Rover's Hopes Shot To Pieces
Thursday, 2nd November 2006.
Marcus Hunt missed two penalties in the last 10 minutes as Haverhill's FA Cup dream came to an end against Nationwide Conference Aldershot in front of a record crowd at Hamlet Croft.
The skipper had converted all seven previous spot-kicks he had taken this season, but, although his luck deserted him on Saturday, he can be proud of his history-making team.
Rovers had defied all the odds to make a first appearance in the competitions's final qualifying stage in their 120-year existence, and were the lowest-ranked side left in the draw.
Haverhill must have felt as if they were in the hot seat on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
They could afford to gamble on the outcome of the plum tie against their opponents from Hampshire because they had nothing to lose and everything to gain.
If Rovers had got it right, a win would have taken them to unimaginable heights and added to the £12,250 prize money they had already banked - but if it all went wrong they could still be more than happy with what they had.
In the end, Steve Taylor's side did not have the answers to cause what would have been the upset of the round.
But the Suffolk side can go on safe in the knowledge that they have re-written club history by achieving more than any other Haverhill side has done before them in the FA Club.
The skipper had converted all seven previous spot-kicks he had taken this season, but, although his luck deserted him on Saturday, he can be proud of his history-making team.
Rovers had defied all the odds to make a first appearance in the competitions's final qualifying stage in their 120-year existence, and were the lowest-ranked side left in the draw.
Haverhill must have felt as if they were in the hot seat on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
They could afford to gamble on the outcome of the plum tie against their opponents from Hampshire because they had nothing to lose and everything to gain.
If Rovers had got it right, a win would have taken them to unimaginable heights and added to the £12,250 prize money they had already banked - but if it all went wrong they could still be more than happy with what they had.
In the end, Steve Taylor's side did not have the answers to cause what would have been the upset of the round.
But the Suffolk side can go on safe in the knowledge that they have re-written club history by achieving more than any other Haverhill side has done before them in the FA Club.
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