“They’re fucking celebrating,” a Tamworth fan muttered in disbelief as Dejan Kulusevski slammed in Tottenham’s game-sealing second goal. And on an afternoon of little victories for Tamworth, here was another: one of Europe’s best forwards coming off the bench in extra time to secure a win against the 108th-ranked team in England, knackered after 106 minutes of football. The keeper Kulusevski scored past, Jas Singh, is a building surveyor.Two-nil, was it, in the end? Three? Maybe Brennan Johnson got one near the end. With the press box overflowing, your correspondent was marooned near the back of the main stand, where the view was patchy but the vibes were immaculate, and the corrugated iron roof was taking an absolute battering. Above all, there was the refreshing sensation of these vastly different worlds moving briefly into alignment. Continue reading...