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Well, I’m heading down to Brighton in about hours time with my wife and two kids in tow. They won’t be at the game with me, but looking forward to spending tomorrow in and around the seafront doing family stuff before the main event begins on Sunday. I think it’s the most excited I’ve been...

I totally get it; I imagine it feels a bit like you’re entering your shiny, brand new Bugatti into the local stock car race but, honestly, our lot are much more like a quiet drive in the country. A real pleasant bunch, I promise you.

Nah, we’re not that sort of team at all. Industrious yes, we have players who will run themselves into the ground on Sunday no matter what prevails in the pitch, but not dirty. Our manager Paul Hurst is a decent bloke who likes decent people in the changing room, it is not in his makeup to send...

That’s cool. Looking forward to being a part of it.

I’ve been wondering this, myself. Grimsby’s game against Wolves in the 1939 semi-final remains Old Trafford’s record attendance to this day, so it would be quite apt if we helped break the record at the Amex too. According to Wiki the current record is 31,746 (some 54 less than official...

It was 4-1 (to FGR), regrettably. Our goal a pen that Sanchez had no chance of getting to in fairness. It sticks in my mind how cool he looked for a kid making his professional debut - not surprised he’s gone on to play in the Prem (although slightly surprised that he finds himself behind Jason...

Or Forest Green. Made his pro debut against us at Blundell Park. Could tell then he was gonna be alright.

It will be a fantastic occasion for all, I hope. I think the consensus amongst Town fans is that this game isn’t quite the biggest in our history (we’ve been to semi-finals in the distant past and it’s hard to compare any FA Cup match to a non-league play-off final), but that a win, however...

Yeah, thought for a second it might have been getting at Russell Slade, but then I thought “oh, he’s never won the Europa League”.

More of this in that case, please. 😊

Weren’t some semi-finals played at Wembley in the early 90s? I’m sure I remember that being the case, a nipper thought I would have been at the time. Edit: this definitely was. Not sure if it was just to maximise capacity for two London teams, or not.

Yeah, we’re a funny one, rival-wise. I think it depends on when you were born, for the most part. Hull was historically quite a big one, but I’ve been following Grimsby since the early 90s and I can only recall us playing them once, in the Auto Windscreens in 97. Lincoln wasn’t that big...

As it happens, I’ve been looking for a decent restaurant in Brighton for next Saturday night. It’s slightly up in the air whether I’ll have my wife and two young kids with me, or if it’ll just be me and a couple of mates, but I need to find somewhere that fits both eventualities. Basically, a...

Just for balance, it’s interesting you’re actually having this debate. This is a very big game for Brighton, I have no doubt about that. Surely the best chance for you to win the FA Cup since 1983, and I’d imagine in your history given the strength of your current squad. But for us, a victory...

100%. Lose lose lose.

Well, it is Friday…

What’s that, about 24,000 home tickets sold. That’s twice as many as Southampton managed, already. Properly underwhelming club.

This, for me, is what makes this draw such a good one. I think, being honest, the initial reaction from some quarters was “but it’s not Man Utd”. What’s nice though, is that I detect a genuine sense of empathy and respect that we would not have got from the “elite” clubs (we didn’t even get it...

Responding to @Timbo, but forgot to quote. It might not be obvious looking at the League Two table, but we are experiencing something of a renaissance at the minute. It’s early days, and it will never be on the scale Brighton have achieved over the last 15 years, but we’ve been virtually...