
Fan-turned-coach helps FA Cup 3rd round deliver 3 big upsets
Until 11 days ago, Pete Wild had been planning to cheer on Oldham as a fan with his pals in its FA Cup third-round match at Premier League club Fulham.
Wild was indeed at Craven Cottage on Sunday but in the dugout, rather than the stands, guiding the unheralded northern England team to victory in one of three so-called “giant-killings” on a classic day in the famous knockout competition.
Fourth-tier Oldham beat Fulham 2-1 at the same time as non-league team Barnet was stunning second-tier Sheffield United in a 1-0 win despite a gap of 84 places in English soccer’s pyramid.
A few hours later, fourth-tier Newport County eliminated Leicester , the seventh-placed team in the Premier League, after a 2-1 win at its atmospheric Rodney Parade ground.