HERO HOUCHEN’S WARNING
By Dave Flett
FA Cup legend Keith Houchen has warned his old club Coventry that they will need to match Maidstone “yard for yard” to avoid a major last-16 upset tomorrow night.
Houchen’s name is synonymous with Cup glory – his diving header during the Sky Blues’ famous 1987 triumph against Tottenham being firmly etched in final folklore.
Two seasons earlier, meanwhile, his 90th-minute penalty for York had dumped Arsenal out of the competition’s fourth round.
But the Middlesbrough-born forward was also on the receiving end of one of the tournament’s biggest shocks, as a...