Writing for the Young Reporters' Club, at the start of the season I shivered in the cold for 90 minutes at Cleethorpes.

In a weird quirk of fate, Crystal Palace will host Tottenham Hotspur in the fourth round of both FA Cups.

The stands at Sincil Bank are used to being filled with 10,000 but the mere 500 fans didn't dampen the atmosphere under the floodlights.

Two young teams met on a field in the small village of Nettleham on an autumnal Sunday afternoon.

Last season's league opposition, today's Emirates FA Cup obstacle, as Blyth Spartans travelled to Gainsborough Trinity for the third round.

It was chilly at New Linden Club, home of Cleethorpes Town, as everyone waited for the Second Qualifying Round.