Troy Deeney has warned Tottenham about the ‘horrible’ time they can expect in their FA Cup tie against Tamworth this weekend.
It’ll be a far cry from their usual surroundings when Spurs travel to the National League side on Sunday, with Tamworth’s ‘The Lamb Ground’ boasting a capacity of just 4,000.
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Tottenham are, of course, overwhelming favourites in this third-round clash.
However, Tamworth will be fired up and have a few weapons in their armoury to give the Lilywhites a head time — not least the long throw-in of midfielder Tom Tonks, which is accurate and powerful enough even to rival Rory Delap.
Former Premier League striker Troy Deeney will be covering the game live as a pundit and believes it has all the ingredients to produce one of the greatest shocks in FA Cup history.
“Tamworth – I’m going to the game on Sunday,” said Deeney (via TBR), adding: “Tamworth getting Spurs at the Lamb is perfect – everything that Spurs don’t like.
“It’s a horrible pitch, it’s on a slant, they’ve got a long throw, they are really good at set pieces…
“It’s just set up that this is the game that we’re all watching at the weekend and go ‘oh my god, Tamworth got into the fourth round’ – I think it’s brilliant.”
What has Ange Postecoglou said about Tamworth?
On the prospect of a Premier League vs National League tie and what he already knows (or doesn’t know) about Tamworth, Ange Postecoglou said in December: “It’s an exciting bit of the cup.
“I was watching it with my boys, and they asked me a million questions about Tamworth, and I had to do some quick Googling.
“Actually no, to be fair, I’d watched the previous round. I like watching the FA Cup games. So I saw how they’d got through, so I knew a little bit about them.
“II’s a beautiful part of the FA Cup. I’m sure they’re buzzing to have a Premier League team there.
“It’s great for us because it’s a tie that will obviously have a little bit of interest around it and yeah one I look forward to.”