Monday 8 January 2018

GLOVERS DRAW MANCHESTER UNITED FOR A THIRD TIME

For the third time in their history, Yeovil Town will face Manchester United in the FA Cup after they were drawn at home to the Red Devils in the fourth round of the 2017-18 competition.

The most recent previous meeting between the two came in the 2014-15 campaign in the third round when the Red Devils - then managed by Louis Van Gaal - triumphed 2-0 with goals from Ander Herrera and Angel Di Maria.

Their first encounter famously came in the fifth round in the 1948-49 season when the Glovers went down 8-0 in a tie that was played at Maine Road, as Old Trafford was still being repaired from Second World War bomb damage, after Yeovil pulled off one of the greatest upsets in the history of the competition in the previous round to defeat Sunderland.

It wouldn't be a great surprise if Glovers manager Darren Way, who was part of Gary Johnson's backroom staff in the 2014-15 meeting, gives current Bristol City boss and former Yeovil midfield colleague Lee Johnson a phone call in the next few days.

Johnson junior, of course, guided his Robins' side to victory over Jose Mourinho's United in the Quarter Finals of the Carabao Cup - which was arguably the shock result of the season so far.

He would probably also be willing to give him tips about what variety of wine to buy for his post match drink with the Portuguese too!