Andy Peaks ‘immensely proud’ as Tamworth take Tottenham to extra-time in defeat - There were 96 places between the clubs at the start of the third-round weekend.

Tamworth became just the fourth non-league team to take a Premier League club to extra time in the FA Cup after Hereford United, Dagenham and Redbridge and Kidderminster Harriers

Tottenham has endured the humiliation of being taken to extra time by Tamworth, an opponent nearly 100 places lower in English soccer’s pyramid, before winning 3-0 and avoiding one of the biggest shoc

Tottenham narrowly avoided FA Cup embarrassment against non-league  Tamworth as they needed extra-time before securing a 3-0 win in the third round on Sunday.Tottenham were only the fourth Premier League side since 1992-93 to be taken to extra-time in an FA Cup game against a non-league club.

Part-timers Tamworth produced a heroic display to take Tottenham to extra-time before the Premier League club limped into the FA Cup fourth round with a 3-0 win. Andy Peaks’ National League outfit pushed Spurs all the way at a buoyant Lambs Ground on an occasion for the whole town to be proud of – albeit with a tinge of disappointment after they missed out on a potential-lucrative replay.

Tottenham Hotspur survived an embarrassing result at the hands of National League side Tamworth with a 3-0 victory in extra time in the third round of the FA Cup Sunday morning. Knowing the lore of Tottenham Hotspur jokes and what many felt could happen — beating the most in-form team in Liverpool and possibly losing to Tamworth — the Premier League side looked clueless throughout the first half of the FA Cup draw.