The FA Cup fourth round has been incredibly kind to us this weekend as we witnessed a wealth of surprising results. After Lincoln City defeated Championship leaders Brighton & Hove Albion yesterday, today saw Sutton United look to take another scalp.
The Non-league outfit excelled on their big day and stunned Garry Monk’s in-form side, resulting in the FA Cup fifth round featuring two non-league sides for the first-time since the inception of the Football League.
Sutton will look ahead to tomorrow night’s fifth-round draw dreaming of another glamour tie, with the possibility of facing giants like Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal or Chelsea.
Captain James Collins’ secured the victory with a second-half penalty and sent the home supporters ballistic. We all love a good cup upset and we’ve gone through the game moment-by-moment to bring the match as it happened, solely in pictures.
Managers face off
Garry Monk has earned plenty of plaudits this season for the performances of his Leeds United side but he faced a huge challenge today, coming up against Sutton United Paul Doswell- who is extremely superstitious and had a coach take his side to the game, even though they were a minute down the road.
He was also pictured vaping on the sidelines. If anything shows the difference between professional football in the non-league, it’s that!
Disallowed goal
The home crowd were riled-up early in the game as Roarie Deacon tucked home after just six minutes. It gave Leeds an insight into what they could expect from the remainder of the match and replays showed the decision was perhaps a little unfair.
It showed the neutrals we had a game on our hands though and that was exactly the case.
Penalty
A mix-up in the Leeds United defence gave the minnows the opening they craved just eight minutes into the second-half, when Lewie Coyle committed the offence. The spot-kick came to captain Jamie Collins, who played for Havant & Waterlooville against Liverpool previously.
He needed nerves of steel but, fortunately, he had that.
Man of the moment
Wearing the armband, Jamie Collins stepped-up and dispatched the opening goal with ease.
Sutton fans could really dream now as their side had taken the lead against promotion contenders Leeds United. The home side had over half an hour to keep their Championship opponents at bay and there was still a lot of work to do but you could see the belief oozing out of the side.
Cup-set
At the final whistle, Sutton went crazy after a tremendous accomplishment. Overcoming AFC Wimbledon in round three was an achievement in itself but this game will go down as the greatest day in Sutton’s history- although their potential draw next round could get even better.
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