The Haves And The Havants - Another Day Of FA Cup Magic

The Haves And The Havants - Another Day Of FA Cup Magic

There may have been no major surprises on FA Cup 4th Round Saturday 2008 come final whistle time but for 45 minutes at Anfield one small Blue Square South side made up of caretakers, primary school teachers, builders and bin men took on seven times FA Cup winners Liverpool and scared the life right out of them.

I only briefly mentioned Havant & Waterlooville in my last piece on the magic of the F.A. Cup as I praised Chasetown for their run to the Third Round but Havant went one step further and then some more at Anfield. Taking an early lead through school caretaker Richard Pacquette sent the 6,000 travelling Havant & Waterlooville fans into raptures and they managed to hold that dream for nearly twenty minutes before Lucas equalised for Liverpool. Little Havant didn't give up though and only four minutes later took the lead AGAIN through a Martin Skrtel own goal on his debut and quite rightly took the applause of every fan in Anfield, home and away. Read more...