Cheltenham’s Bennett gearing up for Everton clash
Bennett.
WHILE the FA Cup might not be as
prestigious as it was, it still generates excitement for lower league
clubs when they meet Premier League opposition.
Certainly former Cork City defender
Alan Bennett knows all about the magic of the cup. Last season he got to
face Spurs at White Hart Lane in the third round, and this Monday night
Cheltenham Town host Everton.
Bennett, club captain at Cheltenham, is hoping home advantage will give the team a better chance of pulling off a January upset.
“This time last year we got drawn away
to Spurs, who were third in the league at the time, and were really the
form team. We went there and lost 3-0, but we gave a very good account
of ourselves, and this time Everton are coming to our place, so it’s a
little bit different.
“I think he (Everton manager David
Moyes) will play a strong team. He came to watch us against Hereford,
and I think that this time 10 years ago Shrewsbury — who were in the
same division us at the time — knocked them out of the cup, so that’s
probably hanging over their head. We’re going to have a good crack off
it anyway.”
He also paid respect to the magnitude of
the occasion, and explained just how much it meant to the club to
negotiate their way past rivals Hereford, although it did take two-legs
and 210 minutes of football.
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