ON THE ROAD: Stratford Town suffer 5-1 mauling at the hands of Shrewsbury in the seventh-tier side’s maiden voyage to the FA Cup first round in 80 years
Draped in faux chainmail and fur, a plastic crown atop his head, Henry V prepared his rallying cry. The FA Cup, English football’s own Hundred Years’ War, had reached a new battleground and so, surrounded by TV trucks and portable toilets, the stadium announcer raised the microphone to his lips. ‘I see you stand like…