Moment of magic– on my last legs

JOROME Slew admits he was cramping up in the moments before his wonder goal which made FA Cup history for Maldon & Tiptree.

- David Richardson

The Isthmian North club had taken a shock lead through Danny Parish in their first-round tie at Leyton Orient, who sat four leagues and 78 places above them in the football pyramid.

And when Slew picked the ball up on the edge of his own penalty area in the 65th minute, things were about to get even better for the Jammers.

“Before I got the ball I was so tired, I was even cramping up a bit!” Slew told The NLP. “I started running and the energy came to me. When Danny scored I thought, ‘Right, I’m scoring as well’. I knew it was going to come at some point. The rest is history.”