IT will live long in the memory.

The scene was set at Cantilever Park last November; Warrington Town, from the eighth tier of English football, had the chance to become giant-killers at League Two Exeter City’s expense.

The 2,500 tickets on sale were snapped up within three hours, while a peak audience of more than two million tuned in to see if Shaun Reid’s side could shock the professionals sitting nearly 100 places above them in the league ladder.

They did.

When Craig Robinson’s header found its way through a crowded six-yard box and into the Exeter net, 99 per cent of those crammed into Cantilever Park erupted.

The other one percent, made up of sorry City fans and journalists furiously tapping away on their laptops while stood in a makeshift press box, were stunned into silence.

Cue pandemonium, 83 minutes of defending for their lives and a pitch invasion come the final whistle.

Town had done the unthinkable.

Warrington Guardian:

“What a game, what an atmosphere, look at them, look what it means to them. Unbelievable. Absolutely magnificent. You just wish now you were a player,” quipped the BBC’s Robbie Savage.

Town then went to Gateshead and lost but as chairman Toby Macormac put it, it will be the first round heroics people remember.

“We’ve written ourselves into FA Cup giant-killing history along with the Sutton Uniteds of this world,” he said at the time.

“It’ll live long in the memory and when Match of the Day or any FA Cup coverage is played on TV I’m sure Craig Robinson’s goal will be included in the highlights at the start.”

Warrington Guardian:

That journey begins again on Saturday for Warrington Town, who must win five games if they are to reach the first round proper.

Twelve months ago it was Barton Old Boys of the Northern Counties East League, this time the preliminary round hands Reid’s outfit a trip to North West Counties Premier Division side Abbey Hey.

They can’t do it again, can they?