SADLER LEFT CHUFFED FOR SPIRITED ITES

 By Steve Graham

SHEPPEY UNITED 1 Bessey-Saldanha 21 WAL SALL 4 James-Taylor 32, Knowles 53, Tierney 63, Hutchinson 87 WALSALL boss Mat Sadler was full of plaudits for Non-League Sheppey United after their big night out in front of the TV cameras.The eighth-tier side were the lowest ranked in the first-round proper of the longest-running cup competition in the world. Ernie Batten’s Ites were competing in the first round for the first time in their history. And hopes of a huge cup upset were high after James Bessey-Saldanha’s stunning first-half strike at a cap...

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