PIERCE SWEENEY IS THE CLUB CAPTAIN OF EXETER CITY FC

As you might imagine, we’re still on a bit of a high following our victory over Championship side Oxford in the third round of the FA Cup.

What is more, we can’t wait for the visit of Premier League title contenders Nottingham Forest towards the beginning of next month – albeit we have the small matter of five League One fixtures between now and then.

Unfortunately, the visit of the two-time European Cup winners will come just a bit too soon for me, although I’m hoping to be back in time for our fifth round tie at Old Trafford!

In the meantime, I’ve got around 40 friends and family wanting me to get them tickets for the Forest game. Unfortunately, I think one or two are going to be disappointed, unless, that is, all trains are cancelled for the day and the club constructs some kind of temporary grandstand between the Adam Stansfield Stand and the big bank!

It’s remarkable to think that it’s more than 40 years since the club last made it to the fourth round of the FA Cup. However, I thought we were much the better side in Saturday’s game against the Os and good value for our 3-1 victory.

Admittedly, we didn’t get off to a great start – going 1-0 down inside the opening 15 minutes – but the visitors rarely threatened after that and once Demetri Mitchell had fired us ahead with a brace of goals before half-time, we always looked the most likely winners.

After almost a year out through injury, Demi has now........

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