Well, that was hugely disappointing.
That abysmal second half (described on Radio Robins) sounded about as exciting as listening to Liz Truss give a press conference.
Yet another FA Cup flop for Parkinson, I'm afraid.
can't wait to play them again the FA cup next year ... I feel sorry for the younger fans
Don't forget the FA Trophy this year!!!
Nah-that’ll somehow be either Stockport County or BPA.
Frustrating to lose but I do think in the relegation fight both sides will be in that our 3 points there two weeks ago will count for far more in April, when losing 1-3 at home to Stevenage would have long been forgotten about. I just worry now about the ridiculous amount of travel we have to do this week with Saturdays key game down at Torquay and if Toby M coming off injured is serious. The return of Kaja off the bench a major plus point tonight on the flip side.
Well, we inflicted all of that extra travelling this week on ourselves by failing to win a home FA Cup tie.
On the evidence to date, managing to get Kaja fit for two or three consecutive games looks like representing a major challenge.
Perhaps those three league points gained at Gateshead will prove to be ultra precious by the time that the season concludes but also winning an FA Cup tie there is not mutually exclusive and last evening constituted yet another miserable chapter in what is becoming an increasingly barren FA Cup record.
Merely a solitary victory over a Football League club in the last 25 years is hardly the stuff of FA Cup legend and, for the second season in succession, we've opened the door for Gateshead to boost their finances and potentially strengthen their squad.
For the past few years, people on this forum have bemoaned our sequence of FA Cup away draws. Then we get presented with Stevenage at home and somehow they are not really deemed as being worthy of our time and attention.