The road to FA Vase glory began up north for the Grassroots Plus boys, follow them on their journey to Wembley.
601 teams entered the FA Vase and GrassrootsPlus (GRP) started their road to Wembley glory by venturing to the competitions most northerly team. Alnwick Town were formed in 1879 and unsurprisingly play in black & white at their own St James’ Park. Last season they finished 8th in the step six Northern League division two.
Famous for its Harry Potter links the town is 32 miles south of the border and among the famous people born there is Sid Wardell, the legendary darts commentator.
The first qualifying round proved the first and last hurdle for “wick” as they suffered a 3-1 defeat at Pickering Town, the twelfth time in sixteen attempts they
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