Hyde United face Southport in the FA Cup on Saturday but for Nick Spooner and Callum Spooner it sees a father-son battle on the touchline and the pitch
It’s derby day in Manchester this weekend but Premier League giants Manchester United and Manchester City aren’t going toe-to-toe.
"The mind games will start. It’s going to be a quiet house from next week on, we’ll just see what happens," says the Tigers manager. However, Jake Thompson scored the only goal of the game in the reverse fixture. But by then, what was at stake was already clear. Sentiments will be put aside on Saturday for Nick, as well as Callum. The 58-year-old has targets and ambitions of his own, the FA Cup is a lucrative competition, in more ways than one, and can work financial miracles for non-league clubs.
His career would see him feature for the likes of Oldham Athletic and Chester City before he moved into coaching within the Bolton youth set-up and now continuing his development work for Halifax Town. Sandgrounders manager Jim Bentley pinpointed the midfielder as a target following wholesale changes at the step six club, during the summer.
After the odds book was ripped up by drawing the two sides together, could he play a key role in eliminating his dad’s side?With the household restricted to silence as the build-up to the FA Cup tie rises, it’ll be muted celebrations whatever decision, goal or final result in Southport on Saturday.
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