RCA faithful something to sing about.
Hopefully this sort of game can give us confidence to kick start our season which has been stop start up till now. One thing for certain: it won’t be through a lack of effort as all of the lads want the same thing and that’s to win football matches.
Cheers, Gee.