Terrace Talk: Still wondering how this became yet another nearly

So now Spurs have two FA Cup records that are unlikely to be broken. The only non-league team to win the cup, and now seven consecutive FA Cup semi-final defeats, stretching back to 1993.

I’ve been at every one. Maybe I should take the hint, although tens of thousands of Lilywhites are probably thinking the same thing right now.

The mood going into the game was confident but not cocky. It felt good to be going into the biggest game in English football for some time on a level with the opposition, rather than as underdogs.