At about twenty to five on Saturday it looked as though the Scum and the Plastic Jocks were both heading for big FA Cup headlines of the sort we have got used to over the past couple of seasons. Not that we are at all jealous. Heavens, no. (bastards!)
Corby were about to dump out Luton in front of hundreds of home fans who had never seen their heroes play anyone except the Poppies before. The Direones were hanging onto a creditable draw against League One (still seems strange to type that) Yeovil Town.
By twenty to five the Scum were slithering to defeat in front of a worryingly minuscule gate of under 1700, and the Jocks had let in an equaliser. All's better with the world again. The county rings with cheers - Luton fans at the Triangle, Yeovil fans at Legoland, Kettering fans just happy that other local clubs were not winning, and of course Peter Mallinger dreaming of a big pay day from Corby's replay at Kenilworth Road. Who knows, if they make a few quid out of the return game, Mallinger might be able to leave his begging bowl at home for a few more months, and keep the sob stories off the back page of the ET a little longer.
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