After make headlines for facing Arsenal in the FA Cup fifth round and subsequent 'Pie-gate' incident involving reserve goalkeeper Wayne Shaw, Sutton United return to National League action against Torquay United on Saturday.
Whilst Paul Doswell's side were busy preparing for the visit of the Gunners' to their Gander Green Lane home on Monday night, the Gulls picked up a creditable goalless draw away to Play-off chasing Barrow who, of course, are managed by former Torquay boss Paul Cox.
Whether Saturday will be a good time for the Gulls to be facing Sutton is open to conjecture, but interestingly enough a season on from Sutton's run to the fourth round in the 1988-89 season (when they beat Coventry City en route) they were eliminated from the competition by United.
After beating Basingstoke Town in the first round, the Gulls drew 1-1 with Sutton in their second round meeting, with John Uzzell on target.
In the replay at Plainmoor, Torquay triumphed 4-0 with Phil Lloyd, Jimmy Smith (twice) and Matt Elliott all finding the target, which set the Gulls up for a third round tie at home to West Ham United that they won 1-0 thanks to a Paul Hirons' effort.
However, Sutton did manage to get revenge on Torquay in the second round of the competition in the 1993-94 season when they won 1-0 courtesy of an Ollie Morah strike. Morah would later have a brief spell with the Gulls in the following season.
Whereas 105 places in the football pyramid separated Sutton and Arsenal, only one position lies between them and the Gulls as the two sides are in 17th and 18th place in the National League table respectively.
It's a factor that adds an extra level of importance to the occasion.
