HATS off to the Jammers.
Maldon & Tiptree’s amazing FA Cup run may have ended in heartbreak after losing to a last-ditch injury time goal against Newport County.
But that doesn’t detract from the way they went about reaching the second round of the famous trophy.
A sell-out Park Drive crowd watched the Jammers take the League Two visitors to the wire after beating Leyton Orient in the previous round.
Millions more football fans around the world watched the tie live on TV.
Wayne Brown’s men may have fallen at the final hurdle in the cruellest of plot twists.
But it has been a magnificent journey – and we should all be proud of them.
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