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Interview with David Goodchild - part four

Interview with David Goodchild - part four

Liam Ryder30 Mar 2020 - 08:00
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The FA Cup

I remember Plymouth so well - home and away.

The cup run of 2001 was so special. The lads were actually struggling in the league but the focus on the cup seemed to be spectacular.

We played Scarborough in the fourth qualifying round and what a day it was. The whole town was electric. Winning 3-1 against a team from a higher league and seeing the joy on everyone’s faces was immense.

We got Plymouth in the first round proper. It was so exciting. Home vs a league team and we had no pressure at all. The cameras from the BBC added to a great day and we took the lead through Gildea in the first half. Could a shock happen?

Unfortunately, they equalised towards the end but we were still in the hat and just outplayed a league team!

Onto the replay and we were so excited to play in front of another huge crowd - we had a game plan but we knew this was going to be difficult.

The game was pretty hectic and we were slightly on top when I made a strong- but fair - tackle on their striker Mike Evans. He got up and he sort of headbutted me and I went down (in hindsight, I wish I didn’t!) the player was sent off, but they quickly scored a couple of goals with ten men.

However, trailing 3-0, we never gave up and the crowd roared us on. We pulled two goals back, with 20 to go and we tried everything to get the equaliser, but couldn’t!

We were so proud of ourselves and on another day we could of won- credit to them though.

That cup run was amazing for everyone involved at the club.

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