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EFL CLUBS SET FOR ‘BANANA SKIN’ TIES

Non-League sides seek shocks

By Tom Blackett

POSITIVE: Darlington manager Alun Armstrong

EFL clubs take their first steps in the FA Cup this season next weekend – and they need to beware some hungry Non-League sides eager to ambush them.
Former Middlesbrough and Ipswich striker Alun Armstrong takes his National League North outfit Darlington to Walsall and will be eager for them to spring a shock against their League Two hosts.
“This one is for the players,” said the 44-year-old. “The league is the bread and butter and that’s what I look at, but I’ve s...

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