It’s not every day that a local football team – in particular one made up of part time players – is all over the National media, but today is the exception.
Havant & Waterlooville – the Hawks to the fans – played against Liverpool, at Anfield, and for half an hour, they led Liverpool in the fourth rounds of the FA Cup.
The betting before the match was offering odds that many a Hawks fan would have found hard not to take – 50/1 for winning at Anfield and 5000/1 for them to win the FA Cup.
You can today, take your pick from the range of UK sports journalism covering the game; from The Sun “Havant walk in soccer heaven” to the Guardian’s Havant heroes left with memories to last a lifetime – it even went global via Reuters
Fans site havantandwaterlooville.net, run by Rich Self, captured the obvious excitement …
For half an hour we led, at Liverpool, playing football that opened eyes the world over. Our part-timers not only took a squad of internationally famous players by surprise, but made them work for their victory. The Kop stood and applauded, and allowed us to sing their anthem with them.
The Hawks will no doubt be on the lips of many a football fan over the south of the the UK, as well as many scousers, pretty good for a non-league side 123 places and five divisions below the seven-time FA Cup winner.
Well done Havant & Waterlooville!
Image credit The Guardian and Wikipedia
