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Well done to Mark, his coaching staff and the squad for today's incredible achievement against all the odds - you've done the club and yourselves proud. You will always be remembered at Hornchurch FC as legends. Well done also to Colin, Alex, Jordan, Ken, anyone from the Supporters' Association etc etc etc. I've missed out loads of names and some I don't know, but you know who you are and, as someone who saw his first Hornchurch match in around 1982 and where pretty much every season the hope of getting to a Wembley final would be dashed by around mid-October, rest assured you have my u

Well done everyone. Awesome job all round. Live feed and commentary were superb - you guys are naturals.

Looks like he a bad night last night.

Thanks Luke. If as much energy had gone into encouraging our own players as was directed at opposition players and the referee in the form of abuse, then we might have won last night. Abuse thrown at opposition players only makes them more determined in my opinion - I hope I'm not the only one who can see that. I'll shut up now.

This particular person was standing on the Eastside. No one deserves that kind of abuse.

You're probably all going to jump on me for this but I need to get this off my chest. I know football is a passionate game and we all like to eff and blind sometimes but some of the language lately has been pretty disgusting. Plus there was a report of one of our supporters doing something utterly abhorrent at this evening's match. Seriously guys, you need to start reigning this in otherwise you will lose supporters and - it pains me to say this after my long association with the club that I love - I will be one of them

OK thanks

Does this mean we can't pay on the day ?

Firstly, apologies for no archive game last week - i just couldn't get round to it. We're back though with this game. It's the season opener from 2007 away to Ashford Town (Middx). This game briefly featured the legend that is Jim McFarlane, who got injured early on and hobbled off the field only to find out later in the day that he had broken his leg ! Enjoy ! https://youtu.be/Kb-4IAuhFg0

Unfortunately I wasn't at that game. I'm working on a game for this weekend but there will probably be a delay i.e. I might not find a good one before Sunday.

I have our line-up but not Dartford's. Maybe Tony has the full sheet. 1. Darren Behcet 2. Billy Coyne 3. Andy Tomlinson 4. Mark Goodfellow 5. Elliot Styles 6. Jamie Dormer 7. Jonathan Hunt 8. Mark Janney 9. Duane Jackman 10. Wayne Gray 11. Michael Spencer Subs: 12. Paul Shave 14. Ronnie Fletcher 15. Kris Lee

This week I've chosen Dartford v AFC Hornchurch from November 2009 in the league. A big crowd, a tense game and, from what I remember, a bit of a nail biter towards the end. Some great teamwork from the lads too. Apologies for the the not great quality and the poor camera angle. https://youtu.be/F4sHhOPptzQ

Thanks, my mistake again. It should work now.

Had to upload the video again so the link has changed to:- https://youtu.be/XZgXThE0poY

Today we are going way back to May 2006. It's the Essex Senior League Cup Final against Brentwood Town which was played at the ground of Grays Athletic, which sadly is no longer there. Hornchurch are, of course playing in red, and our starting line-up included Danny Cowley (wearing 8 ) and Nicky Cowley (wearing 7) who are currently the management team at Huddersfield Town ! Apologies for the video quality (it was good at the time) and the sound quality. Clearly it was a windy day in Grays. Enjoy https://youtu.be/eUuBOV7JvpY