[Lord Snooty]

January 8th:

Today, we play Burnley in the FA Cup. Previously on this date we have played 8 FA Cup matches, winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 2. One of them, in 1938, was the first step on the journey to Wembley where we met and lost to Preston North End. But the 3rd round game on this date was a home tie at Leeds Road against Hull City. We won it 3-1, with Pat Beasley scoring one and Alf Lythgoe two.

In 1983, we played Chelsea at home and drew 1-1, with Brian Stanton scoring. We lost the replay though.

And the most recent was a 2-0 home win over Conference team Dover Athletic in 2011. We were averaging 15,000 for home matches, but the FA Cup had lost some of it's magic by now and only 7,894 turned up for this one. It started well, going two up inside 8 minutes, with Scott Arfield and Gary Roberts scoring. But not adding to the scoreline led to frustration amongst the crowd and it's odd getting booed off when you've won. Well not booed off, but there were grumblings at the final whistle. Anyway, this win led to a trip to Arsenal in the next round.
Did we win down there? You'll have to wait until January the 30th to find out. No spoilers!

Two birthdays to mention. Born in 1991, Sean Morrison is 31 today. He had two loan spells with us. Firstly in 2011, when he couldn't get a game because of the form of Peter Clarke and Jamie McCombe. Undeterred, he came back and tried again in the next season and became a Play Off winning hero, arriving in January and staying to the end of the season. He scored one of the penalties in the shoot out with Sheff Utd, but that was his last appearance in a Town shirt.

And young Kamil Grabara is 23 today. Born in 1999 in Ruda Śląska, Poland, he now plays in the Danish Superliga with Copenhagen, having left Liverpool last year.