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have earned with a full stadium! Gary continued: “We went onto the pitch after the warm-up and during half-time and there were no deep divots to repair. It helped with there being fi ve of us, as we managed to get around the pitch in those few minutes break.”


It was exciting for us to be able to work a match against a team like Spurs, but we were more pleased for the club


were to be allowed inside the compact 3,185-capacity ground, but small gatherings of supporters had taken their positions as well as very local fans, who could watch from their bedroom windows, already taking a sneak peak. Others climbed trees and scaff olding to get a better view of the action.”


No fans wasn’t all bad though! The club managed to sell 32,202 virtual tickets, meaning they collected over £320,000 - roughly £290,000 more than they would


Debutant Devine became Tottenham’s youngest-ever scorer aged sixteen years, after signing to the Academy from Wigan in July 2020. Due to Covid, both sets of players were unable to swap shirts, but Tottenham provided their opponents with a set of fresh match shirts as a souvenir. After watching highlights of the game - which was the biggest league gap ever in the FA cup - Gary and James thought the pitch played brilliantly. “The work we managed to do before the game, along with a bit of drizzle, helped the ball’s movement, which was ideal for Spurs, but not so much for Marine. The great thing for us was when


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