Mansfield Town 3-0 Macclesfield (FA Cup Round One) Straight outta Compton.. Or Quorn at least (which is nothing like Compton I’m told), it seems no sooner has the Saturday morning mist lifted am I out (after writing last nights report) again to another game, this time it’s the FA Cup and Mansfield are big dogs, against minnows Macclesfield hoping for yet another giant kill. I was supposed to be at Hednesford v Morecambe which I was looking forward to, but the bosses switched

Mansfield Town 3-2 Harrogate Town (FA Cup Round One) Saturday afternoon, 3pm, the FA Cup. How much more traditionally English can one get? Upon hearing Friday's sorry announcement that the Premier League is playing just one Boxing Day fixture (Manchester United v Newcastle United at the ridiculous KO time of 8pm) this coming Christmas, to have a small bit of traditional value left in our football, is slightly satisfying for one who likes the simplicity, purity and once high v