Road to Wembley - Creepy Crawley beat Gulls

Well, Torquay United weren't our Road to Wembley team long enough for me even to write a piece on them, but after non-league Crawley Town beat them 1-0 away thanks to a goal by MATT TUBBS (photo), they went into the 5th Round draw and were given the dream tie of Man Utd (sponsored by Aon) away.

Crawley deservedly beat Torquay. They missed two penalties but still edged out League Two Torquay to become the first non-league side to reach the FA Cup fifth round for 17 years.

Only five other sides from outside the Football League have reached the last 16 of the Cup, and none have made it this far since Kidderminster Harriers in 1994.

Having spent more than £500,000 on players last summer, Crawley can hardly be classed as minnows and in fact are known as the Man U of non-league, but they have still punched way above their weight and their performance against Swindon in the round before means that even Sir Ferg will be a little worried about their 5th Rd tie.

Torquay were trying to create their own bit of Cup history too, having never been beyond round four in their 111-year history, but missed out despite goalkeeper Bevan's best efforts. He saved the two penalties and denied Crawley a number of times in front of an almost sold out Plainmoor - the attendance was 5,065, about 70,000 less than should be at Old Trafford on the 19th February.