Yeovil Town 0 - 4 Manchester United; 5 Key Talking Points 

Yeovil Town v Manchester United - The Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round
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#2 Darren Way's side can be proud of themselves

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The two sides lead the crowd in a minute's applause for the late great Jimmy Armfield

Darren Way's personal story - of captaining Yeovil into League Two from the backwaters of non-league football in 2003, not almost losing his life in a car accident in 2003 and having to learn how to walk again, to getting into the Yeovil coaching system in 2010 and becoming first team manager soon after - is one that deserves to be told the world over, and thanks to the visit of Manchester United - and their newest signing - that tale definitely reached more ears, and eyes, than ever before.

If that had been the only thing he, and Yeovil Town, could take away from this night, it'd have been a decent one - but it wasn't. For the overwhelming story was just how well a side 87 places below Manchester United - about as far apart as two sides can be in England's four structured tiers of football - played for the vast majority of the match.

Pressing high up the pitch, and moving it about with a slickness that was disconcerting initially, they suffocated their more illustrious visitors and were it not for a lapse in concentration from young Tom James - and some shoddy finishing at the other end - would have had their most perfect first half in ages.

As the second half wore on, and what was essentially an u-23 side (bar a couple) tired and wilted under the pressure, it was understandable that a hungry United side were able to pick them apart.

Even though the score might read 4-0, the applause Huish Park reserved for their heroes at the end of the 90 spoke to just how valiant their performance was.

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