JOHN LYONS LOOKS BACK AT HAVANT & WATERLOOVILLE’S INCREDIBLE FA CUP RUNA DECADE AGO AND TALKS TO SOME OF THE KEY FIGURES…

FA CUP HEROES
I WAS working on our sister publication, The Non-League Paper, when Havant & Waterlooville’s FA Cup heroics caught the imagination of the public ten years ago.
Before their third round replay against League One table-toppers Swansea, I went along to Champney’s luxurious Forest Mere Health Resort to interview manager Shaun Gale and some of his players as they prepared for the big match.
What gave it added important was the pr...