Landon Donovan
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That's Paul Dawson.
Um,
who scored the opener.
And it's funny, it's funny other than like, this is, the FA Cup is magical.
People talk, why?
It's magical.
And for them to, for Macclesfield Town to win and knock out the holders and advance, I think, and we'll probably get this wrong to the exact amount, but they got like 400,000 pounds to move on, right?
Between like television and gate and next round.
And that type of money, even if it's not 400,000 pounds, that type of money changes the outlook of a club.
That may keep them afloat.
That may keep people in jobs.
And I don't just mean the players, by the way.
I mean the cooks and the janitors and the people around the club.
This is so interesting to me, and Macclesfield Town has a special place in sort of my football brain.
So in 2009, I think that was the year, 8 or 9, we had a magical cup run, Everton.
We got to the final against Chelsea.
Luis Saha scored in like 15 seconds, and I wished games were about five minutes long because we'd have won.
But we ended up losing 2-1 to Chelsea at Wembley.
It was a magnificent day.
And the beginning of that cup run was now.