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Marine boss Neil Young scraps visit to Spurs to cast eye over FA Cup third round opponents amid surge in coronavirus cases in London

Marine manager Neil Young abandoned his plan to watch FA Cup third-round opponents Spurs play Leeds on Saturday as a Covid precaution.

The non-leaguers are being tested twice before the biggest match of their history next Sunday and the risk of Young making a 445-mile round trip outweighed the benefits of being able to study Jose Mourinho’s Premier League side live.

‘It was decided due to current Covid circumstances that I wouldn’t travel down to London for the Spurs game,’ confirmed Young. ‘Gutted but we have to be careful.