Norwich United players are not thinking about Wembley yet
Norwich Utd V Wivenhoe Town. Andrew Eastaugh.Picture by SIMON FINLAY. - Credit: Archant Norfolk
One Norfolk team remains on the road to Wembley – but Norwich United are refusing to dream of glory at the home of football.
FA Vase final at Wembley Stadium. Wroxham (blue/white) v Whitley Bay (yellow). Pictured: Wroxham player Andy Eastaugh.PHOTO: IAN BURT - Credit: IAN BURT
Skipper Andy Eastaugh is among the former Wroxham contingent at Plantation Park who played in the 2010 FA Vase final at Wembley.
The Planters continue their quest to follow in Wroxham's footsteps tomorrow when they travel to Kent to face Ashford United in the fourth round of the competition.
With Blofield-based United nine points clear at the top of the Thurlow Nunn Eastern Counties Premier Division and Ashford in the hunt for the Southern Counties East Premier Division title, a heavyweight clash is in the offing.
Eastaugh is confident the Planters have the ability to reach the last-16 of the Vase though.
FA Vase final at Wembley Stadium. Wroxham (blue/white) v Whitley Bay (yellow). Pictured: Wroxham player Andy Eastaugh contests the free kick decision from which Whitley Bay scored their 2nd goal.PHOTO: IAN BURT - Credit: IAN BURT
'We've been doing pretty well really, we've only lost two of our 20 league games,' the midfielder said. 'We're still in the Vase, we're in the semi-finals of the Senior Cup and we've got a quarter-final in the League Cup next Tuesday, so we're pretty pleased with how it's going. We've got a good squad and we're good mates, and that's showing on the pitch I think because we work hard for each other and as long as we keep doing that, we'll keep doing well.'
Eastaugh's day at Wembley may not have quite gone to plan with Wroxham that day, scoring an own goal as the Yachtsmen were beaten 6-1 by Whitley Bay.
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But that has not dimmed the memories of a momentous day in his career and his desire for Vase success still burns brightly.
'The prize is getting to Wembley but you don't really realise that is possible until you get to the quarter-finals,' the 28-year-old scaffolder added.
'A lot of the boys now at Norwich United played together at Wroxham, so some of us have experienced that and that could come into it but I don't think we're thinking about getting to Wembley, it's about taking it game by game.'
