Away Days 24/25: I Was There When Brophy Scored (Again!)

Away Days 24/25: I Was There When Brophy Scored (Again!) - Woking FA Cup 1st Round!

The FA Cup is back! Cambridge’s kicked their campaign off with a first round tie away to Woking. It was a first visit to Woking since a 3-0 league win back in the 2013/14 promotion season. I have fond memories of that game! Woking’s ground is the only ground I’ve seen Cambridge win at multiple times!

Despite Klopp, Guardiola and Arteta’s best efforts, The FA Cup remains a favourite amongst real football fans. I could rant for days about the disgraceful decision to scrap replays… But let’s not do that right now.

Arriving in Woking, we headed to find a beer.

En route we walked past a Woking ultras pub and made the wise decision not to venture in. A local in the Crown and Anchor told us that we chose wisely.

The Guinness was very decent!

We then headed to the ground.

2013/2014

2024/25

I think it’s fair to say that Woking were not prepared for so many Cambridge fans. 650ish advanced ticket sold and a total of 720ish in the away end on the day. Food options were limited almost exclusively to hot dogs, which had sold out before kick off. A mad scramble to find more for half time began. Really, they should have got a burger fan in. But not the same burger van that sold me some pathetic cheesy chips ten years ago.

Fairly bland hot dog, badly constructed too.

It was a fairly dull and uneventful game. Woking battled hard and made the match rather scrappy. Cult hero James Brophy finally scored his second goal for the club, which settled the game. After months of fans chanting they would enter the pitch if he scored, there was no such reaction.

I’ve seen both Brophy goals in person, have you?

Cambridge game: 537

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