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The club in the shadow of Manchester United and Man City eyeing an historic trip to Wembley

No fear.

The togetherness at Wythenshawe Town Football Club is obvious. Management, chairman, fans. Everyone seems to be singing from the same hymn sheet. This small non-league club in the shadow of Manchester United and Manchester City are on the way up. As they stare down the barrel of one of the biggest matches in the club’s history on Saturday, with the prospect of a trip to the pinnacle of English football, Wembley Stadium, tantalisingly close, the message is clear and resolute. There will be no fear.

After entering the FA Vase in the first qualifying round, being drawn away from home in all but one of the eight ties, winning three of them on penalty shoot-outs and knocking out the favourites to win the whole thing - Consett, who knocked them out in heartbreaking circumstances two years ago - there isn’t much else for Wythenshawe to be scared of.

Town will be on their travels once again on Saturday as they take on Loughborough in the quarter-finals and are just two victories away from the final and the chance to win one of non-league football’s most prestigious prizes.

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“Excited,” manager James Kinsey tells the Manchester Evening News when asked how the club is feeling ahead of the match. “We're not one bit anxious about it. We're relishing the opportunity.

“Some of our players have experienced it before but some haven't. It's an experience that I haven't encountered before but we're excited. We just want to go and make a good account of ourselves.

“At this stage, we're playing a good side but they're also going to be playing a good side, they won't want to play Wythenshawe Town. We want to go and give it a good go we know we're close to

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